Geylang Serai Constituency

Geylang Serai Constituency was a single member constituency within Geylang Serai, Singapore that existed in pre-independence era of 1959 elections by carving a portion from its predecessor constituency, Ulu Bedok Constituency It had remained itself all the way until prior to 1988 elections where it is merged into Marine Parade Group Representation Constituency.

Member of Parliament

Year	Member of Parliament	Party
Legislative Assembly of Singapore
1959	Abdul Hamid Jumat		PKMS
1963	Rahmat bin Kenap		PAP
Parliament of Singapore
1968	Rahmat bin Kenap		PAP
1972
1976
1980	Othman bin Haron Eusofe
1984

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 1959: Geylang Serai^[1][2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	UMNO	Abdul Hamid Jumat	7,940	63.09
	PAP	Roshan bin Hassan	3,832	30.45
	PMIP	Syed Ahmad Dahlan	460	3.66
	Partai Rakyat Singapore	Harun bin Mohamed Amin	353	2.80
Registered electors			14,447
Total valid votes			12,585	99.14
Rejected ballots			109	0.86
Turnout			12,694	87.87
	UMNO win (new seat)

Elections in 1960s

General Election 1963: Geylang Serai^[3][4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	PAP	Rahmat bin Kenap	6,722	48.01	17.56
	SA	Ahmad bin Haji Taff	5,019	35.85	27.24
	PMIP	Mohamed Taha bin Suhaimi	1,201	8.58	4.92
	Independent	Darus Shariff	1,059	7.56	N/A
Majority			1,703	12.16	N/A
Registered electors			15,302		5.92
Total valid votes			14,001	97.07	2.07
Rejected ballots			423	2.93	2.07
Turnout			14,424	94.26	63.9
	PAP gain from PKMS

General Election 1968: Geylang Serai^[5][6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	PAP	Rahmat bin Kenap	9,363	83.01	35.00
	Independent	Darus Shariff	1,916	16.99	9.43
Majority			7,447	66.02	53.86
Registered electors			12,741		16.74
Total valid votes			11,279	97.28	0.21
Rejected ballots			315	2.72	0.21
Turnout			11,587	90.9	3.4
	PAP hold		Swing	35.00

Elections in 1970s

General Election 1972: Geylang Serai

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	PAP	Rahmat bin Kenap	6,711	53.59	−29.42
	PKMS	Ahmad Haji Taff	4,978	39.75	+39.75
	United National Front	Raja Rom bin Raja Jaafar	833	6.66	+6.66
Turnout			12,801	92.5	+1.6
	PAP hold		Swing	-29.42

General Election 1976: Geylang Serai

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	PAP	Rahmat bin Kenap	8,780	66.34	+12.75
	PKMS	Amnah bte Kuong Hussein	3,129	23.64	−16.11
	United People's Front	Darus bin Shariff	1,326	10.02	+10.02
Turnout			13,543	95.5	+3.0
	PAP hold		Swing	+12.75

Elections in 1980s

General Election 1980: Geylang Serai

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	PAP	Othman bin Haron Eusofe	13,195	71.99	+5.65
	UF	Seow Khee Leng	5,134	28.01	+28.01
Turnout			18,832	94.3	−1.2
	PAP hold		Swing	+5.65

General Election 1984: Geylang Serai

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	PAP	Othman bin Haron Eusofe	14,564	65.57	−6.42
	SUF	Mohamed Monsor Rahman	7,649	34.43	+6.42
Turnout			22,956	95.2	+0.9
	PAP hold		Swing	-6.42

See also

• Marine Parade GRC
• Ulu Bedok ward