Upper Serangoon Constituency
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Upper Serangoon Constituency was a constituency in Upper Serangoon, Singapore from 1959 to 1980. In 1959, the constituency is formed by absorbing part of Serangoon and Paya Lebar constituencies.
Member of Parliament
| Election | Member of Parliament | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Legislative Assembly of Singapore | |||
| 1959 | Chan Sun Wing | PAP | |
| 1963 | Sia Kah Hui | ||
| Parliament of Singapore | |||
| 1972 | Sia Kah Hui | PAP | |
| 1976 | |||
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
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| PAP | Chan Sun Wing | 4,497 | 45.06 | |
| SPA | Lim Choon Mong | 4,372 | 43.81 | |
| LSP | Sin Cho Lang | 901 | 9.03 | |
| Citizens' Party (Singapore) | Tan Choon Teng | 209 | 2.1 | |
| Majority | 125 | 1.34 | ||
| Registered electors | 11,279 | |||
| Turnout | 9,979 | 88.47 | ||
| PAP win (new seat) | ||||
Elections in 1960s
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PAP | Sia Kah Hui | 6,650 | 56.56 | N/A | |
| BS | Chia Yang Loong | 3,547 | 30.17 | N/A | |
| Independent | Lim Choon Mong | 573 | 4.87 | N/A | |
| UPP | Phua Gek Boon | 595 | 5.06 | N/A | |
| SA | Wu Moh Chye | 393 | 3.34 | N/A | |
| Majority | 3103 | 26.39 |  25.05 | ||
| Registered electors | 12,433 | 10.23 | |||
| Turnout | 11,758 | 94.57 | 6.1 | ||
| PAP hold | Swing | 25.05 |
|||
