{{Short description|Historical constituency in Aljunied, Singapore}} {{distinguish|text=the later Aljunied Group Representation Constituency}} {{Use dmy dates|date=July 2019}} {{EngvarB|date=July 2019}} {{Infobox constituency | type = Single Member | name = Aljunied | year = 1959 | abolished = 1988 | parl_name = Parliament of Singapore | seats = 1 | party = | image = | region = Singapore | electorate = | local_council_label = Town Council | local_council = | next = Aljunied GRC }} '''Aljunied Constituency''' was a constituency in Aljunied, Singapore that was formed in 1959 and continued throughout till 1988. In 1988, following the establishment of Group representation constituency (GRC) and SMC, the constituency was merged with other constituencies to form the Aljunied GRC.<ref>{{Cite news |date=15 June 1988 |title=13 GRCs for next general election |url=https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/digitised/article/straitstimes19880615-1.2.2 |access-date=13 March 2025 |work=The Straits Times |pages=1 |via=NewspaperSG}}</ref>
== History == During the nomination day for the 1959 general election, Singapore Alliance's candidate, Lim Koon Teck's nomination to contest Aljunied Constituency was rejected by an assistant returning officer.<ref>The Straits Times, 13 May 1959, Page 12</ref> People's Action Party's candidate S. V. Lingam had objected to the nomination of Lim as the serial number of Lim's proposer was not filled in on the duplicate of the nomination forms.<ref>{{Cite news |date=29 April 1959 |title=Rejected candidate to ask for reasons |url=https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/digitised/article/straitstimes19590429-1.2.72 |access-date=11 September 2025 |work=The Straits Times |pages=5 |via=NewspaperSG}}</ref><ref name=":0">{{Cite news |date=29 April 1959 |title=194 TO CONTEST COLONY GENERAL ELECTIONS |url=https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/digitised/article/straitsbudget19590429-1.2.80 |access-date=19 September 2025 |work=The Straits Budget |page=16 |via=NewspaperSG}}</ref> Lim decided to appeal against the objection with an elections petition.<ref name=":0" /> As the electoral petition can only be filed after the elections are held, Lim decided not to file the petition as he did not wish the electorate of the constituency to have a by-election so soon after the general election, if his petition was successful.<ref>{{Cite news |date=13 May 1959 |title=Announcements |url=https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/digitised/article/straitstimes19590513-1.2.122.4 |access-date=11 September 2025 |work=The Straits Times |pages=12}}</ref> Lingam won the election.
==Member of Parliament== {|class="wikitable" align="center" style="text-align:center" ! Year ! Member ! colspan="2" | Party |- |- | colspan=4 bgcolor=black |<span style="color:white;">'''Formation'''</span> |- ! colspan="4" |Legislative Assembly of Singapore |- | 1959 | rowspan="2" | Suppiah Visva Lingam{{Efn|As Assemblyman}} | rowspan="2" bgcolor="{{party color|People's Action Party}}" | || rowspan="2" | PAP |- |1963 |- ! colspan="4" |Parliament of Singapore |- |1965 |Suppiah Visva Lingam | rowspan="6" bgcolor="{{party color|People's Action Party}}" | | rowspan="6" |PAP |- | 1968 | Mohamad Ghazali bin Ismail |- | 1972 | rowspan="4" | Chin Harn Tong |- |1976 |- |1980 |- |1984 |- | colspan=4 bgcolor=black |<span style="color:white;">'''Constituency abolished (1988)'''</span> |} {{Notelist}}
==Electoral results== {{small|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 === {{Election box begin no change | title=General Election 1959<ref>{{Cite web|title=ELD {{!}} 1959 Legislative Assembly General Election Results|url=https://www.eld.gov.sg/elections_past_parliamentary1959.html|access-date=2021-05-10|website=www.eld.gov.sg}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://sg-elections.com/general-election/1959/aljunied.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141208074149/http://www.singapore-elections.com/general-election/1959/aljunied.html|url-status=live|archive-date=8 December 2014|title=Singapore Legislative Assembly General Election 1959 > Aljunied|website=www.singapore-elections.com}}</ref>}} {{Election box winning candidate with party link no change | party=People's Action Party | candidate=Suppiah Visva Lingam | votes=5,701 | percentage=49.40}} {{Election box candidate with party link no change | party=Liberal Socialist Party | candidate=Edward Henry Holloway | votes=5,004 | percentage=43.36}} {{Election box candidate no change|party = Partai Rakyat | candidate = Tang Yoong Chiaw | votes = 835 | percentage = 7.24}} {{Election box majority no change | votes=697 | percentage=6.04}} {{Election box total valid no change | votes=11,540 | percentage=98.52}} {{Election box rejected no change | votes=173 | percentage=1.48}} {{Election box turnout no change | votes=11,713 | percentage=88.37}} {{Election box registered electors no change | reg. electors=13,255}} {{Election box new seat win|winner = People's Action Party}} {{Election box end}}
=== Elections in 1960s === {{Election box begin | title=General Election 1963<ref>{{Cite web|title=ELD {{!}} 1963 Legislative Assembly General Election Results|url=https://www.eld.gov.sg/elections_past_parliamentary1963.html|access-date=2021-05-10|website=www.eld.gov.sg}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://sg-elections.com/general-election/1963/aljunied.html|title=Singapore Legislative Assembly General Election 1963 > Aljunied|website=www.singapore-elections.com|access-date=24 January 2022|archive-date=4 December 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211204185456/http://www.singapore-elections.com/general-election/1963/aljunied.html|url-status=live}}</ref>}} {{Election box winning candidate with party link | party=People's Action Party | candidate=Suppiah Visva Lingam | votes=7,745 | percentage=50.90 | change={{increase}}1.50}} {{Election box candidate with party link | party=Barisan Sosialis | candidate=Thio Kheng Lock | votes=4,624 | percentage=30.39 | change=N/A}} {{Election box candidate with party link | party=Singapore Alliance | candidate=Lim Koon Teck | votes=1,681 | percentage=11.05 | change=N/A}} {{Election box candidate with party link | party=United People's Party (Singapore) | candidate=Woo Kong Seng | votes=1,165 | percentage=7.66 | change=N/A}} {{Election box majority | votes=3121 | percentage=20.51 | change={{increase}}14.47}} {{Election box total valid | votes=15,215 | percentage=99.14 | change={{increase}}0.62}} {{Election box rejected | votes=132 | percentage=0.86 | change={{decrease}}0.62}} {{Election box turnout | votes=15,347 | percentage=95.02 | change={{increase}}6.65}} {{Election box registered electors | reg. electors=16,152 | change={{increase}}21.86}} {{Election box hold with party link | winner = People's Action Party | swing = {{increase}}1.50}} {{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin | title=General Election 1968<ref>{{Cite web|title=ELD {{!}} 1968 Parliamentary General Election Results|url=https://www.eld.gov.sg/elections_past_parliamentary1968.html|access-date=2021-05-10|website=www.eld.gov.sg}}</ref>}} {{Election box winning candidate unopposed with party link | party=People's Action Party | candidate=Mohamad Ghazali bin Ismail}} {{Election box registered electors | reg. electors=14,472 | change={{decrease}}10.40}} {{Election box hold with party link no swing | winner = People's Action Party}} {{Election box end}}
=== Elections in 1970s === {{Election box begin | title=General Election 1972<ref>{{Cite web|title=ELD {{!}} 1972 Parliamentary General Election Results|url=https://www.eld.gov.sg/elections_past_parliamentary1972.html|access-date=2021-05-10|website=www.eld.gov.sg}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Singapore Parliamentary General Election 1972> Aljunied |url=https://sg-elections.com/general-election/1972/aljunied.html |access-date=2025-04-20 |website=sg-elections.com}}</ref>}} {{Election box winning candidate with party link | party=People's Action Party | candidate=Chin Harn Tong | votes=12,861 | percentage=71.51 | change=N/A}} {{Election box candidate with party link | party=Workers' Party of Singapore | candidate=Lim Kang Chew | votes=4,360 | percentage=24.25 | change=N/A}} {{Election box candidate|party = United National Front | candidate = Amir Ali bin Mohamed | votes = 762 | percentage = 4.24 | change =N/A}} {{Election box majority | votes=8,501 | percentage=47.26 | change=N/A}} {{Election box total valid | votes=17,983 | percentage=98.53 | change=N/A}} {{Election box rejected | votes=1.79 | percentage=1.47 | change=N/A}} {{Election box turnout | votes=18,251 | percentage=94.7 | change=N/A}} {{Election box registered electors | reg. electors=19,278 | change={{increase}}33.20}} {{Election box hold with party link no swing | winner = People's Action Party}} {{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin | title=General Election 1976<ref>{{Cite web|title=ELD {{!}} 1976 Parliamentary General Election Results|url=https://www.eld.gov.sg/elections_past_parliamentary1976.html|access-date=2021-05-10|website=www.eld.gov.sg}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Singapore Parliamentary General Election 1976> Aljunied |url=https://sg-elections.com/general-election/1976/aljunied.html |access-date=2025-04-20 |website=sg-elections.com}}</ref>}} {{Election box winning candidate with party link | party=People's Action Party | candidate=Chin Harn Tong | votes=12,230 | percentage=74.88 | change={{increase}}3.37}} {{Election box candidate with party link|party=Workers' Party of Singapore | candidate=Lim Kang Chew | votes=4,103 | percentage=25.12 | change={{increase}}0.87}} {{Election box majority | votes=8,127 | percentage=49.76 | change={{increase}}2.50}}{{Election box total valid | votes=16,333 | percentage=98.13 | change={{decrease}} 0.40}} {{Election box rejected | votes=312 | percentage=1.87 | change={{increase}} 0.40}} {{Election box turnout | votes=16,645 | percentage=94.3 | change={{decrease}}0.40}} {{Election box registered electors | reg. electors=17,461 | change={{decrease}}9.42}} {{Election box hold with party link | winner = People's Action Party | swing = {{increase}}3.37}} {{Election box end}}
===Elections in 1980s=== {{Election box begin | title=General Election 1980<ref>{{Cite web|title=ELD {{!}} 1980 Parliamentary General Election Results|url=https://www.eld.gov.sg/elections_past_parliamentary1980.html|access-date=2021-05-10|website=www.eld.gov.sg}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Singapore Parliamentary General Election 1980 > Aljunied |url=https://sg-elections.com/general-election/1980/aljunied.html |access-date=2025-04-20 |website=sg-elections.com}}</ref>}} {{Election box winning candidate with party link | party = People's Action Party | candidate=Chin Harn Tong | votes=13,313 | percentage=84.59 | change={{increase}}9.71}} {{Election box candidate with party link | party=United Front (Singapore) | candidate=Sim Peng Kim|votes=2,425|percentage=15.41 | change=N/A}} {{Election box majority | votes=10,888 | percentage=69.18 | change={{increase}}19.42}} {{Election box total valid|votes=15,738 | percentage=97.20 | change={{decrease}}0.93}} {{Election box rejected | votes=453 | percentage=2.80 | change={{increase}}0.93}} {{Election box turnout | votes=16,191 | percentage=95.1 | change={{increase}}0.8}} {{Election box registered electors | reg. electors=17,017 | change={{decrease}}2.54}} {{Election box hold with party link | winner = People's Action Party | swing={{increase}}9.71}} {{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin | title=General Election 1984<ref>{{Cite web|title=ELD {{!}} 1984 Parliamentary General Election Results|url=https://www.eld.gov.sg/elections_past_parliamentary1984.html|access-date=2021-05-10|website=www.eld.gov.sg}}</ref>}} {{Election box winning candidate unopposed with party link|party=People's Action Party | candidate=Chin Harn Tong}} {{Election box registered electors | reg. electors=19,045 | change={{increase}}11.92}} {{Election box hold with party link no swing | winner = People's Action Party}} {{Election box end}}
== See also == *Aljunied GRC
==References== {{Reflist}} {{Constituencies of Singapore}}
Category:Aljunied Category:Constituencies established in 1959 Category:Constituencies disestablished in 1988 Category:1959 establishments in Singapore Category:1988 disestablishments in Singapore Category:Singaporean electoral divisions Category:Long stubs with short prose
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