River Valley Single Member Constituency
River Valley Single Member Constituency was a constituency in Singapore. It used to exist from 1959 to 1988.
Elections in the 1950s and 1960s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
PAP | Lim Cheng Lock | 5,597 | 56.7 | +20.1 | |
BS | Goh Lam San | 2,668 | 27.0 | ||
SA | Yap Pheng Geck | 1,156 | 11.7 | -24.8 | |
UPP | Wong Chung Kit | 455 | 4.6 | ||
Majority | 2,929 | 29.7 | |||
Turnout | 9,980 | 94.8 | |||
PAP hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
PAP | Lim Cheng Lock | 3,430 | 36.6 | ||
SPA | Soh Ghee Soon | 3,425 | 36.5 | ||
LSP | Tan Ek Khoo | 2,529 | 27.0 | ||
Majority | 5 | 0.1 | |||
Turnout | 9,534 | 90.0 | |||
PAP win (new seat) |
The 1959 election in River Valley remains the record for the closest winning margin in any election in Singapore history.
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