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Bukit Merah Single Member Constituency

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Bukit Merah
Former Single Member constituency
for the Parliament of Singapore
RegionSingapore
Current constituency
Created1959
Seats1
PartyPeople's Action Party
Member(s)Ch'ng Jit Koon
Town CouncilTanjong Pagar
Replaced byTanjong Pagar GRC

Bukit Merah Single Member Constituency was a constituency in Singapore. It existed from 1959 to 1997, when it was merged with Leng Kee division of the Tanjong Pagar GRC.

Member of Parliament

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Election Member of Parliament Party
1959 Sellappa Ramaswamy PAP
1963 Lim Huan Boon BS
1966 Lim Guan Hoo PAP
1968
1972
1976
1977 Lim Chee Onn
1980
1984
1988
1991 Ch'ng Jit Koon

Elections

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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

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General Election 1959: Bukit Merah[1]
Party Candidate Votes %
PAP Sellappa Ramaswamy 5,922 59.09
SPA Teo Cheng Hye 3,026 30.2
Independent Lee Choon Eng 1,073 10.71
Majority 2,896 28.89
Registered electors 11,286
Turnout 10,021 88.79
PAP win (new seat)

Elections in 1960s

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General Election 1963: Bukit Merah[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BS Lim Huan Boon 4,963 42.84 N/A
PAP Sellappa Ramaswamy 4,520 39.02 Decrease20.07
UPP Poon Weng Ying 1,129 9.75 N/A
SA Shums Tung Tao Chang 740 6.39 N/A
Independent Ngoh Eng Kok 232 2 N/A
Majority 443 3.82 Decrease25.07
Registered electors 12,225 Increase8.32
Turnout 11,584 94.76 Increase5.97
BS gain from PAP Swing Increase42.84
By-election 18 January 1966: Bukit Merah[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
PAP Lim Guan Hoo 9,082 82.94 N/A
Independent Madai Puthan Damodaran Nair 1,868 17.06 N/A
Majority 7,214 65.88 Increase62.06
Registered electors 13,489 Increase10.34
Turnout 10,950 81.18 Decrease9.8
PAP gain from BS Swing Increase43.92
General Election 1968: Bukit Merah[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
PAP Lim Guan Hoo Unopposed
Registered electors 19,319 Increase43.22
PAP hold

Elections in 1970s

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General Election 1972: Bukit Merah[5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
PAP Lim Guan Hoo 9,044 69.33 N/A
WP Kho Jiak Hong 2,042 15.65 N/A
BS Said bin Jali 1,958 15.02 N/A
Majority 7,002 53.68 N/A
Registered electors 13,960 Decrease27.74
Turnout 13,044 93.44 N/A
PAP hold
General Election 1976: Bukit Merah[6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
PAP Lim Guan Hoo 12,775 76.37 Increase7.04
DPP Wong Kui Yu 3,952 23.63 N/A
Majority 8,823 52.74 Decrease0.94
Registered electors 17,538 Increase25.63
Turnout 16,727 95.38 Increase1.94
PAP hold Swing Increase7.04
By-election, 23 July 1977: Bukit Merah[7]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
PAP Lim Chee Onn 11,625 72.21 N/A
BS Lee Siew Choh 4,473 27.79 N/A
Majority 7,152 44.4 Decrease8.4
Registered electors 16,937 Decrease3.43
Turnout 16,098 95.05 Increase0.1
PAP hold Swing Decrease4.16

Elections in 1980s

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General Election 1980: Bukit Merah[8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
PAP Lim Chee Onn Unopposed
Registered electors 19,046 Increase12.45
PAP hold
General Election 1984: Bukit Merah[9]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
PAP Lim Chee Onn Unopposed
Registered electors 19,210 Increase0.86
PAP hold
General Election 1988: Bukit Merah[10]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
PAP Lim Chee Onn 9,414 69.78 N/A
WP Pok Lee Chuen 4,077 30.22 N/A
Rejected ballots 230 1.67 N/A
Majority 5,337 39.56 N/A
Registered electors 14,723 Decrease23.36
Turnout 13,721 93.19 N/A
PAP hold

Elections in 1990s

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General Election 1991: Bukit Merah[11]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
PAP Ch'ng Jit Koon 6,878 61.94 N/A
WP Gopalan Nair Pallichadath 4,046 36.43 N/A
Independent Patrick Leong Siew Choong 181 1.63 N/A
Rejected ballots 193 1.7 Increase0.03
Majority 2,832 25.51 Decrease14.05
Registered electors 11,998 Decrease18.51
Turnout 11,298 94.16 Increase0.97
PAP hold Swing Decrease7.9

References

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  1. ^ "ELD | 1959 Legislative Assembly General Election Results". www.eld.gov.sg.
  2. ^ "ELD | 1963 Legislative Assembly General Election Results". www.eld.gov.sg.
  3. ^ "ELD | 1966 Parliamentary By-election Result". www.eld.gov.sg.
  4. ^ "ELD | 1968 Parliamentary General Election Results". www.eld.gov.sg.
  5. ^ "ELD | 1972 Parliamentary General Election Results". www.eld.gov.sg.
  6. ^ "ELD | 1976 Parliamentary General Election Results". www.eld.gov.sg.
  7. ^ "ELD | 1977 Parliamentary By-election Result". www.eld.gov.sg.
  8. ^ "ELD | 1980 Parliamentary General Election Results". www.eld.gov.sg.
  9. ^ "ELD | 1984 Parliamentary General Election Results". www.eld.gov.sg.
  10. ^ "ELD | 1988 Parliamentary General Election Results". www.eld.gov.sg.
  11. ^ "ELD | 1991 Parliamentary General Election Results". www.eld.gov.sg.


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