Seletar Constituency
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- Rural East
- Rural West}}|next={{plainlist|
- Jalan Kayu
- Nee Soon
- Serangoon Gardens
- Thomson}}}}Seletar Constituency was a single-member constituency of the Legislative Council and Legislative Assembly of Singapore between 1951 and 1959. It covered the Seletar area in North-East Region.
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 ! colspan="2" |Party |
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1951
| bgcolor="{{party color|Independent (politician)}}" | |Independent |
1952
|Madai Puthan Damodaran Nair | bgcolor="{{party color|Independent (politician)}}" | |Independent |
colspan="4" |Legislative Assembly of Singapore |
1955
| bgcolor="{{party color|Independent (politician)}}" | |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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{{Constituencies of Singapore}}
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Category:Singaporean electoral divisions
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