Jalan Kayu Single Member Constituency

Jalan Kayu Single Member Constituency (Traditional Chinese: 惹蘭加油單選區; Simplified Chinese: 惹兰加油单选区) was a single member constituency in Jalan Kayu, Singapore, between 1959 and 1988.

Formation and Dissolution

After the 1951 election, the present Jalan Kayu Single Member Constituency constituted the majority of the Seletar ward; that ward was dissolved prior to the 1959 election, producing the Jalan Kayu ward, the then Thomson ward, and small parts of Nee Soon ward. Following its dissolution in 1988, Jalan Kayu was incorporated into the new Cheng San Group Representation Constituency. The Constituency was a hotly contested ward in the 1997 elections against the Workers' Party, after the People's Action Party had held its predecessor ward by a narrow margin of 571 votes in the 1984 election. Currently, Jalan Kayu took control of Serangoon North HDB estates (Blk 5xx) and a small part of Ang Mo Kio HDB estates (Blks 540-565), the former ones are Sengkang West.

Cheng San GRC was dissolved prior to the 2001 elections. The ward was then redrawn into Ang Mo Kio Group Representation Constituency, presently held by current Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong.

Members of Parliament

• Tan Cheng Tong (1959–1967)
• Teo Hup Teck (1967–1968)
• Hwang Soo Jin (1968–1984)
• Heng Chiang Meng (1984–1988)

Candidates and Results

Elections in 1980s

General Election 1984: Jalan Kayu

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	PAP	Heng Chiang Meng	11,985	51.22	-17.8
	WP	Madai Puthan Damodaran Nair	11,414	48.78	+17.8
Turnout			23,908	95.6	+0.1
	PAP hold		Swing	-17.8

Note: Madai Puthan Damodaran Nair was offered the first and only Non-constituency Member of Parliament (NCMP) seat, only to reject it.^[1] The seat was subsequently offered to Tan Chee Kien, the second best performing but lost the election opposition candidate who ran in Kaki Bukit SMC under the Singapore United Front's banner as auxiliary NCMP who had also promptly declined the offer.^[2] This is the only general election that oversees the Opposition candidates had declined NCMP offers since the introduction of NCMP scheme prior to 1984 general elections. The only other election after the introduction of NCMP scheme that sees no NCMP legislator was after the 1991 general election where 4 opposition legislators were elected, which had exceeded the maximum of 3 NCMP seats (Each NCMP seat is reduced when each opposition candidate has been elected for a particular ward).

General Election 1980: Jalan Kayu

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	PAP	Hwang Soo Jin	15,275	69.02	+7.45
	WP	Madai Puthan Damodaran Nair	6,855	30.98	-7.45
Turnout			22,705	95.5	+0.3
	PAP hold		Swing	+7.45

Elections in 1970s

General Election 1976: Jalan Kayu

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	PAP	Hwang Soo Jin	8,883	61.57	+2.15
	WP	Madai Puthan Damodaran Nair	5,544	38.43	+1.57
Turnout			14,702	95.2	+0.8
	PAP hold		Swing	+2.15

General Election 1972: Jalan Kayu

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	PAP	Hwang Soo Jin	8,283	59.42	-22.88
	WP	Madai Puthan Damodaran Nair	5,137	36.86	+19.16
	United National Front	Ong Seng Kok	518	3.72	+3.72
Turnout			14,148	94.4	+1.4
	PAP hold		Swing	-22.88

Elections in 1960s

General Election 1968: Jalan Kayu

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	PAP	Hwang Soo Jin	9,581	82.30
	WP	Sum Chong Meng	2,060	17.70
Turnout			11,975	93.0
	PAP hold		Swing

1967 By Election: Jalan Kayu

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	PAP	Teo Hup Teck	Walkover
Turnout			11,275
	PAP gain from BS		Swing

General Election 1963: Jalan Kayu

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	BS	Tan Cheng Tong	3,312	38.04	+38.04
	PAP	Teo Hup Teck	2,676	30.73	-31.55
	UPP	Lui Boon Phor	1,146	13.16	+13.16
	SPA	Madai Puthan Damodaran Nair	1,057	12.14	-25.58
	Independent	Ong Yu Thoh	516	5.93	+5.93
Turnout			8,768	95.7	+5.4
	BS gain from PAP		Swing

Notes: The then incumbent Tan Cheng Tong from People's Action Party had attempted to seek another term, but this time round he joined Barisan Sosialis instead and win the election, despite his votes' share was slashed by nearly half.

Elections in 1950s

General Election 1959: Jalan Kayu

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	PAP	Tan Cheng Tong	4,837	62.28
	SPA	Madai Puthan Damodaran Nair	2,929	37.72
Turnout			7,844	90.3
	PAP win (new seat)

Notes: Madai Puthan Damodaran Nair has contested here in every GE since the inception of this ward, with the exceptions in 1967 by-elections and 1968 elections where he stood as an independent candidate in Thomson and Farrer Park wards respectively. He had previously elected in Seletar ward, which has since evolved into this ward and also went through up and downs, from an end of almost being elected MP since the independence of Singapore in 1984 elections when he represented the Workers' Party of Singapore and subsequently offered but declined the Non-constituency Member of Parliament seat to lost his election deposit in 1963 elections when he was one of the candidate that entered into the multi-cornered fight's fray under the banner of Singapore Alliance.^[3]

References

1. Offer was made to D Nair as the best performing but still unelected MP.
2. Subsequent offer was made, but still declined by Tan.
3. A summary of Madai Puthan had contested in the wards along his political life.

• 1988 GE's result
• 1984 GE's result
• 1980 GE's result
• 1976 GE's result
• 1972 GE's result
• 1968 GE's result
• 1967 BE's result
• 1963 GE's result
• 1959 GE's result

See also

• Ang Mo Kio GRC
• Cheng San GRC