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Bukit Timah Single Member Constituency

Former electoral constituency in Singapore

Summary

Former electoral constituency in Singapore

FieldValue
nameBukit Timah
typeSingle Member
parl_nameParliament of Singapore
regionCentral Region, Singapore
electorate24,512 (1991)
year1951
abolished1997
seats1
nextBukit Timah GRC
previousRural West

Bukit Timah Single Member Constituency (SMC) was a single member constituency in Bukit Timah, Singapore. It was formerly known as Bukit Timah Constituency before 1988**.**

History

In 1951, Rural West Constituency was broken up into Bukit Timah constituency and Seletar constituency .

In 1955, the constituency was broken up to form various constituencies, Bukit Panjang, Pasir Panjang, Queenstown, Sembawang and Southern Islands SMC. In 1959, it was further broken up to form Jurong SMC.

In 1972, the constituency was broken up to form Bukit Batok SMC, followed by in 1980 distributed to Ayer Rajah SMC, Clementi SMC and West Coast SMC with the growing development of Clementi, and in 1984 to Yuhua SMC and Hong Kah SMC with the growing development of Jurong East.

In 1988, as part of Singapore's electoral reforms, the constituency was renamed as Bukit Timah Single Member Constituency.

In 1997, it was absorbed into Bukit Timah GRC along with Bukit Batok SMC, Jurong SMC, Ulu Pandan SMC and Yuhua SMC.

In 2001, the SMC was recreated as Bukit Timah GRC was broken up to form Holland–Bukit Panjang GRC, Jurong GRC and Bukit Timah SMC. In 2006, the SMC was absorbed into another GRC, Holland–Bukit Timah GRC.

Member of Parliament

ElectionMember of ParliamentPartyLegislative Council of SingaporeLegislative Assembly of SingaporeParliament of SingaporeConstituency abolished (1997 – 2001)
**1951**H. J. C. KulasinghaProgressive Party (Singapore)}}"PP
**1955**Lim Chin SiongPeople's Action Party}}"PAP
**1959**Ya'acob bin Mohamed
**1963**Lee Tee TongBarisan Sosialis}}"BS
**1966**Chor Yeok EngPeople's Action Party}}"PAP
**1968**Chor Yeok EngPeople's Action Party}}"PAP
**1972**
**1976**
**1980**
**1984**Wang Kai Yuen
**1988**
**1991**
**2001**Wang Kai YuenPeople's Action Party}}"PAP

Electoral results

Note: The Elections Department does not include rejected votes when calculating the vote shares of candidates. Hence, all candidates' vote shares will total to 100% at any given election (may not appear so in multi-way contests due to rounding).

Elections in 1950s

Elections in 1960s

Elections in 1970s

Elections in 1980s

Elections in 1990s

Elections in 2000s

Historical maps

File:Bukit Timah 1955 Singaporean GE.svg|1955 General Election

References

References

  1. "Singapore Legislative Council General Election 1951 > Bukit Timah".
  2. "ELD {{!}} 1955 Legislative Assembly General Election Results".
  3. "ELD {{!}} 1959 Legislative Assembly General Election Results".
  4. "ELD | 1963 Legislative Assembly General Election Results".
  5. "ELD {{!}} 1966 Parliamentary By-election Results".
  6. "ELD | 1968 Legislative Assembly General Election Results".
  7. "ELD | 1972 Legislative Assembly General Election Results".
  8. "ELD {{!}} 1976 Parliamentary General Election Results".
  9. "ELD {{!}} 1980 Parliamentary General Election Results".
  10. "ELD {{!}} 1984 Parliamentary General Election Results".
  11. "ELD {{!}} 1988 Parliamentary General Election Results".
  12. "ELD {{!}} 1991 Parliamentary General Election Results".
  13. "ELD {{!}} 2001 Parliamentary General Election Results".
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