Geylang Serai Single Member Constituency

Geylang Serai Single Member Constituency (Traditional Chinese: 芽籠士乃單選區;Simplified Chinese: 芽笼士乃单选区) is a defunct Single Member Constituency within Geylang Serai, Singapore that existed in pre-independence era of 1959 elections by carving a portion from its predecessor ward, Ulu Bedok ward. It had remained itself all the way until prior to 1988 elections where it is one of the forming wards of the bigger Marine Parade Group Representation Constituency and it has remained so til date.

Members of Parliament

• Abdul Hamid bin Haji Jumat (1959–1963)
• Rahmat bin Kenap (1963–1980)
• Othman bin Haron Eusofe (1980–1988)

Constituency Abolished. As of 2011, it is still being part of the Marine Parade GRC.

Candidates and results

Elections in 1980s

General Election 1984: Geylang Serai
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	PAP	Othman bin Haron Eusofe	14,564	65.57	-6.42
	SUF	Mohamed Monsor Rahman	7,649	34.43	+6.42
Turnout			22,956	95.2	+0.9
	PAP hold		Swing	-6.42

• Notes: United Front was subsequently renamed into Singapore United Front.

General Election 1980: Geylang Serai
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	PAP	Othman bin Haron Eusofe	13,195	71.99	+5.65
	UF	Seow Khee Leng	5,134	28.01	+28.01
Turnout			18,832	94.3	-1.2
	PAP hold		Swing	+5.65

Elections in 1970s

General Election 1976: Geylang Serai
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	PAP	Rahmat bin Kenap	8,780	66.34	+12.75
	PKMS	Amnah bte Kuong Hussein	3,129	23.64	-16.11
	United People's Front	Darus bin Shariff	1,326	10.02	+10.02
Turnout			13,543	95.5	+3.0
	PAP hold		Swing	+12.75

General Election 1972: Geylang Serai
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	PAP	Rahmat bin Kenap	6,711	53.59	-29.42
	PKMS	Ahmad Haji Taff	4,978	39.75	+39.75
	United National Front	Raja Rom bin Raja Jaafar	833	6.66	+6.66
Turnout			12,801	92.5	+1.6
	PAP hold		Swing	-29.42

Elections in 1960s

General Election 1968: Geylang Serai
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	PAP	Rahmat bin Kenap	9,363	83.01	+35.00
	Independent	Darus Shariff	1,916	16.99	+9.43
Turnout			11,587	90.9	-3.4
	PAP hold		Swing	+35.00

General Election 1963: Geylang Serai
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	PAP	Rahmat bin Kenap	3,601	48.01	+17.56
	SA	Ahmad bin Haji Taff	5,019	35.85	-27.24
	Pan Malayan Islamic Party	Mohamed Taha bin Suhaimi	1,201	8.58	+4.92
	Independent	Darus Shariff	1,059	7.56	+7.56
Turnout			14,424	94.3	+6.4
	PAP gain from UMNO		Swing	-27.24

Notes: SPA joins UMNO-MCA-MIC alliance to form SA in 1963 GE.^[1]

Elections in 1950s

General Election 1959: Geylang Serai
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	UMNO	Abdul Hamid bin Haji Jumat	7,940	63.09
	PAP	Roshan bin Hassan	3,832	30.45
	Pan Malayan Islamic Party	Syed Ahmad Dahlan	460	3.66
	Partai Rakyat	Harun bin Mohamed Amin	353	2.80
Turnout			12,694	87.9
	UMNO win (new seat)

Note: UMNO, MCA and MIC together with Singapore People's Alliance was informally formed as an alliance in 1961, where it still within this term of election which was the reason for the elections department of Singapore to view Abdul Hamid as a candidate for Singapore Alliance.

See also

• Marine Parade GRC
• Ulu Bedok ward

References

1. http://www.singapore-elections.com/political-parties/spa.html

• 1959 GE's result
• 1963 GE's result
• 1968 GE's result
• 1972 GE's result
• 1976 GE's result
• 1980 GE's result
• 1984 GE's result
• 1988 GE's result
• Brief History on Singapore Alliance