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Nee Soon Constituency was a single member constituency in the northern area in Singapore that was created in 1959 general elections and ceased to exist prior to 1988 general elections.
Nee Soon | |
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Single Member constituency for the Parliament of Singapore | |
Region | Singapore |
Current constituency | |
Created | 1959 |
Seats | 1 |
Member(s) | Constituency Abolished |
Town Council | Nee Soon |
Replaced by | Nee Soon GRC |
Nee Soon was one of the rural areas in the north of Singapore. At its inception in 1959, there were only 8,694 voters even including present-day Ang Mo Kio town, whereas wards nearer to the city centre such as Kreta Ayer had 14,173 voters in a much smaller area.
This ward was finally dissolved prior to the 1988 general elections, with most of the ward forming Nee Soon South SMC consisting of Khatib and Yio Chu Kang (near Yio Chu Kang MRT station), and the portion in Yishun Central being renamed Nee Soon Central SMC where former opposition MP Cheo Chai Chen made his debut there. The remainder of this constituency was carved into 2 sub-divisions of Chong Pang and Nee Soon East. The latter ward was a part of Sembawang GRC until the 2001 general elections which saw the Workers' Party contest there.
Year | Member of Parliament | Party | |
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Legislative Assembly of Singapore | |||
1959 | Sheng Nam Chin | PAP | |
1963 | Chan Sun Wing | BS | |
Parliament of Singapore | |||
1968 | Ong Soo Chuan | PAP | |
1972 | |||
1976 | |||
1980 | Koh Lip Lin | ||
1984 |
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%.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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PAP | Koh Lip Lin | 18,444 | 74.24 | N/A | |
DPP | Quek Teow Chuan | 6,401 | 25.76 | N/A | |
Majority | 12,043 | 48.48 | |||
Turnout | 25,789 | 95.9 | |||
PAP hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
PAP | Koh Lip Lin | Walkover | |||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 16,817 | ||||
PAP hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
PAP | Ong Soo Chuan | 11,636 | 73.29 | −18.06 | |
United National Front | Yap Fatt Shing | 4,240 | 26.71 | +26.71 | |
Majority | 7,396 | 46.58 | −36.12 | ||
Turnout | 16,279 | 95.4 | +3.2 | ||
PAP hold | Swing | -18.06 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
BS | Chan Sun Wing | 4,914 | 51.33 | +51.33 | |
PAP | How Kang Yong | 3,329 | 34.77 | −38.53 | |
UPP | Goh Soo Ming | 864 | 9.02 | +9.02 | |
SA | Yeo Teo Bok | 364 | 3.80 | +3.80 | |
Independent | Lim Siak Guan | 103 | 1.08 | +1.08 | |
Majority | 1,585 | 16.56 | +16.56 | ||
Turnout | 25,789 | 96.1 | +0.2 | ||
BS gain from PAP | Swing | -38.53 |
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