Bukit Merah Single Member Constituency

1°17′13″N 103°49′05″E / 1.287°N 103.818°E / 1.287; 103.818

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.

History

Bukit Merah Constituency was formed in 1959.

On 31 December 1965, Lim Huan Boon resigned his Bukit Merah Constituency seat as he did not support BS boycotting parliament. By-election nominations were called for Bukit Merah on 8 January.

On 13 February 1977, Lim Guan Hoo suffered from a stroke and collapsed whilst watching the Vigilante Corps performing at the National Stadium. He was sent to the Singapore General Hospital where he stayed there in a coma for 172 days, dying on 3 August at 2:40 am.

His seat was vacated on 30 June 1977 and an by-election was called, the second by-election of the year similarly following the death of N. Naidu Govindasmy, the incumbent MP of Radin Mas Constituency. Similar to the earlier by-election for Radin Mas Constituency, opposition parties negotiated to avoid a multi-cornered contest with Lee Siew Choh of the Barisan Sosialis contesting the by-election. The PAP fielded civilist Lim Chee Oon to defend the seat. Lim was elected as MP in the by-election.

In 1988, following the establishment of group representation constituency (GRC) and single member constituency (SMC), it was known as Bukit Merah Single Member Constituency.

Member of Parliament

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 1960s

General Election 1963

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BS	Lim Huan Boon	4,963	42.84	N/A
	PAP	Sellappa Ramaswamy	4,520	39.02	20.07
	UPP	Poon Weng Ying	1,129	9.75	N/A
	SA	Shums Tung Tao Chang	740	6.39	23.81
	Independent	Ngoh Eng Kok	232	2.00	N/A
Majority			443	3.82	25.07
Total valid votes			11,584	99.06	0.29
Rejected ballots			110	0.94	0.29
Turnout			11,694	95.66	6.87
Registered electors			12,225		8.32
	BS gain from PAP		Swing	42.84

By-election 18 January 1966

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	PAP	Lim Guan Hoo	9,082	82.94	43.92
	Independent	Madai Puthan Damodaran Nair	1,868	17.06	N/A
Majority			7,214	65.88	62.06
Total valid votes			10,950	96.51	2.55
Rejected ballots			396	3.49	2.55
Turnout			11,346	84.11	11.55
Registered electors			13,489		10.34
	PAP gain from BS		Swing	43.92

General Election 1968

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	PAP	Lim Guan Hoo	Unopposed
Registered electors			19,319		43.22
	PAP hold

Elections in 1970s

General Election 1972

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
Total valid votes			13,044	98.33	N/A
Rejected ballots			221	1.67	N/A
Turnout			13,265	95.02	N/A
Registered electors			13,960		27.74
	PAP hold

General Election 1976

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	PAP	Lim Guan Hoo	12,775	76.37	7.04
	UF	Wong Kui Yu	3,952	23.63	N/A
Majority			8,823	52.74	0.94
Total valid votes			16,727	98.43	0.10
Rejected ballots			267	1.57	0.10
Turnout			16,994	96.90	1.88
Registered electors			17,538		25.63
	PAP hold		Swing	7.04

By-election, 23 July 1977

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	PAP	Lim Chee Onn	11,625	72.21	4.16
	BS	Lee Siew Choh	4,473	27.79	N/A
Majority			7,152	44.42	8.32
Total valid votes			16,098	97.67	0.76
Rejected ballots			384	2.33	0.76
Turnout			16,482	97.31	0.41
Registered electors			16,937		3.43
	PAP hold		Swing	4.16

Elections in 1980s

General Election 1980

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	PAP	Lim Chee Onn	Unopposed
Registered electors			19,046		12.45
	PAP hold

General Election 1984

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	PAP	Lim Chee Onn	Unopposed
Registered electors			19,210		0.86
	PAP hold

General Election 1988

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	PAP	Lim Chee Onn	9,414	69.78	N/A
	WP	Pok Lee Chuen	4,077	30.22	N/A
Majority			5,337	39.56	N/A
Total valid votes			13,491	98.32	N/A
Rejected ballots			230	1.68	N/A
Turnout			13,721	93.19	N/A
Registered electors			14,723		23.36
	PAP hold

Elections in 1990s

General Election 1991

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	PAP	Ch'ng Jit Koon	6,878	61.94	7.84
	WP	Gopalan Nair Pallichadath	4,046	36.43	6.21
	Independent	Patrick Leong Siew Choong	181	1.63	N/A
Majority			2,832	25.51	14.05
Total valid votes			11,105	98.29	0.03
Rejected ballots			193	1.71	0.03
Turnout			11,298	94.16	0.97
Registered electors			11,998		18.51
	PAP hold		Swing	7.84

References

This Singapore location article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by adding missing information.

• v
• t
• e