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Bukit Timah Single Member Constituency

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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.

Bukit Timah
Former single-member constituency
for the Parliament of Singapore
RegionCentral Region, Singapore
Electorate26,951 (2001)
Former constituency
Created1951; 75 years ago (1951)
Abolished2006; 20 years ago (2006)
Seats1
Created fromRural West (1951)
Bukit Timah GRC (2001)
Replaced byBukit Timah GRC (1997)
Holland–Bukit Timah GRC (2006)

History

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In 1951, Rural West Constituency was renamed as Bukit Timah constituency.[1]

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 Constituency.

On 8 December 1965, about four months into independence, Barisan Sosialis (BS) began to boycott Parliament in response to the current legislature and its democracy as "phony".[2] Members of Parliament from BS started resigning from parliament with incumbent MP of Bukit Timah Constituency, Lee Tee Tong, resigning on 7 October 1965. A by-election was called with Chor Yeok Eng from PAP winning the seat uncontested.

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

In 1988, following the establishment of group representation constituency (GRC) and single member consituency (SMC), the constituency was known as Bukit Timah Single Member Constituency.[3]

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

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Electoral results

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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

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General Election 1951[4][5]
Party Candidate Votes %
PP H. J. C. Kulasingha 1,311 57.15
Labour Party Valiya Purayil Abdullah 983 42.85
Majority 428 14.30
Total valid votes 2,294 98.62
Rejected ballots 32 1.38
Turnout 2,326 60.42
Registered electors 3,850
PP win (new seat)
General Election 1955[6][7]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
PAP Lim Chin Siong 3,259 52.45 N/A
DP Tan Wah Meng 1,308 21.05 N/A
LF A. N. Mitra 924 14.88 N/A
PP S. F. Ho 722 11.62 Decrease31.23
Majority 1,951 31.40 Increase17.10
Total valid votes 6,213 99.06 Increase0.44
Rejected ballots 59 0.94 Decrease0.44
Turnout 6,272 68.37 Increase7.95
Registered electors 9,173 Increase138.26
PAP gain from PP
General Election 1959[8][9]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
PAP Ya'acob bin Mohamed 6,174 61.14 Increase8.69
LSP Pek Cheng Chuan 2,460 24.36 N/A
Independent Lee Yew Seng 1,464 14.50 N/A
Majority 3,714 36.78 Increase5.38
Total valid votes 10,098 99.10 Increase0.04
Rejected ballots 92 0.90 Decrease0.04
Turnout 10,190 90.30 Increase21.9
Registered electors 11,285 Increase23.02
PAP hold Swing Increase8.69

Elections in 1960s

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General Election 1963[10][11]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BS Lee Tee Tong 6,173 52.39 N/A
PAP Chor Yeok Eng 4,982 42.28 Decrease18.86
UPP Ong Tiong Kuan 628 5.33 N/A
Majority 1,191 10.11 Decrease26.66
Total valid votes 11,783 98.73 Decrease0.37
Rejected ballots 152 1.27 Increase0.37
Turnout 11,935 95.46 Increase5.16
Registered electors 12,502 Increase10.78
BS gain from PAP Swing N/A
By-election 2 November 1966[12]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
PAP Chor Yeok Eng Unopposed
Registered electors 14,854 Increase18.81
PAP gain from BS
General Election 1968[13]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
PAP Chor Yeok Eng Unopposed
Registered electors 16,769 Increase12.89
PAP hold

Elections in 1970s

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General Election 1972[14][15]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
PAP Chor Yeok Eng 9,475 66.78 N/A
BS K. K. Nair 4,714 33.22 N/A
Majority 4,761 33.56 N/A
Total valid votes 14,189 97.20 N/A
Rejected ballots 409 2.80 N/A
Turnout 14,598 94.3 N/A
Registered electors 15,476 Decrease7.71
PAP hold


General Election 1976[16]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
PAP Chor Yeok Eng Unopposed
Registered electors 13,132 Decrease15.15
PAP hold

Elections in 1980s

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General Election 1980[17]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
PAP Chor Yeok Eng Unopposed
Registered electors 15,334 Increase16.77
PAP hold
General Election 1984[18]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
PAP Wang Kai Yuen Unopposed
Registered electors 17,238 Increase12.42
PAP hold
General Election 1988[19]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
PAP Wang Kai Yuen Unopposed
Registered electors 20,222 Increase17.31
PAP hold

Elections in 1990s

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General Election 1991[20][21]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
PAP Wang Kai Yuen 16,080 72.64 N/A
WP Zeng Guo Yuan 5,683 25.68 N/A
Independent Md Sani Jan 371 1.68 N/A
Majority 10,397 46.96 N/A
Total valid votes 22,134 97.53 N/A
Rejected ballots 561 2.47 N/A
Turnout 22,695 92.59 N/A
Registered electors 24,512 Increase21.21
PAP hold

Elections in 2000s

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General Election 2001[22][23]
Party Candidate Votes %
PAP Wang Kai Yuen 19,121 77.37
SDA Tong Meng Chye 4,376 17.71
Independent Tan Kim Chuang 1,215 4.92
Majority 14,745 59.66
Total valid votes 24,712 98.01
Rejected ballots 503 1.99
Turnout 25,215 93.56
Registered electors 26,951
PAP win (new seat)

Historical maps

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See also

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References

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  1. ↑ "MUNICIPAL WARDS". The Singapore Free Press. 17 August 1951. p. 5. Retrieved 30 March 2026.
  2. ↑ Lee, T. H. (1996). The Open United Front: The Communist Struggle in Singapore, 1954–1966. Singapore: South Seas Society.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: publisher location (link)
  3. ↑ "13 GRCs for next general election". The Straits Times. 15 June 1988. p. 1. Retrieved 13 March 2025 – via NewspaperSG.
  4. ↑ "Singapore Legislative Council General Election 1951 > Bukit Timah". www.singapore-elections.com. Archived from the original on 4 April 2015. Retrieved 23 June 2021.
  5. ↑ "Singapore Legislative Council General Election 1951 > Bukit Timah". sg-elections.com. Retrieved 11 June 2026.
  6. ↑ "ELD | 1955 Legislative Assembly General Election Results". www.eld.gov.sg. Retrieved 8 June 2021.
  7. ↑ "Singapore Legislative Assembly General Election 1955 > Bukit Timah". sg-elections.com. Retrieved 11 June 2026.
  8. ↑ "ELD | 1959 Legislative Assembly General Election Results". www.eld.gov.sg. Retrieved 8 June 2021.
  9. ↑ "Singapore Legislative Assembly General Election 1959 > Bukit Timah". sg-elections.com. Retrieved 11 June 2026.
  10. ↑ "ELD | 1963 Legislative Assembly General Election Results". www.eld.gov.sg.
  11. ↑ "Singapore Legislative Assembly General Election 1963 > Bukit Timah". sg-elections.com. Retrieved 11 June 2026.
  12. ↑ "ELD | 1966 Parliamentary By-election Results". www.eld.gov.sg. Retrieved 24 June 2021.
  13. ↑ "ELD | 1968 Legislative Assembly General Election Results". www.eld.gov.sg.
  14. ↑ "ELD | 1972 Legislative Assembly General Election Results". www.eld.gov.sg.
  15. ↑ "Singapore Parliamentary General Election 1972 > Bukit Timah". sg-elections.com. Retrieved 11 June 2026.
  16. ↑ "ELD | 1976 Parliamentary General Election Results". www.eld.gov.sg. Retrieved 24 June 2021.
  17. ↑ "ELD | 1980 Parliamentary General Election Results". www.eld.gov.sg. Retrieved 24 June 2021.
  18. ↑ "ELD | 1984 Parliamentary General Election Results". www.eld.gov.sg. Retrieved 24 June 2021.
  19. ↑ "ELD | 1988 Parliamentary General Election Results". www.eld.gov.sg. Retrieved 24 June 2021.
  20. ↑ "ELD | 1991 Parliamentary General Election Results". www.eld.gov.sg. Retrieved 24 June 2021.
  21. ↑ "Singapore Parliamentary General Election 1991 > Bukit Timah". sg-elections.com. Retrieved 11 June 2026.
  22. ↑ "ELD | 2001 Parliamentary General Election Results". www.eld.gov.sg. Retrieved 23 June 2021.
  23. ↑ "STATEMENT OF THE POLL AFTER COUNTING THE BALLOTS" (PDF). Elections Department Singapore. 4 November 2021. Retrieved 11 June 2026.

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