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Bukit Panjang Single Member Constituency

{{Short description|Electoral ward in Singapore}}

{{More footnotes|date=July 2020}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2025}}

{{Infobox constituency

| name = Bukit Panjang

| type = Single Member

| parl_name = Parliament of Singapore

| map1 =

| image = Bukit_Panjang_Single_Member_Constituency,_2025.svg

| image_size = 240px

| caption =

| region = West Region, Singapore

| electorate = 33,566

| year = {{Start date and age|df=yes|1955}}

| members = Liang Eng Hwa

| seats = 1

| party = People's Action Party

| local_council_label = Town Council

| local_council = Holland–Bukit Panjang

| previous =

| blank1_name = Merged

| blank1_info = 1991

| blank2_name = Merged to

| blank2_info = Sembawang GRC

| blank3_name = Reformed

| blank3_info = 2006

| blank4_name = Reformed from

| blank4_info = Holland–Bukit Panjang GRC

}}

The Bukit Panjang Single Member Constituency is a Single Member Constituency (SMC) located in the western area of Singapore. It is managed by Holland–Bukit Panjang Town Council. The current Member of Parliament for the constituency is from the People's Action Party (PAP) Liang Eng Hwa.

History

Bukit Panjang Constituency was created in 1955.

In 1988, the constituency was renamed Bukit Panjang Single Member Constituency following the establishment of Group representation constituency (GRC) and Single Member Constituency (SMC).{{Cite news |date=15 June 1988 |title=13 GRCs for next general election |url=https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/digitised/article/straitstimes19880615-1.2.2 |access-date=13 March 2025 |work=The Straits Times |pages=1 |via=NewspaperSG}}

During the 1991 general election, the constituency was absorbed into the Sembawang GRC.

In the 2006 electoral boundary redraw, Bukit Panjang SMC was carved out from Holland–Bukit Panjang GRC, which had absorbed the ward in 2001, to reform the Bukit Panjang SMC.

During the 2020 Singapore general election, incumbent MP, Teo Ho Pin, announced his retirement from politics.{{Cite web |date=11 October 2020 |title=Tiong Seng appoints former MP Teo Ho Pin as new independent board director |url=https://sg.news.yahoo.com/tiong-seng-appoints-former-mp-152047661.html |access-date=2021-10-27 |website=sg.news.yahoo.com |language=en-SG}} Liang Eng Hwa, who was previously a MP for Holland–Bukit Timah GRC, was announced as the replacement candidate for Teo.{{Cite news |last=Kaur |first=Karamjit |last2=Yong |first2=Clement |date=2020-07-11 |title=GE2020 official results: PAP retains Bukit Panjang SMC with 53.74% of votes |url=https://www.straitstimes.com/politics/ge2020-results-pap-retains-bukit-panjang-smc-with-5374-of-votes |access-date=2025-04-22 |work=The Straits Times |language=en |issn=0585-3923}} The Singapore Democratic Party revealed Paul Tambyah to be its candidate on nomination day for the SMC. Liang won the election with 53.74 percent of the vote, a narrow margin of 2,509 votes, against Tambyah.

In March 2025, it was announced that Tambyah will continue to contest the SMC in the 2025 general elections.{{Cite news |last=Raguraman |first=Anjali |date=2025-03-23 |title=GE2025: SDP to field Chee Soon Juan in Sembawang West SMC, Paul Tambyah in Bukit Panjang |url=https://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/politics/ge2025-sdp-chief-chee-soon-juan-to-run-in-sembawang-west-smc |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20250323100805/https://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/politics/ge2025-sdp-chief-chee-soon-juan-to-run-in-sembawang-west-smc |archive-date=2025-03-23 |access-date=2025-03-26 |work=The Straits Times |language=en-SG}}

Member of Parliament

class="wikitable" align="center" style="text-align:center"

! Year

! Member

! colspan="2" | Party

colspan=4 bgcolor=black |Formation
colspan="4" |Legislative Assembly of Singapore
1955

|Goh Tong Liang

| bgcolor="{{party color|Progressive Party (Singapore)}}" |

PP
1959

| Lee Khoon Choy

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

PAP
1963Ong Lian Teng

| bgcolor="{{party color|Barisan Sosialis}}" |

BS
colspan="4" |Parliament of Singapore
1967Selvadurai Pathmanaban

| rowspan="2" bgcolor="{{party color|People's Action Party}}" |

rowspan="2" | PAP
1972Lee Yiok Seng
colspan=4 bgcolor=black |Constituency abolished (1991 – 2006)
2006rowspan="3" |Teo Ho Pinrowspan="4" bgcolor="{{party color|People's Action Party}}" |rowspan="4" | PAP
2011
2015
2020Liang Eng Hwa

Electoral results

{{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 1950s=

{{Election box begin no change| title=General Election 1955{{Cite web |title=ELD {{!}} 1955 Legislative Assembly General Election Results |url=https://www.eld.gov.sg/elections_past_parliamentary1955.html#B |access-date=21 April 2025 |website=www.eld.gov.sg}}{{Cite web |title=Singapore Legislative Assembly General Election 1955 > Bukit Panjang |url=https://sg-elections.com/general-election/1955/bukit-panjang.html |access-date=21 April 2025 |website=sg-elections.com}}}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change|party=Progressive Party (Singapore)|candidate=Goh Tong Liang|votes=3,097|percentage=72.21}}

{{Election box candidate with party link no change|party=Labour Front|candidate=Lim Wee Toh|votes=2,494|percentage=27.79}}

{{Election box majority no change|votes=1,905|percentage=44.42}}

{{Election box registered electors no change|reg. electors=8,012}}

{{Election box total valid no change|votes=4,289 |percentage=98.48}}

{{Election box rejected no change|votes=66|percentage=1.52}}

{{Election box turnout no change|votes=4,355|percentage=54.4}}

{{Election box new seat win|

|winner = Progressive Party (Singapore)

|swing = N/A}}

{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin| title=General Election 1959{{Cite web |title=ELD {{!}} 1959 Legislative Assembly General Election Results |url=https://www.eld.gov.sg/elections_past_parliamentary1959.html#B |access-date=21 April 2025 |website=www.eld.gov.sg}}{{Cite web |title=Singapore Legislative Assembly General Election 1959 > Bukit Panjang |url=https://sg-elections.com/general-election/1959/bukit-panjang.html |access-date=21 April 2025 |website=sg-elections.com}}}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link|party=People's Action Party|candidate=Lee Khoon Choy|votes=6,156|percentage=58.14|change=N/A}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Liberal Socialist Party|candidate=Tan Leong Teck|votes=2,494|percentage=23.55|change=N/A}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Singapore People's Alliance|candidate=Lim Siak Guan|votes=1,382|percentage=13.05|change=N/A}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Malaysian Indian Congress|candidate=T. T. K. Alexander|votes=526|percentage=4.96|change=N/A}}

{{Election box majority|votes=3,662|percentage=34.59|change={{decrease}}9.83}}

{{Election box registered electors|reg. electors=11,984|change={{increase}}49.58}}

{{Election box total valid|votes=10,588 |percentage=99.45|change={{increase}}0.97}}

{{Election box rejected|votes=89 |percentage=0.55|change={{decrease}}0.97}}

{{Election box turnout|votes=10,647|percentage=88.84|change={{increase}}34.44}}

{{Election box gain with party link|

|winner = People's Action Party

|loser = Progressive Party (Singapore)

|swing = N/A}}

{{Election box end}}

{{small|Note : MIC is allied with Singapore's UMNO and MCA chapters, similar to its Malaysian counterpart with the exception of not using the alliance symbol which was the reason for the elections department of Singapore to view T. T. K. Alexander as an independent candidate.}}

=Elections in 1960s=

{{Election box begin| title=General Election 1963{{Cite web |title=ELD {{!}} 1963 Legislative Assembly General Election Results |url=https://www.eld.gov.sg/elections_past_parliamentary1963.html#B |access-date=21 April 2025 |website=www.eld.gov.sg}}{{Cite web |title=Singapore Legislative Assembly General Election 1963 > Bukit Panjang |url=https://sg-elections.com/general-election/1963/bukit-panjang.html |access-date=22 April 2025 |website=sg-elections.com}}}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link|party=Barisan Sosialis|candidate=Ong Lian Teng|votes=5,679|percentage=46.45|change=N/A}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|party=People's Action Party|candidate=Lee Khoon Choy|votes=4,940|percentage=40.41|change={{decrease}}17.9}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Singapore Alliance|candidate=Loo Bah Chit|votes=999|percentage=8.17|change=N/A}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|party=United People's Party (Singapore)|candidate=Thuan Paik Phok|votes=607|percentage=4.97|change=N/A}}

{{Election box majority|votes=739|percentage=6.04|change={{decrease}}28.55}}

{{Election box registered electors|reg. electors=12,997|change={{increase}}8.45}}

{{Election box total valid|votes=12,225|percentage=98.93 |change={{decrease}}0.52}}

{{Election box rejected|votes=132 |percentage=1.07 |change={{increase}}0.52}}

{{Election box turnout|votes=12,357|percentage=95.07|change={{increase}}6.23}}

{{Election box gain with party link|

|winner = Barisan Sosialis

|loser = People's Action Party

|swing = {{increase}}46.5}}

{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin | title=By-election 1967{{Cite web |title=ELD {{!}} 1967 Parliamentary By-election Results |url=https://www.eld.gov.sg/elections_past_by1967.html |access-date=22 April 2025 |website=www.eld.gov.sg}}}}

{{Election box winning candidate unopposed with party link|party=People's Action Party|candidate=Selvadurai Pathmanaban}}

{{Election box registered electors|reg. electors=16,070|percentage=|change={{increase}}23.64}}

{{Election box gain with party link no swing|winner=People's Action Party|loser=Barisan Sosialis}}

{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin | title=General Election 1968{{Cite web |title=ELD {{!}} 1968 Parliamentary General Election Results |url=https://www.eld.gov.sg/elections_past_parliamentary1968.html#B |access-date=2025-04-22 |website=www.eld.gov.sg}}}}

{{Election box winning candidate unopposed with party link|party=People's Action Party|candidate=Selvadurai Pathmanaban}}

{{Election box registered electors|reg. electors=17,893|percentage=|change={{increase}}11.34}}

{{Election box hold with party link no swing|winner=People's Action Party}}

{{Election box end}}

= Elections in 1970s =

{{Election box begin | title=General Election 1972{{Cite web |title=ELD {{!}} 1972 Parliamentary General Election Results |url=https://www.eld.gov.sg/elections_past_parliamentary1972.html#B |access-date=22 April 2025 |website=www.eld.gov.sg}}{{Cite web |title=Singapore Legislative Assembly General Election 1972 > Bukit Panjang |url=https://sg-elections.com/general-election/1972/bukit-panjang.html |access-date=22 April 2025 |website=sg-elections.com}}}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link||party=People's Action Party|candidate=Lee Yiok Seng|votes=9,527|percentage=67.65|change=N/A}}

{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Workers' Party of Singapore|candidate=Tang Song Khiang|votes=3,496|percentage=24.82|change=N/A}}

{{Election box candidate|

|party = United National Front

|candidate = Leyu Tan Jib

|votes = 1,060

|percentage = 7.53

|change = N/A

}}

{{Election box majority|votes=6,031|percentage=42.83|change=N/A}}

{{Election box Registered electors|reg. electors=15,461|change={{decrease}}13.59}}

{{Election box total valid|votes=14,083|percentage=97.73|change=N/A}}

{{Election box rejected|votes=327|percentage=2.27|change=N/A}}

{{Election box turnout|votes=14,410|percentage=93.20|change=N/A}}

{{Election box hold with party link|

|winner = People's Action Party

|swing = N/A}}

{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin | title=General Election 1976{{Cite web |title=ELD {{!}} 1976 Parliamentary General Election Results |url=https://www.eld.gov.sg/elections_past_parliamentary1976.html#B |access-date=22 April 2025 |website=www.eld.gov.sg}}{{Cite web |title=Singapore Legislative Assembly General Election 1976> Bukit Panjang |url=https://sg-elections.com/general-election/1976/bukit-panjang.html |access-date=22 April 2025 |website=sg-elections.com}}}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link||party=People's Action Party|candidate=Lee Yiok Seng|votes=11,867|percentage=67.43|change={{decrease}}0.22}}

{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Workers' Party of Singapore|candidate=Ho Juan Thai|votes=5,731|percentage=32.57|change={{increase}}7.75}}

{{Election box majority||votes=6,136|percentage=34.86|change={{decrease}}7.97}}

{{Election box Registered electors|reg. electors=18,906|change={{increase}}22.28}}

{{Election box total valid|votes=17,598|percentage=97.57|change={{decrease}}0.16}}

{{Election box rejected|votes=438|percentage=2.43|change={{increase}}0.16}}

{{Election box turnout||votes=18,036|percentage=95.40|change={{increase}}2.20}}

{{Election box hold with party link|

|winner = People's Action Party

|swing = {{decrease}}0.22}}

{{Election box end}}

=Elections in 1980s=

{{Election box begin | title=General Election 1980{{Cite web |title=ELD {{!}} 1980 Parliamentary General Election Results |url=https://www.eld.gov.sg/elections_past_parliamentary1980.html#B |access-date=22 April 2025 |website=www.eld.gov.sg}}{{Cite web |title=Singapore Legislative Assembly General Election 1980> Bukit Panjang |url=https://sg-elections.com/general-election/1980/bukit-panjang.html |access-date=22 April 2025 |website=sg-elections.com}}}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link||party=People's Action Party|candidate=Lee Yiok Seng|votes=18,510|percentage=87.03|change={{increase}}19.60}}

{{Election box candidate|

|party = United People's Front

|candidate = Mohamad Sani bin Jan

|votes = 2,759

|percentage = 12.97

|change = {{increase}}13.0

}}

{{Election box majority||votes=15,751|percentage=74.0|change={{increase}}39.2}}

{{Registered electors|reg. electors=23,305|change={{increase}}23.27}}

{{Election box total valid|votes=21,269|percentage=96.59|change={{decrease}}0.98}}

{{Election box rejected|votes=750|percentage=3.41|change={{increase}}0.98}}

{{Election box turnout|votes=22,019|percentage=94.48|change={{decrease}}0.92}}

{{Election box hold with party link|

|winner = People's Action Party

|swing = {{increase}}19.60}}

{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin | title=General Election 1984{{Cite web |title=ELD {{!}} 1984 Parliamentary General Election Results |url=https://www.eld.gov.sg/elections_past_parliamentary1984.html#B |access-date=22 April 2025 |website=www.eld.gov.sg}}}}

{{Election box winning candidate unopposed with party link|party=People's Action Party|candidate=Lee Yiok Seng}}

{{Registered electors|reg. electors=23,173|change={{decrease}}0.56}}

{{Election box hold with party link no swing|

|winner = People's Action Party

}}

{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin | title=General Election 1988{{Cite web |title=ELD {{!}} 1988 Parliamentary General Election Results |url=https://www.eld.gov.sg/elections_past_parliamentary1988.html#B |access-date=22 April 2025 |website=www.eld.gov.sg}}}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link|party=People's Action Party|candidate=Lee Yiok Seng|votes=18,314|percentage=57.28|change=N/A}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Singapore Democratic Party|candidate=Kwek Guan Kwee|votes=9,864|percentage=30.86|change=N/A}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|arty=Singapore Malay National Organisation|party=Pertubuhan Kebangsaan Melayu Singapura|candidate=Ibrahim bin Ariff|votes=3,790|percentage=11.86|change=N/A}}

{{Election box majority|votes=8,450|percentage=26.42|change=N/A}}

{{Registered electors|reg. electors=33,824|change={{increase}}45.96}}

{{Election box total valid|votes=31,968 |percentage=98.16|change=N/A}}

{{Election box rejected|votes=599 |percentage=1.84|change=N/A}}

{{Election box turnout|votes=32,567|percentage=96.28|change=N/A}}

{{Election box hold with party link no swing|winner=People's Action Party}}

{{Election box end}}

= Elections in 2000s =

{{Election box begin no change| title=General Election 2006{{Cite web |title=ELD {{!}} 2006 Parliamentary General Election Results |url=https://www.eld.gov.sg/elections_past_parliamentary2006.html#B |access-date=2025-04-22 |website=www.eld.gov.sg}}{{Cite web |date=10 May 2006 |title=STATEMENT OF THE POLL AFTER COUNTING THE BALLOTS |url=https://www.eld.gov.sg/gazettes/2006/BukitPanjangOV.pdf |access-date=22 April 2025 |website=Elections Department of Singapore}}}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change|party=People's Action Party|candidate=Teo Ho Pin|votes=21,652|percentage=77.19}}

{{Election box candidate with party link no change|party=Singapore Democratic Party|candidate=Ling How Doong|votes=6,400|percentage=22.81}}

{{Election box majority no change|votes=15,252|percentage=54.38}}

{{Election box registered electors no change|reg. electors=30,452}}

{{Election box total valid no change |votes=28,052|percentage=96.91}}

{{Election box rejected no change|votes=893|percentage=3.09}}

{{Election box turnout no change|votes=28,945|percentage=95.05}}

{{Election box new seat win no change|winner = People's Action Party

}}

{{Election box end}}

= Elections in 2010s =

{{Election box begin | title=General Election 2011{{Cite web |title=ELD {{!}} 2011 Parliamentary General Election Results |url=https://www.eld.gov.sg/elections_past_parliamentary2011.html#B |access-date=2025-04-22 |website=Elections Department of Singapore}}{{Cite web |date=12 May 2011 |title=STATEMENT OF THE POLL AFTER COUNTING THE BALLOTS |url=https://www.eld.gov.sg/gazettes/2011/SOP%20for%20Bukit%20Panjang.pdf |access-date=22 April 2025 |website=Elections Department of Singapore}}}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link|party=People's Action Party|candidate=Teo Ho Pin|votes=20,375|percentage=66.27|change={{decrease}}10.92}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Singapore Democratic Party|candidate=Alec Tok|votes=10,372|percentage=33.73|change={{increase}}10.92}}

{{Election box majority|votes=10,003|percentage=32.54|change={{decrease}}21.82}}

{{Registered electors|reg. electors=33,053|change={{increase}}8.54}}

{{Election box total valid|votes=30,747|percentage=96.59|change={{decrease}}0.98}}

{{Election box rejected|votes=745|percentage=3.41|change={{increase}}0.98}}

{{Election box turnout|votes=31,492|percentage=95.28|change={{increase}}0.23}}{{Election box hold with party link|

|winner = People's Action Party

|swing={{decrease}}10.92

}}

{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin | title=General Election 2015{{Cite web |title=ELD {{!}} 2015 Parliamentary General Election Results |url=https://www.eld.gov.sg/elections_past_parliamentary2015.html#B |access-date=2025-04-22 |website=Elections Department of Singapore}}{{Cite web |date=16 September 2015 |title=STATEMENT OF THE POLL AFTER COUNTING THE BALLOTS |url=https://www.eld.gov.sg/gazettes/2015/SOP/Statement%20of%20Poll%20for%20Electoral%20Division%20of%20Bukit%20Panjang.pdf |access-date=22 April 2025 |website=Elections Department of Singapore}}}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link||party=People's Action Party|candidate=Teo Ho Pin|votes=21,954|percentage=68.38|change={{increase}}2.11}}

{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Singapore Democratic Party|candidate=Khung Wai Yeen|votes=10,152|percentage=31.62|change={{decrease}}2.11}}

{{Election box majority||votes=11,792|percentage=36.76|change={{increase}}4.22}}

{{Registered electors|reg. electors=34,317|change={{increase}}3.82}}

{{Election box total valid|votes=32,106|percentage=98.17|change={{increase}}1.50}}

{{Election box rejected|votes = 626

|percentage = 1.91

|change = {{decrease}}1.50

}}

{{Election box turnout|votes=32,704|percentage=95.30|change={{increase}}0.02}}

{{Election box hold with party link

|winner = People's Action Party

|swing ={{increase}}2.11

}}

{{Election box end}}

= Elections in 2020s =

{{Election box begin | title=General Election 2020{{Cite web |title=ELD {{!}} 2020 Parliamentary General Election Results |url=https://www.eld.gov.sg/finalresults2020.html#B |access-date=2025-04-22 |website=Elections Department of Singapore}}{{Cite web |date=16 July 2020 |title=STATEMENT OF THE POLL AFTER COUNTING THE BALLOTS |url=https://www.eld.gov.sg/gazettes/2020/Statement_of_Poll_for_the_Electoral_Division_of_Bukit_Panjang.pdf |access-date=22 April 2025 |website=Elections Department of Singapore}}}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link|party=People's Action Party|candidate=Liang Eng Hwa|votes=18,085|percentage=53.73|change={{decrease}}14.65}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Singapore Democratic Party|candidate=Paul Tambyah|votes=15,576|percentage=46.27|change={{increase}}14.65}}

{{Election box majority|votes=2,509|percentage=7.46|change={{decrease}}29.30}}

{{Election box registered electors

|reg. electors = 35,497

|change= {{increase}}3.44

}}

{{Election box total valid|votes=33,661|percentage=98.29|change={{increase}}0.12}}

{{Election box rejected

|votes = 586

|percentage = 1.71

|change = {{decrease}}0.12

}}

{{Election box turnout|votes=34,247|percentage=96.38|change={{increase}}1.08}}

{{Election box hold with party link

|winner = People's Action Party

|swing = {{decrease}}14.65

}}

{{Election box end}}{{Election box begin | title=General Election 2025}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|party=People's Action Party|candidate=Liang Eng Hwa|votes=|percentage=|change=}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Singapore Democratic Party|candidate=Paul Tambyah|votes=|percentage=|change=}}

{{Election box majority|votes=|percentage=|change=}}

{{Election box registered electors

|reg. electors = 33,566

|change= {{decrease}}5.44

}}

{{Election box total valid|votes=|percentage=|change=}}

{{Election box rejected

|votes =

|percentage =

|change =

}}

{{Election box turnout|votes=|percentage=|change=}}

{{Election box end}}

Historical maps

File:Bukit Panjang 1955 Singaporean GE.svg|1955 General Election

References

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External links

  • [https://data.gov.sg/dataset/parliamentary-general-election-results Parliamentary General Election results(Govtech Data)]

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