Kallang Single Member Constituency

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Kallang Single Member Constituency was a single member constituency (SMC) spanning Kallang of Singapore. It existed as Kallang Constituency from 1959 to 1988 then it was renamed as Kallang Single Member Constituency during political reform in 1988. The SMC lasted another term till 1991 when it was absorbed into Jalan Besar Group Representation Constituency (GRC).

History

In 1988, following the establishment of Group representation constituency (GRC) and SMC, the constituency was renamed as Kallang Single Member Constituency.

In 1991, the SMC was merged into Jalan Besar GRC.

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	%	±%
	PAP	Buang bin Omar Junid	8,479	52.21	4.21
	BS	P. Oorjitham	5,215	32.11	N/A
	Singapore Alliance	Tan Hock Lim	969	5.97	N/A
	Independent	Tan Hai Tong	411	2.53	N/A
Majority			3,264	20.10	13.97
Total valid votes			16,240	99.08	0.52
Rejected ballots			173	1.44	0.52
Turnout			16,391	96.57	3.93
Registered electors			16,974		31.22
	PAP hold		Swing	4.21

General Election 1968

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	PAP	Abdul Aziz Karim	Unopposed
Registered electors			9,309		45.16
	PAP hold

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