Cairnhill Single Member Constituency (SMC) was a former single member constituency in Singapore. It used to exist from 1955 to 1988 as Cairnhill Constituency and was renamed as Cairnhill Single Member Constituency (SMC) as part of Singapore's political reforms. The SMC was merged into Kampong Glam Group Representation Constituency (GRC) in 1991.
In 1988, the constituency was renamed Cairnhill Single Member Constituency as part of Singapore's political reforms and also absorbed River Valley Constituency back.
In 1991, the constituency was abolished and merged into Kampong Glam GRC.
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%.
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This article needs additional citations for verification Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources Unsourced material may be challenged and removed Find sources Cairnhill Single Member Constituency news newspapers books scholar JSTOR July 2021 Learn how and when to remove this template message Cairnhill Single Member Constituency SMC was a former single member constituency in Singapore It used to exist from 1955 to 1988 as Cairnhill Constituency and was renamed as Cairnhill Single Member Constituency SMC as part of Singapore s political reforms The SMC was merged into Kampong Glam Group Representation Constituency GRC in 1991 CairnhillFormer Single Member constituencyfor the Parliament of SingaporeRegionCentral Region SingaporeElectorate23 197 1988 Former constituencyCreated1955Abolished1991Seats1Created fromBalestier Rochore TanglinReplaced byKampong Glam GRCLim Kim San was the elected Member of Parliament from 1959 to 1980 and then Wong Kwei Cheong from 1980 to 1991 Contents 1 History 2 Member of Parliament 3 Electoral results 3 1 Elections in the 1950s 3 2 Elections in the 1960s 3 3 Elections in the 1970s 3 4 Elections in the 1980s 4 Historical maps 5 ReferencesHistory EditThe constituency was formed during the 1955 Singaporean general election encompassing Balestier Rochore and Tanglin wards During the 1959 Singaporean general election part of the constituency was split to form River Valley Constituency In 1988 the constituency was renamed Cairnhill Single Member Constituency as part of Singapore s political reforms and also absorbed River Valley Constituency back In 1991 the constituency was abolished and merged into Kampong Glam GRC Member of Parliament EditYear Member PartyLegislative Assembly of Singapore1955 David Marshall LF1957 Soh Ghee Soon LSP1959 Lim Yew Hock SPA1963 Lim Kim San PAPParliament of Singapore1968 Lim Kim San PAP197219761980 Wong Kwei Cheong19841988Electoral results EditNote 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 Edit General Election 1955 Cairnhill 1 2 Party Candidate Votes LF David Marshall 3 305 47 58PP Tan Chye Cheng 2 530 36 42DP Tan Khiang Khoo 1 111 16 0Majority 775 11 16Registered electors 11 239Total valid votes 6 946 99 07Rejected ballots 65 0 93Turnout 7 011 62 38LF win new seat By election 1957 Cairnhill 3 4 Party Candidate Votes LSP Soh Ghee Soon 2 342 40 28 N AIndependent Goh Kong Beng 1 281 22 03 N ALF Keng Ban Ee 1 118 19 23 nbsp 28 35Malay Union Tengku Muda Muhamed bin Mahmud 983 16 90 N AIndependent Mirza Abdul Majid 91 1 56 N AMajority 1 061 18 25 N ARegistered electors 14 802 nbsp 31 7Total valid votes 5 815 98 74 nbsp 0 33Rejected ballots 74 1 26 nbsp 0 33Turnout 5 889 39 79 nbsp 22 59LSP gain from LFGeneral Election 1959 Cairnhill 5 6 Party Candidate Votes SPA Lim Yew Hock 5 275 48 22 N AWP David Marshall 2 920 26 69 N APAP Oh Su Chen 2 262 20 68 N ALSP Tan Keng Siong 483 4 41 N AMajority 2 355 21 53 nbsp 3 28Registered electors 12 239 nbsp 17 32Total valid votes 10 940 89 39 nbsp 9 35Rejected ballots 105 10 61 nbsp 9 35Turnout 11 045 90 24 nbsp 50 45SPA gain from LSPElections in the 1960s Edit General Election 1963 Cairnhill 7 8 Party Candidate Votes PAP Lim Kim San 7 749 66 46 nbsp 45 78BS Lim Ang Chuan 2 443 20 95 N ASA Lee Ah Seong 1 467 12 59 nbsp 35 63Majority 5 306 45 51 nbsp 23 98Registered electors 12 340 nbsp 0 83Total valid votes 11 659 99 22 nbsp 9 83Rejected ballots 92 0 78 nbsp 9 83Turnout 11 751 95 23 nbsp 4 99PAP gain from SAGeneral Election 1968 Cairnhill 9 Party Candidate Votes PAP Lim Kim San UnopposedRegistered electors 12 287 nbsp 0 43PAP holdElections in the 1970s Edit General Election 1972 Cairnhill 10 11 Party Candidate Votes PAP Lim Kim San 8 458 80 92 N AUnited National Front Paul Elisha 1 994 19 08 N AMajority 6 464 61 84 N ARegistered electors 11 952 nbsp 2 73Total valid votes 10 452 97 96 N ARejected ballots 218 2 04 N ATurnout 10 670 89 27 N APAP holdGeneral Election 1976 Cairnhill 12 13 Party Candidate Votes PAP Lim Kim San 7 979 68 17 nbsp 12 75Independent Chiam See Tong 3 726 31 83 N AMajority 4 253 36 34 nbsp 25 5Registered electors 13 419 nbsp 12 27Total valid votes 11 705 97 91 nbsp 0 05Rejected ballots 251 2 09 nbsp 0 05Turnout 11 956 89 1 nbsp 0 2PAP hold Swing nbsp 12 75Elections in the 1980s Edit General Election 1980 Cairnhill 14 15 Party Candidate Votes PAP Wong Kwei Cheong 11 444 71 79 nbsp 3 62SDP Fok Tai Loy 4 498 28 21 N AMajority 6 946 43 58 nbsp 7 24Registered electors 18 133 nbsp 35 13Total valid votes 15 942 97 97 nbsp 0 06Rejected ballots 331 2 03 nbsp 0 06Turnout 16 273 89 7 nbsp 0 6PAP hold Swing nbsp 3 62General Election 1984 Cairnhill 16 Party Candidate Votes PAP Wong Kwei Cheong UnopposedRegistered electors 15 862 nbsp 12 52PAP holdGeneral Election 1988 Cairnhill 17 18 Party Candidate Votes PAP Wong Kwei Cheong 12 779 63 98 N ASDP Jimmy Tan Tiang Hoe 7 194 36 02 N ARegistered electors 23 197 nbsp 46 24Majority 5 585 27 96 N ATotal valid votes 19 973 98 04Rejected ballots 399 1 96 N ATurnout 20 372 87 82 N APAP holdHistorical maps Edit nbsp 1955 General ElectionsReferences Edit ELD 1955 Legislative Assembly General Election Results www eld gov sg Retrieved 8 July 2021 Singapore Legislative Assembly General Election 1955 gt Cairnhill www singapore elections com Retrieved 8 July 2021 ELD 1957 Legislative Assembly By election Results www eld gov sg Singapore Legislative Assembly By Election 1957 gt Cairnhill www singapore elections com ELD 1959 Legislative Assembly General Election Results www eld gov sg Singapore Legislative Assembly General Election 1959 gt Cairnhill www singapore elections com ELD 1963 Legislative Assembly General Election Results www eld gov sg Singapore Legislative Assembly General Election 1963 gt Cairnhill www singapore elections com ELD 1968 Parliamentary General Election Results www eld gov sg ELD 1972 Parliamentary General Election Results www eld gov sg Singapore Parliamentary General Election 1972 gt Cairnhill www singapore elections com ELD 1976 Parliamentary General Election Results www eld gov sg Singapore Parliamentary General Election 1976 gt Cairnhill www singapore elections com ELD 1980 Parliamentary General Election Results www eld gov sg Singapore Parliamentary General Election 1980 gt Cairnhill www singapore elections com ELD 1984 Parliamentary General Election Results www eld gov sg ELD 1988 Parliamentary General Election Results www eld gov sg Singapore Parliamentary General Election 1988 gt Cairnhill www singapore elections com nbsp This Singapore related article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Cairnhill Single Member Constituency amp oldid 1175508944, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
