Kampong Glam Single Member Constituency

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Kampong Glam Single Member Constituency was a single member constituency (SMC) in Kampong Glam, Singapore. It existed as Kampong Glam Constituency from 1959 to 1988 then it was renamed as Kampong Glam Single Member Constituency during political reform in 1988. Once a small constituency with no more than ca. 9,000 registered voters, Kampong Glam constituency voters rose immediately in 1976 with at least 16,000 voters turned out to polling places. The numbers never went down ever since.

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The SMC lasted another term till 1991 when it was absorbed into Kampong Glam Group Representation Constituency (GRC). The GRC is disbanded in the next election in 1997 and Kampong Glam SMC was recreated. Again, the SMC lasted for another term before being merged into Jalan Besar GRC.

Member of Parliament

YearMember of ParliamentParty
Legislative Assembly of Singapore
1959 S Rajaratnam PAP
1963
Parliament of Singapore
1968S Rajaratnam PAP
1972
1976
1980
1984
1988Loh Meng See
Constituency abolished (1991–1997)
1997Loh Meng See 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 1990s

General Election 1997: Kampong Glam
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
PAP Loh Meng See 13,44674.5N/A
DPP Tan Lead Shake 4,59825.5N/A
Majority13,44674.5
Turnout 18,648N/A
PAP win (new seat)

Elections in 1980s

General Election 1988: Kampong Glam
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
PAP Loh Meng See 12,52567.3N/A
WP Frederick De Wind5,80031.2N/A
Angkatan IslamMohamad Sani bin Jan2801.5N/A
Majority6,72536.1N/A
Turnout 18,95987.1N/A
PAP hold Swing N/A
General Election 1984: Kampong Glam
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
PAP Rajaratnam Sinnathamby Walkover
Majority
Turnout 18,127
PAP hold Swing N/A
General Election 1980: Kampong Glam
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
PAP Rajaratnam Sinnathamby Walkover
Majority
Turnout 17,241
PAP hold Swing N/A

Elections in 1970s

General Election 1976: Kampong Glam
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
PAP Rajaratnam Sinnathamby 13,11480.1N/A
United People's FrontAng Bee Lian3,24119.8N/A
Majority9,87360.3N/A
Turnout 16,78791.0N/A
PAP hold Swing N/A
General Election 1972: Kampong Glam
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
PAP Rajaratnam Sinnathamby Walkover
Majority
Turnout 7,542
PAP hold Swing N/A

Elections in 1960s

General Election 1968: Kampong Glam
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
PAP Rajaratnam Sinnathamby Walkover
Majority
Turnout 9,484
PAP hold Swing N/A
General Election 1963: Kampong Glam
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
PAP Rajaratnam Sinnathamby 4,31344.8-20.5
BS Tan Jing Quee4,09342.5+42.5
UPP Harbans Singh1,22412.7+12.7
Majority2202.3-45
Turnout 9,73895.6+6
PAP hold Swing -20.5

Elections in 1950s

General Election 1959: Kampong Glam
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
PAP Rajaratnam Sinnathamby 6,32465.3N/A
SPA Mahmood bin Latiff1,74718.0N/A
LSP Ong Eng Lian1,37714.2N/A
Independent Wu Shiaw2412.5N/A
Majority4,57747.3
Turnout 9,79289.6N/A
PAP win (new seat)

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