Bukit Timah Single Member Constituency

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Bukit Timah
Former Single Member constituency
for the Parliament of Singapore
Region Central Region, Singapore
Electorate24,512 (1991)
Former constituency
Created1951
Abolished1997
Seats1
Created from Rural West
Replaced by Bukit Timah GRC
Bukit Timah
Former Single Member constituency
for the Parliament of Singapore
Region Central Region, Singapore
Electorate26,951 (2001)
Former constituency
Created2001
Abolished2006
Seats1
Created from Bukit Timah GRC
Replaced by Holland–Bukit Timah GRC

Bukit Timah Single Member Constituency(SMC) was a single member constituency in Bukit Timah, Singapore. It was formerly known as Bukit Timah Constituency before 1988.

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History

In 1951, Rural West Constituency was broken up into Bukit Timah constituency and Seletar constituency .

In 1955, the constituency was broken up to form various constituencies, Bukit Panjang, Pasir Panjang, Queenstown, Sembawang and Southern Islands SMC. In 1959, it was further broken up to form Jurong SMC.

In 1972, the constituency was broken up to form Bukit Batok SMC, followed by in 1980 distributed to Ayer Rajah SMC, Clementi SMC and West Coast SMC with the growing development of Clementi, and in 1984 to Yuhua SMC and Hong Kah SMC with the growing development of Jurong East.

In 1988, as part of Singapore's electoral reforms, the constituency was renamed as Bukit Timah Single Member Constituency.

In 1997, it was absorbed into Bukit Timah GRC along with Bukit Batok SMC, Jurong SMC, Ulu Pandan SMC and Yuhua SMC.

In 2001, the SMC was recreated as Bukit Timah GRC was broken up to form Holland–Bukit Panjang GRC, Jurong GRC and Bukit Timah SMC. In 2006, the SMC was absorbed into another GRC, Holland–Bukit Timah GRC.

Member of Parliament

ElectionMember of ParliamentParty
Legislative Council of Singapore
1951 Hollupatherage James Caldera Kulasingha PP
Legislative Assembly of Singapore
1955 Lim Chin Siong PAP
1959 Ya'acob bin Mohamed
1963 Lee Tee Tong BS
1966 Chor Yeok Eng PAP
Parliament of Singapore
1968 Chor Yeok Eng PAP
1972
1976
1980
1984 Wang Kai Yuen
1988
1991
Constituency abolished (1997 – 2001)
2001 Wang Kai Yuen PAP

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 1951: Bukit Timah [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%
PP Hollupatherage James Caldera Kulasingha 1,311 57.15
Labour Party Valiya Purayil Abdullah98342.85
Rejected ballots321.38
Majority42814.3
Registered electors 3,850
Turnout 2,32660.42
PP win (new seat)
General Election 1955: Bukit Timah [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
PAP Lim Chin Siong 3,259 52.45 N/A
DP Tan Wah Meng1,30821.05N/A
LF A. N. Mitra92414.88N/A
PP S. F. Ho72211.62N/A
Rejected ballots590.94Decrease2.svg0.44
Majority1,95131.4Increase2.svg14.3
Registered electors 9,173Increase2.svg138.26
Turnout 6,27268.4Increase2.svg8.00
PAP gain from PP
General Election 1959: Bukit Timah [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
PAP Ya'acob bin Mohamed 6,174 61.14 N/A
LSP Pek Cheng Chuan2,46024.36N/A
Independent Lee Yew Seng1,46414.50N/A
Rejected ballots920.9Decrease2.svg0.04
Majority3,71436.78Increase2.svg5.38
Registered electors 11,285Increase2.svg23.02
Turnout 10,19090.3Increase2.svg21.9
PAP hold Swing Increase2.svg8.69

Elections in 1960s

General Election 1963: Bukit Timah [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
BS Lee Tee Tong 6,173 52.39 N/A
PAP Chor Yeok Eng 4,98242.28Decrease2.svg18.86
UPP Ong Tiong Kuan6285.33N/A
Rejected ballots1521.27Increase2.svg0.37
Majority1,19110.11Decrease2.svg26.66
Registered electors 12,502Increase2.svg10.78
Turnout 11,93595.46Increase2.svg5.16
BS gain from PAP Swing N/A
By Election 1966: Bukit Timah [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
PAP Chor Yeok Eng Unopposed
Registered electors 14,854Increase2.svg18.81
PAP gain from BS
General Election 1968: Bukit Timah [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
PAP Chor Yeok Eng Unopposed
Registered electors 16,769Increase2.svg12.89
PAP hold

Elections in 1970s

General Election 1972: Bukit Timah [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
PAP Chor Yeok Eng 9,475 66.78 N/A
BS K. K. Nair 4,71433.22N/A
Rejected ballots4092.8N/A
Majority4,76133.56N/A
Registered electors 15,476Decrease2.svg7.71
Turnout 14,59894.3N/A
PAP hold
General Election 1976: Bukit Timah [8]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
PAP Chor Yeok Eng Unopposed
Registered electors 13,132Decrease2.svg15.15
PAP hold

Elections in 1980s

General Election 1980: Bukit Timah [9]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
PAP Chor Yeok Eng Unopposed
Registered electors 15,334Increase2.svg16.77
PAP hold
General Election 1984: Bukit Timah [10]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
PAP Wang Kai Yuen Unopposed
Registered electors 17,238Increase2.svg12.42
PAP hold
General Election 1988: Bukit Timah [11]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
PAP Wang Kai Yuen Unopposed
Registered electors 20,222Increase2.svg17.31
PAP hold

Elections in 1990s

General Election 1991: Bukit Timah [12]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
PAP Wang Kai Yuen 16,080 72.64 N/A
WP Zeng Guo Yuan 5,68325.68N/A
Independent Md Sani Jan3711.68N/A
Rejected ballots5612.47N/A
Majority10,39746.96N/A
Registered electors 24,512Increase2.svg21.21
Turnout 22,69592.59N/A
PAP hold

Elections in 2000s

General Election 2001: Bukit Timah [13]
PartyCandidateVotes%
PAP Wang Kai Yuen 19,121 77.37
SDA Tong Meng Chye4,37617.71
Independent Tan Kim Chuang1,2154.92
Rejected ballots5032.03
Majority14,74559.66
Registered electors 26,951
Turnout 24,71291.69
PAP win (new seat)

Historical maps

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