Cairnhill Single Member Constituency

History

• 1955 - New Constituency

Candidates and results

3rd Legislative Assembly / 1st Parliament

1963 General Election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	People's Action Party	Lim Kim San	7,749	66.46	▲ 45.78
	Barisan Sosialis	Lim Ang Chuan	2,443	20.95
	Singapore Alliance	Lee Ah Seong	1,467	12.59
	Independent	sgWiki	0	0.00
	Independent	sgWiki	0	0.00
	Independent	sgWiki	0	0.00
	Independent	sgWiki	0	0.00
Electorate			12,340
Turnout			11,751	95.23
Valid Vote			11,659	99.22
	People's Action Party hold		Swing	N/A

2nd Legislative Assembly

1959 General Election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Singapore People's Alliance	Lim Yew Hock	5,275	48.22
	Workers' Party	David Marshall	2,920	26.69
	People's Action Party	Md. Oh Su Chen	2,262	20.68
	Liberal Socialist Party	Tan Keng Siong	483	4.41	▼ 35.87
	Independent	sgWiki	0	0.00
	Independent	sgWiki	0	0.00
	Independent	sgWiki	0	0.00
Electorate			12,239
Turnout			11,045	90.24
Valid Vote			10,940	99.05
	Singapore People's Alliance hold		Swing	N/A

1st Legislative Assembly

1957 By Election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal Socialist Party	Soh Ghee Soon	2,342	40.28
	Independent	Goh Kong Beng	1,281	22.03
	Labour Front	Keng Ban Ee	1,118	19.23	▼ 28.35
	Kesatuan Melayu	Tengku Muda Muhamed bin Mahmud	983	16.90
	Independent	Abdul Majid Mirza	91	1.56
	Independent	sgWiki	0	0.00
	Independent	sgWiki	0	0.00
Electorate			14,802
Turnout			5,889	39.79
Valid Vote			5,815	98.74
	Liberal Socialist Party hold		Swing	N/A

1955 General Election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour Front	David Marshall	3,305	47.58
	Progressive Party	Tan Chye Cheng	2,530	36.42
	Democratic Party	Tan Khiang Khoo	1,111	16.00
	Independent	sgWiki	0	0.00
	Independent	sgWiki	0	0.00
	Independent	sgWiki	0	0.00
	Independent	sgWiki	0	0.00
Electorate			13,528
Turnout			7,011	51.83
Valid Vote			6,946	99.07
	Labour Front hold		Swing	N/A