Kampong Kapor Constituency
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| Kampong Kapor | |
|---|---|
| Former Single Member constituency for the Parliament of Singapore | |
| Electorate | 13,815 (1955) |
| Former constituency | |
| Created | 1951 |
| Abolished | 1976 |
| Seats | 1 |
| Created from | Rochore SMC |
| Replaced by | Jalan Besar SMC |
Kampong Kapor Constituency was a constituency in Singapore. It used to exist from 1955 to 1976.
Member of Parliament
[edit]| 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 | |
Electoral results
[edit]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
[edit]| 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
[edit]Historical maps
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1955 General Election
References
[edit]- ^ "ELD | 1959 Legislative Assembly General Election Results". www.eld.gov.sg.