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Changi Single Member Constituency

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Changi Single Member Constituency (Simplified Chinese: 樟宜单选区;Traditional Chinese: 樟宜單選區) is a defunct single member constituency in Changi and eastern outer islands such as Pulau Ubin, Singapore; from 1951 elections to 1997 elections which most of the part (Including Pulau Ubin) had absorbed into Siglap ward in East Coast GRC while the remaining were to form as Changi-Simei ward in Aljunied GRC, only to be part of East Coast GRC 5 years later before the 2001 general elections.

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Members of Parliament

  • Charles Joseph (1951 – 1955)
  • Lim Cher Kheng (1955–1959)
  • Teo Hock Guan (1959–1963)
  • Sim Boon Woo (1963–1976)
  • Teo Chong Tee (1976–1997)
  • Elections in 1960s

    Note: One of the component party in Singapore Alliance is United Malays National Organisation (UMNO), and hence the swing will be based on its previous election of UMNO candidate.

    Elections in 1950s

    Note 1: In 1957, Singapore Malay Union (SMU) was expelled by its alliance partners consisted of UMNO and MCA for fielding a candidate in that by-election which was the reason for the elections department of Singapore to view Fatimah as another independent candidate.

    Note 2: Lim Cher Kheng was the then incumbent seeking for another term. He represented the Democratic Party (Not to be confused with the Singapore Democratic Party, which was only formed after Singapore's independence.) which was dissolved by merging with Progressive Party (Singapore) as Liberal Socialist Party within a year from the 1955 General elections. With that consideration, the vote swing for both independent candidate Lim and Liberal Socialist Party candidate Wee will be taken from Lim's previous election result because that is the result for the candidate himself and his party respectively.

    Note 3: UMNO, MCA and MIC together with Singapore People's Alliance was informally formed as an alliance in 1961, where it still within this term of election which was the reason for the elections department of Singapore to view Abdul Rahman as a candidate for Singapore Alliance.

    References

    Changi Single Member Constituency Wikipedia