Balestier Constituency

Balestier was a constituency represented in the Legislative Council of Singapore from 1951 until 1955. In 1955, the constituency was abolished and split into Cairnhill, Farrer Park, Serangoon and Whampoa constituencies.

Balestier
Former constituency for the Legislative Council of Singapore
Region	Singapore
Electorate	5,246
Former constituency
Created	1951
Abolished	1955
Seats	1
Replaced by	Cairnhill Farrer Park Serangoon Whampoa

Legislative Council member

Year	Member	Party
Formation
1951	Thio Chan Bee		PP
Constituency abolished (1955)

Electoral results

Note: The Elections Department does not include rejected votes when calculating the vote shares of candidates. Hence, all candidates' vote shares will total to 100% at any given election (may not appear so in multi-way contests due to rounding).

Elections in 1950s

General Election 1951^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	PP	Thio Chan Bee	1,560	58.34
	Labour Party	Peter Massillamany Williams	593	22.18
	Independent	Jagatheesan Kalimuthu	521	19.48
Majority			967	36.16
Total valid votes			2,674	98.96
Rejected ballots			28	1.04
Turnout			2,702	51.51
Registered electors			5,246
	PP win (new seat)