Chua Chu Kang Single Member Constituency
Chua Chu Kang SMC | |
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Single Member constituency for the Parliament of Singapore | |
Region | Singapore |
Current constituency | |
Created | 1959 |
Seats | 1 |
Member(s) | Constituency Abolished |
Town Council | Chua Chu Kang |
Replaced by | Chua Chu Kang GRC |
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Chua Chu Kang Single Member Constituency was a single member constituency (SMC) located in the western region of Singapore. The constituency encompasses Choa Chu Kang New Town. It is one of the longest existing constituencies in Singapore, spanning 52 years from 1959 to 2011.
Throughout its relatively long history, the ruling People's Action Party has won the constituency in every election, except the 1963 general election when it lost the seat to opposition party Barisan Sosialis. Chua Chu Kang SMC faced a four-cornered fight, including the ruling party itself in the 1997 general election and the PAP was challenged by Singapore Democratic Alliance's Steve Chia in the 2001 and 2006 general elections. In the 2011 general election, the SMC and Hong Kah Group Representation Constituency (GRC) were absorbed into Chua Chu Kang GRC.
Members of Parliament
[edit]Election | Member of Parliament | Party | |
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Legislative Assembly of Singapore | |||
1959 | Ong Chang Sam | PAP | |
1963 | Chio Cheng Thun | BS | |
1966 | Tang See Chim | PAP | |
Parliament of Singapore | |||
1968 | Tang See Chim | PAP | |
1972 | |||
1976 | |||
1980 | |||
1984 | |||
1988 | Low Seow Chay | ||
1991 | |||
2001 | |||
2006 | Gan Kim Yong |
Elections
[edit]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 the 2000s
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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PAP | Gan Kim Yong | 14,156 | 60.4 | −4.9 | |
SDA | Steve Chia Kiah Hong | 9,292 | 39.6 | +4.9 | |
Majority | 4,864 | 20.8 | −9.8 | ||
Turnout | 23,950 | 95.9 | −0.4 | ||
PAP hold | Swing | -4.9 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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PAP | Low Seow Chay | 14,489 | 65.3 | +3.4 | |
SDA | Steve Chia Kiah Hong | 8,143 | 34.7 | +34.7 | |
Majority | 5,643 | 30.6 | −9.2 | ||
Turnout | 23,936 | 96.3 | −0.2 | ||
PAP hold | Swing | +3.4 |
Elections in the 1990s
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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PAP | Low Seow Chay | 14,141 | 61.9 | −6.5 | |
NSP | Yip Yew Weng | 5,040 | 22.1 | +22.1 | |
Independent | Chia Shi Teck | 3,210 | 14.1 | +14.1 | |
DPP | Tan Soo Phuan | 445 | 1.9 | +1.9 | |
Majority | 9,101 | 39.8 | −4.6 | ||
Turnout | 23,240 | 96.5 | +0.3 | ||
PAP hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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PAP | Low Seow Chay | 14,489 | 68.4 | +9.2 | |
Independent | Kwek Guan Kwee | 5,071 | 24.0 | +24.0 | |
Independent | Harry W. Baptist | 1,611 | 7.6 | +7.61 | |
Majority | 9,418 | 44.4 | +25.8 | ||
Turnout | 21,940 | 96.2 | −1.0 | ||
PAP hold | Swing |
Elections in the 1980s
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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PAP | Low Seow Chay | 11,058 | 59.3 | +4.4 | |
WP | Chan Keng Sieng | 7,597 | 40.7 | −3.6 | |
Majority | 3,461 | 18.6 | +8.2 | ||
Turnout | 19,082 | 97.2 | +0.4 | ||
PAP hold | Swing | +4.04 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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PAP | Tang See Chim | 13,254 | 54.8 | ||
WP | Chan Keng Sieng | 10,720 | 44.4 | ||
United People's Front | Teo Kim Hoe | 196 | 0.8 | ||
Majority | 2,534 | 10.4 | |||
Turnout | 24,727 | 96.8 | |||
PAP hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
PAP | Tang See Chim | Walkover | |||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 22,363 | ||||
PAP hold | Swing |
Elections in the 1970s
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
PAP | Tang See Chim | 11,740 | 68.75 | +6.39 | |
WP | Chan Keng Sieng | 5,336 | 31.25 | +31.25 | |
Majority | 6,354 | ||||
Turnout | 17,685 | 97.5 | +2.4 | ||
PAP hold | Swing | +6.4 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
PAP | Tang See Chim | 9,002 | 62.4 | ||
BS | Ng Ah Chue | 5,434 | 37.6 | ||
Majority | 3,568 | 24.8 | |||
Turnout | 14,903 | 95.1 | |||
PAP hold | Swing |
Elections in the 1960s
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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PAP | Tang See Chim | Walkover | |||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 12,879 | ||||
PAP hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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PAP | Tang See Chim | Walkover | |||
Turnout | |||||
PAP gain from BS | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
BS | Chio Cheng Thun | 3,753 | 48.6 | +48.6 | |
PAP | Lim Kim Hian | 2,429 | 31.5 | −24.8 | |
UPP | Sim Chit Giak | 800 | 10.4 | +10.4 | |
SA | Neo Guan Choo | 396 | 5.1 | +5.1 | |
Independent | Goh Tong Liang | 345 | 4.5 | +4.5 | |
Majority | 1,324 | 17.1 | |||
Turnout | 7,799 | 95.1 | +3.1 | ||
BS gain from PAP | Swing | N/A |
Elections in the 1950s
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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PAP | Ong Chang Sam | 3,536 | 56.3 | ||
Independent | Neo Koon Hin | 1,563 | 24.9 | ||
SPA | Goh Tong Liang | 1,183 | 18.9 | ||
Majority | 1,973 | 31.4 | |||
Turnout | 6,334 | 91.9 | |||
PAP win (new seat) |