Bukit Merah Single Member Constituency

Bukit Merah
Former Single Member constituency
for the Parliament of Singapore
RegionSingapore
Former constituency
Created1959
Abolished1997
Seats1
PartyPeople's Action Party
MemberCh'ng Jit Koon
Town CouncilTanjong Pagar
Replaced byTanjong Pagar GRC

Bukit Merah Single Member Constituency was a constituency in Singapore. It existed from 1959 to 1997, when it was merged with Leng Kee division of the Tanjong Pagar GRC.

History

Bukit Merah Constituency was formed in 1959.

On 31 December 1965, Lim Huan Boon resigned his Bukit Merah Constituency seat as he did not support BS boycotting parliament.[1] By-election nominations were called for Bukit Merah on 8 January.

On 13 February 1977, Lim Guan Hoo suffered from a stroke and collapsed whilst watching the Vigilante Corps performing at the National Stadium. He was sent to the Singapore General Hospital where he stayed there in a coma for 172 days, dying on 3 August at 2:40 am.[2]

His seat was vacated on 30 June 1977 and an by-election was called, the second by-election of the year similarly following the death of N. Naidu Govindasmy, the incumbent MP of Radin Mas Constituency. Similar to the earlier by-election for Radin Mas Constituency, opposition parties negotiated to avoid a multi-cornered contest with Lee Siew Choh of the Barisan Sosialis contesting the by-election. The PAP fielded civilist Lim Chee Oon to defend the seat.[3] Lim was elected as MP in the by-election.

In 1988, following the establishment of group representation constituency (GRC) and single member constituency (SMC), it was known as Bukit Merah Single Member Constituency.[4]

Member of Parliament

Year Member Party
Formation
Legislative Assembly of Singapore
1959 Sellappa Ramaswamy PAP
1963 Lim Huan Boon BS
Parliament of Singapore
1966 Lim Guan Hoo PAP
1968
1972
1976
1977 Lim Chee Onn
1980
1984
1988
1991 Ch'ng Jit Koon
Constituency abolished (1997)

Electoral results

Note: The Elections Department does not include rejected votes when calculating the vote shares of candidates. Hence, all candidates' vote shares will total to 100% at any given election (may not appear so in multi-way contests due to rounding).

Elections in 1950s

General Election 1959[5][6]
Party Candidate Votes %
PAP Sellappa Ramaswamy 5,922 59.09
SPA Teo Cheng Hye 3,026 30.20
Independent Lee Choon Eng 1,073 10.71
Majority 2,896 28.89
Total valid votes 10,021 98.77
Rejected ballots 125 1.23
Turnout 10,146 88.79
Registered electors 11,286
PAP win (new seat)

Elections in 1960s

General Election 1963[7][8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BS Lim Huan Boon 4,963 42.84 N/A
PAP Sellappa Ramaswamy 4,520 39.02 Decrease20.07
UPP Poon Weng Ying 1,129 9.75 N/A
SA Shums Tung Tao Chang 740 6.39 Decrease23.81
Independent Ngoh Eng Kok 232 2.00 N/A
Majority 443 3.82 Decrease25.07
Total valid votes 11,584 99.06 Increase0.29
Rejected ballots 110 0.94 Decrease0.29
Turnout 11,694 95.66 Increase6.87
Registered electors 12,225 Increase8.32
BS gain from PAP Swing Increase42.84
By-election 18 January 1966[9][10]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
PAP Lim Guan Hoo 9,082 82.94 Increase43.92
Independent Madai Puthan Damodaran Nair 1,868 17.06 N/A
Majority 7,214 65.88 Increase62.06
Total valid votes 10,950 96.51 Decrease2.55
Rejected ballots 396 3.49 Increase2.55
Turnout 11,346 84.11 Decrease11.55
Registered electors 13,489 Increase10.34
PAP gain from BS Swing Increase43.92
General Election 1968[11]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
PAP Lim Guan Hoo Unopposed
Registered electors 19,319 Increase43.22
PAP hold

Elections in 1970s

General Election 1972[12][13]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
PAP Lim Guan Hoo 9,044 69.33 N/A
WP Kho Jiak Hong 2,042 15.65 N/A
BS Said bin Jali 1,958 15.02 N/A
Majority 7,002 53.68 N/A
Total valid votes 13,044 98.33 N/A
Rejected ballots 221 1.67 N/A
Turnout 13,265 95.02 N/A
Registered electors 13,960 Decrease27.74
PAP hold
General Election 1976[14][15]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
PAP Lim Guan Hoo 12,775 76.37 Increase7.04
UF Wong Kui Yu 3,952 23.63 N/A
Majority 8,823 52.74 Decrease0.94
Total valid votes 16,727 98.43 Increase0.10
Rejected ballots 267 1.57 Decrease0.10
Turnout 16,994 96.90 Increase1.88
Registered electors 17,538 Increase25.63
PAP hold Swing Increase7.04
By-election, 23 July 1977[16][17]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
PAP Lim Chee Onn 11,625 72.21 Decrease4.16
BS Lee Siew Choh 4,473 27.79 N/A
Majority 7,152 44.42 Decrease8.32
Total valid votes 16,098 97.67 Decrease0.76
Rejected ballots 384 2.33 Increase0.76
Turnout 16,482 97.31 Increase0.41
Registered electors 16,937 Decrease3.43
PAP hold Swing Decrease4.16

Elections in 1980s

General Election 1980[18]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
PAP Lim Chee Onn Unopposed
Registered electors 19,046 Increase12.45
PAP hold
General Election 1984[19]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
PAP Lim Chee Onn Unopposed
Registered electors 19,210 Increase0.86
PAP hold
General Election 1988[20][21]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
PAP Lim Chee Onn 9,414 69.78 N/A
WP Pok Lee Chuen 4,077 30.22 N/A
Majority 5,337 39.56 N/A
Total valid votes 13,491 98.32 N/A
Rejected ballots 230 1.68 N/A
Turnout 13,721 93.19 N/A
Registered electors 14,723 Decrease23.36
PAP hold

Elections in 1990s

General Election 1991[22][23]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
PAP Ch'ng Jit Koon 6,878 61.94 Decrease7.84
WP Gopalan Nair Pallichadath 4,046 36.43 Increase6.21
Independent Patrick Leong Siew Choong 181 1.63 N/A
Majority 2,832 25.51 Decrease14.05
Total valid votes 11,105 98.29 Decrease0.03
Rejected ballots 193 1.71 Increase0.03
Turnout 11,298 94.16 Increase0.97
Registered electors 11,998 Decrease18.51
PAP hold Swing Decrease7.84

References

  1. ↑ "Barisan leader: Why I resigned my seat". The Straits Budget. 12 January 1966. p. 14. Retrieved 23 January 2026.
  2. ↑ "MP dies". New Nation. 3 August 1977. p. 1. Retrieved 26 June 2024 – via NewspaperSG.
  3. ↑ "Singapore Parliamentary By-Election July 1977". sg-elections.com. Retrieved 11 June 2026.
  4. ↑ "13 GRCs for next general election". The Straits Times. 15 June 1988. p. 1. Retrieved 13 March 2025 – via NewspaperSG.
  5. ↑ "ELD | 1959 Legislative Assembly General Election Results". www.eld.gov.sg. Archived from the original on 23 April 2021. Retrieved 4 January 2021.
  6. ↑ "Singapore Legislative Assembly General Election 1959 > Bukit Merah". sg-elections.com. Retrieved 23 January 2026.
  7. ↑ "ELD | 1963 Legislative Assembly General Election Results". www.eld.gov.sg. Archived from the original on 23 April 2021. Retrieved 4 January 2021.
  8. ↑ "Singapore Legislative Assembly General Election 1963 > Bukit Merah". sg-elections.com. Retrieved 23 January 2026.
  9. ↑ "ELD | 1966 Parliamentary By-election Result". www.eld.gov.sg. Archived from the original on 23 April 2021. Retrieved 4 January 2021.
  10. ↑ "Singapore Parliamentary By-Election January 1966 > Bukit Merah". sg-elections.com. Retrieved 11 June 2026.
  11. ↑ "ELD | 1968 Parliamentary General Election Results". www.eld.gov.sg. Archived from the original on 10 November 2020. Retrieved 4 January 2021.
  12. ↑ "ELD | 1972 Parliamentary General Election Results". www.eld.gov.sg. Archived from the original on 12 July 2020. Retrieved 4 January 2021.
  13. ↑ "Singapore Parliamentary General Election 1972 > Bukit Merah". sg-elections.com. Retrieved 11 June 2026.
  14. ↑ "ELD | 1976 Parliamentary General Election Results". www.eld.gov.sg. Archived from the original on 14 July 2020. Retrieved 4 January 2021.
  15. ↑ "Singapore Parliamentary General Election 1976 > Bukit Merah". sg-elections.com. Retrieved 11 June 2026.
  16. ↑ "ELD | 1977 Parliamentary By-election Result". www.eld.gov.sg.
  17. ↑ "Singapore Parliamentary By-Election July 1977 > Bukit Merah". sg-elections.com. Retrieved 11 June 2026.
  18. ↑ "ELD | 1980 Parliamentary General Election Results". www.eld.gov.sg. Archived from the original on 29 November 2018. Retrieved 4 January 2021.
  19. ↑ "ELD | 1984 Parliamentary General Election Results". www.eld.gov.sg. Archived from the original on 28 November 2018. Retrieved 4 January 2021.
  20. ↑ "ELD | 1988 Parliamentary General Election Results". www.eld.gov.sg. Archived from the original on 30 November 2018. Retrieved 4 January 2021.
  21. ↑ "Singapore Parliamentary General Election 1988 > Bukit Merah". sg-elections.com. Retrieved 11 June 2026.
  22. ↑ "ELD | 1991 Parliamentary General Election Results". www.eld.gov.sg. Archived from the original on 6 August 2019. Retrieved 4 January 2021.
  23. ↑ "Singapore Parliamentary General Election 1991 > Bukit Merah". sg-elections.com. Retrieved 11 June 2026.


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