Aljunied Constituency

Aljunied Constituency was a single member constituency in Aljunied, Singapore that was formed in 1959 and continued throughout till 1988 where it was one of the wards that form the Aljunied Group Representation Constituency.

Not to be confused with the later Aljunied Group Representation Constituency.

Aljunied
Former Single Member constituency
for the Parliament of Singapore
RegionSingapore
Former constituency
Created1959
Abolished1988
Seats1
Member(s)Constituency Abolished
Replaced byAljunied GRC

Member of Parliament
Year Member of Parliament Party
Legislative Assembly of Singapore
1959 Suppiah Visva Lingam PAP
1963
Parliament of Singapore
1968 Mohamad Ghazali bin Ismail PAP
1972 Chin Harn Tong
1976
1980
1984

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: Aljunied[1][2]
Party Candidate Votes %
PAP Suppiah Visva Lingam 5,701 49.40
LSP Edward Henry Holloway 5,004 43.36
Partai Rakyat Tang Yoong Chiaw 835 7.24
Majority 697 6.04
Registered electors 13,255
Total valid votes 11,540 98.52
Rejected ballots 173 1.48
Turnout 11,713 88.37
PAP win (new seat)

Elections in 1960s
General Election 1963: Aljunied[3][4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
PAP Suppiah Visva Lingam 7,745 50.90 Increase1.50
BS Thio Kheng Lock 4,624 30.39 N/A
SA Lim Koon Teck 1,681 11.05 N/A
UPP Woo Kong Seng 1,165 7.66 N/A
Majority 3121 20.51 Increase14.47
Registered electors 16,152 Increase21.86
Total valid votes 15,215 99.14 Increase0.62
Rejected ballots 132 0.86 Decrease0.62
Turnout 15,347 95.02 Increase6.65
PAP hold Swing Increase1.50
General Election 1968: Aljunied[5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
PAP Mohamad Ghazali bin Ismail Unopposed
Registered electors 14,472 Decrease10.40
PAP hold

Elections in 1970s
General Election 1972: Aljunied[6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
PAP Chin Harn Tong 12,861 71.51 N/A
WP Lim Kang Chew 4,360 24.25 N/A
United National Front Amir Ali bin Mohamed 762 4.24 N/A
Majority 8501 47.26 N/A
Registered electors 19,278 Increase33.20
Total valid votes
Rejected ballots
Turnout 18,251 94.7 N/A
PAP hold
General Election 1976: Aljunied[7]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
PAP Chin Harn Tong 12,230 74.88 Increase3.37
WP Lim Kang Chew 4,103 25.12 Increase0.87
Majority 8,127 49.76 Increase2.5
Registered electors 17,461 Decrease9.42
Total valid votes
Rejected ballots
Turnout 16,645 94.3 Decrease0.4
PAP hold Swing Increase3.37

Elections in 1980s
General Election 1980: Aljunied[8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
PAP Chin Harn Tong 13,313 84.59 Increase9.71
DPP Sim Peng Kim 2,425 15.41 N/A
Majority 10,888 69.18 Increase19.42
Registered electors 17,017 Decrease2.54
Total valid votes
Rejected ballots
Turnout 16,191 95.1 Increase0.8
PAP hold Swing Increase9.71
General Election 1984: Aljunied[9]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
PAP Chin Harn Tong Unopposed
Registered electors 19,045 Increase11.92
PAP hold

See also

References
  1. "ELD | 1959 Legislative Assembly General Election Results". www.eld.gov.sg. Retrieved 10 May 2021.
  2. "Singapore Legislative Assembly General Election 1959 > Aljunied". www.singapore-elections.com.
  3. "ELD | 1963 Legislative Assembly General Election Results". www.eld.gov.sg. Retrieved 10 May 2021.
  4. "Singapore Legislative Assembly General Election 1963 > Aljunied". www.singapore-elections.com.
  5. "ELD | 1968 Parliamentary General Election Results". www.eld.gov.sg. Retrieved 10 May 2021.
  6. "ELD | 1972 Parliamentary General Election Results". www.eld.gov.sg. Retrieved 10 May 2021.
  7. "ELD | 1976 Parliamentary General Election Results". www.eld.gov.sg. Retrieved 10 May 2021.
  8. "ELD | 1980 Parliamentary General Election Results". www.eld.gov.sg. Retrieved 10 May 2021.
  9. "ELD | 1984 Parliamentary General Election Results". www.eld.gov.sg. Retrieved 10 May 2021.


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