Aljunied Single Member Constituency

Not to be confused with the larger constituency with similar name of Aljunied Group Representation Constituency, which is the first Group Representation Constituency to be won by an opposition party in 2011 Singapore General Elections.

Aljunied Single Member Constituency (Traditional Chinese: 阿裕尼單選區; Simplified Chinese: 阿裕尼单选区) is a defunct single member constituency in Aljunied, Singapore that was formed in 1959 and continued throughout till 1988 where it was one of the wards that form the Aljunied Group Representation Constituency.

Members of Parliament

• Suppiah Visva Lingam (1959–1968)
• Mohamad Ghazali bin Ismail (1968–1972)
• Chin Harn Tong (1972–1988)

Candidates and results

Elections in 1980s

General Election 1984: Aljunied
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	PAP	Chin Harn Tong	Walkover
Turnout			19,045		N/A
	PAP hold		Swing

General Election 1980: Aljunied
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	PAP	Chin Harn Tong	13,313	84.59	+9.71
	UF	Sim Peng Kim	2,425	15.41	+15.41
Turnout			16,191	95.1	+0.8
	PAP hold		Swing	+9.71

Elections in 1970s

General Election 1976: Aljunied
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	PAP	Chin Harn Tong	12,230	74.88	+3.37
	WP	Lim Kang Chew	4,103	24.25	+0.87
Turnout			16,645	94.3	-0.4
	PAP hold		Swing	+3.37

General Election 1972: Aljunied
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	PAP	Chin Harn Tong	12,861	71.51
	WP	Lim Kang Chew	4,360	24.25
	United National Front	Amir Ali bin Mohamed	762	4.24
Turnout			18,251	94.7	N/A
	PAP hold		Swing

Elections in 1960s

General Election 1968: Aljunied
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	PAP	Mohamad Ghazali bin Ismail	Walkover
Turnout			14,472		N/A
	PAP hold		Swing

General Election 1963: Aljunied
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	PAP	Suppiah Visva Lingam	7,745	50.90	+1.5
	BS	Thio Kheng Lock	4,624	30.39	+30.39
	SA	Lim Koon Teck	1,681	11.05	+11.05
	UPP	Woo Kong Seng	1,165	7.66	+7.66
Turnout			15,347	95.0	+6.6
	PAP hold		Swing	+1.5

Elections in 1950s

General Election 1959: Aljunied
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	PAP	Suppiah Visva Lingam	5,701	49.40
	LSP	Edward Henry Holloway	5,004	43.36
	Partai Rakyat	Tang Yoong Chiaw	835	7.24
Turnout			11,713	88.4
	PAP win (new seat)

See also

• Aljunied GRC

References

• 1984 GE's result
• 1980 GE's result
• 1976 GE's result
• 1972 GE's result
• 1968 GE's result
• 1963 GE's result
• 1959 GE's result