Kampong Glam Single Member Constituency

Kampong Glam Single Member Constituency was a single member constituency (SMC) in Kampong Glam, Singapore. It existed as Kampong Glam Constituency from 1959 to 1988 then it was renamed as Kampong Glam Single Member Constituency during political reform in 1988. Once a small constituency with no more than ca. 9,000 registered voters, Kampong Glam constituency voters rose immediately in 1976 with at least 16,000 voters turned out to polling places. The numbers never went down ever since.

The SMC lasted another term till 1991 when it was absorbed into Kampong Glam Group Representation Constituency (GRC). The GRC is disbanded in the next election in 1997 and Kampong Glam SMC was recreated. Again, the SMC lasted for another term before being merged into Jalan Besar GRC.

Member of Parliament

Year Member of Parliament Party
Legislative Assembly of Singapore
1959 S Rajaratnam PAP
1963
Parliament of Singapore
1968 S Rajaratnam PAP
1972
1976
1980
1984
1988 Loh Meng See
Constituency abolished (1991–1997)
1997 Loh Meng See PAP

Elections

Note : Elections Department Singapore do not include rejected votes for calculation of candidate's vote share. Hence, the total of all candidates' vote share will be 100%.

Elections in 1990s

General Election 1997: Kampong Glam
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
PAP Loh Meng See 13,446 74.5 N/A
DPP Tan Lead Shake 4,598 25.5 N/A
Majority 13,446 74.5
Turnout 18,648 N/A
PAP win (new seat)

Elections in 1980s

General Election 1988: Kampong Glam
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
PAP Loh Meng See 12,525 67.3 N/A
WP Frederick De Wind 5,800 31.2 N/A
Angkatan Islam Mohamad Sani bin Jan 280 1.5 N/A
Majority 6,725 36.1 N/A
Turnout 18,959 87.1 N/A
PAP hold Swing N/A
General Election 1984: Kampong Glam
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
PAP Rajaratnam Sinnathamby Walkover
Majority
Turnout 18,127
PAP hold Swing N/A
General Election 1980: Kampong Glam
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
PAP Rajaratnam Sinnathamby Walkover
Majority
Turnout 17,241
PAP hold Swing N/A

Elections in 1970s

General Election 1976: Kampong Glam
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
PAP Rajaratnam Sinnathamby 13,114 80.1 N/A
United People's Front Ang Bee Lian 3,241 19.8 N/A
Majority 9,873 60.3 N/A
Turnout 16,787 91.0 N/A
PAP hold Swing N/A
General Election 1972: Kampong Glam
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
PAP Rajaratnam Sinnathamby Walkover
Majority
Turnout 7,542
PAP hold Swing N/A

Elections in 1960s

General Election 1968: Kampong Glam
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
PAP Rajaratnam Sinnathamby Walkover
Majority
Turnout 9,484
PAP hold Swing N/A
General Election 1963: Kampong Glam
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
PAP Rajaratnam Sinnathamby 4,313 44.8 −20.5
BS Tan Jing Quee 4,093 42.5 +42.5
UPP Harbans Singh 1,224 12.7 +12.7
Majority 220 2.3 −45
Turnout 9,738 95.6 +6
PAP hold Swing -20.5

Elections in 1950s

General Election 1959: Kampong Glam
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
PAP Rajaratnam Sinnathamby 6,324 65.3 N/A
SPA Mahmood bin Latiff 1,747 18.0 N/A
LSP Ong Eng Lian 1,377 14.2 N/A
Independent Wu Shiaw 241 2.5 N/A
Majority 4,577 47.3
Turnout 9,792 89.6 N/A
PAP win (new seat)

References