Bukit Timah Single Member Constituency

Not to be confused with another defunct ward, but larger in terms of coverage area, that existed only in 1997 to 2001 called Bukit Timah Group Representation Constituency where that ward consisted of neighbouring towns such as Yuhua and parts of Jurong area etc.

Bukit Timah Single Member Constituency (Traditional Chinese: 武吉知馬單選區; Simplified Chinese: 武吉知马单选区) is a former single-member constituency (SMC) in Bukit Timah, Singapore.

History

It is one of the oldest spanning the mature estates of Clementi, Jurong East, Jurong West, Boon Lay, Joo Koon, and most of it until it was developed in 1963. In 1963, it broke away with the Jurong SMC, followed by in 1980 distributed to Ayer Rajah SMC, Clementi SMC and West Coast SMC, and in 1984 to Yuhua SMC and Hong Kah SMC. It finally absorbed into Bukit Timah GRC (now defunct) along with Bukit Batok SMC, Jurong SMC, Ulu Pandan SMC and Yuhua SMC.

In 2001, it reappeared as Bukit Batok was split into two and thus the newly formed Bukit Batok East as well as a newly formed Taman Jurong which used to be part of Bukit Gombak SMC along with Jurong that was renamed as Jurong Central together with Yuhua forms the newly created Jurong GRC and remains until date while Ulu Pandan was one of the founding wards of the then Holland-Bukit Panjang GRC.

However, the revival of Bukit Timah SMC did not last long as it was absorbed into Holland-Bukit Timah GRC in 2006 and holds until date as Wang Kai Yuen had retired on 2006 and hence, Yu-Foo Yee Shoon was the successor of this ward.

Members of Parliament

• Lim Chin Siong (1955-1959)
• Ya'acob bin Mohamed (1959 - 1963)
• Lee Tee Tong (1963 - 1966)
• Chor Yeok Eng (1966 - 1984)
• Wang Kai Yuen (1984 - 1997 and 2001 - 2006)

Constituency abolished (1997 - 2001 and 2006 - present)

Candidates and Results

Elections in 2000s

General Election 2001: Bukit Timah

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	PAP	Wang Kai Yuen	19,121	77.37	N/A
	SDA	Tong Meng Chye	4,376	17.71	N/A
	Independent	Tan Kim Chuang	1,215	4.92	N/A
Majority			14,745	54.36
Turnout			26,951		N/A
	PAP win (new seat)

Elections in 1990s

General Election 1991: Bukit Timah

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	PAP	Wang Kai Yuen	16,080	72.64	N/A
	WP	Zeng Guo Yuan	5,683	25.68	N/A
	Independent	Md Sani Jan	371	4.92	N/A
Majority			10,397	46.9	N/A
Turnout			22,695	92.6	N/A
	PAP hold		Swing	N/A

Elections in 1980s

General Election 1988: Bukit Timah

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	PAP	Wang Kai Yuen	Walkover
Majority
Turnout			21,043		N/A
	PAP hold		Swing	N/A

General Election 1984: Bukit Timah

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	PAP	Wang Kai Yuen	Walkover
Majority
Turnout			17,238		N/A
	PAP hold		Swing	N/A

General Election 1980: Bukit Timah

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	PAP	Chor Yeok Eng	Walkover
Majority
Turnout			17,238		N/A
	PAP hold		Swing	N/A

Elections in 1970s

General Election 1976: Bukit Timah

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	PAP	Chor Yeok Eng	Walkover
Majority
Turnout			13,132		N/A
	PAP hold		Swing	N/A

General Election 1972: Bukit Timah

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	PAP	Chor Yeok Eng	9,475	66.78
	BS	K. K. Nair	4,714	33.22
Majority			4,761	33.6
Turnout			14,598	94.3	N/A
	PAP hold		Swing	N/A

Elections in 1960s

General Election 1968: Bukit Timah

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	PAP	Chor Yeok Eng	Walkover
Majority
Turnout			13,132		N/A
	PAP hold		Swing	N/A

1966 by-election: Bukit Timah

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	PAP	Chor Yeok Eng	Walkover
Majority
Turnout			14,854		N/A
	PAP gain from BS		Swing	N/A

General Election 1963: Bukit Timah

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	BS	Lee Tee Tong	6,173	52.39	+52.39
	PAP	Chor Yeok Eng	4,982	42.28	-18.86
	UPP	Ong Tiong Kuan	628	5.33	+5.33
Majority			1,191	10.1	N/A
Turnout			11,935	95.5	+5.2
	BS gain from PAP		Swing	N/A

Elections in 1950s

General Election 1959: Bukit Timah

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	PAP	Ya'acob bin Mohamed	6,174	61.14	+8.69
	LSP	Pek Cheng Chuan	2,460	24.36	+24.36
	Independent	Lee Yew Seng	1,464	14.50	+14.50
Majority			3,714	36.7
Turnout			10,190	90.3	+21.9
	PAP hold		Swing	+8.69

General Election 1955: Bukit Timah

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	PAP	Lim Ching Siong	3,259	52.45	+52.45
	DP	Tan Wah Meng	1,308	21.05	+21.05
	LF	A. N. Mitra	924	14.88	+14.88
	PP	S. F. Ho	722	11.62	-45.53
Majority			1,951	31.4	N/A
Turnout			6,272	68.4	+8.00
	PAP gain from PP		Swing	-45.53

General Election 1951: Bukit Timah

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	PP	Hollupatherage James Caldera Kulasingha	1,311	11.62	57.15
	Labor Party	Valiya Purayil Abdullah	983	42.85
Majority			428	14.3
Turnout			2,326	60.4	N/A
	PP win (new seat)

See also

• Bukit Timah GRC

References

• 2001 General Election's result
• 1991 General Election's result
• 1988 General Election's result
• 1984 General Election's result
• 1980 General Election's result
• 1976 General Election's result
• 1972 General Election's result
• 1968 General Election's result
• Third 1966 By-Election's result
• 1963 General Election's result
• 1959 General Election's result
• 1955 General Election's result
• 1951 General Election's result