Kampong Glam Single Member Constituency

Kampong Glam Single Member Constituency was a single member constituency (SMC) in Kampong Glam, Singapore. It existed as Kampong Glam Constituency from 1959 to 1988 then it was renamed as Kampong Glam Single Member Constituency during political reform in 1988. Once a small constituency with no more than ca. 9,000 registered voters, Kampong Glam constituency voters rose immediately in 1976 with at least 16,000 voters turned out to polling places. The numbers never went down ever since.

The SMC lasted another term till 1991 when it was absorbed into Kampong Glam Group Representation Constituency (GRC). The GRC is disbanded in the next election in 1997 and Kampong Glam SMC was recreated. Again, the SMC lasted for another term before being merged into Jalan Besar GRC.

Member of Parliament

Legislative Assembly of Singapore
Year	Member of Parliament	Party
1959	S Rajaratnam		PAP
1963	S Rajaratnam		PAP
Parliament of Singapore
1968	S Rajaratnam		PAP
1972
1976
1980
1984
1988	Loh Meng See
Constituency abolished (1991–1997)
1997	Loh Meng See		PAP

Elections

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 1990s

General Election 1997: Kampong Glam
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	PAP	Loh Meng See	13,446	74.5	N/A
	DPP	Tan Lead Shake	4,598	25.5	N/A
Majority			13,446	74.5
Turnout			18,648		N/A
	PAP win (new seat)

Elections in 1980s

General Election 1988: Kampong Glam
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	PAP	Loh Meng See	12,525	67.3	N/A
	WP	Frederick De Wind	5,800	31.2	N/A
	Angkatan Islam	Mohamad Sani bin Jan	280	1.5	N/A
Majority			6,725	36.1	N/A
Turnout			18,959	87.1	N/A
	PAP hold		Swing	N/A

General Election 1984: Kampong Glam
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	PAP	Rajaratnam Sinnathamby	Walkover
Majority
Turnout			18,127
	PAP hold		Swing	N/A

General Election 1980: Kampong Glam
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	PAP	Rajaratnam Sinnathamby	Walkover
Majority
Turnout			17,241
	PAP hold		Swing	N/A

Elections in 1970s

General Election 1976: Kampong Glam
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	PAP	Rajaratnam Sinnathamby	13,114	80.1	N/A
	United People's Front	Ang Bee Lian	3,241	19.8	N/A
Majority			9,873	60.3	N/A
Turnout			16,787	91.0	N/A
	PAP hold		Swing	N/A

General Election 1972: Kampong Glam
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	PAP	Rajaratnam Sinnathamby	Walkover
Majority
Turnout			7,542
	PAP hold		Swing	N/A

Elections in 1960s

General Election 1968: Kampong Glam
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	PAP	Rajaratnam Sinnathamby	Walkover
Majority
Turnout			9,484
	PAP hold		Swing	N/A

General Election 1963: Kampong Glam
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	PAP	Rajaratnam Sinnathamby	4,313	44.8	−20.5
	BS	Tan Jing Quee	4,093	42.5	+42.5
	UPP	Harbans Singh	1,224	12.7	+12.7
Majority			220	2.3	−45
Turnout			9,738	95.6	+6
	PAP hold		Swing	-20.5

Elections in 1950s

General Election 1959: Kampong Glam
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	PAP	Rajaratnam Sinnathamby	6,324	65.3	N/A
	SPA	Mahmood bin Latiff	1,747	18.0	N/A
	LSP	Ong Eng Lian	1,377	14.2	N/A
	Independent	Wu Shiaw	241	2.5	N/A
Majority			4,577	47.3
Turnout			9,792	89.6	N/A
	PAP win (new seat)

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