Rural West Constituency

Rural West Constituency was a constituency represented in the Legislative Council of Singapore from 1948 until 1951.^[1] It elected one Legislative Council member.^[2]

Rural West
Former constituency for the Legislative Council of Singapore
Location of Rural West in Singapore
Region	Singapore
Electorate	2,774
Former constituency
Created	1948
Abolished	1951
Seats	1
Replaced by	Bukit Timah Seletar

The constituency was formed in 1948 and cover the areas of Bajau, Bukit Batok, Bukit Panjang, Bukit Timah, Choa Chu Kang, Clementi, Jurong, Kranji, Lim Chu Kang, Mandai, Pandan, Pasir Panjang, Peng Kang, Seletar, Sembawang, Tuas, Ulu Kalang, Ulu Pandan, Woodlands, Yishun. In 1951, the constituency was abolished and split into Bukit Timah and Seletar constituencies.

Legislative Council member

Year	Member	Party
1948	Srish Chandra Goho		Independent
1948	Balwant Singh Bajaj		Independent

Elections

Elections in the 1940s

General Election 1948: Rural West

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Srish Chandra Goho	981	50.0
	Independent	Malathi Pillai	520	26.5
	PP	Arumugam Ponnu Rajah	460	23.5
Majority			461	23.5
Turnout			2,036	73.4
Registered electors			2,774
	Independent win

1948 Rural West by-election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Balwant Singh Bajaj	1,638	55.5
	PP	Cheong Hock Chye	705	23.9	0.4
	Independent	Maganlal Gangaram	606	20.5
Majority			933	31.6
Turnout			3,121	72.9	0.5
Registered electors			4,279
	Independent win