Bukit Merah Single Member Constituency

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Bukit Merah
Former Single Member constituency
for the Parliament of Singapore
RegionSingapore
Current constituency
Created1959
Seats1
Party People's Action Party
Member(s)Ch'ng Jit Koon
Town CouncilTanjong Pagar
Replaced by Tanjong Pagar GRC

Bukit Merah Single Member Constituency was a constituency in Singapore. It existed from 1959 to 1997, when it was merged with Leng Kee division of the Tanjong Pagar GRC.

Contents

Member of Parliament

ElectionMember of ParliamentParty
1959 Sellappa Ramaswamy PAP
1963 Lim Huan Boon BS
1966 Lim Guan Hoo PAP
1968
1972
1976
1977 Lim Chee Onn
1980
1984
1988
1991 Ch'ng Jit Koon

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: Bukit Merah [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%
PAP Sellappa Ramaswamy 5,922 59.09
SPA Teo Cheng Hye3,02630.2
Independent Lee Choon Eng1,07310.71
Majority2,89628.89
Registered electors 11,286
Turnout 10,02188.79
PAP win (new seat)

Elections in 1960s

General Election 1963: Bukit Merah [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
BS Lim Huan Boon 4,963 42.84 N/A
PAP Sellappa Ramaswamy 4,52039.02Decrease2.svg20.07
UPP Poon Weng Ying1,1299.75N/A
SA Shums Tung Tao Chang7406.39N/A
Independent Ngoh Eng Kok2322N/A
Majority 4433.82Decrease2.svg25.07
Registered electors 12,225Increase2.svg8.32
Turnout 11,58494.76Increase2.svg5.97
BS gain from PAP Swing Increase2.svg42.84
By-election 18 January 1966: Bukit Merah [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
PAP Lim Guan Hoo 9,082 82.94 N/A
IndependentMadai Puthan Damodaran Nair1,86817.06N/A
Majority 7,21465.88Increase2.svg62.06
Registered electors 13,489Increase2.svg10.34
Turnout 10,95081.18Decrease2.svg9.8
PAP gain from BS Swing Increase2.svg43.92
General Election 1968: Bukit Merah [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
PAP Lim Guan Hoo Unopposed
Registered electors 19,319Increase2.svg43.22
PAP hold

Elections in 1970s

General Election 1972: Bukit Merah [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
PAP Lim Guan Hoo 9,044 69.33 N/A
WP Kho Jiak Hong2,04215.65N/A
BS Said bin Jali1,95815.02N/A
Majority 7,00253.68N/A
Registered electors 13,960Decrease2.svg27.74
Turnout 13,04493.44N/A
PAP hold
General Election 1976: Bukit Merah [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
PAP Lim Guan Hoo 12,775 76.37 Increase2.svg7.04
DPP Wong Kui Yu3,95223.63N/A
Majority 8,82352.74Decrease2.svg0.94
Registered electors 17,538Increase2.svg25.63
Turnout 16,72795.38Increase2.svg1.94
PAP hold Swing Increase2.svg7.04
By-election, 23 July 1977: Bukit Merah [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
PAP Lim Chee Onn 11,625 72.21 N/A
BS Lee Siew Choh 4,47327.79N/A
Majority 7,15244.4Decrease2.svg8.4
Registered electors 16,937Decrease2.svg3.43
Turnout 16,09895.05Increase2.svg0.1
PAP hold Swing Decrease2.svg4.16

Elections in 1980s

General Election 1980: Bukit Merah [8]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
PAP Lim Chee Onn Unopposed
Registered electors 19,046Increase2.svg12.45
PAP hold
General Election 1984: Bukit Merah [9]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
PAP Lim Chee Onn Unopposed
Registered electors 19,210Increase2.svg0.86
PAP hold
General Election 1988: Bukit Merah [10]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
PAP Lim Chee Onn 9,414 69.78 N/A
WP Pok Lee Chuen4,07730.22N/A
Rejected ballots2301.67N/A
Majority 5,33739.56N/A
Registered electors 14,723Decrease2.svg23.36
Turnout 13,72193.19N/A
PAP hold

Elections in 1990s

General Election 1991: Bukit Merah [11]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
PAP Ch'ng Jit Koon 6,878 61.94 N/A
WP Gopalan Nair Pallichadath4,04636.43N/A
Independent Patrick Leong Siew Choong1811.63N/A
Rejected ballots1931.7Increase2.svg0.03
Majority 2,83225.51Decrease2.svg14.05
Registered electors 11,998Decrease2.svg18.51
Turnout 11,29894.16Increase2.svg0.97
PAP hold Swing Decrease2.svg7.9

References

  1. "ELD | 1959 Legislative Assembly General Election Results". www.eld.gov.sg. Archived from the original on 23 April 2021. Retrieved 4 January 2021.
  2. "ELD | 1963 Legislative Assembly General Election Results". www.eld.gov.sg. Archived from the original on 23 April 2021. Retrieved 4 January 2021.
  3. "ELD | 1966 Parliamentary By-election Result". www.eld.gov.sg. Archived from the original on 23 April 2021. Retrieved 4 January 2021.
  4. "ELD | 1968 Parliamentary General Election Results". www.eld.gov.sg. Archived from the original on 10 November 2020. Retrieved 4 January 2021.
  5. "ELD | 1972 Parliamentary General Election Results". www.eld.gov.sg. Archived from the original on 12 July 2020. Retrieved 4 January 2021.
  6. "ELD | 1976 Parliamentary General Election Results". www.eld.gov.sg. Archived from the original on 14 July 2020. Retrieved 4 January 2021.
  7. "ELD | 1977 Parliamentary By-election Result". www.eld.gov.sg.
  8. "ELD | 1980 Parliamentary General Election Results". www.eld.gov.sg. Archived from the original on 29 November 2018. Retrieved 4 January 2021.
  9. "ELD | 1984 Parliamentary General Election Results". www.eld.gov.sg. Archived from the original on 28 November 2018. Retrieved 4 January 2021.
  10. "ELD | 1988 Parliamentary General Election Results". www.eld.gov.sg. Archived from the original on 30 November 2018. Retrieved 4 January 2021.
  11. "ELD | 1991 Parliamentary General Election Results". www.eld.gov.sg. Archived from the original on 6 August 2019. Retrieved 4 January 2021.