Kim Keat Single Member Constituency
{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2022}}
{{short description|Former Single Member Constituency in Singapore}}
{{More citations needed|date=December 2020}}
{{Infobox constituency
|type=Single Member
|name=Kim Keat
|year=1968
|parl_name=Parliament of Singapore
|member= Constituency Abolished
|seats = 1
|party =
|image=
|region=Singapore
|electorate=
|local_council_label=Town Council
|local_council=Toa Payoh
|next = Toa Payoh GRC
Bishan-Toa Payoh GRC
}}
Kim Keat Single Member Constituency was a constituency in Singapore. It used to exist from 1968 to 1988 as Kim Keat Constituency and was renamed as Kim Keat Single Member Constituency (SMC) as part of Singapore's political reforms. The SMC was merged into Toa Payoh Group Representation Constituency in 1991. Ong Teng Cheong was the only Member of Parliament throughout its existence.
Member of Parliament
| class="wikitable" align="center" style="text-align:center" | ||
| Year | Member of Parliament | colspan="2" |Party |
| 1972 | rowspan="5" | Ong Teng Cheong
| rowspan="5" bgcolor="{{party color|People's Action Party}}" | | rowspan="5" | PAP |
| 1976 | ||
| 1980 | ||
| 1984 | ||
| 1988 |
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 no change|title=General Election 1972: Kim Keat{{Cite web |title=1972 PARLIAMENTARY GENERAL ELECTION RESULTS |url=https://www.eld.gov.sg/elections_past_parliamentary1972.html#K |access-date=3 December 2020}}}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change|party=People's Action Party|candidate=Ong Teng Cheong|votes=10,262|percentage=74.00}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change|party=Workers' Party of Singapore|candidate=Seow Khee Leng|votes=3,022|percentage=21.79}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change|party=United National Front (Singapore)|candidate=W. J. Paglar|votes=583|percentage=4.21}}
{{Election box majority no change|votes=7,240|percentage=52.21}}
{{Election box registered electors no change|reg. electors=14,640}}
{{Election box new seat win|winner = People's Action Party
}}
{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin | title=General Election 1976: Kim Keat{{Cite web |title=1976 PARLIAMENTARY GENERAL ELECTION RESULTS |url=https://www.eld.gov.sg/elections_past_parliamentary1976.html#K |access-date=3 December 2020}}}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = People's Action Party
|candidate = Ong Teng Cheong
|votes = 14,262
|percentage = 76.62
|change = {{increase}}2.62
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Barisan Sosialis
|candidate = Chin Tian Choo
|votes = 4,353
|percentage = 23.38
|change =
}}
{{Election box registered electors|
|reg. electors = 19,700
|change = {{increase}}34.6
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = People's Action Party
|swing = {{increase}}2.62
}}
{{Election box end}}
=Elections in 1980s=
{{Election box begin | title=General Election 1980: Kim Keat{{Cite web |title=1980 PARLIAMENTARY GENERAL ELECTION RESULTS |url=https://www.eld.gov.sg/elections_past_parliamentary1980.html#K |access-date=3 December 2020}}}}
{{Election box winning candidate unopposed with party link|party=People's Action Party|candidate=Ong Teng Cheong}}
{{Election box registered electors|
|reg. electors = 20,781
|change = {{increase}}5.5
}}
{{Election box hold with party link no swing|
|winner = People's Action Party
}}
{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin | title=General Election 1984: Kim Keat{{Cite web |title=1984 PARLIAMENTARY GENERAL ELECTION RESULTS |url=https://www.eld.gov.sg/elections_past_parliamentary1984.html#K |access-date=3 December 2020}}}}
{{Election box winning candidate unopposed with party link|party=People's Action Party|candidate=Ong Teng Cheong}}
{{Election box registered electors|
|reg. electors = 20,439
|change = {{decrease}}1.6
}}
{{Election box hold with party link no swing|
|winner = People's Action Party
}}
{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin | title=General Election 1988: Kim Keat{{Cite web |title=1988 PARLIAMENTARY GENERAL ELECTION RESULTS |url=https://www.eld.gov.sg/elections_past_parliamentary1988.html#K |access-date=3 December 2020}}}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|party=People's Action Party|candidate=Ong Teng Cheong|votes=10,644|percentage=73.00|change=N/A}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Singapore Democratic Party|candidate=Md Shariff Bin Yahya|votes=3,937|percentage=27.00|change=N/A}}
{{Election box majority|votes=6,707|percentage=46|change=N/A}}
{{Election box registered electors|reg. electors = 15,850
|change = {{decrease}}19.5
}}
{{Election box hold with party link no swing|winner=People's Action Party}}
{{Election box end}}
References
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