Aljunied Constituency

Aljunied
Aljunied
Former Single Member constituency; for the Parliament of Singapore
Region	Singapore
Former constituency
Created	1959
Abolished	1988
Seats	1
Replaced by	Aljunied GRC

Aljunied Constituency was a single member constituency in Aljunied, Singapore that was formed in 1959 and continued throughout till 1988 where it was one of the wards that form the Aljunied Group Representation Constituency.

Quick Facts Region, Former constituency ...

Year	Member
Formation
Legislative Assembly of Singapore
1959	Suppiah Visva Lingam	PAP
1963	Suppiah Visva Lingam	PAP
Parliament of Singapore
1968	Mohamad Ghazali bin Ismail	PAP
1972	Chin Harn Tong
1976
1980
1984
Constituency abolished (1988)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	PAP	Suppiah Visva Lingam	5,701	49.40
	LSP	Edward Henry Holloway	5,004	43.36
	Partai Rakyat	Tang Yoong Chiaw	835	7.24
Majority			697	6.04
Registered electors			13,255
Total valid votes			11,540	98.52
Rejected ballots			173	1.48
Turnout			11,713	88.37
	PAP win (new seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	PAP	Suppiah Visva Lingam	7,745	50.90	1.50
	BS	Thio Kheng Lock	4,624	30.39	N/A
	SA	Lim Koon Teck	1,681	11.05	N/A
	UPP	Woo Kong Seng	1,165	7.66	N/A
Majority			3121	20.51	14.47
Registered electors			16,152		21.86
Total valid votes			15,215	99.14	0.62
Rejected ballots			132	0.86	0.62
Turnout			15,347	95.02	6.65
	PAP hold		Swing	1.50

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	PAP	Chin Harn Tong	12,861	71.51	N/A
	WP	Lim Kang Chew	4,360	24.25	N/A
	United National Front	Amir Ali bin Mohamed	762	4.24	N/A
Majority			8501	47.26	N/A
Registered electors			19,278		33.20
Total valid votes			17,983	98.53	N/A
Rejected ballots			1.79	1.47	N/A
Turnout			18,251	94.7	N/A
	PAP hold

Member of Parliament

General Election 1980^[10]^[11]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	PAP	Chin Harn Tong	13,313	84.59	9.71
	DPP	Sim Peng Kim	2,425	15.41	N/A
Majority			10,888	69.18	19.42
Registered electors			17,017		2.54
Total valid votes			15,738	97.20	0.93
Rejected ballots			453	2.80	0.93
Turnout			16,191	95.1	0.8
	PAP hold		Swing	9.71