Rural West Constituency
Former Singaporean constituency
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Rural West Constituency was a constituency represented in the Legislative Council of Singapore from 1948 until 1951.[1] It elected one Legislative Council member.[2]
| Rural West | |
|---|---|
| Former constituency for the Legislative Council of Singapore | |
Location of Rural West in Singapore | |
| Region | Singapore |
| Electorate | 2,774 |
| Former constituency | |
| Created | 1948 |
| Abolished | 1951 |
| Seats | 1 |
| Replaced by | Bukit Timah |
Profile
The Rural West constituency covered the seven surrounding islands of SIngapore, the naval base area in Seletar, and the army cantonment in Pasir Panjang. It also covered populated areas as Bukit Timah, Holland Road, Jurong and Sembawang.[3]
It also covered the areas of Bajau, Bukit Batok, Bukit Panjang, Bukit Timah, Choa Chu Kang, Clementi, Jurong, Kranji, Lim Chu Kang, Mandai, Pandan, Pasir Panjang, Peng Kang, Seletar, Sembawang, Tuas, Ulu Kalang, Ulu Pandan, Woodlands, Yishun.
History
The constituency was formed in 1948. In 1951, the constituency was abolished and renamed as Bukit Timah Constituency.[4]
Legislative Council member
| Year | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1948 | Srish Chandra Goho | Independent | |
| 1948 | Balwant Singh Bajaj | Independent | |
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 1940s
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent | Srish Chandra Goho | 981 | 50.0 | ||
| Independent | Malathi Pillai | 520 | 26.5 | ||
| PP | Arumugam Ponnu Rajah | 460 | 23.5 | ||
| Majority | 461 | 23.5 | |||
| Turnout | 2,036 | 73.4 | |||
| Registered electors | 2,774 | ||||
| Independent win | |||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent | Balwant Singh Bajaj | 1,638 | 55.5 | ||
| PP | Cheong Hock Chye | 705 | 23.9 |  0.4 | |
| Independent | Maganlal Gangaram | 606 | 20.5 | ||
| Majority | 933 | 31.6 | |||
| Turnout | 3,121 | 72.9 |  0.5 | ||
| Registered electors | 4,279 | ||||
| Independent win | |||||
