Bukit Timah Single Member Constituency

Bukit Timah
Bukit Timah
	Former Single Member Constituency; for the Parliament of Singapore
Region	Central Region, Singapore
Electorate	24,512 (1991)
Former constituency
Created	1951
Abolished	1997
Seats	1
Created from	Rural West
Replaced by	Bukit Timah GRC

Bukit Timah
Bukit Timah
	Former Single Member Constituency; for the Parliament of Singapore
Region	Central Region, Singapore
Electorate	26,951 (2001)
Former constituency
Created	2001
Abolished	2006
Seats	1
Created from	Bukit Timah GRC
Replaced by	Holland–Bukit Timah GRC

Bukit Timah Single Member Constituency (Chinese: 武吉知马单选区; pinyin: Wǔjí Zhīmǎ dānxuǎnqū) is a former single-member constituency (SMC) in Bukit Timah, Singapore. The name - Bukit Timah still exists since the independence.

History

It is one of the oldest spanning the mature estates of Clementi, Jurong East, Jurong West, Boon Lay, Joo Koon, and most of it until it was developed in 1963. In 1963, it broke away with the Jurong SMC, followed by in 1980 distributed to Ayer Rajah SMC, Clementi SMC and West Coast SMC with the growing development of Clementi, and in 1984 to Yuhua SMC and Hong Kah SMC with the growing development of Jurong East. It finally absorbed into Bukit Timah GRC (now defunct) along with Bukit Batok SMC, Jurong SMC, Ulu Pandan SMC and Yuhua SMC.

In 2001, it reappeared as Bukit Batok was split into two and thus the newly formed Bukit Batok East as well as a newly formed Taman Jurong which used to be part of Bukit Gombak SMC along with Jurong that was renamed as Jurong Central together with Yuhua forms the newly created Jurong GRC and remains until date while Ulu Pandan was one of the founding wards of the then Holland–Bukit Panjang GRC.

However, the revival of Bukit Timah SMC did not last long as it was absorbed into Holland–Bukit Timah GRC in 2006 and holds until date as Wang Kai Yuen had retired on 2006 and hence, Yu-Foo Yee Shoon was the successor of this ward.

Constituency changes

Election	Boundary changes	Electorate
1951	Constituency formed from Rural West.	3,850
1955	Parts of the constituency separated to form Bukit Panjang, Pasir Panjang, Queenstown, Sembawang and Southern Islands.	9,173
1959	Part of the constituency separated to form Jurong.	11,285
1963	No changes.	12,502
1966 by-election	No changes.	14,854
1968	No changes.	16,769
1972	Part of the constituency separated to form Bukit Batok.	15,476
1976	No changes.	13,132
1980	Parts of the constituency separated to form Ayer Rajah, Clementi and West Coast.	15,334
1984	Part of the constituency separated to form Yuhua.	17,238
1988	Constituency became a Single Member Constituency.	20,222
1991	No changes.	24,512
1997	Constituency abolished and merged into Bukit Timah GRC as Bukit Timah ward.
2001	Single Member Constituency formed from Bukit Timah ward in Bukit Timah GRC.	26,951
2006	Constituency abolished and merged into Holland–Bukit Timah GRC as Bukit Timah ward.

Members of Parliament

Election	Member
Legislative Council of Singapore
1951	Hollupatherage James Caldera Kulasingha	Progressive Party
Legislative Assembly of Singapore
1955	Lim Chin Siong	People's Action Party
1959	Ya'acob bin Mohamed	People's Action Party
1963	Lee Tee Tong	Barisan Sosialis
1966 by-election	Chor Yeok Eng	People's Action Party
Parliament of Singapore
1968	Chor Yeok Eng	People's Action Party
1972
1976
1980
1984	Wang Kai Yuen	People's Action Party
1988
1991
1997	Constituency abolished and merged into Bukit Timah GRC
2001	Wang Kai Yuen	People's Action Party
2006	Constituency abolished and merged into Holland-Bukit Timah GRC

Candidates and Results

Elections in 2000s

General Election 2001: Bukit Timah
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	PAP	Wang Kai Yuen	19,121	77.37	N/A
	SDA	Tong Meng Chye	4,376	17.71	N/A
	Independent	Tan Kim Chuang	1,215	4.92	N/A
Majority			14,745	54.36
Turnout			26,951		N/A
	PAP win (new seat)

Elections in 1990s

General Election 1991: Bukit Timah
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	PAP	Wang Kai Yuen	16,080	72.64	N/A
	WP	Zeng Guo Yuan	5,683	25.68	N/A
	Independent	Md Sani Jan	371	4.92	N/A
Majority			10,397	46.9	N/A
Turnout			22,695	92.6	N/A
	PAP hold		Swing	N/A

Elections in 1980s

General Election 1988: Bukit Timah
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	PAP	Wang Kai Yuen	Walkover
Majority
Turnout			21,043		N/A
	PAP hold		Swing	N/A

General Election 1984: Bukit Timah
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	PAP	Wang Kai Yuen	Walkover
Majority
Turnout			17,238		N/A
	PAP hold		Swing	N/A

General Election 1980: Bukit Timah
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	PAP	Chor Yeok Eng	Walkover
Majority
Turnout			17,238		N/A
	PAP hold		Swing	N/A

Elections in 1970s

General Election 1976: Bukit Timah
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	PAP	Chor Yeok Eng	Walkover
Majority
Turnout			13,132		N/A
	PAP hold		Swing	N/A

General Election 1972: Bukit Timah
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	PAP	Chor Yeok Eng	9,475	66.78
	BS	K. K. Nair	4,714	33.22
Majority			4,761	33.6
Turnout			14,598	94.3	N/A
	PAP hold		Swing	N/A

Elections in 1960s

General Election 1968: Bukit Timah
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	PAP	Chor Yeok Eng	Walkover
Majority
Turnout			13,132		N/A
	PAP hold		Swing	N/A

1966 by-election: Bukit Timah
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	PAP	Chor Yeok Eng	Walkover
Majority
Turnout			14,854		N/A
	PAP gain from BS		Swing	N/A

General Election 1963: Bukit Timah
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	BS	Lee Tee Tong	6,173	52.39	+52.39
	PAP	Chor Yeok Eng	4,982	42.28	-18.86
	UPP	Ong Tiong Kuan	628	5.33	+5.33
Majority			1,191	10.1	N/A
Turnout			11,935	95.5	+5.2
	BS gain from PAP		Swing	N/A

Elections in 1950s

General Election 1959: Bukit Timah
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	PAP	Ya'acob bin Mohamed	6,174	61.14	+8.69
	LSP	Pek Cheng Chuan	2,460	24.36	-8.31
	Independent	Lee Yew Seng	1,464	14.50	+14.50
Majority			3,714	36.7
Turnout			10,190	90.3	+21.9
	PAP hold		Swing	+8.69

General Election 1955: Bukit Timah
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	PAP	Lim Chin Siong	3,259	52.45	+52.45
	DP	Tan Wah Meng	1,308	21.05	+21.05
	LF	A. N. Mitra	924	14.88	+14.88
	PP	S. F. Ho	722	11.62	-45.53
Majority			1,951	31.4	N/A
Turnout			6,272	68.4	+8.00
	PAP gain from PP		Swing	-45.53

General Election 1951: Bukit Timah
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	PP	Hollupatherage James Caldera Kulasingha	1,311	57.15
	Labour Party	Valiya Purayil Abdullah	983	42.85
Majority			428	14.3
Turnout			2,326	60.4	N/A
	PP win (new seat)

References

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