Jalan Besar Constituency
{{Short description|Single member constituency in Singapore}}
{{distinguish|Jalan Besar Group Representation Constituency}}
{{Infobox constituency
|type=Single Member
|name=Jalan Besar
|year=1959
|parl_name=Parliament of Singapore
|member=Constituency Abolished
|image=
|region=Singapore
|electorate=
|local_council_label=Town Council
|local_council=Jalan Besar
|next = Jalan Besar GRC
}}
Jalan Besar Constituency was a single member constituency within Kallang, Singapore. It existed from 1959 to 1988.
Member of Parliament
| class="wikitable" align="center" style="text-align:center"
|Election |Member of Parliament | colspan="2" |Party |
| colspan="4" |Legislative Assembly of Singapore |
|---|
| 1959
| rowspan="3" |Chan Chee Seng | rowspan="3" bgcolor="{{party color|People's Action Party}}" | | rowspan="3" |PAP |
| 1961 |
| 1963 |
| colspan="4" |Parliament of Singapore |
| 1968
| rowspan="4" |Chan Chee Seng | rowspan="5" bgcolor="{{party color|People's Action Party}}" | | rowspan="5" |PAP |
| 1972 |
| 1976 |
| 1980 |
| 1984 |
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 1950s=
{{Election box begin | title=General Election 1959: Jalan Besar}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = People's Action Party
|candidate = Chan Chee Seng
|votes = 7,600
|percentage = 62.48
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Singapore People's Alliance
|candidate = Wong Yew Hon
|votes = 2,573
|percentage = 21.15
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Socialist Party
|candidate = Lo Ka Fat
|votes = 1,488
|percentage = 12.23
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Labor Front
|candidate = See Eng Kiat
|votes = 503
|percentage = 4.14
|change =
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 12,297
|percentage = 88.6
|change =
}}
{{Election box new seat win|
|winner = People's Action Party
}}
{{Election box end}}
=Elections in 1960s=
{{Election box begin | title=General Election 1963: Jalan Besar{{cite web | url=https://www.eld.gov.sg/elections_past_parliamentary1963.html#J | title=1963 LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY GENERAL ELECTION RESULTS | access-date=3 November 2020}}}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = People's Action Party
|candidate = Chan Chee Seng
|votes = 6,686
|percentage = 51.87
|change = -10.61
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Barisan Sosialis
|candidate = Ng Ngeong Yew
|votes = 5,172
|percentage = 40.12
|change = +40.12
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = United People's Party (Singapore)
|candidate = Yong Wan Kit
|votes = 1,033
|percentage = 8.01
|change = +8.01
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 13,092
|percentage = 95.1
|change = +6.5
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = People's Action Party
|swing = -10.61
}}
{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin | title=General Election 1968: Jalan Besar{{cite web | url=https://www.eld.gov.sg/elections_past_parliamentary1968.html#J | title=1968 PARLIAMENTARY GENERAL ELECTION RESULTS | access-date=3 November 2020}}}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = People's Action Party
|candidate = Chan Chee Seng
|votes = Walkover
|percentage =
|change =
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 11,400
|percentage =
|change =
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = People's Action Party
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}
=Elections in 1970s=
{{Election box begin | title=General Election 1972: Jalan Besar{{cite web | url=https://www.eld.gov.sg/elections_past_parliamentary1972.html#J | title=1972 PARLIAMENTARY GENERAL ELECTION RESULTS | access-date=3 November 2020}}}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = People's Action Party
|candidate = Chan Chee Seng
|votes = 7,794
|percentage = 83.86
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate|
|party = United National Front
|candidate = Johnnie Ng
|votes = 1,500
|percentage = 16.14
|change =
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 9,514
|percentage = 92.3
|change =
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = People's Action Party
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin | title=General Election 1976: Jalan Besar{{cite web | url=https://www.eld.gov.sg/elections_past_parliamentary1976.html#J | title=1976 PARLIAMENTARY GENERAL ELECTION RESULTS | access-date=3 November 2020}}}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = People's Action Party
|candidate = Chan Chee Seng
|votes = Walkover
|percentage =
|change =
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 14,933
|percentage =
|change =
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = People's Action Party
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}
=Elections in 1980s=
{{Election box begin | title=General Election 1980: Jalan Besar{{cite web | url=https://www.eld.gov.sg/elections_past_parliamentary1980.html#J | title=1980 PARLIAMENTARY GENERAL ELECTION RESULTS | access-date=3 November 2020}}}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = People's Action Party
|candidate = Chan Chee Seng
|votes = Walkover
|percentage =
|change =
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 15,058
|percentage =
|change =
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = People's Action Party
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin | title=General Election 1984: Jalan Besar{{cite web | url=https://www.eld.gov.sg/elections_past_parliamentary1984.html#J | title=1984 PARLIAMENTARY GENERAL ELECTION RESULTS | access-date=3 November 2020}}}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = People's Action Party
|candidate = Lee Boon Yang
|votes = 9,236
|percentage = 64.43
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Workers' Party of Singapore
|candidate = Ananthan Balakrishnan
|votes = 5,100
|percentage = 35.57
|change =
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 14,808
|percentage = 91.9
|change =
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = People's Action Party
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}
See also
References
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{{Constituencies of Singapore}}
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