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) is a former single member constituency in Jalan Kayu, from 1959 to 1988.

Formation and Dissolution

Formerly it was known as Seletar ward after 1951 election. That ward was dissolved in prior to 1959 election with most of the parts remain as it is albeit the renaming to Jalan Kayu ward (Jalan Kayu Single Member Constituency). The remaining of the then Seletar ward was the then Thomson ward and small parts of Nee Soon ward. It was one of the pioneer wards on the formation of the then Cheng San Group Representation Constituency, which was another hotly contested ward in 1997 elections against the Workers' Party after the People's Action Party had hold the ward by a narrow margin of 571 votes in 1984 elections.

Ever since Cheng San GRC was dissolved in prior to 2001 elections, this ward has redrawn into Ang Mo Kio Group Representation Constituency, which is led by the 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

Note: Madai Puthan Damodaran Nair was offered the first and only Non-constituency Member of Parliament (NCMP) seat, only to be rejected by Nair.^[1] The offer 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 1991 general election where 4 opposition legislator were elected, which had exceeded the maximum of 3 NCMP seats (Each NCMP seats is reduced when each opposition candidate has successfully elected for a particular ward).

Elections in 1970s

Elections in 1960s

Notes: The then incumbent Tan Cheng Tong from People's Action Party had attempted to seek for 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

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 respecitvely. 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 indepence 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

• 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