Cairnhill Single Member Constituency
Former electoral division in Singapore
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Cairnhill Single Member Constituency (SMC) was a former single member constituency in Singapore. It used to exist from 1955 to 1988 as Cairnhill Constituency and was renamed as Cairnhill Single Member Constituency (SMC) as part of Singapore's political reforms. The SMC was merged into Kampong Glam Group Representation Constituency (GRC) 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 | |
| Replaced by | Kampong Glam GRC |
Lim Kim San was the elected Member of Parliament from 1959 to 1980 and then Wong Kwei Cheong from 1980 to 1991.
History
The constituency was formed during the 1955 Singaporean general election, encompassing Balestier, Rochore and Tanglin wards.
In 1957, David Marshall resigned from the Labour Front party and his Cairnhill seat..
During the 1959 Singaporean general election, part of the constituency was split to form River Valley Constituency.
In 1988, following the establishment of group representation constituency (GRC) and single member consituency (SMC), the constituency was known as Cairnhill Single Member Constituency.[1] It also absorbed River Valley Constituency.
During the 1991 Singaporean general election, the SMC was merged into Kampong Glam GRC.[2]
Member of Parliament
| Year | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Formation | |||
| Legislative Assembly of Singapore | |||
| 1955 | David Marshall | LF | |
| 1957 | Soh Ghee Soon | LSP | |
| 1959 | Lim Yew Hock | SPA | |
| 1963 | Lim Kim San | PAP | |
| Parliament of Singapore | |||
| 1968 | Lim Kim San | PAP | |
| 1972 | |||
| 1976 | |||
| 1980 | Wong Kwei Cheong | ||
| 1984 | |||
| 1988 | |||
| Constituency abolished (1991) | |||
Electoral results
Note: The Elections Department does not include rejected votes when calculating the vote shares of candidates. Hence, all candidates' vote shares will total to 100% at any given election (may not appear so in multi-way contests due to rounding).
Elections in the 1950s
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| LF | David Marshall | 3,305 | 47.58 | |
| PP | Tan Chye Cheng | 2,530 | 36.42 | |
| DP | Tan Khiang Khoo | 1,111 | 16.0 | |
| Majority | 775 | 11.16 | ||
| Total valid votes | 6,946 | 99.07 | ||
| Rejected ballots | 65 | 0.93 | ||
| Turnout | 7,011 | 62.38 | ||
| Registered electors | 11,239 | |||
| LF win (new seat) | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LSP | Soh Ghee Soon | 2,342 | 40.28 | N/A | |
| Independent | Goh Kong Beng | 1,281 | 22.03 | N/A | |
| LF | Keng Ban Ee | 1,118 | 19.23 |  28.35 | |
| Malay Union | Tengku Muda Muhamed bin Mahmud | 983 | 16.90 | N/A | |
| Independent | Mirza Abdul Majid | 91 | 1.56 | N/A | |
| Majority | 1,061 | 18.25 |  7.09 | ||
| Total valid votes | 5,815 | 98.74 | 0.33 | ||
| Rejected ballots | 74 | 1.26 | 0.33 | ||
| Turnout | 5,889 | 39.79 | 22.59 | ||
| Registered electors | 14,802 | 31.7 | |||
| LSP gain from LF | |||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SPA | Lim Yew Hock | 5,275 | 48.22 | N/A | |
| WP | David Marshall | 2,920 | 26.69 | N/A | |
| PAP | Oh Su Chen | 2,262 | 20.68 | N/A | |
| LSP | Tan Keng Siong | 483 | 4.41 | 35.87 | |
| Majority | 2,355 | 21.53 | 3.28 | ||
| Total valid votes | 10,940 | 89.39 | 9.35 | ||
| Rejected ballots | 105 | 10.61 | 9.35 | ||
| Turnout | 11,045 | 90.24 | 50.45 | ||
| Registered electors | 12,239 | 17.32 | |||
| SPA gain from LSP | |||||
Elections in the 1960s
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PAP | Lim Kim San | 7,749 | 66.46 | 45.78 | |
| BS | Lim Ang Chuan | 2,443 | 20.95 | N/A | |
| SA | Lee Ah Seong | 1,467 | 12.59 | 35.63 | |
| Majority | 5,306 | 45.51 | 23.98 | ||
| Total valid votes | 11,659 | 99.22 | 9.83 | ||
| Rejected ballots | 92 | 0.78 | 9.83 | ||
| Turnout | 11,751 | 95.23 | 4.99 | ||
| Registered electors | 12,340 | 0.83 | |||
| PAP gain from SA | |||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PAP | Lim Kim San | Unopposed | |||
| Registered electors | 12,287 | 0.43 | |||
| PAP hold | |||||
Elections in the 1970s
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PAP | Lim Kim San | 8,458 | 80.92 | N/A | |
| United National Front | Paul Elisha | 1,994 | 19.08 | N/A | |
| Majority | 6,464 | 61.84 | N/A | ||
| Total valid votes | 10,452 | 97.96 | N/A | ||
| Rejected ballots | 218 | 2.04 | N/A | ||
| Turnout | 10,670 | 89.27 | N/A | ||
| Registered electors | 11,952 | 2.73 | |||
| PAP hold | |||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PAP | Lim Kim San | 7,979 | 68.17 | 12.75 | |
| Independent | Chiam See Tong | 3,726 | 31.83 | N/A | |
| Majority | 4,253 | 36.34 | 25.5 | ||
| Total valid votes | 11,705 | 97.91 | 0.05 | ||
| Rejected ballots | 251 | 2.09 | 0.05 | ||
| Turnout | 11,956 | 89.10 | 0.17 | ||
| Registered electors | 13,419 | 12.27 | |||
| PAP hold | Swing | 12.75 |
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Elections in the 1980s
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PAP | Wong Kwei Cheong | 11,444 | 71.79 | 3.62 | |
| SDP | Fok Tai Loy | 4,498 | 28.21 | N/A | |
| Majority | 6,946 | 43.58 | 7.24 | ||
| Total valid votes | 15,942 | 97.97 | 0.06 | ||
| Rejected ballots | 331 | 2.03 | 0.06 | ||
| Turnout | 16,273 | 89.74 | 0.64 | ||
| Registered electors | 18,133 | 35.13 | |||
| PAP hold | Swing | 3.62 |
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PAP | Wong Kwei Cheong | Unopposed | |||
| Registered electors | 15,862 | 12.52 | |||
| PAP hold | |||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PAP | Wong Kwei Cheong | 12,779 | 63.98 | N/A | |
| SDP | Jimmy Tan Tiang Hoe | 7,194 | 36.02 | N/A | |
| Majority | 5,585 | 27.96 | N/A | ||
| Total valid votes | 19,973 | 98.04 | N/A | ||
| Rejected ballots | 399 | 1.96 | N/A | ||
| Turnout | 20,372 | 87.82 | N/A | ||
| Registered electors | 23,197 | 46.24 | |||
| PAP hold | |||||
Historical maps
1955 General Elections
