Joo Chiat Single Member Constituency

Joo Chiat
Joo Chiat
Single Member constituency; for the Parliament of Singapore
	Location under 2006 boundaries
Region	southeastern Singapore
Electorate	22,069
Current constituency
Created	1959-1988; 2001-2015
Number of members	1
Member(s)	Edwin Tong

Joo Chiat Single Member Constituency (Traditional Chinese: 如切單選區;Simplified Chinese: 如切单选区) is a defunct Single Member Constituency (SMC) located in the eastern region of Singapore. The SMC encompasses the areas of Joo Chiat, Katong, opera estate, Siglap and a portion of telok kurau. It had previously existed from 1959 until 1988, when it was merged with neighbouring constituencies to form Bedok Group Representation Constituency (Bedok GRC). It was reformed just before the 2001 general election after being carved out from East Coast Group Representation Constituency. The seat has been held by the People's Action Party since its reformation that year and was contested again in 2006. Its current Member of Parliament is Charles Chong.

Bukit Panjang and Mountbatten currently share the roots where it has been interrupted due to Group Representation Constituency system, where it had been merged into the respective bigger constituencies at different times. No other constituencies has survived longer without the interruption after Chua Chu Kang had been merged into Chua Chu Kang GRC. A few constituency names remains the same from all the Group Representation Constituency.

After the HDB flats demolished in Joo Chiat constituency, the constituency will be merged into Marine Parade GRC in 2015.

Members of Parliament

Member of Parliament		Dates	Notes
Koh Choon Hong	SPA	1959 – 1963
Fong Kim Heng	PAP	1963 – 1966
Yeoh Ghim Seng	PAP	1966 – 1988	Speaker of Parliament, 1970-1988
Constituency abolished (1988 – 2001)
Chan Soo Sen	PAP	2001 – 2011
Charles Chong	PAP	2011 – 2015
Constituency abolished (2015 – Present)

Candidates and results

Elections in the 2010s

General Election 2011: Joo Chiat
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	PAP	Charles Chong	9,666	51.02	−13.99
	WP	Yee Jenn Jong	9,278	48.98	+13.99
Majority			388	2.04	−27.98
Turnout			19,259	98.4	+10.6
	PAP hold		Swing	-13.99

Elections in the 2000s

General Election 2006: Joo Chiat
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	PAP	Chan Soo Sen	12,226	65.01	−18.54
	WP	Tan Bin Seng	6,580	34.99	+34.99
Majority			5,646	30.02
Turnout			19,196	87.8	+0.2
	PAP hold		Swing	-18.54

General Election 2001: Joo Chiat
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	PAP	Chan Soo Sen	15,426	83.55	N/A
	Independent	Ooi Boon Ewe	3,038	16.45	+16.45
Majority			12,388	67.1
Turnout			19,049	87.6
	PAP win (new seat)

Elections in the 1980s

General Election 1984: Joo Chiat
Party		Candidate	Votes
	PAP	Yeoh Ghim Seng	Walkover
Turnout			18,987
	PAP hold		Swing

General Election 1980: Joo Chiat
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	PAP	Yeoh Ghim Seng	8,542	74.18	−0.25
	SDP	Soon Kia Seng	2,973	25.82	+25.82
Majority			5,569	48.36
Turnout			11,515	97.8	0.0
	PAP hold		Swing	-0.25

Elections in the 1970s

General Election 1976: Joo Chiat
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	PAP	Yeoh Ghim Seng	9,601	74.43	−9.06
	WP	Maideen bin Ameer Batcha	3,247	25.57	+25.57
Majority			6,354	48.86	−18.12
Turnout			12,848	97.8	−0.3
	PAP hold		Swing	-9.06

General Election 1972: Joo Chiat
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	PAP	Yeoh Ghim Seng	11,669	83.49	N/A
	United National Front	William Cook	2,307	16.51	+16.51
Majority			9,362	66.98
Turnout			13,976	98.1
	PAP hold		Swing	N/A

Elections in the 1960s

General Election 1968: Joo Chiat
Party		Candidate	Votes
	PAP	Yeoh Ghim Seng	Walkover
Turnout			12,335
	PAP hold		Swing

Third By-election (November) 1966: Joo Chiat
Party		Candidate	Votes
	PAP	Yeoh Ghim Seng	Walkover
Turnout			15,760
	PAP hold		Swing

General Election 1963: Joo Chiat
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	PAP	Fong Kim Heng	9,300	65.88	+26.25
	BS	Leong Keng Seng	3,737	26.48	+26.48
	SA	Seow Peck Leng	1,078	7.64	−38.23
Majority			5,563	39.40
Turnout			14,214	95.0	+5.4
	PAP gain from SPA		Swing	N/A

Elections in the 1950s

General Election 1959: Joo Chiat
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	SPA	Koh Choon Hong	6,136	45.87
	PAP	Fong Kim Heng	5,301	39.63
	LSP	Gay Wan Guay	1,215	9.09
	Katong United Residents' Association	Low Teck Cheng	405	3.03
	Independent	Henry Chong	320	2.39
Majority			835	6.24
Turnout			13,674	89.6
	SPA win (new seat)

References