Geylang West Constituency

Geylang West Constituency was an electoral constituency in Singapore. It used to exist from 1959 to 1988 where it was absorbed into Jalan Besar GRC.

Member of Parliament

Election	Member of Parliament	Party
Legislative Assembly of Singapore
1959	Yong Nyuk Lin		PAP
1963
Parliament of Singapore
1968	Yong Nyuk Lin		PAP
1972
1976
1979	Teh Cheang Wan
1980
1984

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

General Election 1959 ^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	PAP	Yong Nyuk Lin	8,923	67.60
	SPA	Kwek Sam Hock	4,276	32.40
Majority			4,647	35.20
Registered electors			15,528
Turnout			13,550	87.26
	PAP win (new seat)

Elections in 1960s

General Election 1963 ^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	PAP	Yong Nyuk Lin	6,288	43.63	23.97
	BS	Un Hon Kun	5,670	39.34	N/A
	UPP	Kum Teng Hock	1,541	10.69	N/A
	SA	Mohamed bin Haji Yacob	914	6.34	26.06
Majority			618	4.29	30.91
Registered electors			15,386		0.91
Turnout			14,575	94.73
	PAP hold		Swing	23.97

General Election 1968 ^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	PAP	Yong Nyuk Lin	Unopposed
Registered electors			14,609		5.05
	PAP hold

Elections in 1970s

General Election 1972 ^[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	PAP	Yong Nyuk Lin	7,320	69.28	N/A
	WP	Quek Doh Lam	3,246	30.72	N/A
Majority			4,074	38.56	N/A
Registered electors			11,653		20.23
	PAP hold

General Election 1976 ^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	PAP	Yong Nyuk Lin	11,912	71.18	1.90
	UF	Lim Tiong Hock	4,822	28.82	N/A
Majority			7,090	42.36	3.80
Registered electors			18,101		55.33
	PAP hold

By-election 1979 ^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	PAP	Teh Cheang Wan	Unopposed
Registered electors			20,874		15.32
	PAP hold

References

1. "ELD | 1959 Legislative Assembly General Election Results". www.eld.gov.sg.
2. "ELD | 1963 Legislative Assembly General Election Results". www.eld.gov.sg.
3. "ELD | 1968 Parliamentary General Election Results". www.eld.gov.sg.
4. "ELD | 1972 Parliamentary General Election Results". www.eld.gov.sg.
5. "ELD | 1976 Parliamentary General Election Results". www.eld.gov.sg.
6. "ELD | 1979 Parliamentary By-election Results". www.eld.gov.sg.