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Candidates and results
8th Parliament
1991 General Election [1]
|
Party
|
Candidate
|
Votes
|
%
|
±
|
|
People's Action Party
|
Ch'ng Jit Koon
|
6,878
|
61.94
|
▼ 7.84
|
|
Workers' Party
|
Gopalan Nair
|
4,046
|
36.43
|
▲ 6.21
|
|
Independent
|
Patrick Leong Siew Choong
|
181
|
1.63
|
|
|
Independent
|
sgWiki
|
0
|
0.00
|
|
|
Independent
|
sgWiki
|
0
|
0.00
|
|
|
Independent
|
sgWiki
|
0
|
0.00
|
|
|
Independent
|
sgWiki
|
0
|
0.00
|
|
Electorate
|
11,998
|
|
|
Turnout
|
11,298
|
94.17
|
|
Valid Vote
|
11,105
|
98.29
|
|
|
People's Action Party hold
|
Swing
|
▼ 7.84
|
|
7th Parliament
1988 General Election [2]
|
Party
|
Candidate
|
Votes
|
%
|
±
|
|
People's Action Party
|
Lim Chee Onn
|
9,414
|
69.78
|
|
|
Workers' Party
|
Pok Lee Chuen
|
4,077
|
30.22
|
|
|
Independent
|
sgWiki
|
0
|
0.00
|
|
|
Independent
|
sgWiki
|
0
|
0.00
|
|
|
Independent
|
sgWiki
|
0
|
0.00
|
|
|
Independent
|
sgWiki
|
0
|
0.00
|
|
|
Independent
|
sgWiki
|
0
|
0.00
|
|
Electorate
|
14,723
|
|
|
Turnout
|
13,721
|
93.19
|
|
Valid Vote
|
13,491
|
98.32
|
|
|
People's Action Party hold
|
Swing
|
N/A
|
|
6th Parliament
1984 General Election [3]
|
Party
|
Candidate
|
Votes
|
%
|
±
|
|
People's Action Party
|
Lim Chee Onn
|
Walkover
|
|
|
|
Independent
|
sgWiki
|
0
|
0.00
|
|
|
Independent
|
sgWiki
|
0
|
0.00
|
|
|
Independent
|
sgWiki
|
0
|
0.00
|
|
|
Independent
|
sgWiki
|
0
|
0.00
|
|
|
Independent
|
sgWiki
|
0
|
0.00
|
|
|
Independent
|
sgWiki
|
0
|
0.00
|
|
Electorate
|
19,210
|
|
|
Turnout
|
0
|
0.00
|
|
Valid Vote
|
0
|
0.00
|
|
|
People's Action Party hold
|
Swing
|
N/A
|
|
5th Parliament
1980 General Election [4]
|
Party
|
Candidate
|
Votes
|
%
|
±
|
|
People's Action Party
|
Lim Chee Onn
|
Walkover
|
|
|
|
Independent
|
sgWiki
|
0
|
0.00
|
|
|
Independent
|
sgWiki
|
0
|
0.00
|
|
|
Independent
|
sgWiki
|
0
|
0.00
|
|
|
Independent
|
sgWiki
|
0
|
0.00
|
|
|
Independent
|
sgWiki
|
0
|
0.00
|
|
|
Independent
|
sgWiki
|
0
|
0.00
|
|
Electorate
|
19,046
|
|
|
Turnout
|
0
|
0.00
|
|
Valid Vote
|
0
|
0.00
|
|
|
People's Action Party hold
|
Swing
|
N/A
|
|
4th Parliament
1977 July By Election [5]
|
Party
|
Candidate
|
Votes
|
%
|
±
|
|
People's Action Party
|
Lim Chee Onn
|
11,625
|
72.21
|
▼ 4.16
|
|
Barisan Sosialis
|
Lee Siew Choh
|
4,473
|
27.79
|
|
|
Independent
|
sgWiki
|
0
|
0.00
|
|
|
Independent
|
sgWiki
|
0
|
0.00
|
|
|
Independent
|
sgWiki
|
0
|
0.00
|
|
|
Independent
|
sgWiki
|
0
|
0.00
|
|
|
Independent
|
sgWiki
|
0
|
0.00
|
|
Electorate
|
16,937
|
|
|
Turnout
|
16,482
|
97.31
|
|
Valid Vote
|
16,098
|
97.67
|
|
|
People's Action Party hold
|
Swing
|
▼ 4.16
|
|
1976 General Election [6]
|
Party
|
Candidate
|
Votes
|
%
|
±
|
|
People's Action Party
|
Lim Guan Hoo
|
12,775
|
76.37
|
▲ 7.04
|
|
United Front
|
Wong Kui Yu
|
3,952
|
23.63
|
|
|
Independent
|
sgWiki
|
0
|
0.00
|
|
|
Independent
|
sgWiki
|
0
|
0.00
|
|
|
Independent
|
sgWiki
|
0
|
0.00
|
|
|
Independent
|
sgWiki
|
0
|
0.00
|
|
|
Independent
|
sgWiki
|
0
|
0.00
|
|
Electorate
|
17,538
|
|
|
Turnout
|
16,994
|
96.90
|
|
Valid Vote
|
16,727
|
98.43
|
|
|
People's Action Party hold
|
Swing
|
▲ 7.04
|
|
3rd Parliament
1972 General Election [7]
|
Party
|
Candidate
|
Votes
|
%
|
±
|
|
People's Action Party
|
Lim Guan Hoo
|
9,044
|
69.33
|
|
|
Workers' Party
|
Kho Jiak Hiong
|
2,042
|
15.65
|
|
|
Barisan Sosialis
|
Said Jali
|
1,958
|
15.02
|
|
|
Independent
|
sgWiki
|
0
|
0.00
|
|
|
Independent
|
sgWiki
|
0
|
0.00
|
|
|
Independent
|
sgWiki
|
0
|
0.00
|
|
|
Independent
|
sgWiki
|
0
|
0.00
|
|
Electorate
|
13,960
|
|
|
Turnout
|
13,265
|
95.02
|
|
Valid Vote
|
13,044
|
98.33
|
|
|
People's Action Party hold
|
Swing
|
N/A
|
|
2nd Parliament
1968 General Election [8]
|
Party
|
Candidate
|
Votes
|
%
|
±
|
|
People's Action Party
|
Lim Guan Hoo
|
Walkover
|
|
|
|
Independent
|
sgWiki
|
0
|
0.00
|
|
|
Independent
|
sgWiki
|
0
|
0.00
|
|
|
Independent
|
sgWiki
|
0
|
0.00
|
|
|
Independent
|
sgWiki
|
0
|
0.00
|
|
|
Independent
|
sgWiki
|
0
|
0.00
|
|
|
Independent
|
sgWiki
|
0
|
0.00
|
|
Electorate
|
19,319
|
|
|
Turnout
|
0
|
0.00
|
|
Valid Vote
|
0
|
0.00
|
|
|
People's Action Party hold
|
Swing
|
N/A
|
|
3rd Legislative Assembly / 1st Parliament
1966 January By Election [9]
|
Party
|
Candidate
|
Votes
|
%
|
±
|
|
People's Action Party
|
Lim Guan Hoo
|
9,082
|
82.94
|
▲ 37.74
|
|
Independent
|
M. P. D. Nair
|
1,868
|
17.06
|
|
|
Independent
|
sgWiki
|
0
|
0.00
|
|
|
Independent
|
sgWiki
|
0
|
0.00
|
|
|
Independent
|
sgWiki
|
0
|
0.00
|
|
|
Independent
|
sgWiki
|
0
|
0.00
|
|
|
Independent
|
sgWiki
|
0
|
0.00
|
|
Electorate
|
13,489
|
|
|
Turnout
|
11,346
|
84.11
|
|
Valid Vote
|
10,950
|
96.51
|
|
|
People's Action Party gain
|
Swing
|
▲ 37.74
|
|
1963 General Election [10]
|
Party
|
Candidate
|
Votes
|
%
|
±
|
|
Barisan Sosialis
|
Lim Huan Boon
|
4,963
|
42.84
|
|
|
People's Action Party
|
Sellappa Ramaswamy
|
4,520
|
39.02
|
▼ 20.07
|
|
United People's Party
|
Poon Weng Ying
|
1,129
|
9.75
|
|
|
Singapore Alliance
|
Shums Tung Tao Chang
|
740
|
6.39
|
|
|
Independent
|
Ngon Eng Kok
|
232
|
2.00
|
|
|
Independent
|
sgWiki
|
0
|
0.00
|
|
|
Independent
|
sgWiki
|
0
|
0.00
|
|
Electorate
|
12,225
|
|
|
Turnout
|
11,694
|
95.66
|
|
Valid Vote
|
11,584
|
99.06
|
|
|
Barisan Sosialis gain
|
Swing
|
N/A
|
|
2nd Legislative Assembly
1959 General Election [11]
|
Party
|
Candidate
|
Votes
|
%
|
±
|
|
People's Action Party
|
Sellappa Ramaswamy
|
5,922
|
59.09
|
|
|
Singapore People's Alliance
|
Teo Cheng Hye
|
3,026
|
30.20
|
|
|
Independent
|
Lee Choon Eng
|
1,073
|
10.71
|
|
|
Independent
|
sgWiki
|
0
|
0.00
|
|
|
Independent
|
sgWiki
|
0
|
0.00
|
|
|
Independent
|
sgWiki
|
0
|
0.00
|
|
|
Independent
|
sgWiki
|
0
|
0.00
|
|
Electorate
|
11,286
|
|
|
Turnout
|
10,146
|
89.90
|
|
Valid Vote
|
10,021
|
98.77
|
|
|
People's Action Party win
|
Swing
|
N/A
|
|
References