Chua Chu Kang Single Member Constituency

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Chua Chu Kang Single Member Constituency.
Chua Chu Kang Single Member Constituency.

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.

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Election Seats Voters Party Candidate(s) Votes Votes %
Chua Chu Kang Single Member Constituency
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
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