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{{distinguish|text=the later [[Aljunied Group Representation Constituency]]}}
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{{Infobox constituency
:''Not to be confused with the larger constituency with similar name of [[Aljunied Group Representation Constituency]], which is the first Group Representation Constituency to be won by an opposition party in [[2011 Singaporean general election|2011 Singapore General Elections]].''
|type=Single Member
|name=Aljunied
'''Aljunied Single Member Constituency''' ([[Traditional Chinese character|Traditional Chinese]]: 阿おもね裕ひろし尼あま單たん選せん區く; [[Simplified Chinese character|Simplified Chinese]]: 阿おもね裕ひろし尼あま单选区く) is a defunct [[single member constituency]] in [[Aljunied]], Singapore that was formed in 1959 and continued throughout till 1988 where it was one of the wards that form the [[Aljunied Group Representation Constituency]].
|year=1959
|abolished=1988
|parl_name=[[Parliament of Singapore]]
|member= ''Constituency Abolished''
|seats = 1
|party =
|image=
|region=[[Singapore]]
|electorate=
|local_council_label=Town Council
|local_council=
|next = [[Aljunied Group Representation Constituency|Aljunied GRC]]
}}
'''Aljunied Constituency''' was a [[single member constituency]] in [[Aljunied]], Singapore that was formed in 1959 and continued throughout till 1988 where it was one of the wards that form the [[Aljunied Group Representation Constituency]].


==Members of Parliament==
==Member of Parliament==
{| class=wikitable
*[[Suppiah Visva Lingam]] (1959–1968)
|- valign=bottom
*[[Mohamad Ghazali bin Ismail]] (1968–1972)
!Year
*[[Chin Harn Tong]] (1972–1988)
! Member of Parliament
! colspan="2" | Party
|-
! colspan="4" |[[Legislative Assembly of Singapore]]
|-
| '''1959'''
| rowspan="2" | [[Suppiah Visva Lingam]]
| rowspan="2" bgcolor="{{party color|People's Action Party}}" | || rowspan="2" | [[People's Action Party|PAP]]
|-
|'''1963'''
|-
! colspan="4" |[[Parliament of Singapore]]
|-
| '''1968'''
| [[Mohamad Ghazali bin Ismail]]
| rowspan="5" bgcolor="{{party color|People's Action Party}}" |
| rowspan="5" |[[People's Action Party|PAP]]
|-
| '''1972'''
| rowspan="4" | [[Chin Harn Tong]]
|-
|'''1976'''
|-
|'''1980'''
|-
|'''1984'''
|}


==Elections==
==Candidates and results==
{{small|Note : [[Elections Department Singapore]] do not include rejected votes for calculation of candidate's vote share. Hence, the total of all candidates' vote share will be 100%.}}
===Elections in 1980s===

{{Election box begin | title=[[1984 Singaporean general election|General Election 1984]]: Aljunied}}
=== Elections in 1950s ===
{{Election box candidate with party link|
{{Election box begin no change | title=[[1959 Singaporean general election|General Election 1959]]: Aljunied<ref>{{Cite web|title=ELD {{!}} 1959 Legislative Assembly General Election Results|url=https://www.eld.gov.sg/elections_past_parliamentary1959.html|access-date=2021-05-10|website=www.eld.gov.sg}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.singapore-elections.com/general-election/1959/aljunied.html|title=Singapore Legislative Assembly General Election 1959 > Aljunied|website=www.singapore-elections.com}}</ref>}}
|party = People's Action Party
{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change|party=People's Action Party|candidate=[[Suppiah Visva Lingam]]|votes=5,701|percentage=49.40}}
|candidate = [[Chin Harn Tong]]
{{Election box candidate with party link no change|party=Liberal Socialist Party|candidate=Edward Henry Holloway|votes=5,004|percentage=43.36}}
|votes = [[Walkover]]
{{Election box candidate no change|party = [[Parti Rakyat Malaysia|Partai Rakyat]]
|percentage =
|candidate = Tang Yoong Chiaw
|change =
|votes = 835
}}
|percentage = 7.24
{{Election box turnout|
}}
|votes = 19,045
{{Election box majority no change|votes=697|percentage=6.04}}
|percentage =
{{Election box registered electors no change|reg. electors=13,255}}
|change = N/A
{{Election box total valid no change|votes=11,540|percentage=98.52}}
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
{{Election box rejected no change|votes=173|percentage=1.48}}
{{Election box turnout no change|votes=11,713|percentage=88.37}}
|winner = People's Action Party
{{Election box new seat win|winner = People's Action Party
|swing =
}}
}}
{{Election box end}}
{{Election box end}}


=== Elections in 1960s ===
{{Election box begin | title=[[1980 Singaporean general election|General Election 1980]]: Aljunied}}
{{Election box begin | title=[[1963 Singaporean general election|General Election 1963]]: Aljunied<ref>{{Cite web|title=ELD {{!}} 1963 Legislative Assembly General Election Results|url=https://www.eld.gov.sg/elections_past_parliamentary1963.html|access-date=2021-05-10|website=www.eld.gov.sg}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.singapore-elections.com/general-election/1963/aljunied.html|title=Singapore Legislative Assembly General Election 1963 > Aljunied|website=www.singapore-elections.com}}</ref>}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
{{Election box winning candidate with party link||party=People's Action Party|candidate=Suppiah Visva Lingam|votes=7,745|percentage=50.90|change={{increase}}1.50}}
|party = People's Action Party
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Barisan Sosialis|candidate=Thio Kheng Lock|votes=4,624|percentage=30.39|change=N/A}}
|candidate = [[Chin Harn Tong]]
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Singapore Alliance|candidate=[[Lim Koon Teck]]|votes=1,681|percentage=11.05|change=N/A}}
|votes = 13,313
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=United People's Party (Singapore)|candidate=Woo Kong Seng|votes=1,165|percentage=7.66|change=N/A}}
|percentage = 84.59
{{Election box majority|votes=3121|percentage=20.51|change={{increase}}14.47}}
|change = +9.71
{{Election box registered electors|reg. electors=16,152|change={{increase}}21.86}}
}}
{{Election box total valid|votes=15,215|percentage=99.14|change={{increase}}0.62}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
{{Election box rejected|votes=132|percentage=0.86|change={{decrease}}0.62}}
|party = United Front (Singapore)
{{Election box turnout|votes=15,347|percentage=95.02|change={{increase}}6.65}}
|candidate = Sim Peng Kim
|votes = 2,425
|percentage = 15.41
|change = +15.41
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 16,191
|percentage = 95.1
|change = +0.8
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = People's Action Party
|winner = People's Action Party
|swing = +9.71
|swing = {{increase}}1.50
}}{{Election box end}}
}}
{{Election box end}}


{{Election box begin | title=[[1968 Singaporean general election|General Election 1968]]: Aljunied<ref>{{Cite web|title=ELD {{!}} 1968 Parliamentary General Election Results|url=https://www.eld.gov.sg/elections_past_parliamentary1968.html|access-date=2021-05-10|website=www.eld.gov.sg}}</ref>}}
===Elections in 1970s===
{{Election box winning candidate unopposed with party link|party=People's Action Party|candidate=[[Mohamad Ghazali bin Ismail]]}}
{{Election box begin | title=[[1976 Singaporean general election|General Election 1976]]: Aljunied}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
{{Election box registered electors|reg. electors=14,472|change={{decrease}}10.40}}
{{Election box hold with party link no swing|
|party = People's Action Party
|candidate = [[Chin Harn Tong]]
|votes = 12,230
|percentage = 74.88
|change = +3.37
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Workers' Party of Singapore
|candidate = Lim Kang Chew
|votes = 4,103
|percentage = 24.25
|change = +0.87
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 16,645
|percentage = 94.3
|change = -0.4
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = People's Action Party
|winner = People's Action Party
|swing = +3.37
}}
}}
{{Election box end}}
{{Election box end}}


=== Elections in 1970s ===
{{Election box begin | title=[[1972 Singaporean general election|General Election 1972]]: Aljunied}}
{{Election box begin | title=[[1972 Singaporean general election|General Election 1972]]: Aljunied<ref>{{Cite web|title=ELD {{!}} 1972 Parliamentary General Election Results|url=https://www.eld.gov.sg/elections_past_parliamentary1972.html|access-date=2021-05-10|website=www.eld.gov.sg}}</ref>}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|party=People's Action Party|candidate=[[Chin Harn Tong]]|votes=12,861|percentage=71.51|change=N/A}}
|party = People's Action Party
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Workers' Party of Singapore|candidate=Lim Kang Chew|votes=4,360|percentage=24.25|change=N/A}}
|candidate = [[Chin Harn Tong]]
{{Election box candidate|party = United National Front
|votes = 12,861
|percentage = 71.51
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Workers' Party of Singapore
|candidate = Lim Kang Chew
|votes = 4,360
|percentage = 24.25
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate|
|party = United National Front
|candidate = Amir Ali bin Mohamed
|candidate = Amir Ali bin Mohamed
|votes = 762
|votes = 762
|percentage = 4.24
|percentage = 4.24
|change =
|change =N/A
}}
}}
{{Election box turnout|
{{Election box majority|votes=8501|percentage=47.26|change=N/A}}
{{Election box registered electors|reg. electors=19,278|change={{increase}}33.20}}
|votes = 18,251
|percentage = 94.7
{{Election box total valid|votes=|percentage=|change=}}
{{Election box rejected|votes=|percentage=|change=}}
|change = N/A
{{Election box turnout|votes=18,251|percentage=94.7|change=N/A}}
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
{{Election box hold with party link no swing|
|winner = People's Action Party
|winner = People's Action Party
|swing =
}}
}}
{{Election box end}}
{{Election box end}}


{{Election box begin | title=[[1976 Singaporean general election|General Election 1976]]: Aljunied<ref>{{Cite web|title=ELD {{!}} 1976 Parliamentary General Election Results|url=https://www.eld.gov.sg/elections_past_parliamentary1976.html|access-date=2021-05-10|website=www.eld.gov.sg}}</ref>}}
===Elections in 1960s===
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|party=People's Action Party|candidate=Chin Harn Tong|votes=12,230|percentage=74.88|change={{increase}}3.37}}
{{Election box begin | title=[[1968 Singaporean general election|General Election 1968]]: Aljunied}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Workers' Party of Singapore|candidate=Lim Kang Chew|votes=4,103|percentage=25.12|change={{increase}}0.87}}
{{Election box majority|votes=8,127|percentage=49.76|change={{increase}}2.5}}{{Election box registered electors|reg. electors=17,461|change={{decrease}}9.42}}
|party = People's Action Party
{{Election box total valid|votes=|percentage=|change=}}
|candidate = [[Mohamad Ghazali bin Ismail]]
{{Election box rejected|votes=|percentage=|change=}}
|votes = [[Walkover]]
{{Election box turnout|votes=16,645|percentage=94.3|change={{decrease}}0.4}}
|percentage =
|change =
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 14,472
|percentage =
|change = N/A
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = People's Action Party
|winner = People's Action Party
|swing =
|swing = {{increase}}3.37
}}
}}
{{Election box end}}
{{Election box end}}


===Elections in 1980s===
{{Election box begin | title=[[1963 Singaporean general election|General Election 1963]]: Aljunied}}
{{Election box begin | title=[[1980 Singaporean general election|General Election 1980]]: Aljunied<ref>{{Cite web|title=ELD {{!}} 1980 Parliamentary General Election Results|url=https://www.eld.gov.sg/elections_past_parliamentary1980.html|access-date=2021-05-10|website=www.eld.gov.sg}}</ref>}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = People's Action Party
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|party = People's Action Party
|candidate = [[Suppiah Visva Lingam]]
|candidate = Chin Harn Tong
|votes = 7,745
|votes = 13,313
|percentage = 50.90
|percentage = 84.59
|change = +1.5
|change = {{increase}}9.71
}}{{Election box candidate with party link|party=United Front (Singapore)|candidate=Sim Peng Kim|votes=2,425|percentage=15.41|change=N/A}}
}}
{{Election box majority|votes=10,888|percentage=69.18|change={{increase}}19.42}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
{{Election box registered electors|reg. electors=17,017|change={{decrease}}2.54}}
|party = Barisan Sosialis
{{Election box total valid|votes=|percentage=|change=}}
|candidate = Thio Kheng Lock
{{Election box rejected|votes=|percentage=|change=}}
|votes = 4,624
{{Election box turnout|votes=16,191|percentage=95.1|change={{increase}}0.8}}
|percentage = 30.39
{{Election box hold with party link|winner = People's Action Party
|change = +30.39
|swing = {{increase}}9.71
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
}}{{Election box end}}
|party = Singapore Alliance
|candidate = [[Lim Koon Teck]]
|votes = 1,681
|percentage = 11.05
|change = +11.05
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = United People's Party (Singapore)
|candidate = Woo Kong Seng
|votes = 1,165
|percentage = 7.66
|change = +7.66
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 15,347
|percentage = 95.0
|change = +6.6
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = People's Action Party
|swing = +1.5
}}
{{Election box end}}


{{Election box begin | title=[[1984 Singaporean general election|General Election 1984]]: Aljunied<ref>{{Cite web|title=ELD {{!}} 1984 Parliamentary General Election Results|url=https://www.eld.gov.sg/elections_past_parliamentary1984.html|access-date=2021-05-10|website=www.eld.gov.sg}}</ref>}}
===Elections in 1950s===
{{Election box winning candidate unopposed with party link|party=People's Action Party|candidate=Chin Harn Tong}}
{{Election box begin | title=[[1959 Singaporean general election|General Election 1959]]: Aljunied}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
{{Election box registered electors|reg. electors=19,045|change={{increase}}11.92}}
|party = People's Action Party
{{Election box hold with party link no swing|winner = People's Action Party
|candidate = [[Suppiah Visva Lingam]]
|votes = 5,701
|percentage = 49.40
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Socialist Party
|candidate = Edward Henry Holloway
|votes = 5,004
|percentage = 43.36
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate|
|party = [[Parti Rakyat Malaysia|Partai Rakyat]]
|candidate = Tang Yoong Chiaw
|votes = 835
|percentage = 7.24
|change =
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 11,713
|percentage = 88.4
|change =
}}
{{Election box new seat win|
|winner = People's Action Party
}}
}}
{{Election box end}}
{{Election box end}}


==See also==
== See also ==
*[[Aljunied GRC]]
*[[Aljunied GRC]]


==References==
==References==
{{Reflist}}{{Constituencies of Singapore}}
*[http://www.elections.gov.sg/elections_past_parliamentary1984.html#A 1984 GE's result]
*[http://www.elections.gov.sg/elections_past_parliamentary1980.html#A 1980 GE's result]
*[http://www.elections.gov.sg/elections_past_parliamentary1976.html#A 1976 GE's result]
*[http://www.elections.gov.sg/elections_past_parliamentary1972.html#A 1972 GE's result]
*[http://www.elections.gov.sg/elections_past_parliamentary1968.html#A 1968 GE's result]
*[http://www.elections.gov.sg/elections_past_parliamentary1963.html#A 1963 GE's result]
*[http://www.elections.gov.sg/elections_past_parliamentary1959.html#A 1959 GE's result]

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Latest revision as of 03:11, 11 May 2023

Not to be confused with the later Aljunied Group Representation Constituency.

Aljunied
Former Single Member constituency
for the Parliament of Singapore
RegionSingapore
Former constituency
Created1959
Abolished1988
Seats1
Member(s)Constituency Abolished
Replaced byAljunied GRC

Aljunied Constituency was a single member constituency in Aljunied, Singapore that was formed in 1959 and continued throughout till 1988 where it was one of the wards that form the Aljunied Group Representation Constituency.

Member of Parliament[edit]

Year Member of Parliament Party
Legislative Assembly of Singapore
1959 Suppiah Visva Lingam PAP
1963
Parliament of Singapore
1968 Mohamad Ghazali bin Ismail PAP
1972 Chin Harn Tong
1976
1980
1984

Elections[edit]

Note : Elections Department Singapore do not include rejected votes for calculation of candidate's vote share. Hence, the total of all candidates' vote share will be 100%.

Elections in 1950s[edit]

General Election 1959: Aljunied[1][2]
Party Candidate Votes %
PAP Suppiah Visva Lingam 5,701 49.40
LSP Edward Henry Holloway 5,004 43.36
Partai Rakyat Tang Yoong Chiaw 835 7.24
Majority 697 6.04
Registered electors 13,255
Total valid votes 11,540 98.52
Rejected ballots 173 1.48
Turnout 11,713 88.37
PAP win (new seat)

Elections in 1960s[edit]

General Election 1963: Aljunied[3][4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
PAP Suppiah Visva Lingam 7,745 50.90 Increase1.50
BS Thio Kheng Lock 4,624 30.39 N/A
SA Lim Koon Teck 1,681 11.05 N/A
UPP Woo Kong Seng 1,165 7.66 N/A
Majority 3121 20.51 Increase14.47
Registered electors 16,152 Increase21.86
Total valid votes 15,215 99.14 Increase0.62
Rejected ballots 132 0.86 Decrease0.62
Turnout 15,347 95.02 Increase6.65
PAP hold Swing Increase1.50
General Election 1968: Aljunied[5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
PAP Mohamad Ghazali bin Ismail Unopposed
Registered electors 14,472 Decrease10.40
PAP hold

Elections in 1970s[edit]

General Election 1972: Aljunied[6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
PAP Chin Harn Tong 12,861 71.51 N/A
WP Lim Kang Chew 4,360 24.25 N/A
United National Front Amir Ali bin Mohamed 762 4.24 N/A
Majority 8501 47.26 N/A
Registered electors 19,278 Increase33.20
Total valid votes
Rejected ballots
Turnout 18,251 94.7 N/A
PAP hold
General Election 1976: Aljunied[7]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
PAP Chin Harn Tong 12,230 74.88 Increase3.37
WP Lim Kang Chew 4,103 25.12 Increase0.87
Majority 8,127 49.76 Increase2.5
Registered electors 17,461 Decrease9.42
Total valid votes
Rejected ballots
Turnout 16,645 94.3 Decrease0.4
PAP hold Swing Increase3.37

Elections in 1980s[edit]

General Election 1980: Aljunied[8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
PAP Chin Harn Tong 13,313 84.59 Increase9.71
DPP Sim Peng Kim 2,425 15.41 N/A
Majority 10,888 69.18 Increase19.42
Registered electors 17,017 Decrease2.54
Total valid votes
Rejected ballots
Turnout 16,191 95.1 Increase0.8
PAP hold Swing Increase9.71
General Election 1984: Aljunied[9]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
PAP Chin Harn Tong Unopposed
Registered electors 19,045 Increase11.92
PAP hold

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "ELD | 1959 Legislative Assembly General Election Results". www.eld.gov.sg. Retrieved 10 May 2021.
  2. ^ "Singapore Legislative Assembly General Election 1959 > Aljunied". www.singapore-elections.com.
  3. ^ "ELD | 1963 Legislative Assembly General Election Results". www.eld.gov.sg. Retrieved 10 May 2021.
  4. ^ "Singapore Legislative Assembly General Election 1963 > Aljunied". www.singapore-elections.com.
  5. ^ "ELD | 1968 Parliamentary General Election Results". www.eld.gov.sg. Retrieved 10 May 2021.
  6. ^ "ELD | 1972 Parliamentary General Election Results". www.eld.gov.sg. Retrieved 10 May 2021.
  7. ^ "ELD | 1976 Parliamentary General Election Results". www.eld.gov.sg. Retrieved 10 May 2021.
  8. ^ "ELD | 1980 Parliamentary General Election Results". www.eld.gov.sg. Retrieved 10 May 2021.
  9. ^ "ELD | 1984 Parliamentary General Election Results". www.eld.gov.sg. Retrieved 10 May 2021.


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