Nee Soon Constituency

Nee Soon Constituency was a single member constituency in the northern area in Singapore that was created in 1959 general elections and ceased to exist prior to 1988 general elections.

Nee Soon
Single Member constituency for the Parliament of Singapore
Region	Singapore
Current constituency
Created	1959
Seats	1
Member	Constituency Abolished
Town Council	Nee Soon
Replaced by	Nee Soon GRC

Not to be confused with the currently existing Nee Soon GRC, or the defunct Nee Soon Central SMC, Nee Soon East SMC or Nee Soon South SMC.

History

Nee Soon was one of the rural areas in the north of Singapore. At its inception in 1959, there were only 8,694 voters even including present-day Ang Mo Kio town, whereas wards nearer to the city centre such as Kreta Ayer had 14,173 voters in a much smaller area.

This ward was finally dissolved prior to the 1988 general elections, with most of the ward forming Nee Soon South SMC consisting of Khatib and Yio Chu Kang (near Yio Chu Kang MRT station), and the portion in Yishun Central being renamed Nee Soon Central SMC where former opposition MP Cheo Chai Chen made his debut there. The remainder of this constituency was carved into 2 sub-divisions of Chong Pang and Nee Soon East. The latter ward was a part of Sembawang GRC until the 2001 general elections which saw the Workers' Party contest there.

Member of Parliament

Year	Member of Parliament	Party
Legislative Assembly of Singapore
1959	Sheng Nam Chin		PAP
1963	Chan Sun Wing		BS
Parliament of Singapore
1968	Ong Soo Chuan		PAP
1972
1976
1980	Koh Lip Lin
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: Nee Soon

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	PAP	Sheng Nam Chin	5,622	73.30	N/A
	SPA	Yap Chin Poh	1,476	19.24	N/A
	LSP	Yong Nyuk Khoon	572	7.46	N/A
Majority			4,146	54.06
Turnout			7,764	89.3
	PAP win (new seat)

Elections in 1960s

General Election 1963: Nee Soon

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BS	Chan Sun Wing	4,914	51.33	+51.33
	PAP	How Kang Yong	3,329	34.77	−38.53
	UPP	Goh Soo Ming	864	9.02	+9.02
	SA	Yeo Teo Bok	364	3.80	+3.80
	Independent	Lim Siak Guan	103	1.08	+1.08
Majority			1,585	16.56	+16.56
Turnout			25,789	96.1	+0.2
	BS gain from PAP		Swing	-38.53

General Election 1968: Nee Soon

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	PAP	Ong Soo Chuan	10,442	91.35	+56.58
	WP	Wong Hong Toy	989	8.65	+8.65
Majority			9,453	82.7	+82.7
Turnout			11,841	92.2	−3.9
	PAP gain from BS		Swing	+56.58

Elections in 1970s

General Election 1972: Nee Soon

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	PAP	Ong Soo Chuan	11,636	73.29	−18.06
	United National Front	Yap Fatt Shing	4,240	26.71	+26.71
Majority			7,396	46.58	−36.12
Turnout			16,279	95.4	+3.2
	PAP hold		Swing	-18.06

General Election 1976: Nee Soon

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	PAP	Ong Soo Chuan	Walkover
Majority
Turnout			16,143
	PAP hold		Swing

Elections in 1980s

General Election 1980: Nee Soon

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	PAP	Koh Lip Lin	Walkover
Majority
Turnout			16,817
	PAP hold		Swing

General Election 1984: Nee Soon

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	PAP	Koh Lip Lin	18,444	74.24	N/A
	SUF	Quek Teow Chuan	6,401	25.76	N/A
Majority			12,043	48.48
Turnout			25,789	95.9
	PAP hold		Swing

See also

• Nee Soon Central SMC
• Nee Soon East SMC
• Nee Soon South SMC
• Nee Soon GRC

References

• 1984 GE's result
• 1980 GE's result
• 1976 GE's result
• 1972 GE's result
• 1968 GE's result
• 1963 GE's result
• 1959 GE's result
• Map of Nee Soon in 1955 GE (Within Sembawang ward)
• Map of Nee Soon in 1959 GE
• Map of Nee Soon in 1963 GE
• Map of Nee Soon in 1968 GE
• Map of Nee Soon in 1972 GE
• Map of Nee Soon in 1976 GE
• Map of Nee Soon in 1980 GE
• Map of Nee Soon in 1984 GE
• Map of Nee Soon in 1988 GE (Split into wards within Sembawang GRC, Nee Soon Central & South SMCs)