Chua Chu Kang Single Member Constituency
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- Not to be confused with the present ward called Chua Chu Kang Group Representation ConstituencyChua Chu Kang Group Representation ConstituencyChoa Chu Kang Group Representation Constituency is a five-member Group Representation Constituency located in the western area of Singapore....
that was created prior to 2011 elections which consist entire Chua Chu Kang area, as well as neighbouring towns such as Yew TeeYew TeeYew Tee is an area situated in the north-western part of Singapore. It is a sub-division of Choa Chu Kang New Town. Yew Tee is a cluster of Housing and Development Board flats and private condominums, made up of three neighbourhoods in Choa Chu Kang New Town...
, Lim Chu KangLim Chu KangLim Chu Kang is a planning area located in the northwestern part of Singapore.-History:Lim Chu Kang Village was founded by Neo Tiew , a Chinese immigrant who was the sheriff of the village. The village is on the banks of the Sungei Kranji and was controlled by the Lim clan. Neo Tiew also set up a...
(A largely farming and military restricted area without residents area), Bukit GombakBukit GombakBukit Gombak is a neighbourhood in the west-central area of the Southeast Asian city-state of Singapore. In the Malay language, bukit means hill and gombak a bunch or collection of something....
etc. .
Chua Chu Kang Single Member Constituency (Traditional Chinese
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: 蔡厝港單選區;Simplified Chinese
Simplified Chinese character
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: 蔡厝港单选区) is a defunct Single Member Constituency (SMC) located in the western
West Region, Singapore
The West Region of Singapore is one of the five regions in the city-state. Comprising 25,500 hectares of land area, it is the largest of all regions, it includes twelve urban planning areas and has at least a population of over 1 million. As its name implies, it is the westernmost region of Singapore...
region of Singapore
Singapore
Singapore , officially the Republic of Singapore, is a Southeast Asian city-state off the southern tip of the Malay Peninsula, north of the equator. An island country made up of 63 islands, it is separated from Malaysia by the Straits of Johor to its north and from Indonesia's Riau Islands by the...
. The constituency encompasses Choa Chu Kang New Town. It is one of the oldest surviving constituencies in Singapore, and has existed since 1959 to 2011.
Throughout its relatively long history, the ruling People's Action Party
People's Action Party
The People's Action Party is the leading political party in Singapore. It has been the city-state's ruling political party since 1959....
has won the constituency in every election, except the 1963 general election
Singapore general election, 1963
The Singapore legislative assembly general election of 1963 was an election that took place in Singapore on 21 September 1963 following five days after the merger with Malaysia and therefore as an autonomous state of Malaysia...
when it lost the seat to now defunct opposition party Barisan Sosialis
Barisan Sosialis
The Barisan Sosialis is a former Singaporean left-wing political party formed in 1961, by left-wing members of the People's Action Party and led by Dr Lee Siew Choh and Lim Chin Siong.-Formation:...
. Chua Chu Kang SMC faced a four-cornered fight, including the ruling party itself in the 1997 general election
Singapore general election, 1997
The 1997 Singapore parliamentary election was an election in Singapore which was held on 2 January 1997. 765,332 out of the eligible 1.8 million voters voted and selected their next government...
and the PAP was challenged by Singapore Democratic Alliance
Singapore Democratic Alliance
The Singapore Democratic Alliance is an alliance of political parties in Singapore. The SDA was formed shortly before the 2001 general election to provide a common grouping under which different opposition parties could stand as a united front in elections against the ruling People's Action Party...
's Steve Chia
Steve Chia
Steve Chia Kiah Hong is a politician from Singapore. He is the former Secretary-General and current Treasurer of the opposition National Solidarity Party...
in the 2001
Singapore general election, 2001
The Singapore parliamentary general elections of 2001 were held on 3 November. The People's Action Party, the incumbent ruling party, won 82 out of 84 seats in the election, including 55 walkovers...
and 2006
Singapore general election, 2006
The 2006 Singapore parliamentary general election was held on 6 May 2006. 1.22 million out of the 2.16 million eligible Singaporeans voted for Members of Parliament and elected their next government. The People's Action Party , in its first election under Lee Hsien Loong, won 66.6% of the overall...
general elections. In the 2011 general election, the SMC and Hong Kah Group Representation Constituency
Hong Kah Group Representation Constituency
Hong Kah Group Representation Constituency was a five-member Group Representation Constituency located in the western area of Singapore. The constituency covered the areas of Bukit Batok, Choa Chu Kang, Upper Bukit Timah, Jurong West and Lim Chu Kang...
(GRC) were absorbed into Chua Chu Kang GRC
Chua Chu Kang Group Representation Constituency
Choa Chu Kang Group Representation Constituency is a five-member Group Representation Constituency located in the western area of Singapore....
. However, a new SMC, Hong Kah North SMC
Hong Kah North Single Member Constituency
Hong Kah North Single Member Constituency is a Single-Member Constituency in the Western Part of Singapore...
was crafted out of the new Chua Chu Kang GRC.
It is the longest existing SMC that existed both before and after Singapore's independence without being absorbed into a GRC. Joo Chiat Single Member Constituency
Joo Chiat Single Member Constituency
Joo Chiat Single Member Constituency is a Single Member Constituency located in the eastern region of Singapore. The SMC encompasses the areas of Joo Chiat, Katong, Haig Road, Siglap and a portion of East Coast Park...
existed before independence, but was merged into Bedok Group Representation Constituency
Bedok Group Representation Constituency
Bedok Group Representation Constituency is a defunct Group Representation Constituency in Bedok, Singapore that existed from 1988 to 1997.-Members of Parliament:-Elections in 1990s:...
(Bedok GRC). It was later recreated for the general election of 2001
Singapore general election, 2001
The Singapore parliamentary general elections of 2001 were held on 3 November. The People's Action Party, the incumbent ruling party, won 82 out of 84 seats in the election, including 55 walkovers...
when East Coast GRC
East Coast Group Representation Constituency
East Coast Group Representation Constituency is a five-member Group Representation Constituency in the eastern area of Singapore. The areas of the Group Representation Constituency consists of East Coast, Bedok, Changi-Simei, Fengshan, Siglap, Kampong Chai Chee and offshore islands of Pulau...
, the GRC it was in, was dissolved and redistricted
Redistricting
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. Also, Bukit Panjang Single Member Constituency
Bukit Panjang Single Member Constituency
Bukit Panjang Single Member Constituency is a Single Member Constituency located in the western area of Singapore. The seat consists the main portion of Bukit Panjang and was formed in the 2006 electoral boundary redraw...
existed before independence, but in 1991 - 2006; it was in Sembawang GRC and Holland-Bukit Panjang GRC. Changi Single Member Constituency
Changi Single Member Constituency
Changi Single Member Constituency is a defunct single member constituency in Changi and eastern outer islands such as Pulau Ubin , Singapore; from 1951 elections to 1997 elections which most of the part had absorbed into Siglap ward in East Coast GRC while the remaining were to form as...
did existed in 1951 election
Singapore general election, 1951
The 1951 Legislative Council General Elections was held in Singapore on 10 April 1951 to elect nine seats on the Legislative Council, up from six seats in the 1948 elections. A 32-day long campaign period was scheduled, with nomination day on 8 March 1951....
, but it was dissolved in prior to 1997 election
Singapore general election, 1997
The 1997 Singapore parliamentary election was an election in Singapore which was held on 2 January 1997. 765,332 out of the eligible 1.8 million voters voted and selected their next government...
to form East Coast Group Representation Constituency
East Coast Group Representation Constituency
East Coast Group Representation Constituency is a five-member Group Representation Constituency in the eastern area of Singapore. The areas of the Group Representation Constituency consists of East Coast, Bedok, Changi-Simei, Fengshan, Siglap, Kampong Chai Chee and offshore islands of Pulau...
. Any other pre-independence constituencies too have been dissolved and redistricted, replaced by younger constituencies.
Members of Parliament
- Ong Chang Sam (1959 – 1963)
- Chio Cheng Thun (1963 – 1966)
- Tang See Chim (1966 – 1988)
- Low Seow Chay (1988 – 2006)
- Gan Kim YongGan Kim YongGan Kim Yong is a politician from Singapore. A member of the governing People's Action Party , he is currently the country's Minister for Health.-Education and early career:...
(2006 – 2011)