Jalan Besar Constituency

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Not to be confused with Jalan Besar Group Representation Constituency.
Jalan Besar
Single Member constituency
for the Parliament of Singapore
RegionSingapore
Current constituency
Created1959
MemberConstituency Abolished
Town CouncilJalan Besar
Replaced byJalan Besar GRC

Jalan Besar Constituency was a single member constituency within Kallang, Singapore. It existed from 1959 to 1988.

Member of Parliament

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Election Member of Parliament Party
Legislative Assembly of Singapore
1959 Chan Chee Seng PAP
1961
1963
Parliament of Singapore
1968 Chan Chee Seng PAP
1972
1976
1980
1984 Lee Boon Yang

Electoral results

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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

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General Election 1959: Jalan Besar
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
PAP Chan Chee Seng 7,600 62.48
SPA Wong Yew Hon 2,573 21.15
LSP Lo Ka Fat 1,488 12.23
LF See Eng Kiat 503 4.14
Turnout 12,297 88.6
PAP win (new seat)

Elections in 1960s

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General Election 1963: Jalan Besar[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
PAP Chan Chee Seng 6,686 51.87 −10.61
BS Ng Ngeong Yew 5,172 40.12 +40.12
UPP Yong Wan Kit 1,033 8.01 +8.01
Turnout 13,092 95.1 +6.5
PAP hold Swing -10.61
General Election 1968: Jalan Besar[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
PAP Chan Chee Seng Walkover
Turnout 11,400
PAP hold Swing

Elections in 1970s

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General Election 1972: Jalan Besar[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
PAP Chan Chee Seng 7,794 83.86
United National Front Johnnie Ng 1,500 16.14
Turnout 9,514 92.3
PAP hold Swing
General Election 1976: Jalan Besar[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
PAP Chan Chee Seng Walkover
Turnout 14,933
PAP hold Swing

Elections in 1980s

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General Election 1980: Jalan Besar[5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
PAP Chan Chee Seng Walkover
Turnout 15,058
PAP hold Swing
General Election 1984: Jalan Besar[6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
PAP Lee Boon Yang 9,236 64.43
WP Ananthan Balakrishnan 5,100 35.57
Turnout 14,808 91.9
PAP hold Swing

See also

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References

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