Aljunied Constituency

Not to be confused with the later Aljunied Group Representation Constituency.

Aljunied Constituency was a 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.

Aljunied
Former Single Member constituency for the Parliament of Singapore
Region	Singapore
Former constituency
Created	1959
Abolished	1988
Seats	1
Member(s)	Constituency Abolished
Replaced by	Aljunied GRC

Member of Parliament

Year	Member of Parliament	Party
Legislative Assembly of Singapore
1959	Suppiah Visva Lingam		PAP
1963
Parliament of Singapore
1968	Mohamad Ghazali bin Ismail		PAP
1972	Chin Harn Tong
1976
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 1950s

General Election 1959: Aljunied^[1][2]

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
Majority			697	6.04
Registered electors			13,255
Total valid votes			11,540	98.52
Rejected ballots			173	1.48
Turnout			11,713	88.37
	PAP win (new seat)

Elections in 1960s

General Election 1963: Aljunied^[3][4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	PAP	Suppiah Visva Lingam	7,745	50.90	1.50
	BS	Thio Kheng Lock	4,624	30.39	N/A
	SA	Lim Koon Teck	1,681	11.05	N/A
	UPP	Woo Kong Seng	1,165	7.66	N/A
Majority			3121	20.51	14.47
Registered electors			16,152		21.86
Total valid votes			15,215	99.14	0.62
Rejected ballots			132	0.86	0.62
Turnout			15,347	95.02	6.65
	PAP hold		Swing	1.50

General Election 1968: Aljunied^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	PAP	Mohamad Ghazali bin Ismail	Unopposed
Registered electors			14,472		10.40
	PAP hold

Elections in 1970s

General Election 1972: Aljunied^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	PAP	Chin Harn Tong	12,861	71.51	N/A
	WP	Lim Kang Chew	4,360	24.25	N/A
	United National Front	Amir Ali bin Mohamed	762	4.24	N/A
Majority			8501	47.26	N/A
Registered electors			19,278		33.20
Total valid votes
Rejected ballots
Turnout			18,251	94.7	N/A
	PAP hold

General Election 1976: Aljunied^[7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	PAP	Chin Harn Tong	12,230	74.88	3.37
	WP	Lim Kang Chew	4,103	25.12	0.87
Majority			8,127	49.76	2.5
Registered electors			17,461		9.42
Total valid votes
Rejected ballots
Turnout			16,645	94.3	0.4
	PAP hold		Swing	3.37

Elections in 1980s

General Election 1980: Aljunied^[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	PAP	Chin Harn Tong	13,313	84.59	9.71
	DPP	Sim Peng Kim	2,425	15.41	N/A
Majority			10,888	69.18	19.42
Registered electors			17,017		2.54
Total valid votes
Rejected ballots
Turnout			16,191	95.1	0.8
	PAP hold		Swing	9.71

General Election 1984: Aljunied^[9]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	PAP	Chin Harn Tong	Unopposed
Registered electors			19,045		11.92
	PAP hold

See also

• Aljunied GRC

References

1. "ELD | 1959 Legislative Assembly General Election Results". www.eld.gov.sg. Retrieved 10 May 2021.
2. "Singapore Legislative Assembly General Election 1959 > Aljunied". www.singapore-elections.com. Archived from the original on 8 December 2014.
3. "ELD | 1963 Legislative Assembly General Election Results". www.eld.gov.sg. Retrieved 10 May 2021.
4. "Singapore Legislative Assembly General Election 1963 > Aljunied". www.singapore-elections.com. Archived from the original on 4 December 2021. Retrieved 24 January 2022.
5. "ELD | 1968 Parliamentary General Election Results". www.eld.gov.sg. Retrieved 10 May 2021.
6. "ELD | 1972 Parliamentary General Election Results". www.eld.gov.sg. Retrieved 10 May 2021.
7. "ELD | 1976 Parliamentary General Election Results". www.eld.gov.sg. Retrieved 10 May 2021.
8. "ELD | 1980 Parliamentary General Election Results". www.eld.gov.sg. Retrieved 10 May 2021.
9. "ELD | 1984 Parliamentary General Election Results". www.eld.gov.sg. Retrieved 10 May 2021.