Joo Chiat Single Member Constituency

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Joo Chiat Single Member Constituency.
Joo Chiat Single Member Constituency.
Campaign posters for Joo Chiat SMC during the general election in 2006, with the People's Action Party's poster on top and Workers' Party's below.
Campaign posters for Joo Chiat SMC during the general election in 2006, with the People's Action Party's poster on top and Workers' Party's below.

Joo Chiat Single Member Constituency (如切单选区) is a Single Member Constituency (SMC) located in the eastern region of Singapore. The SMC encompasses the areas of Joo Chiat, Katong, Haig Road, Siglap and a portion of East Coast Park. It had previously existed from 1959 until 1988, when it was merged with neighbouring constituencies to form Bedok Group Representation Constituency (Bedok GRC). It was reformed just before the 2001 general election after being carved out from East Coast Group Representation Constituency. The seat has been held by the People's Action Party since its reformation that year and was contested again in 2006. Its current Member of Parliament is Minister of State for Education and Minister of State for Trade and Industry Chan Soo Sen.

It is only one of two currently functioning constituencies to have existed before Singapore's independence: the other is Chua Chu Kang Single Member Constituency (Chua Chu Kang SMC). However, Chua Chu Kang SMC has always existed largely intact through the years while Joo Chiat was interrupted from 1988 to 2001. Other pre-independence constituencies have been dissolved and redistricted, replaced by younger constituencies.

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[edit] Candidates and results

Election Seats Voters Party Candidate(s) Votes Votes %
Joo Chiat Single Member Constituency
Singapore general election, 1959 1 15,257 PAP Fong Kim Heng 5,301 39.63
SPA C. H. Koh 6,136 45.87
INDP Henry Chong 320 2.39
LSP Gay Wan Guay 1,215 9.08
KURA Low Teck Cheng 405 3.03
Singapore general election, 1963 1 14,966 PAP Fong Kim Heng 9,300 65.88
BS Leong Keng Seng 3,737 26.48
SA Seow Peck Leng 1,078 7.64
Singapore legislative by-election, 1966 1 15,760 PAP Yeoh Ghim Seng Walkover Walkover
Singapore general election, 1968 1 12,335 PAP Yeoh Ghim Seng Walkover Walkover
Singapore general election, 1972 1 15,684 PAP Yeoh Ghim Seng 11,669 83.49
UNF William Cook 2,307 16.51
Singapore general election, 1976 1 14,241 PAP Yeoh Ghim Seng 9,601 74.43
WP M. Ameer Batcha 3,247 25.27
Singapore general election, 1980 1 12,805 PAP Yeoh Ghim Seng 8,542 74.18
SDP Soon Kia Seng 2,973 25.82
Singapore general election, 1984 1 18,987 PAP Yeoh Ghim Seng Walkover Walkover
Singapore general election, 2001 1 21,745 PAP Chan Soo Sen 15,426 83.55
INDP Ooi Boon Ewe 3,038 16.45
Singapore general election, 2006 1 21,828 PAP Chan Soo Sen 12,226 65.01
WP Tan Bing Seng 6,580 34.99
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