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

colspan="4" \|Legislative Assembly of Singapore
class="wikitable" align="center" style="text-align:center" \|Year \|Member of Parliament \| colspan="2" \|Party
1959 \| rowspan="2" \|S Rajaratnam \| rowspan="2" bgcolor="{{party color\|People's Action Party}}" \| \| rowspan="2" \|PAP
1963
colspan="4" \|Parliament of Singapore
1968 \| rowspan="5" \|S Rajaratnam \| rowspan="6" bgcolor="{{party color\|People's Action Party}}" \| \| rowspan="6" \|PAP
1972
1976
1980
1984
1988 \|Loh Meng See
colspan="4" \|Constituency abolished (1991–1997)
1997 \|Loh Meng See \|rowspan="4" bgcolor="{{party color\|People's Action Party}}" \| \| rowspan="4" \|PAP

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 1990s=

{{Election box begin | title=General Election 1997: Kampong Glam}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = People's Action Party

|candidate = Loh Meng See

|votes = 13,446

|percentage = 74.5

|change = N/A

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Democratic Progressive Party (Singapore)

|candidate = Tan Lead Shake

|votes = 4,598

|percentage = 25.5

|change = N/A

}}

{{Election box majority|

|votes = 13,446

|percentage = 74.5

|change =

}}

{{Election box turnout|

|votes = 18,648

|percentage =

|change = N/A

}}

{{Election box new seat win|

|winner = People's Action Party

}}

=Elections in 1980s=

{{Election box begin | title=General Election 1988: Kampong Glam}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = People's Action Party

|candidate = Loh Meng See

|votes = 12,525

|percentage = 67.3

|change = N/A

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Workers' Party of Singapore

|candidate = Frederick De Wind

|votes = 5,800

|percentage = 31.2

|change = N/A

}}

{{Election box candidate|

|party = Angkatan Islam

|candidate = Mohamad Sani bin Jan

|votes = 280

|percentage = 1.5

|change = N/A

}}

{{Election box majority|

|votes = 6,725

|percentage = 36.1

|change = N/A

}}

{{Election box turnout|

|votes = 18,959

|percentage = 87.1

|change = N/A

}}

{{Election box hold with party link|

|winner = People's Action Party

|swing = N/A

}}

{{Election box begin | title=General Election 1984: Kampong Glam}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = People's Action Party

|candidate = Rajaratnam Sinnathamby

|votes = Walkover

|percentage =

|change =

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{{Election box majority|

|votes =

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{{Election box turnout|

|votes = 18,127

|percentage =

|change =

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{{Election box hold with party link|

|winner = People's Action Party

|swing = N/A

}}

{{Election box begin | title=General Election 1980: Kampong Glam}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = People's Action Party

|candidate = Rajaratnam Sinnathamby

|votes = Walkover

|percentage =

|change =

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{{Election box majority|

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{{Election box turnout|

|votes = 17,241

|percentage =

|change =

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{{Election box hold with party link|

|winner = People's Action Party

|swing = N/A

}}

=Elections in 1970s=

{{Election box begin | title=General Election 1976: Kampong Glam}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = People's Action Party

|candidate = Rajaratnam Sinnathamby

|votes = 13,114

|percentage = 80.1

|change = N/A

}}

{{Election box candidate|

|party = United People's Front

|candidate = Ang Bee Lian

|votes = 3,241

|percentage = 19.8

|change = N/A

}}

{{Election box majority|

|votes = 9,873

|percentage = 60.3

|change = N/A

}}

{{Election box turnout|

|votes = 16,787

|percentage = 91.0

|change = N/A

}}

{{Election box hold with party link|

|winner = People's Action Party

|swing = N/A

}}

{{Election box begin | title=General Election 1972: Kampong Glam}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = People's Action Party

|candidate = Rajaratnam Sinnathamby

|votes = Walkover

|percentage =

|change =

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{{Election box majority|

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{{Election box turnout|

|votes = 7,542

|percentage =

|change =

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{{Election box hold with party link|

|winner = People's Action Party

|swing = N/A

}}

=Elections in 1960s=

{{Election box begin | title=General Election 1968: Kampong Glam}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = People's Action Party

|candidate = Rajaratnam Sinnathamby

|votes = Walkover

|percentage =

|change =

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{{Election box majority|

|votes =

|percentage =

|change =

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{{Election box turnout|

|votes = 9,484

|percentage =

|change =

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{{Election box hold with party link|

|winner = People's Action Party

|swing = N/A

}}

{{Election box begin | title=General Election 1963: Kampong Glam}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = People's Action Party

|candidate = Rajaratnam Sinnathamby

|votes = 4,313

|percentage = 44.8

|change = -20.5

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Barisan Sosialis

|candidate = Tan Jing Quee

|votes = 4,093

|percentage = 42.5

|change = +42.5

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = United People's Party (Singapore)

|candidate = Harbans Singh

|votes = 1,224

|percentage = 12.7

|change = +12.7

}}

{{Election box majority|

|votes = 220

|percentage = 2.3

|change = -45

}}

{{Election box turnout|

|votes = 9,738

|percentage = 95.6

|change = +6

}}

{{Election box hold with party link|

|winner = People's Action Party

|swing = -20.5

}}

=Elections in 1950s=

{{Election box begin | title=General Election 1959: Kampong Glam}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = People's Action Party

|candidate = Rajaratnam Sinnathamby

|votes = 6,324

|percentage = 65.3

|change = N/A

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Singapore People's Alliance

|candidate = Mahmood bin Latiff

|votes = 1,747

|percentage = 18.0

|change = N/A

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Liberal Socialist Party

|candidate = Ong Eng Lian

|votes = 1,377

|percentage = 14.2

|change = N/A

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Independent (politician)

|candidate = Wu Shiaw

|votes = 241

|percentage = 2.5

|change = N/A

}}

{{Election box majority|

|votes = 4,577

|percentage = 47.3

|change =

}}

{{Election box turnout|

|votes = 9,792

|percentage = 89.6

|change = N/A

}}

{{Election box new seat win|

|winner = People's Action Party

}}

References

[https://www.eld.gov.sg/elections_past_parliamentary1997.html#K 1997 General Election's result]
[https://www.eld.gov.sg/elections_past_parliamentary1988.html#K 1988 General Election's result]
[https://www.eld.gov.sg/elections_past_parliamentary1984.html#K 1984 General Election's result]
[https://www.eld.gov.sg/elections_past_parliamentary1980.html#K 1980 General Election's result]
[https://www.eld.gov.sg/elections_past_parliamentary1976.html#K 1976 General Election's result]
[https://www.eld.gov.sg/elections_past_parliamentary1972.html#K 1972 General Election's result]
[https://www.eld.gov.sg/elections_past_parliamentary1968.html#K 1968 General Election's result]
[https://www.eld.gov.sg/elections_past_parliamentary1963.html#K 1963 General Election's result]
[https://www.eld.gov.sg/elections_past_parliamentary1959.html#K 1959 General Election's result]

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