Mountbatten Single Member Constituency

Mountbatten
Mountbatten
Single Member Constituency; for the Parliament of Singapore
Region	Central Region, Singapore
Electorate	24,267
Current constituency
Created	1957; 65 years ago
Seats	1
Party	People's Action Party
Member(s)	Lim Biow Chuan
Town Council	Marine Parade
Merged	1997
Merged to	Marine Parade GRC
Reformed	2011
Reformed from	Marine Parade GRC

The Mountbatten Single Member Constituency is a single member constituency in the central-southeastern part of Singapore. The current Member of Parliament is Lim Biow Chuan of the People's Action Party (PAP).

History[]

The constituency consists of Tanjong Rhu, Old Airport Road, Singapore National Stadium, Amber, Meyer Estates, Pine Close, Cassia Crescent, Kampong Kayu, Kampong Arang, Jalan Tiga, Jalan Enam, Jalan Dua, Jalan Batu, Dakota Crescent, Dakota Close and certain parts of Katong.

Mountbatten existed as a constituency from 1959 to 1991 before it was absorbed into Marine Parade GRC in 1997.It was formerly a ward of Marine Parade GRC from 1997 till 2011. It was carved out to be a SMC again in the 2011 election.

Town Council[]

Mountbatten SMC is managed by the Marine Parade Town Council.

Members of Parliament[]

Constituency abolished (1997 – 2011)
Election	Member	Party
1959	Seow Peck Leng		SPA
1963			PAP
1968
1972
1976
1980
1984
1988
1991
2011	Lim Biow Chuan		PAP
2015
2020

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 1950s[]

General Election 1959: Mountbatten
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	SPA	Seow Peck Leng	3,031	33.7
	PAP	Tay Kim Sun	2,143	23.8
	MCA	Wong Foo Nam	1,903	21.2
	Katong United Resident Association	Felice Leon-Soh	1,354	15.1
	LSP	Wee Soo Bee	559	6.2
Majority			2,593	16.4
Turnout			888	9.9
	SPA win (new seat)

Elections in 1960s[]

General Election 1963: Mountbatten
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	PAP	Ng Yeow Chong	7,751	49.0	25.2
	BS	Fung Yin Ching	5,158	32.6	32.6
	SA	Lee Kim Chuan	1,865	11.8	21.9
	Independent	Felice Leon-Soh	1,053	6.7	8.4
Majority			2,593	16.4	25.2
Turnout			15,969	94.8	6.1
	PAP gain from SPA		Swing	25.2

Notes: SPA joins UMNO-MCA-MIC alliance to form SA in 1963 GE.^[1]

General Election 1968: Mountbatten
Party		Candidate	Votes
	PAP	Ng Yeow Chong	Unopposed
Registered electors			12,760
	PAP hold

Elections in 1970s[]

General Election 1972: Mountbatten
Party		Votes
	PAP	Unopposed
Registered electors		14,396
	PAP hold

General Election 1976: Mountbatten
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	PAP	Ng Yeow Chong	9,412	65.9	N/A
	DPP	Seow Khee Leng	4,878	34.1	N/A
Majority			4,534	31.8	N/A
Turnout			14,707	95.3	N/A
	PAP hold		Swing	N/A

Elections in 1980s[]

General Election 1980: Mountbatten
Party		Votes
	PAP	Unopposed
Registered electors		14,045
	PAP hold

General Election 1984: Mountbatten
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	PAP		16,077	81.30	N/A
	Independent	Tan Ah Teng	3,692	18.70	N/A
Majority			12,385	62.6	N/A
Turnout			20,505	95.5	N/A
	PAP hold		Swing	N/A

General Election 1988: Mountbatten
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	PAP	Eugene Yap Giau Cheng	12,712	78.20	3.1
	Independent	Chiam Pan Boon	3,554	21.80	3.1
Majority			9,158	56.4	6.2
Turnout			16,909	95.3	0.2
	PAP hold		Swing	3.1

Elections in 1990s[]

General Election 1991: Mountbatten
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	PAP	Eugene Yap Giau Cheng	11,029	78.00	0.2
	Independent	Yen Kim Khooi	3,119	22.00	0.2
Majority			7,910	56.0	0.4
Turnout			14,741	95.1	0.2
	PAP hold		Swing	0.2

Elections in 2010s[]

General Election 2011: Mountbatten
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	PAP	Lim Biow Chuan	11,985	58.62	N/A
	NSP	Jeannette Chong-Aruldoss	8,461	41.38	N/A
Majority			3,524	17.24	N/A
Turnout			20,865	87.9	N/A
	PAP win (new seat)

General Election 2015: Mountbatten
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	PAP	Lim Biow Chuan	15,331	71.86	13.24
	SPP	Jeannette Chong-Aruldoss	6,004	28.14	N/A
Majority			9,327	43.72	26.48
Rejected ballots			333	2.35
Turnout			21,668	89.75
	PAP hold		Swing	13.24

Elections in 2020s[]

General Election 2020: Mountbatten
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	PAP	Lim Biow Chuan	16,227	73.84	1.98
	PV	Sivakumaran Chellappa	5,748	26.16	N/A
Majority			10,479	47.68
Rejected ballots			584	2.59
Turnout			22,559	92.96	3.21
Registered electors			24,267
	PAP hold		Swing	1.98

References[]

^ "Singapore People's Alliance".

[1] "Singapore People's Alliance".

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Mountbatten
Single Member Constituency for the Parliament of Singapore

Region	Central Region, Singapore
Electorate	24,267
Current constituency
Created	1957; 65 years ago (1957)
Seats	1
Party	People's Action Party
Member(s)	Lim Biow Chuan
Town Council	Marine Parade
Merged	1997
Merged to	Marine Parade GRC
Reformed	2011
Reformed from	Marine Parade GRC