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Kampong Kapor Constituency

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Kampong Kapor
Former Single Member constituency
for the Parliament of Singapore
Electorate13,815 (1955)
Former constituency
Created1951
Abolished1976
Seats1
Created fromRochore SMC
Replaced byJalan Besar SMC

Kampong Kapor Constituency was a constituency in Singapore. It used to exist from 1955 to 1976.

Member of Parliament

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Year Member of Parliament Party
Legislative Assembly of Singapore
1955 Seah Peng Chuan LF
1959 G. Kandasamy PAP
1963 Mahmud Awang PAP
Parliament of Singapore
1968 Lim Cheng Lock PAP
1970 Yeo Toon Chia PAP
1972 Yeo Toon Chia PAP

Elections

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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%.

Elections in 1950s

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General Election 1959: Kampong Kapor[1]
Party Candidate Votes %
PAP G. Kandasamy 6,059 54.27
SPA Chia Ban Wei 3,632 32.53
Citizens' Party (Singapore) Yen Jen San 330 2.96
Independent Jaganathan S 711 6.37
Independent Choo Yeok Koon 432 3.87
Majority 2,427 21.74
Registered electors 12,736
Turnout 11,164 87.66
PAP win (new seat)

Elections in 1960s

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Historical maps

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References

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  1. ^ "ELD | 1959 Legislative Assembly General Election Results". www.eld.gov.sg.