Seletar Constituency

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In 1951, the constituency was formed from Rural East and Rural West constituencies. The 1952 Seletar by-election remains the only occasion on which a candidate not from the People's Action Party won unopposed.[https://sg-elections.com/by-election/1952/ Legislative Council by-election 1952] Singapore Elections

In 1955, parts of the constituency were separated to form Bukit Panjang, Sembawang and Serangoon constituencies.[https://sg-elections.com/general-election/1955/ Legislative Assembly general election 1955] Singapore Elections[https://sg-elections.com/general-election/1955/sembawang.html Legislative Assembly general election 1955: Sembawang] Singapore Elections

In 1959, the constituency was abolished and split into Jalan Kayu, Nee Soon, Serangoon Gardens and Thomson constituencies.

Member of Parliament

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!Year

!Member of Parliament

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colspan="4" |Legislative Council of Singapore
1951

|Vilasini Menon

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|Independent

1952

|Madai Puthan Damodaran Nair

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|Independent

colspan="4" |Legislative Assembly of Singapore
1955

|Madai Puthan Damodaran Nair

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|Independent

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 the 1950s =

Historical maps

File:Seletar 1955 Singaporean GE.svg|1955 General Election

References

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Category:Singaporean electoral divisions

Category:Seletar

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