Seletar Constituency

Seletar
Former constituency for the Legislative Council of Singapore and the Legislative Assembly of Singapore
Region	North-East Region, Singapore
Electorate	9,402 (1955)
Former constituency
Created	1951
Abolished	1959
Seats	1
Created from	Rural East Rural West
Replaced by	Jalan Kayu Nee Soon Serangoon Gardens Thomson

Seletar Constituency was a single-member constituency of the Legislative Council and Legislative Assembly of Singapore between 1951 and 1959. It covered the Seletar area in North-East Region.

In 1951, the constituency was formed from Rural East and Rural West constituencies. The 1952 Seletar by-election remains the only occasion on which a candidate not from the People's Action Party won unopposed. ^[1]

In 1955, parts of the constituency were separated to form Bukit Panjang, Sembawang and Serangoon constituencies. ^{[2] [3]}

In 1959, the constituency was abolished and split into Jalan Kayu, Nee Soon, Serangoon Gardens and Thomson constituencies.

Member of Parliament

Year	Member of Parliament	Party
Legislative Council of Singapore
1951	Vilasini Menon		Independent
1952	Madai Puthan Damodaran Nair		Independent
Legislative Assembly of Singapore
1955	Madai Puthan Damodaran Nair		Independent

Election results

Electoral results in the 1950s

General Election 1951: Seletar

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Vilasini Menon	1,467	42.7
	Labour Party	Gopalan Nair Nanupillai	1,043	30.3
	PP	V. Vayloo Pakirisamy	929	27.0
Majority			424	12.4
Turnout			3,478	69.2
Registered electors			5,025
	Independent win (new seat)

By-election 1952: Seletar

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Madai Puthan Damodaran Nair	Unopposed
Registered electors			6,509		29.5
	Independent hold

General Election 1955: Seletar

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Madai Puthan Damodaran Nair	1,771	31.8
	Independent	Lek Poh Song	1,632	29.3
	DP	Tan Leong Teck	1,252	22.5
	LF	Khew Pee Ging	909	16.3
Majority			139	2.5	9.9
Turnout			5,620	59.8	9.4
Registered electors			9,402		44.4
	Independent hold

Historical maps

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  1955 General Election

References

1. Legislative Council by-election 1952 Singapore Elections
2. Legislative Assembly general election 1955 Singapore Elections
3. Legislative Assembly general election 1955: Sembawang Singapore Elections