Mountbatten Single Member Constituency (1959 – 1991)

1°18′22″N 103°52′55″E / 1.306°N 103.882°E / 1.306; 103.882

The Mountbatten Single Member Constituency was a single-member constituency (SMC) situated in central Singapore. It was established in 1959 and was merged into Marine Parade Group Representation Constituency (GRC) in 1991. The last Member of Parliament (MP) for the constituency was Eugene Yap Giau Cheng from the People's Action Party (PAP).

History

Mountbatten Constituency was established in 1957; it was first contested at the 1959 general election and won by Seow Peck Leng from the Singapore People's Alliance (SPA). It was one of the few constituencies not won by the PAP, which secured 43 out of 51 seats in that general election. The PAP gained control of the constituency in the 1963 general election through the election of Ng Yeow Chong. He served as the Member of Parliament until his retirement at the 1980 general election, after which he was succeeded by Eugene Yap.

At the 1988 general election, with the introduction of GRCs, the constituency was renamed Mountbatten SMC.

Yap represented Mountbatten until the constituency was abolished in the 1997 general election and merged into Marine Parade GRC as a division.

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	Ng Yeow Chong	7,751	48.97	25.13
	BS	Fung Yin Ching	5,158	32.59	N/A
	SA	Lee Kim Chuan	1,865	11.78	21.93
	Independent	Felice Leon-Soh	1,053	6.66	8.40
Majority			2,593	16.38	6.51
Total valid votes			15,827	99.11	0.17
Rejected ballots			142	0.89	0.17
Turnout			15,969	94.81	6.14
Registered electors			16,843		64.93
	PAP gain from SPA		Swing	25.13

Notes: the incumbent Singapore People's Alliance (SPA) had joined the UMNO-MCA-MIC alliance to form the Singapore Alliance Party (SA) in this election.

General Election 1968

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	PAP	Ng Yeow Chong	Unopposed
Registered electors			12,760		24.24
	PAP hold

Elections in 1970s

General Election 1972

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	PAP	Ng Yeow Chong	Unopposed
Registered electors			14,396		12.82
	PAP hold

General Election 1976

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	PAP	Ng Yeow Chong	9,412	65.86	N/A
	UF	Seow Khee Leng	4,878	34.14	N/A
Majority			4,534	31.72	N/A
Total valid votes			14,290	97.16	N/A
Rejected ballots			417	2.84	N/A
Turnout			14,707	95.25	N/A
Registered electors			15,440		7.25
	PAP hold

Elections in 1980s

General Election 1980

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	PAP	Eugene Yap Giau Cheng	Unopposed
Registered electors			14,045		9.03
	PAP hold

General Election 1984

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	PAP	Eugene Yap Giau Cheng	16,077	81.32	N/A
	Independent	Tan Ah Teng	3,692	18.68	N/A
Majority			12,385	62.64	N/A
Total valid votes			19,769	96.41	N/A
Rejected ballots			736	3.59	N/A
Turnout			20,505	95.46	N/A
Registered electors			21,480		52.94
	PAP hold		Swing	N/A

General Election 1988

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	PAP	Eugene Yap Giau Cheng	12,712	78.15	3.17
	Independent	Chiam Pan Boon	3,554	21.85	3.17
Majority			9,158	56.30	6.34
Total valid votes			16,266	96.20	0.21
Rejected ballots			643	3.80	0.21
Turnout			16,909	95.28	0.18
Registered electors			17,747		17.38
	PAP hold		Swing	3.17

Elections in 1990s

General Election 1991

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	PAP	Eugene Yap Giau Cheng	11,029	77.95	0.20
	Independent	Yen Kim Khooi	3,119	22.05	0.20
Majority			7,910	55.90	0.40
Total valid votes			14,148	95.98	0.22
Rejected ballots			593	4.02	0.22
Turnout			14,741	95.12	0.16
Registered electors			15,497		12.68
	PAP hold		Swing	0.2

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