Kampong Glam Single Member Constituency
Kampong Glam Single Member Constituency was a single member constituency (SMC) in Kampong Glam, Singapore. It existed as Kampong Glam Constituency from 1959 to 1988 then it was renamed as Kampong Glam Single Member Constituency during political reform in 1988. The SMC lasted another term till 1991 when it was absorbed into Kampong Glam Group Representation Constituency (GRC). The GRC is disbanded in the next election in 1997 and Kampong Glam SMC was recreated. Again, the SMC lasted for another term before being merged into Jalan Besar GRC.
Member of Parliament[]
Year | Member of Parliament | Party | |
Legislative Assembly of Singapore | |||
---|---|---|---|
1959 | S Rajaratnam | PAP | |
1963 | |||
Parliament of Singapore | |||
1968 | S Rajaratnam | PAP | |
1972 | |||
1976 | |||
1980 | |||
1984 | |||
1988 | |||
Constituency abolished (1991– 1997) | |||
1997 | Loh Meng See | PAP |
Elections[]
Note : Elections Department Singapore do not include rejected votes for calculation of candidate's vote share. Hence, the total of all candidates' vote share will be 100%.
Elections in 1990s[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
PAP | 13,446 | 74.5 | N/A | ||
DPP | Tan Lead Shake | 4,598 | 25.5 | N/A | |
Majority | 13,446 | 74.5 | |||
Turnout | 18,648 | N/A | |||
PAP win (new seat) |
Elections in 1980s[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
PAP | 12,525 | 67.3 | N/A | ||
WP | Frederick De Wind | 5,800 | 31.2 | N/A | |
Angkatan Islam | Mohamad Sani bin Jan | 280 | 1.5 | N/A | |
Majority | 6,725 | 36.1 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 18,959 | 87.1 | N/A | ||
PAP hold | Swing | N/A |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
PAP | Rajaratnam Sinnathamby | Walkover | |||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 18,127 | ||||
PAP hold | Swing | N/A |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
PAP | Rajaratnam Sinnathamby | Walkover | |||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 17,241 | ||||
PAP hold | Swing | N/A |
Elections in 1970s[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
PAP | Rajaratnam Sinnathamby | 13,114 | 80.1 | N/A | |
United People's Front | Ang Bee Lian | 3,241 | 19.8 | N/A | |
Majority | 9,873 | 60.3 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 16,787 | 91.0 | N/A | ||
PAP hold | Swing | N/A |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
PAP | Rajaratnam Sinnathamby | Walkover | |||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 7,542 | ||||
PAP hold | Swing | N/A |
Elections in 1960s[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
PAP | Rajaratnam Sinnathamby | Walkover | |||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 9,484 | ||||
PAP hold | Swing | N/A |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
PAP | Rajaratnam Sinnathamby | 4,313 | 44.8 | -20.5 | |
BS | Tan Jing Quee | 4,093 | 42.5 | +42.5 | |
UPP | Harbans Singh | 1,224 | 12.7 | +12.7 | |
Majority | 220 | 2.3 | -45 | ||
Turnout | 9,738 | 95.6 | +6 | ||
PAP hold | Swing | -20.5 |
Elections in 1950s[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
PAP | Rajaratnam Sinnathamby | 6,324 | 65.3 | N/A | |
SPA | Mahmood bin Latiff | 1,747 | 18.0 | N/A | |
LSP | Ong Eng Lian | 1,377 | 14.2 | N/A | |
Independent | Wu Shiaw | 241 | 2.5 | N/A | |
Majority | 4,577 | 47.3 | |||
Turnout | 9,792 | 89.6 | N/A | ||
PAP win (new seat) |
References[]
Categories:
- Singaporean electoral divisions
- Bukit Timah
- Clementi
- Jurong East