Mountbatten Single Member Constituency

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Mountbatten
Single Member constituency
for the Parliament of Singapore
Mountbatten SMC locator map.svg
Region Central Region, Singapore
Electorate24,267
Current constituency
Created1957;66 years ago (1957)
Seats1
Party PAP logo variation.svg People's Action Party
Member(s) Lim Biow Chuan
Town CouncilMarine Parade
Merged1997
Merged to Marine Parade GRC
Reformed2011
Reformed from Marine Parade GRC

The Mountbatten Single Member Constituency is a single member constituency in the central-southeastern part of Singapore. The current Member of Parliament for the constituency is People's Action Party (PAP) Lim Biow Chuan.

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Members of Parliament

ElectionMemberParty
Legislative Assembly of Singapore
1959 Seow Peck Leng SPA
1963Ng Yeow Chong PAP
Parliament of Singapore
1968Ng Yeow Chong PAP
1972
1976
1980Eugene Yap Giau Cheng
1984
1988
1991
Constituency abolished (1997 2011)
2011 Lim Biow Chuan PAP
2015
2020

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 1959: Mountbatten
PartyCandidateVotes%
SPA Seow Peck Leng 3,031 33.7
PAP Tay Kim Sun2,14323.8
MCA Wong Foo Nam1,90321.2
Katong United Resident AssociationFelice Leon-Soh1,35415.1
LSP Wee Soo Bee5596.2
Majority2,59316.4
Turnout 8889.9
SPA win (new seat)

Elections in 1960s

General Election 1963: Mountbatten
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
PAP Ng Yeow Chong 7,751 49.0 Increase2.svg25.2
BS Fung Yin Ching5,15832.6Increase2.svg32.6
SA Lee Kim Chuan1,86511.8Decrease2.svg21.9
Independent Felice Leon-Soh1,0536.7Decrease2.svg8.4
Majority2,59316.4Increase2.svg25.2
Turnout 15,96994.8Increase2.svg6.1
PAP gain from SPA Swing Increase2.svg25.2

Notes: SPA joins UMNO-MCA-MIC alliance to form SA in 1963 GE. [1]

General Election 1968: Mountbatten
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
PAP Ng Yeow ChongUnopposed
Registered electors 12,760
PAP hold

Elections in 1970s

General Election 1972: Mountbatten
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
PAP Ng Yeow ChongUnopposed
Registered electors 14,396
PAP hold
General Election 1976: Mountbatten
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
PAP Ng Yeow Chong9,41265.9N/A
DPP Seow Khee Leng4,87834.1N/A
Majority4,53431.8N/A
Turnout 14,70795.3N/A
PAP hold Swing N/A

Elections in 1980s

General Election 1980: Mountbatten
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
PAP Eugene Yap Giau ChengUnopposed
Registered electors 14,045
PAP hold
General Election 1984: Mountbatten
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
PAP Eugene Yap Giau Cheng 16,077 81.30 N/A
Independent Tan Ah Teng3,69218.70N/A
Majority12,38562.6N/A
Turnout 20,50595.5N/A
PAP hold Swing N/A
General Election 1988: Mountbatten
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
PAP Eugene Yap Giau Cheng 12,712 78.20 Decrease2.svg3.1
Independent Chiam Pan Boon3,55421.80Increase2.svg3.1
Majority9,15856.4Decrease2.svg6.2
Turnout 16,90995.3Decrease2.svg0.2
PAP hold Swing Decrease2.svg3.1

Elections in 1990s

General Election 1991: Mountbatten
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
PAP Eugene Yap Giau Cheng 11,029 78.00 Decrease2.svg0.2
Independent Yen Kim Khooi3,11922.00Increase2.svg0.2
Majority7,91056.0Decrease2.svg0.4
Turnout 14,74195.1Decrease2.svg0.2
PAP hold Swing Decrease2.svg0.2

Elections in 2010s

General Election 2011: Mountbatten
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
PAP Lim Biow Chuan 11,985 58.62 N/A
NSP Jeannette Chong-Aruldoss 8,46141.38N/A
Majority3,52417.24N/A
Turnout 20,86587.9N/A
PAP win (new seat)
General Election 2015: Mountbatten
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
PAP Lim Biow Chuan 15,331 71.86 Increase2.svg13.24
SPP Jeannette Chong-Aruldoss 6,00428.14N/A
Majority9,32743.72Increase2.svg26.48
Rejected ballots3332.35
Turnout 21,66889.75
PAP hold Swing Increase2.svg13.24

Elections in 2020s

General Election 2020: Mountbatten
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
PAP Lim Biow Chuan 16,227 73.84 Increase2.svg1.98
PV Sivakumaran Chellappa5,74826.16N/A
Majority10,47947.68
Rejected ballots5842.59
Turnout 22,55992.96Increase2.svg3.21
Registered electors 24,267
PAP hold Swing Increase2.svg1.98

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References

  1. "Singapore People's Alliance".