Kampong Glam Single Member Constituency Explained

Kampong Glam Single Member Constituency should not be confused with Kampong Glam Group Representation Constituency.

Kampong Glam Single Member Constituency was a single member constituency (SMC) in Kampong Glam, Singapore. It existed as Kampong Glam Constituency from 1959 to 1988 then it was renamed as Kampong Glam Single Member Constituency during political reform in 1988. Once a small constituency with no more than ca. 9,000 registered voters, Kampong Glam constituency voters rose immediately in 1976 with at least 16,000 voters turned out to polling places. The numbers never went down ever since.

The SMC lasted another term till 1991 when it was absorbed into Kampong Glam Group Representation Constituency (GRC). The GRC is disbanded in the next election in 1997 and Kampong Glam SMC was recreated. Again, the SMC lasted for another term before being merged into Jalan Besar GRC.

Member of Parliament

YearMember of ParliamentParty
Legislative Assembly of Singapore
1959PAP
1963
Parliament of Singapore
1968S Rajaratnam PAP
1972
1976
1980
1984
1988Loh Meng See
Constituency abolished (1991–1997)
1997Loh Meng See PAP

Elections

Elections in 1950s

References