Southern Islands Constituency

Southern Islands Constituency was a constituency in Singapore. It existed from 1955 to 1968 and included Sentosa, Pulau Brani, Kusu Island and St John's Island.

Member of Parliament

Election	Member of Parliament	Party
1955	Mohamed Sidik bin Abdul Hamid		MU
1959	Ahmad Jabri bin Mohammed Akib		PKMS
1963	Ya'acob bin Mohammed		PAP

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 1955 ^{[1] [2]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	SA	Mohamed Sidik bin Abdul Hamid	1,233	50.57
	PP	Hollupatherage James Caldera Kulasingha	1,205	49.43
Majority			28	1.14
Registered electors			3,548
Total valid votes			2,438	98.47
Rejected ballots			38	1.53
Turnout			2,476	69.79
	SA win (new seat)

General Election 1959 ^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	PKMS	Ahmad Jabri bin Mohammad Akib	2,598	53.73	N/A
	PAP	Kum Teng Hock	1,225	25.34	N/A
	LSP	Mohammed Ismail bin Haji Mohammed Hussain	1,012	20.93	N/A
Registered electors			5,325
	PKMS gain from SA

Elections in the 1960s

General Election 1963 ^[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	PAP	Ya'acob Bin Mohamed	2,764	55.41	30.07
	SA	Ahmad Jabri bin Mohammad Akib	2,224	44.59	9.14
Registered electors			5,236
	PAP gain from SA

Note : PKMS joined the coalition, Singapore Alliance, before the 1963 General Elections.

Historical maps

• 
  1955 General Election

References

1. "ELD | 1955 Legislative Assembly General Election Results". www.eld.gov.sg.
2. "Singapore Legislative Assembly General Election 1955 > Southern Islands". sg-elections.com. Retrieved 2025-04-04.
3. "ELD | 1959 Legislative Assembly General Election Results". www.eld.gov.sg.
4. "ELD | 1963 Legislative Assembly General Election Results". www.eld.gov.sg.