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Moulmein Single Member Constituency

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Moulmein Single Member Constituency was a constituency in Singapore. It used to exist from 1959 to 1988 as Moulmein Constituency and was renamed as Moulmein Single Member Constituency (SMC) as part of Singapore's political reforms. The SMC was merged into Kampong Glam Group Representation Constituency in 1991.

Member of Parliament

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Year Member of Parliament Party
Legislative Assembly of Singapore
1959 Lin You Eng PAP
1963 Avadai Dhanam Lakshimi
Parliament of Singapore
1968 Sia Khoon Seng PAP
1972
1976
1980
1984
1988

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 the 1950s

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General Election 1959: Moulmein[1][2]
Party Candidate Votes %
PAP Lin You Eng 4,324 47.25
SPA Yap Jin Yau 3,955 43.22
LSP Tan Peng Khoo 872 9.53
Majority 369 4.03
Registered electors 10,095
Total valid votes 9,151 98.92
Rejected ballots 100 1.08
Turnout 9,251 91.64
PAP win (new seat)

Elections in the 1960s

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General Election 1963: Moulmein[3][4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
PAP Avadai Dhanam Lakshimi 5,856 58.00 Increase10.75
BS Tann Wee Tiong 3,051 30.22 N/A
SA Koh Chiat Lim 542 5.37 N/A
UPP Neo Hay Chan 575 5.69 N/A
Independent Soo Tho Siu Hee 73 0.72 N/A
Majority 2,805 27.78 Increase14.47
Registered electors 10,670 Increase5.7
Total valid votes 10,097 99.22 Increase0.3
Rejected ballots 79 0.78 Decrease0.3
Turnout 10,176 95.37 Increase3.73
PAP hold Swing Increase10.75

References

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  1. ^ "ELD | 1959 Legislative Assembly General Election Results". www.eld.gov.sg.
  2. ^ "Singapore Legislative Assembly General Election 1959 > Moulmein". www.singapore-elections.com. Archived from the original on 8 December 2014.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  3. ^ "ELD | 1963 Legislative Assembly General Election Results". www.eld.gov.sg. Retrieved 10 May 2021.
  4. ^ "Singapore Legislative Assembly General Election 1963 > Moulmein". www.singapore-elections.com. Archived from the original on 8 December 2014.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)