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Boon Lay Single Member Constituency

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{{Infobox constituency

|type=Single Member

|name=Boon Lay

|year=1976

|abolished=2001

|parl_name=Parliament of Singapore

|member= Constituency Abolished

|seats = 1

|party =

|image=

|region=Singapore

|electorate=

|local_council_label=Town Council

|local_council=

|next = West Coast GRC

}}

Boon Lay Single Member Constituency (Traditional Chinese: 文禮單選區; Simplified Chinese: 文礼单选区) was a single member constituency in Boon Lay, Singapore that existed from 1976 to 2001.

The constituency was formed in 1976 by carving out part of Jurong Constituency. In 2001, it was abolished and absorbed into the West Coast Group Representation Constituency.

Member of Parliament

class="wikitable"

!Year

!Member of Parliament

! colspan="2" |Party

1976

|Ngeow Pack Hua

| rowspan="6" bgcolor="{{party color|People's Action Party}}" |

| rowspan="6" |PAP

1980

| rowspan="5" |Goh Chee Wee

1984
1988
1991
1997

Elections

{{small|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 1970s =

{{Election box begin | title=General Election 1976: Boon Lay{{Cite web|title=ELD {{!}} 1976 Parliamentary General Election Results|url=https://www.eld.gov.sg/elections_past_parliamentary1976.html#B|access-date=2021-05-20|website=www.eld.gov.sg}}}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link||party=People's Action Party|candidate=Ngeow Pack Hua|votes=11,749|percentage=79.8|change=N/A}}

{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Singapore Justice Party|candidate=Joseph Varghese|votes=2,970|percentage=20.2|change=N/A}}

{{Election box majority||votes=8,779|percentage=59.6|change=N/A}}

{{Election box registered electors|reg. electors=15,496|change=N/A}}{{Election box turnout||votes=15,072|percentage=97.3|change=N/A}}

{{Election box new seat win|

|winner = People's Action Party

}}

{{Election box end}}

=Elections in 1980s=

{{Election box begin | title=General Election 1980: Boon Lay{{Cite web|title=ELD {{!}} 1980 Parliamentary General Election Results|url=https://www.eld.gov.sg/elections_past_parliamentary1980.html#B|access-date=2021-05-20|website=www.eld.gov.sg}}}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link||party=People's Action Party|candidate=Goh Chee Wee|votes=11,749|percentage=74.2|change={{decrease}}5.6}}

{{Election box candidate with party link||party=United Front (Singapore)|candidate=Tan Chee Kien|votes=5,220|percentage=25.8|change=N/A}}

{{Election box majority||votes=9,785|percentage=48.4|change={{decrease}}11.2}}

{{Election box registered electors|reg. electors=21,317|change={{increase}}37.56}}{{Election box turnout||votes=20,752|percentage=97.3|change={{steady}}0.00}}

{{Election box hold with party link|

|winner = People's Action Party

|swing = {{decrease}}5.6

}}

{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin | title=General Election 1984: Boon Lay{{Cite web|title=ELD {{!}} 1984 Parliamentary General Election Results|url=https://www.eld.gov.sg/elections_past_parliamentary1984.html#B|access-date=2021-05-20|website=www.eld.gov.sg}}}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link||party=People's Action Party|candidate=Goh Chee Wee|votes=12,490|percentage=69.6|change={{decrease}}4.6}}

{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Singapore United Front|candidate=Reveendran Sasi|votes=5,443|percentage=30.4|change=N/A}}

{{Election box majority||votes=7,047|percentage=39.2|change={{decrease}}11.2}}

{{Election box registered electors|reg. electors=18,964|change={{decrease}}11.04}}{{Election box turnout||votes=18,463|percentage=97.4|change={{increase}}0.1}}

{{Election box hold with party link|

|winner = People's Action Party

|swing = {{decrease}}4.6

}}

{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin | title=General Election 1988: Boon Lay{{Cite web|title=ELD {{!}} 1988 Parliamentary General Election Results|url=https://www.eld.gov.sg/elections_past_parliamentary1988.html#B|access-date=2021-05-21|website=www.eld.gov.sg}}}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link||party=People's Action Party|candidate=Goh Chee Wee|votes=11,317|percentage=72.0|change={{increase}}2.4}}

{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Singapore Malay National Organisation|candidate=Salleh bin Mohd Bawthan|votes=4,408|percentage=28.0|change=N/A}}

{{Election box majority||votes=6,909|percentage=44.0|change={{increase}}4.8}}

{{Election box registered electors|reg. electors=16,646|change={{decrease}}12.22}}{{Election box turnout||votes=16,182|percentage=97.2|change={{decrease}}0.2}}

{{Election box hold with party link|

|winner = People's Action Party

|swing = {{increase}}2.4

}}

{{Election box end}}

= Elections in 1990s =

{{Election box begin | title=General Election 1991: Boon Lay{{Cite web|title=ELD {{!}} 1991 Parliamentary General Election Results|url=https://www.eld.gov.sg/elections_past_parliamentary1991.html#B|access-date=2021-05-21|website=www.eld.gov.sg}}}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link||party=People's Action Party|candidate=Goh Chee Wee|votes=10,106|percentage=73.3|change={{increase}}1.3}}

{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Singapore Malay National Organisation|candidate=Sahid bin Sahooman|votes=3,686|percentage=26.7|change={{decrease}}1.3}}

{{Election box majority||votes=6,420|percentage=46.6|change={{increase}}2.6}}

{{Election box registered electors|reg. electors=15,007|change={{decrease}}9.85}}{{Election box turnout||votes=14,460|percentage=96.4|change={{decrease}}0.8}}

{{Election box hold with party link|

|winner = People's Action Party

|swing = {{increase}}1.3

}}

{{Election box end}}{{Election box begin | title=General Election 1997: Boon Lay{{Cite web|title=ELD {{!}} 1997 Parliamentary General Election Results|url=https://www.eld.gov.sg/elections_past_parliamentary1997.html#B|access-date=2021-05-21|website=www.eld.gov.sg}}}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link||party=People's Action Party|candidate=Goh Chee Wee|votes=12,407|percentage=66.1|change={{decrease}}7.2}}

{{Election box candidate with party link||party=National Solidarity Party (Singapore)|candidate=Christopher Neo Ting Wei|votes=6,362|percentage=33.9|change=N/A}}

{{Election box majority||votes=6,045|percentage=32.2|change={{decrease}}14.4}}

{{Election box registered electors|reg. electors=20,014|change={{increase}}33.36}}{{Election box turnout||votes=19,274|percentage=96.3|change={{decrease}}0.1}}

{{Election box hold with party link|

|winner = People's Action Party

|swing = {{decrease}}7.2

}}

{{Election box end}}

References

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Category:Singaporean electoral divisions

Category:Bukit Timah

Category:Clementi

Category:Jurong East

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Category:1976 establishments in Singapore

Category:2001 disestablishments in Singapore