Jalan Besar Single Member Constituency

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Jalan Besar
Single Member Constituency
for the Parliament of Singapore
Region Singapore
Current constituency
Created1959
Member(s) Lee Boon Yang
Town CouncilJalan Besar
Replaced by Jalan Besar GRC

Jalan Besar Single Member Constituency (Traditional Chinese: 惹蘭勿剎單選區; Simplified Chinese: 惹兰勿刹单选区) is a defunct Single Member Constituency within Kallang, Singapore. It existed from 1959 to 1988.

Contents

Members of Parliament

Member of ParliamentPartyDatesNotes
Chan Chee Seng PAP 1959-1984
Lee Boon Yang PAP 1984-1988Constituency absorbed into Jalan Besar Group Representation Constituency.

Candidates and Results

Elections in 1950s

General Election 1959: Jalan Besar
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
PAP Chan Chee Seng7,60062.48
SPA Wong Yew Hon2,57321.15
LSP Lo Ka Fat1,48812.23
LF See Eng Kiat5034.14
Turnout 12,29788.6
PAP win (new seat)

Elections in 1960s

General Election 1963: Jalan Besar [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
PAP Chan Chee Seng6,68651.87-10.61
BS Ng Ngeong Yew5,17240.12+40.12
UPP Yong Wan Kit1,0338.01+8.01
Turnout 13,09295.1+6.5
PAP hold Swing -10.61
General Election 1968: Jalan Besar [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
PAP Chan Chee Seng Walkover
Turnout 11,400
PAP hold Swing

Elections in 1970s

General Election 1972: Jalan Besar [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
PAP Chan Chee Seng7,79483.86
United National FrontJohnnie Ng1,50016.14
Turnout 9,51492.3
PAP hold Swing
General Election 1976: Jalan Besar [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
PAP Chan Chee Seng Walkover
Turnout 14,933
PAP hold Swing

Elections in 1980s

General Election 1980: Jalan Besar [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
PAP Chan Chee Seng Walkover
Turnout 15,058
PAP hold Swing
General Election 1984: Jalan Besar [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
PAP Lee Boon Yang 9,23664.43
WP Ananthan Balakrishnan5,10035.57
Turnout 14,80891.9
PAP hold Swing

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References

  1. "1963 LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY GENERAL ELECTION RESULTS" . Retrieved 3 November 2020.
  2. "1968 PARLIAMENTARY GENERAL ELECTION RESULTS" . Retrieved 3 November 2020.
  3. "1972 PARLIAMENTARY GENERAL ELECTION RESULTS" . Retrieved 3 November 2020.
  4. "1976 PARLIAMENTARY GENERAL ELECTION RESULTS" . Retrieved 3 November 2020.
  5. "1980 PARLIAMENTARY GENERAL ELECTION RESULTS" . Retrieved 3 November 2020.
  6. "1984 PARLIAMENTARY GENERAL ELECTION RESULTS" . Retrieved 3 November 2020.