Jalan Besar Constituency
Single member constituency in Singapore
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Jalan Besar Constituency was a single member constituency within Kallang, Singapore. It existed from 1959 to 1988.
| Jalan Besar | |
|---|---|
| Single Member constituency for the Parliament of Singapore | |
| Region | Singapore |
| Current constituency | |
| Created | 1959 |
| Member | Constituency Abolished |
| Town Council | Jalan Besar |
| Replaced by | Jalan Besar GRC |
Member of Parliament
| Election | Member of Parliament | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Legislative Assembly of Singapore | |||
| 1959 | Chan Chee Seng | PAP | |
| 1961 | |||
| 1963 | |||
| Parliament of Singapore | |||
| 1968 | Chan Chee Seng | PAP | |
| 1972 | |||
| 1976 | |||
| 1980 | |||
| 1984 | Lee Boon Yang | ||
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 1950s
Elections in 1960s
Elections in 1970s
Elections in 1980s
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PAP | Lee Boon Yang | 9,236 | 64.43 | ||
| WP | Ananthan Balakrishnan | 5,100 | 35.57 | ||
| Turnout | 14,808 | 91.9 | |||
| PAP hold | Swing | ||||