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
[edit]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
[edit]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
[edit]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
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
PAP | Yong Nyuk Lin | 6,288 | 43.63 | ![]() | |
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 | ![]() | |
Majority | 618 | 4.29 | ![]() | ||
Registered electors | 15,386 | ![]() | |||
Turnout | 14,575 | 94.73 | |||
PAP hold | Swing | ![]() |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
PAP | Yong Nyuk Lin | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 14,609 | ![]() | |||
PAP hold |
Elections in the 1970s
[edit]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 | ![]() | |||
PAP hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
PAP | Yong Nyuk Lin | 11,912 | 71.18 | ![]() | |
UF | Lim Tiong Hock | 4,822 | 28.82 | N/A | |
Majority | 7,090 | 42.36 | ![]() | ||
Registered electors | 18,101 | ![]() | |||
PAP hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
PAP | Teh Cheang Wan | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 20,874 | ![]() | |||
PAP hold |
References
[edit]- ^ "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.