Mountbatten Single Member Constituency

Mountbatten
Mountbatten
	Single Member Constituency; for the Parliament of Singapore
Region	Central Region, Singapore
Electorate	24,267
Current constituency
Created	1957
Seats	1
Party	People's Action Party
Member(s)	Lim Biow Chuan
Town Council	Marine Parade
Merged	1997
Merged to	Marine Parade GRC
Reformed	2011
Reformed from	Marine Parade GRC

Mountbatten is a single-member constituency in the central-southeastern part of Singapore. It was formerly a ward of Marine Parade GRC from 1997 till 2011. It was carved out to be a SMC again in the 2011 election.

The constituency consists of Tanjong Rhu, Old Airport Road, Singapore National Stadium, Amber, Meyer Estates, Pine Close, Cassia Crescent, Kanpong Kayu, Kampong Arang, Jalan Tiga, Jalan Enam, Jalan Dua, Jalan Batu, Dakota Crescent, Dakota Close and certain parts of Tanjong Katong.

Mountbatten existed as a constituency from 1959 to 1991 before it was absorbed into Marine Parade GRC in 1997.

Members of Parliament

Member of Parliament		Dates	Notes
Seow Peck Leng	SPA	1959 - 1963
Ng Yeow Chong	PAP	1963 – 1980
Eugene Yap Giau Cheng	PAP	1980 – 1997
Constituency abolished (1997 – 2011)
Lim Biow Chuan	PAP	2011 – present	Incumbent

Candidates & Results

Elections in 2020s

General Election 2020: Mountbatten
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	PAP	Lim Biow Chuan	16,227	73.84	1.98
	PV	Sivakumaran Chellappa	5,748	26.16	N/A
Majority			10,479	47.68
Rejected ballots			584	2.59
Turnout			22,559	92.96	3.21
Registered electors			24,267
	PAP hold		Swing	1.98

Elections in 2010s

General Election 2015: Mountbatten
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	PAP	Lim Biow Chuan	15,331	71.86	13.24
	SPP	Jeannette Chong-Aruldoss	6,004	28.14	13.24
Majority			9,327	43.72	26.48
Rejected ballots			333	2.35	-
Turnout			21,668	89.75	-
	PAP hold		Swing	13.24

General Election 2011: Mountbatten
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	PAP	Lim Biow Chuan	11,985	58.62	N/A
	NSP	Jeannette Chong-Aruldoss	8,461	41.38	N/A
Majority			3,524	17.24	N/A
Turnout			20,865	87.9	N/A
	PAP win (new seat)

Elections in 1990s

General Election 1991: Mountbatten
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	PAP	Eugene Yap Giau Cheng	11,029	78.00	0.2
	Independent	Yen Kim Khooi	3,119	22.00	0.2
Majority			7,910	56.0	0.4
Turnout			14,741	95.1	0.2
	PAP hold		Swing	0.2

Elections in 1980s

General Election 1988: Mountbatten
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	PAP	Eugene Yap Giau Cheng	12,712	78.20	3.1
	Independent	Chiam Pan Boon	3,554	21.80	3.1
Majority			9,158	56.4	6.2
Turnout			16,909	95.3	0.2
	PAP hold		Swing	3.1

General Election 1984: Mountbatten
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	PAP	Eugene Yap Giau Cheng	16,077	81.30	N/A
	Independent	Tan Ah Teng	3,692	18.70	N/A
Majority			12,385	62.6	N/A
Turnout			20,505	95.5	N/A
	PAP hold		Swing	N/A

General Election 1980: Mountbatten
Party		Candidate	Votes
	PAP	Eugene Yap Giau Cheng	Walkover
Majority
Turnout			14,045
	PAP hold		Swing

Elections in 1970s

General Election 1976: Mountbatten
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	PAP	Ng Yeow Chong	9,412	65.9	N/A
	UF	Seow Khee Leng	4,878	34.1	N/A
Majority			4,534	31.8	N/A
Turnout			14,707	95.3	N/A
	PAP hold		Swing	N/A

General Election 1972: Mountbatten
Party		Candidate	Votes
	PAP	Ng Yeow Chong	Walkover
Majority
Turnout			14,396
	PAP hold		Swing

Elections in 1960s

General Election 1968: Mountbatten
Party		Candidate	Votes
	PAP	Ng Yeow Chong	Walkover
Majority
Turnout			12,760
	PAP hold		Swing

General Election 1963: Mountbatten
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	PAP	Ng Yeow Chong	7,751	49.0	25.2
	BS	Fung Yin Ching	5,158	32.6	32.6
	SA	Lee Kim Chuan	1,865	11.8	21.9
	Independent	Felice Leon-Soh	1,053	6.7	8.4
Majority			2,593	16.4	25.2
Turnout			15,969	94.8	6.1
	PAP gain from SPA		Swing	25.2

Notes: SPA joins UMNO-MCA-MIC alliance to form SA in 1963 GE.[1]

Elections in 1950s

General Election 1959: Mountbatten
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	SPA	Seow Peck Leng	3,031	33.7	N/A
	PAP	Tay Kim Sun	2,143	23.8	N/A
	MCA	Wong Foo Nam	1,903	21.2	N/A
	Katong United Resident Association	Felice Leon-Soh	1,354	15.1	N/A
	LSP	Wee Soo Bee	559	6.2	N/A
Majority			2,593	16.4	N/A
Turnout			888	9.9	N/A
	SPA win (new seat)

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References

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