Bukit Merah Single Member Constituency

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 1960s

General Election 1963: Bukit Merah[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BS	Lim Huan Boon	4,963	42.84	N/A
	PAP	Sellappa Ramaswamy	4,520	39.02	20.07
	UPP	Poon Weng Ying	1,129	9.75	N/A
	SA	Shums Tung Tao Chang	740	6.39	N/A
	Independent	Ngoh Eng Kok	232	2	N/A
Majority			443	3.82	25.07
Registered electors			12,225		8.32
Turnout			11,584	94.76	5.97
	BS gain from PAP		Swing	42.84

By-election 18 January 1966: Bukit Merah[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	PAP	Lim Guan Hoo	9,082	82.94	N/A
	Independent	Madai Puthan Damodaran Nair	1,868	17.06	N/A
Majority			7,214	65.88	62.06
Registered electors			13,489		10.34
Turnout			10,950	81.18	9.8
	PAP gain from BS		Swing	43.92

General Election 1968: Bukit Merah[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	PAP	Lim Guan Hoo	Unopposed
Registered electors			19,319		43.22
	PAP hold

Elections in 1970s

General Election 1972: Bukit Merah[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	PAP	Lim Guan Hoo	9,044	69.33	N/A
	WP	Kho Jiak Hong	2,042	15.65	N/A
	BS	Said bin Jali	1,958	15.02	N/A
Majority			7,002	53.68	N/A
Registered electors			13,960		27.74
Turnout			13,044	93.44	N/A
	PAP hold

General Election 1976: Bukit Merah[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	PAP	Lim Guan Hoo	12,775	76.37	7.04
	DPP	Wong Kui Yu	3,952	23.63	N/A
Majority			8,823	52.74	0.94
Registered electors			17,538		25.63
Turnout			16,727	95.38	1.94
	PAP hold		Swing	7.04

By-election, 23 July 1977: Bukit Merah[7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	PAP	Lim Chee Onn	11,625	72.21	N/A
	BS	Lee Siew Choh	4,473	27.79	N/A
Majority			7,152	44.4	8.4
Registered electors			16,937		3.43
Turnout			16,098	95.05	0.1
	PAP hold		Swing	4.16

Elections in 1980s

General Election 1980: Bukit Merah[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	PAP	Lim Chee Onn	Unopposed
Registered electors			19,046		12.45
	PAP hold

General Election 1984: Bukit Merah[9]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	PAP	Lim Chee Onn	Unopposed
Registered electors			19,210		0.86
	PAP hold

General Election 1988: Bukit Merah[10]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	PAP	Lim Chee Onn	9,414	69.78	N/A
	WP	Pok Lee Chuen	4,077	30.22	N/A
Rejected ballots			230	1.67	N/A
Majority			5,337	39.56	N/A
Registered electors			14,723		23.36
Turnout			13,721	93.19	N/A
	PAP hold

Elections in 1990s

General Election 1991: Bukit Merah[11]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	PAP	Ch'ng Jit Koon	6,878	61.94	N/A
	WP	Gopalan Nair Pallichadath	4,046	36.43	N/A
	Independent	Patrick Leong Siew Choong	181	1.63	N/A
Rejected ballots			193	1.7	0.03
Majority			2,832	25.51	14.05
Registered electors			11,998		18.51
Turnout			11,298	94.16	0.97
	PAP hold		Swing	7.9