Cairnhill Single Member Constituency

Cairnhill Single Member Constituency was a constituency in Singapore. It used to exist from 1955 to 1991, and was replaced by the Kampong Glam Group Representation Constituency. Lim Kim San is a Member of Parliament from 1959 to 1980 and was replaced by Wong Kwei Cheong which ran all the way until the Kampong Glam GRC merger in 1991.

Cairnhill
Former Single Member Constituency for the Parliament of Singapore
Region	Central Region, Singapore
Electorate	23,197 (1988)
Former constituency
Created	1955
Abolished	1991
Seats	1
Created from	Balestier Rochore Tanglin
Replaced by	Kampong Glam GRC

Constituency changes

Election	Boundary changes	Electorate
1955	Constituency formed from Balestier, Rochore and Tanglin.	13,528
1957 by-elections	No changes.	14,802
1959	Part of the constituency separated to form River Valley.	12,239
1963	No changes.	12,340
1968	No changes.	12,287
1972	No changes.	11,952
1976	No changes.	13,419
1980	No changes.	18,133
1984	No changes.	15,862
1988	Constituency became a Single Member Constituency and absorbed River Valley.	23,197
1991	Constituency abolished and merged into Kampong Glam GRC as Cairnhill ward.

Members of Parliament

Election	Member	Party
Legislative Assembly of Singapore
1955	David Marshall		Labour Front
1957 by-elections	Soh Ghee Soon		Liberal Socialist Party
1959	Lim Yew Hock		Singapore People's Alliance
1963	Lim Kim San		People's Action Party
Parliament of Singapore
1968	Lim Kim San		People's Action Party
1972
1976
1980	Wong Kwei Cheong		People's Action Party
1984
1988
1991	Constituency abolished and merged into Kampong Glam GRC

Electoral history

General Election 1988: Cairnhill

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	PAP	Wong Kwei Cheong	12,779	64.0	+
	SDP	Jimmy Tan Tiang Hoe	7,194	36.0
Majority			5,585	28.0
Turnout			20,372	87.8
	PAP hold		Swing

General Election 1984: Cairnhill

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	PAP	Wong Kwei Cheong	uncontested
Majority
Turnout
	PAP hold		Swing

General Election 1980: Cairnhill

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	PAP	Wong Kwei Cheong	11,444	71.8	+3.6
	SDP	Fok Tai Loy	4,498	28.2
Majority			6,946	43.6
Turnout			16,273	89.7	+0.6
	PAP hold		Swing	+3.6

General Election 1976: Cairnhill

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	PAP	Lim Kim San	7,979	68.2	-12.7
	Independent	Chiam See Tong	3,726	31.8
Majority			4,253	36.4
Turnout			11,956	89.1	-0.2
	PAP hold		Swing	-12.7

General Election 1972: Cairnhill

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	PAP	Lim Kim San	8,458	80.9
	United National Front	Paul Elisha	1,994	19.1
Majority			6,464	61.8
Turnout			10,670	89.3
	PAP hold		Swing

General Election 1968: Cairnhill

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	PAP	Lim Kim San	uncontested
Majority
Turnout
	PAP hold		Swing

General Election 1963: Cairnhill

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	PAP	Lim Kim San	7,749	66.5%	+45.8
	BS	Lim Ang Chuan	2,443	21.0%	N/A
	SA	Lee Ah Seong	1,467	12.6%	-35.6
Turnout			11,751	95.2
	PAP gain from SA		Swing	N/A

General Election 1959: Cairnhill

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	SPA	Lim Yew Hock	5,275	48.2	N/A
	WP	David Marshall	2,920	26.7	N/A
	PAP	Oh Su Chen	2,262	20.7	N/A
	LSP	Tan Keng Siong	483	4.4	N/A
Turnout			11,045	90.2	+38.4
	SPA gain from LSP		Swing

By-election 1957: Cairnhill

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	LSP	Soh Ghee Soon	2,342	40.3	N/A
	Independent	Goh Kong Beng	1,281	22.0	N/A
	LF	Keng Ban Ee	1,118	19.2	-28.4
	Malay Union	Tengku Muda Muhamed bin Mahmud	983	16.9	N/A
	Independent	Mirza Abdul Majid	91	1.6	N/A
Majority			1,061	18.3	N/A
Turnout			5,889	39.8	-12.0
	LSP gain from LF		Swing	N/A

General Election 1955: Cairnhill

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	LF	David Marshall	3,305	47.6	N/A
	PP	C.C. Tan	2,530	36.4	N/A
	DP	Tan Khiang Khoo	1,111	16.0	N/A
Turnout			7,011	51.8	N/A
	LF win (new seat)