Kim Keat Single Member Constituency
Former Single Member Constituency in Singapore
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Kim Keat Single Member Constituency was a constituency in Singapore. It used to exist from 1968 to 1988 as Kim Keat Constituency and was renamed as Kim Keat Single Member Constituency (SMC) as part of Singapore's political reforms. The SMC was merged into Toa Payoh Group Representation Constituency in 1991. Ong Teng Cheong was the only Member of Parliament throughout its existence.
| Kim Keat | |
|---|---|
| Single Member constituency for the Parliament of Singapore | |
| Region | Singapore |
| Current constituency | |
| Created | 1968 |
| Seats | 1 |
| Member | Constituency Abolished |
| Town Council | Toa Payoh |
| Replaced by | Toa Payoh GRC Bishan-Toa Payoh GRC |
Member of Parliament
| Year | Member of Parliament | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1972 | Ong Teng Cheong | PAP | |
| 1976 | |||
| 1980 | |||
| 1984 | |||
| 1988 | |||
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 1970s
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PAP | Ong Teng Cheong | 10,262 | 74.00 | ||
| WP | Seow Khee Leng | 3,022 | 21.79 | ||
| UNF | W. J. Paglar | 583 | 4.21 | ||
| Majority | 7,240 | 52.21 | |||
| Registered electors | 14,640 | ||||
| PAP win (new seat) | |||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PAP | Ong Teng Cheong | 14,262 | 76.62 |  2.62 | |
| BS | Chin Tian Choo | 4,353 | 23.38 | ||
| Registered electors | 19,700 | 34.6 | |||
| PAP hold | Swing | 2.62 |
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Elections in 1980s
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PAP | Ong Teng Cheong | Unopposed | |||
| Registered electors | 20,781 | 5.5 | |||
| PAP hold | |||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PAP | Ong Teng Cheong | Unopposed | |||
| Registered electors | 20,439 |  1.6 | |||
| PAP hold | |||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PAP | Ong Teng Cheong | 10,644 | 73.00 | N/A | |
| SDP | Md Shariff Bin Yahya | 3,937 | 27.00 | N/A | |
| Majority | 6,707 | 46 | N/A | ||
| Registered electors | 15,850 | 19.5 | |||
| PAP hold | |||||
