Changi Single Member Constituency Explained

Changi
Type:Single Member
Parl Name:Parliament of Singapore
Region:East Region, Singapore
Electorate:24,886 (1991)
Year:1951
Abolished:1997
Seats:1
Previous:Rural East
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Changi Single Member Constituency was a single member constituency covering Changi and eastern outer islands such as Pulau Ubin, Singapore.

Constituency changes

ElectionBoundary changesElectorate
1951Constituency formed from Rural East.3,623
1955Parts of the constituency separated to form Paya Lebar, Punggol–Tampines, Serangoon and Ulu Bedok.11,239
1959Part of the constituency separated to form Siglap.11,199
1963No changes.11,866
1968No changes.15,594
1972No changes.18,297
1976No changes.17,827
1980Part of the constituency separated to form Tanah Merah.25,464
1984No changes.20,129
1988Constituency became a Single Member Constituency.17,145
1991No changes.24,886
1997Constituency abolished and split between Aljunied GRC as Changi–Simei ward and East Coast GRC as Siglap ward.

Member of Parliament

YearMemberParty
Legislative Council of Singapore
1951Charles Joseph Pemberton PaglarPP
Legislative Assembly of Singapore
1955Lim Cher KhengDP
1959Teo Hock GuanPAP
1963Sim Boon Woo
Parliament of Singapore
1968Sim Boon WooPAP
1972
1976Teo Chong Tee
1980
1984
1988
1991

Elections

Elections in 1950s

Note 1: In 1957, Singapore Malay Union (SMU) was expelled by its alliance partners consisted of UMNO and MCA for fielding a candidate in that by-election which was the reason for the elections department of Singapore to view Fatimah as another independent candidate.

Note 2: Lim Cher Kheng was the then incumbent seeking for another term. He represented the Democratic Party (Not to be confused with the Singapore Democratic Party, which was only formed after Singapore's independence.) which was dissolved by merging with Progressive Party (Singapore) as Liberal Socialist Party within a year from the 1955 General elections. With that consideration, the vote swing for both independent candidate Lim and Liberal Socialist Party candidate Wee will be taken from Lim's previous election result because that is the result for the candidate himself and his party respectively.

Note 3: UMNO, MCA and MIC together with Singapore People's Alliance was informally formed as an alliance in 1961, where it still within this term of election which was the reason for the elections department of Singapore to view Abdul Rahman as a candidate for Singapore Alliance.

Elections in 1960s

Note: One of the component party in Singapore Alliance is United Malays National Organisation (UMNO), and hence the swing will be based on its previous election of UMNO candidate.

Elections in 1990s

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