Geylang West Single Member Constituency
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Geylang West Single Member Constituency was an electoral constituency in Singapore. It used to exist from 1959 to 1988 where it was absorbed into Jalan Besar GRC.
Member of Parliament
Election | Member of Parliament | Party | |
Legislative Assembly of Singapore | |||
---|---|---|---|
1959 | Yong Nyuk Lin | PAP | |
1963 | |||
Parliament of Singapore | |||
1968 | Yong Nyuk Lin | PAP | |
1972 | |||
1976 | |||
1979 | Teh Cheang Wan | ||
1980 | |||
1984 |
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 the 1950s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
PAP | Yong Nyuk Lin | 8,923 | 67.60 | ||
SPA | Kwek Sam Hock | 4,276 | 32.40 | ||
Majority | 4,647 | 35.20 | |||
Registered electors | 15,528 | ||||
Turnout | 13,550 | 87.26 | |||
PAP win (new seat) |
Elections in the 1960s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
PAP | Yong Nyuk Lin | 6,288 | 43.63 | 23.97 | |
BS | Un Hon Kun | 5,670 | 39.34 | N/A | |
UPP | Kum Teng Hock | 1,541 | 10.69 | N/A | |
SA | Mohamed bin Haji Yacob | 914 | 6.34 | 26.06 | |
Majority | 618 | 4.29 | 30.91 | ||
Registered electors | 15,386 | 0.91 | |||
Turnout | 14,575 | 94.73 | |||
PAP hold | Swing | 23.97 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
PAP | Yong Nyuk Lin | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 14,609 | 5.05 | |||
PAP hold |
Elections in the 1970s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
PAP | Yong Nyuk Lin | 7,320 | 69.28 | N/A | |
WP | Quek Doh Lam | 3,246 | 30.72 | N/A | |
Majority | 4,074 | 38.56 | N/A | ||
Registered electors | 11,653 | 20.23 | |||
PAP hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
PAP | Yong Nyuk Lin | 11,912 | 71.18 | 1.90 | |
UF | Lim Tiong Hock | 4,822 | 28.82 | N/A | |
Majority | 7,090 | 42.36 | 3.80 | ||
Registered electors | 18,101 | 55.33 | |||
PAP hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
PAP | Teh Cheang Wan | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 20,874 | 15.32 | |||
PAP hold |
References
- ^ "ELD | 1959 Legislative Assembly General Election Results". www.eld.gov.sg.
- ^ "ELD | 1963 Legislative Assembly General Election Results". www.eld.gov.sg.
- ^ "ELD | 1968 Parliamentary General Election Results". www.eld.gov.sg.
- ^ "ELD | 1972 Parliamentary General Election Results". www.eld.gov.sg.
- ^ "ELD | 1976 Parliamentary General Election Results". www.eld.gov.sg.
- ^ "ELD | 1979 Parliamentary By-election Results". www.eld.gov.sg.