Mountbatten Single Member Constituency
The Mountbatten Single Member Constituency is a single member constituency in the central-southeastern part of Singapore. The current Member of Parliament for the constituency is People's Action Party (PAP) Lim Biow Chuan.
| Mountbatten | |
|---|---|
| Single Member constituency for the Parliament of Singapore | |
 | |
| Region | Central Region, Singapore |
| Electorate | 24,267 |
| Current constituency | |
| Created | 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 |
Members of Parliament
| Election | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Legislative Assembly of Singapore | |||
| 1959 | Seow Peck Leng | SPA | |
| 1963 | Ng Yeow Chong | PAP | |
| Parliament of Singapore | |||
| 1968 | Ng Yeow Chong | PAP | |
| 1972 | |||
| 1976 | |||
| 1980 | Eugene Yap Giau Cheng | ||
| 1984 | |||
| 1988 | |||
| 1991 | |||
| Constituency abolished (1997 – 2011) | |||
| 2011 | Lim Biow Chuan | PAP | |
| 2015 | |||
| 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 1950s
| 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
| 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 |
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Notes: SPA joins UMNO-MCA-MIC alliance to form SA in 1963 GE.[1]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PAP | Ng Yeow Chong | Unopposed | |||
| Registered electors | 12,760 | ||||
| PAP hold | |||||
Elections in 1970s
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PAP | Ng Yeow Chong | Unopposed | |||
| Registered electors | 14,396 | ||||
| PAP hold | |||||
| 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
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PAP | Eugene Yap Giau Cheng | Unopposed | |||
| Registered electors | 14,045 | ||||
| PAP hold | |||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PAP | Eugene Yap Giau Cheng | 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 | |||
| 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 |
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Elections in 1990s
| 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 |
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Elections in 2010s
| 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) | |||||
| 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 |
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Elections in 2020s
| 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 |
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References
- 2020 General Election's result
- 2011 General Election's result
- 1991 General Election's result
- 1988 General Election's result
- 1984 General Election's result
- 1980 General Election's result
- 1976 General Election's result
- 1972 General Election's result
- 1968 General Election's result
- 1963 General Election's result
- 1959 General Election's result
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