Bukit Batok Single Member Constituency

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Bukit Batok
Single Member constituency
for the Parliament of Singapore
Bukit Batok SMC locator map.svg
Region West Region, Singapore
Electorate29,950
Current constituency
Created1972;53 years ago (1972)
Seats1
Party People's Action Party
Member(s) Murali Pillai
Town CouncilJurong–Clementi
Merged1997
Merged to Bukit Timah GRC
Reformed2015
Reformed from Jurong GRC

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.

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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 for 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 Yii PAP
1976
1980
1984
1988 Ong Chit Chung
1991
Constituency abolished (1997 2015)
2015 David Ong Kim Huat PAP
2016 K. Muralidharan Pillai
2020
2025

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]
PartyCandidateVotes%
PAP Chai Chong Yii 9,765 73.78
UNFVetrivelu Rengaswamy3,47126.22
Majority6,29447.56
Registered electors 14,563
Total valid votes13,23697.16
Rejected ballots3872.84
Turnout 13,62393.55
PAP win (new seat)
General Election 1976: Bukit Batok [6] [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
PAP Chai Chong Yii 12,216 84.57 Increase2.svg10.79
SJP Sulaiman Jaffar2,22915.43N/A
Majority9,98769.14Increase2.svg21.6
Registered electors 15,650Increase2.svg7.46
Total valid votes14,44596.88Decrease2.svg0.28
Rejected ballots4653.12Increase2.svg0.28
Turnout 14,91095.27Increase2.svg1.72
PAP hold Swing Increase2.svg10.79

Elections in 1980s

General Election 1980: Bukit Batok [8] [9]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
PAP Chai Chong YiiUnopposed
Registered electors 18,275Increase2.svg16.77
PAP hold
General Election 1984: Bukit Batok [10] [11]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
PAP Chai Chong Yii 14,767 78.27 N/A
UPFTan Jue Kit4,09921.73N/A
Majority10,66856.54N/A
Registered electors 20,812Increase2.svg13.88
Total valid votes18,86696.23N/A
Rejected ballots7403.77N/A
Turnout 19,60694.21N/A
PAP hold Swing N/A
General Election 1988: Bukit Batok [12] [13]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
PAP Ong Chit Chung 12,873 55.94 Decrease2.svg22.33
SDP Kwan Yue Keng10,13944.06N/A
Majority2,73411.88Decrease2.svg44.66
Registered electors 24,138Increase2.svg15.98
Total valid votes23,01296.88Increase2.svg0.65
Rejected ballots3813.12Decrease2.svg0.65
Turnout 23,39396.91Increase2.svg2.7
PAP hold Swing Decrease2.svg22.33

Elections in 1990s

General Election 1991: Bukit Batok [14] [15]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
PAP Ong Chit Chung 12,205 51.8 Decrease2.svg4.1
SDP Kwan Yue Keng11,34748.2Increase2.svg4.1
Majority8583.57Decrease2.svg8.2
Registered electors 24,908Increase2.svg3.19
Total valid votes23,55297.86Increase2.svg0.98
Rejected ballots5152.14Decrease2.svg0.98
Turnout 24,06796.6Decrease2.svg0.3
PAP hold Swing Decrease2.svg4.1

Elections in 2010s

General Election 2015: Bukit Batok [16] [17]
PartyCandidateVotes%
PAP David Ong Kim Huat 18,234 73.02
SDP Sadasivam Veriyah6,58826.38
Independent Samir Salim Neji1500.60
Majority11,64646.64
Registered electors 27,077
Total valid votes24,97297.86
Rejected ballots5462.14
Turnout 25,51794.24
PAP win (new seat)
By-election 2016: Bukit Batok [18] [19]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
PAP K. Muralidharan Pillai 14,452 61.23 Decrease2.svg11.79
SDP Chee Soon Juan 9,15038.77Increase2.svg12.39
Majority5,30222.46Decrease2.svg24.18
Registered electors 25,727Decrease2.svg4.99
Total valid votes23,60297.43Decrease2.svg0.43
Rejected ballots6222.57Increase2.svg0.43
Turnout 24,19294.03Decrease2.svg0.21
PAP hold Swing Decrease2.svg12.09

Elections in 2020s

General Election 2020: Bukit Batok [20] [21]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
PAP K. Muralidharan Pillai 15,500 54.80 Decrease2.svg6.43
SDP Chee Soon Juan 12,78745.20Increase2.svg6.43
Majority2,7139.60Decrease2.svg12.86
Registered electors 29,948Increase2.svg16.41
Total valid votes28,28798.15Increase2.svg0.72
Rejected ballots5331.85Decrease2.svg0.72
Turnout 28,82096.23Increase2.svg2.04
PAP hold Swing Decrease2.svg6.43

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