Chua Chu Kang Single Member Constituency
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Chua Chu Kang Single Member Constituency (蔡厝港单选区) is a Single Member Constituency (SMC) located in the western region of Singapore. The constituency encompasses Choa Chu Kang New Town. It is one of the oldest surviving constituencies in Singapore, and has existed since 1959. Throughout its relatively long history, the ruling People's Action Party has won the constituency in every election, except the 1963 general election when it lost the seat to now defunct opposition party Barisan Sosialis. Chua Chu Kang SMC faced a three-cornered fight in the 1997 general election and the PAP was challenged by Singapore Democratic Alliance's Steve Chia in the 2001 and 2006 general elections.
It is only constituency to have both remained intact and existed before Singapore's independence. Joo Chiat Single Member Constituency existed before independence, but was merged into Bedok Group Representation Constituency (Bedok GRC). It was later recreated for the general election of 2001 when East Coast GRC, the GRC it was in, was dissolved and redistricted. Any other pre-independence constituencies too have been dissolved and redistricted, replaced by younger constituencies.
[edit] Members of Parliament
- Ong Chang Sam (1959 – 1963)
- Chio Cheng Thun (1963 – 1966)
- Tang See Chim (1966 – 1988)
- Low Seow Chay (1988 – 2006)
- Gan Kim Yong (2006 – )
[edit] Candidates and Results
| Election | Seats | Voters | Party | Candidate(s) | Votes | Votes % | |
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| Singapore general election, 1959 | 1 | 6,889 | PAP |  |
Ong Chang Sam | 3,536 | 56.29 |
| SPA | Goh Tong Liang | 1,183 | 18.83 | ||||
| INDP | Neo Koon Hin | 1,563 | 24.88 | ||||
| Singapore general election, 1963 | 1 | 8,198 | PAP | |
Lim Kim Hian | 2,429 | 31.45 |
| BS | Chio Cheng Thun | 3,753 | 48.59 | ||||
| INDP | Goh Tong Liang | 345 | 4.47 | ||||
| SA | Neo Guan Choo | 396 | 5.13 | ||||
| UPP | Sim Chit Giak | 800 | 10.36 | ||||
| Singapore legislative by-election, 1966 | 1 | 9,918 | PAP | |
Tang See Chim | Walkover | Walkover |
| Singapore general election, 1968 | 1 | 12,879 | PAP | |
Tang See Chim | Walkover | Walkover |
| Singapore general election, 1972 | 1 | 15,669 | PAP | |
Tang See Chim | 9,002 | 62.36 |
| BS | Ng Ah Chue | 5,434 | 37.64 | ||||
| Singapore general election, 1976 | 1 | 18,136 | PAP | |
Tang See Chim | 11,740 | 68.75 |
| WP |  |
Chan Keng Sieng | 5,336 | 31.25 | |||
| Singapore general election, 1980 | 1 | 22,363 | PAP | |
Tang See Chim | Walkover | Walkover |
| Singapore general election, 1984 | 1 | 25,532 | PAP | |
Tang See Chim | 13,254 | 54.84 |
| WP | |
Chan Keng Sieng | 10,720 | 44.35 | |||
| UPF | Teo Kim Hoe | 196 | 0.81 | ||||
| Singapore general election, 1988 | 1 | 19,628 | PAP | |
Low Seow Chay | 11,058 | 59.28 |
| WP | |
Goh Seng Soon | 7,597 | 40.72 | |||
| Singapore general election, 1991 | 1 | 22,797 | PAP | |
Low Seow Chay | 14,489 | 68.44 |
| INDP | Harry W Baptist | 1,611 | 7.61 | ||||
| INDP | Kwek Guan Kwee | 5,071 | 23.95 | ||||
| Singapore general election, 1997 | 1 | 24,074 | PAP | |
Low Seow Chay | 14,141 | 61.92 |
| INDP | Chia Shi Teck | 3,210 | 14.06 | ||||
| DPP |  |
Tan Soo Phuan | 445 | 1.95 | |||
| NSP |  |
Yip Yew Weng | 5,040 | 22.07 | |||
| Singapore general election, 2001 | 1 | 24,863 | PAP | |
Low Seow Chay | 15,349 | 65.34 |
| SDA |  |
Steve Chia Kiah Hong | 8,143 | 34.66 | |||
| Singapore general election, 2006 | 1 | 24,959 | PAP | |
Gan Kim Yong | 14,156 | 60.37 |
| SDA | |
Steve Chia Kiah Hong | 9,292 | 39.63 | |||
| edit | Constituencies of Singapore |  |
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| Group Representation Constituencies (GRCs)
Aljunied (5) | Ang Mo Kio (6) | Bishan-Toa Payoh (5) | East Coast (5) | Holland-Bukit Timah (5) | Hong Kah (5) | Jalan Besar (5) | Jurong (5) | Marine Parade (6) | Pasir Ris-Punggol (6) | Sembawang (6) | Tampines (5) | Tanjong Pagar (6) | West Coast (5) |
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| Single Member Constitutencies (SMCs)
Bukit Panjang | Chua Chu Kang | Hougang | Joo Chiat | MacPherson | Nee Soon Central | Nee Soon East | Potong Pasir | Yio Chu Kang |
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| Former or defunct constituencies Cheng San (5)
Alexandra | Aljunied | Ang Mo Kio | Anson | Ayer Rajah | Bedok | Bedok (4) | Bo Wen | Boon Lay | Boon Teck | Braddell Heights | Bras Basah | Brickworks | Brickworks (4) | Bukit Batok | Bukit Gombak | Bukit Ho Swee | Bukit Merah | Bukit Timah | Bukit Timah (5) | Buona Vista | Cairnhill | Changi | Changkat | Cheng San | Cheng San (5) | Chong Boon | Clementi | Crawford | Delta | Eunos | Eunos (4) | Farrer Park | Fengshan | Geylang East | Geylang Serai | Geylang West | Havelock | Henderson | Holland-Bukit Panjang (5) | Hong Kah | Hong Lim | Jalan Besar | Jalan Kayu | Jurong | Kaki Bukit | Kallang | Kampong Chai Chee | Kampong Glam | Kampong Glam (4) | Kampong Kapor | Kampong Kembangan | Kampong Ubi | Katong | Kebun Baru | Khe Bong | Kim Keat | Kim Seng | Kolam Ayer | Kreta Ayer | Kreta Ayer-Tanglin (4) | Kuo Chuan | Leng Kee | Marine Parade | Moulmien | Mountbatten | Nee Soon | Nee Soon South | Pasir Panjang | Pasir Panjang (3) | Pasir Ris (4) | Paya Lebar | Punggol | Punggol-Tampines | Queenstown | Radin Mas | River Valley | Rochore | Seletar | Sembawang | Sepoy Lines | Serangoon Gardens | Siglap | Stamford | Southern Islands | Tampines | Tanah Merah | Tanglin | Tanjong Pagar | Teck Ghee | Telok Ayer | Telok Blangah | Thomson | Thomson (4) | Tiong Bahru (3) | Toa Payoh | Toa Payoh (3) | Ulu Bedok | Ulu Pandan | Upper Serangoon | West Coast | Whampoa | Yuhua
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