# Nee Soon Constituency > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Nee_Soon_Constituency > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Nee_Soon_Constituency.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nee_Soon_Constituency > Source revision: 1345999917 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{Short description|Parliamentary constituency in Singapore}} {{Use dmy dates|date=July 2019}} {{EngvarB|date=July 2019}}{{Infobox constituency |type=Single Member |name= Nee Soon |year=1959 |parl_name=[Parliament of Singapore](/source/Parliament_of_Singapore) |member= Constituency Abolished |seats = 1 |party = |image= |region=[Singapore](/source/Singapore) |electorate= |local_council_label=Town Council |local_council= Nee Soon |next = [Nee Soon GRC](/source/Nee_Soon_GRC) }} {{Distinguish|text = the currently existing [Nee Soon GRC](/source/Nee_Soon_Group_Representation_Constituency), or the defunct [Nee Soon Central SMC](/source/Nee_Soon_Central_Single_Member_Constituency), [Nee Soon East SMC](/source/Nee_Soon_East_Single_Member_Constituency) or [Nee Soon South SMC](/source/Nee_Soon_South_Single_Member_Constituency)}} '''Nee Soon Constituency''' was a [single member constituency](/source/Single_Member_Constituency) in the [northern](/source/North_Region%2C_Singapore) area in Singapore that was created in [1959 general elections](/source/Singaporean_general_election%2C_1959) and ceased to exist prior to [1988 general elections](/source/Singaporean_general_election%2C_1988). ==History== Nee Soon was one of the rural areas in the [north](/source/North_Region%2C_Singapore) of [Singapore](/source/Singapore). At its inception in 1959, there were only 8,694 voters even including present-day [Ang Mo Kio](/source/Ang_Mo_Kio) town, whereas wards nearer to the [city centre](/source/City_Business_District) such as [Kreta Ayer](/source/Kreta_Ayer) had 14,173 voters in a much smaller area. This ward was finally dissolved prior to the [1988 general elections](/source/Singaporean_general_election%2C_1988), with most of the ward forming [Nee Soon South SMC](/source/Nee_Soon_South_SMC) consisting of [Khatib](/source/Khatib_MRT_station) and [Yio Chu Kang](/source/Yio_Chu_Kang) (near [Yio Chu Kang MRT station](/source/Yio_Chu_Kang_MRT_station)), and the portion in [Yishun](/source/Yishun) Central being renamed [Nee Soon Central SMC](/source/Nee_Soon_Central_SMC) where former opposition MP [Cheo Chai Chen](/source/Cheo_Chai_Chen) made his debut there. The remainder of this constituency was carved into 2 sub-divisions of [Chong Pang](/source/Chong_Pang) and [Nee Soon East](/source/Nee_Soon_East_SMC). The latter ward was a part of [Sembawang GRC](/source/Sembawang_GRC) until the [2001 general elections](/source/Singaporean_general_election%2C_2001) which saw the [Workers' Party](/source/Workers'_Party_of_Singapore) contest there. == Member of Parliament == {| class="wikitable" !Year !Member of Parliament ! colspan="2" |Party |- ! colspan="4" |[Legislative Assembly of Singapore](/source/Legislative_Assembly_of_Singapore) |- |'''[1959](/source/1959_Singaporean_general_election)''' |[Sheng Nam Chin](/source/Sheng_Nam_Chin) | bgcolor="{{party color|People's Action Party}}" | |[PAP](/source/People's_Action_Party) |- |'''[1963](/source/1963_Singaporean_general_election)''' |[Chan Sun Wing](/source/Chan_Sun_Wing) | bgcolor="{{party color|Barisan Sosialis}}" | |[BS](/source/Barisan_Sosialis) |- ! colspan="4" |[Parliament of Singapore](/source/Parliament_of_Singapore) |- |'''[1968](/source/1968_Singaporean_general_election)''' | rowspan="3" |[Ong Soo Chuan](/source/Ong_Soo_Chuan) | rowspan="6" bgcolor="{{party color|People's Action Party}}" | | rowspan="6" |[PAP](/source/People's_Action_Party) |- |'''[1972](/source/1972_Singaporean_general_election)''' |- |'''[1976](/source/1976_Singaporean_general_election)''' |- |'''[1979](/source/1979_Singaporean_by-elections)''' | rowspan="3" |[Koh Lip Lin](/source/Koh_Lip_Lin) |- |'''[1980](/source/1980_Singaporean_general_election)''' |- |'''[1984](/source/1984_Singaporean_general_election)''' |} == Electoral results == {{small|Note: The [Elections Department](/source/Elections_Department_Singapore) 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 | title=[General Election 1959](/source/Singaporean_general_election%2C_1959): Nee Soon}} {{Election box candidate with party link||party=People's Action Party|candidate=[Sheng Nam Chin](/source/Sheng_Nam_Chin)|votes=5,622|percentage=73.30|change=N/A}} {{Election box candidate with party link||party=Singapore People's Alliance|candidate=Yap Chin Poh|votes=1,476|percentage=19.24|change=N/A}} {{Election box candidate with party link||party=Liberal Socialist Party|candidate=Yong Nyuk Khoon|votes=572|percentage=7.46|change=N/A}} {{Election box majority||votes=4,146|percentage=54.06|change=}} {{Election box turnout||votes=7,764|percentage=89.3|change=}} {{Election box new seat win| |winner = People's Action Party }} {{Election box end}} === Elections in 1960s === {{Election box begin | title=[General Election 1963](/source/Singaporean_general_election%2C_1963): Nee Soon}} {{Election box candidate with party link||party=Barisan Sosialis|candidate=Chan Sun Wing|votes=4,914|percentage=51.33|change=+51.33}} {{Election box candidate with party link||party=People's Action Party|candidate=How Kang Yong|votes=3,329|percentage=34.77|change=-38.53}} {{Election box candidate with party link||party=United People's Party (Singapore)|candidate=Goh Soo Ming|votes=864|percentage=9.02|change=+9.02}} {{Election box candidate with party link||party=Singapore Alliance|candidate=Yeo Teo Bok|votes=364|percentage=3.80|change=+3.80}} {{Election box candidate with party link||party=Independent (politician)|candidate=Lim Siak Guan|votes=103|percentage=1.08|change=+1.08}} {{Election box majority||votes=1,585|percentage=16.56|change=+16.56}} {{Election box turnout||votes=25,789|percentage=96.1|change=+0.2}} {{Election box gain with party link| |winner = Barisan Sosialis |loser = People's Action Party |swing = -38.53 }} {{Election box end}}{{Election box begin | title=[General Election 1968](/source/Singaporean_general_election%2C_1968): Nee Soon}} {{Election box candidate with party link||party=People's Action Party|candidate=Ong Soo Chuan|votes=10,442|percentage=91.35|change=+56.58}} {{Election box candidate with party link||party=Workers' Party of Singapore|candidate=Wong Hong Toy|votes=989|percentage=8.65|change=+8.65}} {{Election box majority||votes=9,453|percentage=82.7|change=+82.7}} {{Election box turnout||votes=11,841|percentage=92.2|change=-3.9}} {{Election box gain with party link| |winner = People's Action Party |loser = Barisan Sosialis |swing = +56.58 }} {{Election box end}} === Elections in 1970s === {{Election box begin | title=[General Election 1972](/source/Singaporean_general_election%2C_1972): Nee Soon}} {{Election box candidate with party link||party=People's Action Party|candidate=Ong Soo Chuan|votes=11,636|percentage=73.29|change=-18.06}} {{Election box candidate| |party = United National Front |candidate = Yap Fatt Shing |votes = 4,240 |percentage = 26.71 |change = +26.71 }} {{Election box majority||votes=7,396|percentage=46.58|change=-36.12}} {{Election box turnout||votes=16,279|percentage=95.4|change=+3.2}} {{Election box hold with party link| |winner = People's Action Party |swing = -18.06 }} {{Election box end}}{{Election box begin | title=[General Election 1976](/source/Singaporean_general_election%2C_1976): Nee Soon}} {{Election box candidate with party link||party=People's Action Party|candidate=Ong Soo Chuan|votes=[Walkover](/source/Walkover)|percentage=|change=}} {{Election box majority||votes=|percentage=|change=}} {{Election box turnout||votes=16,143|percentage=|change=}} {{Election box hold with party link| |winner = People's Action Party |swing = }} {{Election box end}} === Elections in 1980s === {{Election box begin | title=[General Election 1980](/source/Singaporean_general_election%2C_1980): Nee Soon}} {{Election box candidate with party link||party=People's Action Party|candidate=[Koh Lip Lin](/source/Koh_Lip_Lin)|votes=[Walkover](/source/Walkover)|percentage=|change=}} {{Election box majority||votes=|percentage=|change=}} {{Election box turnout||votes=16,817|percentage=|change=}} {{Election box hold with party link| |winner = People's Action Party |swing = }} {{Election box end}}{{Election box begin | title=[General Election 1984](/source/Singaporean_general_election%2C_1984): Nee Soon}} {{Election box candidate with party link||party=People's Action Party|candidate=[Koh Lip Lin](/source/Koh_Lip_Lin)|votes=18,444|percentage=74.24|change=N/A}} {{Election box candidate with party link||party=Singapore United Front|candidate=Quek Teow Chuan|votes=6,401|percentage=25.76|change=N/A}} {{Election box majority||votes=12,043|percentage=48.48|change=}} {{Election box turnout||votes=25,789|percentage=95.9|change=}} {{Election box hold with party link| |winner = People's Action Party |swing = }} {{Election box end}} ==See also== *[Nee Soon Central SMC](/source/Nee_Soon_Central_SMC) *[Nee Soon East SMC](/source/Nee_Soon_East_SMC) *[Nee Soon South SMC](/source/Nee_Soon_South_SMC) *[Nee Soon GRC](/source/Nee_Soon_GRC) ==References== *[http://www.eld.gov.sg/elections_past_parliamentary1984.html#N 1984 GE's result] *[http://www.eld.gov.sg/elections_past_parliamentary1980.html#N 1980 GE's result] *[http://www.eld.gov.sg/elections_past_parliamentary1976.html#N 1976 GE's result] *[http://www.eld.gov.sg/elections_past_parliamentary1972.html#N 1972 GE's result] *[http://www.eld.gov.sg/elections_past_parliamentary1968.html#N 1968 GE's result] *[http://www.eld.gov.sg/elections_past_parliamentary1963.html#N 1963 GE's result] *[http://www.eld.gov.sg/elections_past_parliamentary1959.html#N 1959 GE's result] *[https://sg-elections.com/general-election/1955/index.html Map of Nee Soon in 1955 GE (Within Sembawang ward)] *[https://sg-elections.com/general-election/1959/index.html Map of Nee Soon in 1959 GE] *[https://sg-elections.com/general-election/1963/index.html Map of Nee Soon in 1963 GE] *[https://sg-elections.com/general-election/1968/index.html Map of Nee Soon in 1968 GE] *[https://sg-elections.com/general-election/1972/index.html Map of Nee Soon in 1972 GE] *[https://sg-elections.com/general-election/1976/index.html Map of Nee Soon in 1976 GE] *[https://sg-elections.com/general-election/1980/index.html Map of Nee Soon in 1980 GE] *[https://sg-elections.com/general-election/1984/index.html Map of Nee Soon in 1984 GE] *[https://sg-elections.com/general-election/1988/index.html Map of Nee Soon in 1988 GE (Split into wards within Sembawang GRC, Nee Soon Central & South SMCs)] {{Constituencies of Singapore}} Category:Yishun --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Nee Soon Constituency](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nee_Soon_Constituency) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nee_Soon_Constituency?action=history)). 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