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Bukit Panjang | |
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Single Member constituency for the Parliament of Singapore | |
Region | West Region, Singapore |
Electorate | 35,497 |
Current constituency | |
Created | 1959 |
Seats | 1 |
Party | People's Action Party |
Member(s) | Liang Eng Hwa |
Town Council | Holland–Bukit Panjang |
Merged | 1991 |
Merged to | Sembawang GRC |
Reformed | 2006 |
Reformed from | Holland–Bukit Panjang GRC |
The Bukit Panjang Single Member Constituency is a Single Member Constituency (SMC) located in the western area of Singapore. The current Member of Parliament for the constituency is from the People's Action Party (PAP) Liang Eng Hwa.
The seat consists the main portion of Bukit Panjang (Blks 101-129, 2xx and 4xx Fajar) and was reformed in the 2006 electoral boundary redraw. Bukit Panjang SMC existed from 1959 to 1991 when it was absorbed into the Sembawang Group Representation Constituency (GRC). In 2001, the seat was moved from Sembawang GRC to Holland–Bukit Panjang GRC. The 2006 redrawn boundaries carved out Bukit Panjang to form the current constituency and the GRC was renamed Holland–Bukit Timah GRC. In the 2020 Singapore general election, PAP's Liang defeated Singapore Democratic Party's Paul Tambyah by a narrow margin of 2,509 votes and it was the closest result in a SMC for that election. [1]
Bukit Panjang SMC, along with Holland-Bukit Timah GRC, is managed by the Holland–Bukit Timah Town Council.
Election | Member | Party | |
1955 | Goh Tong Liang | PP | |
1959 | Lee Khoon Choy | PAP | |
1963 | Ong Lian Teng | BS | |
1967 | Selvadurai Pathmanaban | PAP | |
1972 | Lee Yiok Seng | ||
Constituency abolished (1991 – 2006) | |||
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2006 | Teo Ho Pin | PAP | |
2011 | |||
2015 | |||
2020 | Liang Eng Hwa |
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%.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
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PP | Goh Tong Liang | 3,097 | 72.21 | ||
LF | Lim Wee Toh | 2,494 | 27.79 | ||
Majority | 1,905 | 44.4 | |||
Registered electors | 8,012 | ||||
Turnout | 4,355 | 54.4 | |||
PP win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
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PAP | Lee Khoon Choy | 6,156 | 58.3 | ||
LSP | Tan Leong Teck | 2,494 | 23.6 | ||
SPA | Lim Siak Guan | 1,382 | 13.1 | ||
MIC | T. T. K. Alexander | 526 | 5.0 | ||
Majority | 3,662 | 34.7 | |||
Registered electors | 11,984 | ||||
Turnout | 10,647 | 88.8 | |||
PAP win (new seat) |
Note : MIC is allied with Singapore's UMNO and MCA chapters, similar to its Malaysian counterpart with the exception of not using the alliance symbol which was the reason for the elections department of Singapore to view T. T. K. Alexander as an independent candidate.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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BS | Ong Lian Teng | 5,679 | 46.5 | 46.5 | |
PAP | Lee Khoon Choy | 4,940 | 40.4 | 17.9 | |
SA | Loo Bah Chit | 999 | 8.2 | 8.2 | |
UPP | Thuan Paik Phok | 607 | 5.0 | 5.0 | |
Majority | 739 | 6.1 | 28.6 | ||
Registered electors | 12,997 | ||||
Turnout | 12,357 | 95.1 | 6.3 | ||
BS gain from PAP | Swing | 46.5 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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PAP | Selvadurai Pathmanaban | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 16,070 | ||||
PAP gain from BS |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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PAP | Selvadurai Pathmanaban | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 17,893 | ||||
PAP hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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PAP | Lee Yiok Seng | 9,527 | 67.6 | N/A | |
WP | Tang Song Khiang | 3,496 | 24.8 | N/A | |
United National Front | Leyu Tan Jib | 1,060 | 7.5 | N/A | |
Majority | 6,031 | 42.8 | N/A | ||
Registered electors | 15,461 | ||||
Turnout | 14,410 | 93.2 | N/A | ||
PAP hold | Swing | N/A | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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PAP | Lee Yiok Seng | 11,867 | 67.4 | 0.2 | |
WP | Ho Juan Thai | 5,731 | 32.6 | 7.8 | |
Majority | 6,136 | 34.8 | 8 | ||
Registered electors | 18,906 | ||||
Turnout | 18,036 | 95.4 | 2.2 | ||
PAP hold | Swing | 0.2 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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PAP | Lee Yiok Seng | 18,510 | 87.0 | 19.6 | |
United People's Front | Mohamad Sani bin Jan | 2,759 | 13.0 | 13.0 | |
Majority | 15,751 | 74.0 | 39.2 | ||
Registered electors | 23,305 | ||||
Turnout | 22,019 | 94.5 | 0.9 | ||
PAP hold | Swing | 19.6 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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PAP | Lee Yiok Seng | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 23,173 | ||||
PAP hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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PAP | Lee Yiok Seng | 18,314 | 57.3 | N/A | |
SDP | Kwek Guan Kwee | 9,864 | 30.9 | N/A | |
PKMS | Ibrahim bin Ariff | 3,790 | 11.9 | N/A | |
Majority | 8,450 | 26.4 | N/A | ||
Registered electors | 33,824 | ||||
Turnout | 32,567 | 96.3 | N/A | ||
PAP hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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PAP | Teo Ho Pin | 21,647 | 77.18 | |
SDP | Ling How Doong | 6,100 | 22.82 | |
Majority | 15,547 | 54.36 | ||
Registered electors | 30,452 | |||
Turnout | 30,448 | 99.9 | ||
PAP win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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PAP | Teo Ho Pin | 20,375 | 66.27 | 10.91 | |
SDP | Alec Tok | 10,372 | 33.73 | 10.91 | |
Majority | 10,003 | 32.54 | 21.82 | ||
Registered electors | 33,053 | ||||
Turnout | 31,492 | 95.3 | 0.2 | ||
PAP hold | Swing | 10.91 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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PAP | Teo Ho Pin | 21,935 | 68.38 | 2.11 | |
SDP | Khung Wai Yeen | 10,143 | 31.62 | 2.11 | |
Majority | 11,792 | 36.76 | 4.22 | ||
Registered electors | 34,317 | ||||
Rejected ballots | 626 | ||||
Turnout | 32,704 | ||||
PAP hold | Swing | 2.11 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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PAP | Liang Eng Hwa | 18,085 | 53.73 | 14.65 | |
SDP | Paul Tambyah | 15,576 | 46.27 | 14.65 | |
Majority | 2,509 | 7.46 | |||
Registered electors | 35,497 | ||||
Rejected ballots | 586 | 1.71 | |||
Turnout | 34,247 | 96.38 | 1.08 | ||
PAP hold | Swing | 14.65 | |||
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