River Valley Single Member Constituency

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River Valley Single Member Constituency was a constituency in Singapore. It used to exist from 1959 to 1988.

Elections in the 1950s and 1960s

General Election 1963: River Valley
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
PAP Lim Cheng Lock5,59756.7+20.1
BS Goh Lam San2,66827.0
SA Yap Pheng Geck1,15611.7-24.8
UPP Wong Chung Kit4554.6
Majority2,92929.7
Turnout 9,98094.8
PAP hold Swing
General Election 1959: River Valley
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
PAP Lim Cheng Lock3,43036.6
SPA Soh Ghee Soon3,42536.5
LSP Tan Ek Khoo2,52927.0
Majority50.1
Turnout 9,53490.0
PAP win (new seat)

The 1959 election in River Valley remains the record for the closest winning margin in any election in Singapore history.



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