Bukit Batok Single Member Constituency

Bukit Batok Single Member Constituency (SMC) is a single member constituency in Bukit Batok of Singapore. It used to exist from 1972 to 1988 as Bukit Batok Constituency and was renamed as Bukit Batok Single Member Constituency (SMC) as part of Singapore's political reforms. The current Member of Parliament for the constituency is People's Action Party (PAP) Murali Pillai.

Bukit Batok
Single Member constituency
for the Parliament of Singapore
RegionWest Region, Singapore
Electorate29,950
Current constituency
Created1972 (1972)
Seats1
Party People's Action Party
Member(s)Murali Pillai
Town CouncilJurong–Clementi
Merged1997
Merged toBukit Timah GRC
Reformed2015
Reformed fromJurong GRC

History

In 1972, the constituency was formed from merging parts of Bukit Timah, Chua Chu Kang and Bukit Panjang constituencies and was known as Bukit Batok Constituency.[1]

In 2016, incumbent PAP MP, David Ong, resigned due to personal reasons and a by-election was called to replace the empty seat.[2] On 7 May, Murali Pillai won the Bukit Batok by-election against Singapore Democratic Party (SDP) secretary-general, Chee Soon Juan with a vote count of 61.2% to 38.8%.[3]

Members of Parliament
Election MemberParty
1972 Chai Chong YiiPAP
1976
1980
1984
1988 Ong Chit Chung
1991
Constituency abolished (1997 – 2015)
2015 David Ong Kim HuatPAP
2016K. Muralidharan Pillai
2020

Electoral results

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 1970s
General Election 1972: Bukit Batok[4][5]
Party Candidate Votes %
PAP Chai Chong Yii 9,765 73.78
UNF Vetrivelu Rengaswamy 3,471 26.22
Majority 6,294 47.56
Registered electors 14,563
Total valid votes 13,236 97.16
Rejected ballots 387 2.84
Turnout 13,623 93.55
PAP win (new seat)
General Election 1976: Bukit Batok[6][7]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
PAP Chai Chong Yii 12,216 84.57 Increase10.79
SJP Sulaiman Jaffar 2,229 15.43 N/A
Majority 9,987 69.14 Increase21.6
Registered electors 15,650 Increase7.46
Total valid votes 14,445 96.88 Decrease0.28
Rejected ballots 465 3.12 Increase0.28
Turnout 14,910 95.27 Increase1.72
PAP hold Swing Increase10.79

Elections in 1980s
General Election 1980: Bukit Batok[8][9]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
PAP Chai Chong Yii Unopposed
Registered electors 18,275 Increase16.77
PAP hold
General Election 1984: Bukit Batok[10][11]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
PAP Chai Chong Yii 14,767 78.27 N/A
UPF Tan Jue Kit 4,099 21.73 N/A
Majority 10,668 56.54 N/A
Registered electors 20,812 Increase13.88
Total valid votes 18,866 96.23 N/A
Rejected ballots 740 3.77 N/A
Turnout 19,606 94.21 N/A
PAP hold Swing N/A
General Election 1988: Bukit Batok[12][13]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
PAP Ong Chit Chung 12,873 55.94 Decrease22.33
SDP Kwan Yue Keng 10,139 44.06 N/A
Majority 2,734 11.88 Decrease44.66
Registered electors 24,138 Increase15.98
Total valid votes 23,012 96.88 Increase0.65
Rejected ballots 381 3.12 Decrease0.65
Turnout 23,393 96.91 Increase2.7
PAP hold Swing Decrease22.33

Elections in 1990s
General Election 1991: Bukit Batok[14][15]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
PAP Ong Chit Chung 12,205 51.8 Decrease4.1
SDP Kwan Yue Keng 11,347 48.2 Increase4.1
Majority 858 3.57 Decrease8.2
Registered electors 24,908 Increase3.19
Total valid votes 23,552 97.86 Increase0.98
Rejected ballots 515 2.14 Decrease0.98
Turnout 24,067 96.6 Decrease0.3
PAP hold Swing Decrease4.1

Elections in 2010s
General Election 2015: Bukit Batok[16][17]
Party Candidate Votes %
PAP David Ong Kim Huat 18,234 73.02
SDP Sadasivam Veriyah 6,588 26.38
Independent Samir Salim Neji 150 0.60
Majority 11,646 46.64
Registered electors 27,077
Total valid votes 24,972 97.86
Rejected ballots 546 2.14
Turnout 25,517 94.24
PAP win (new seat)
By-election 2016: Bukit Batok[18][19]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
PAP K. Muralidharan Pillai 14,452 61.23 Decrease11.79
SDP Chee Soon Juan 9,150 38.77 Increase12.39
Majority 5,302 22.46 Decrease24.18
Registered electors 25,727 Decrease4.99
Total valid votes 23,602 97.43 Decrease0.43
Rejected ballots 622 2.57 Increase0.43
Turnout 24,192 94.03 Decrease0.21
PAP hold Swing Decrease12.09

Elections in 2020s
General Election 2020: Bukit Batok[20][21]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
PAP K. Muralidharan Pillai 15,500 54.80 Decrease6.43
SDP Chee Soon Juan 12,787 45.20 Increase6.43
Majority 2,713 9.60 Decrease12.86
Registered electors 29,948 Increase16.41
Total valid votes 28,287 98.15 Increase0.72
Rejected ballots 533 1.85 Decrease0.72
Turnout 28,820 96.23 Increase2.04
PAP hold Swing Decrease6.43

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