Changi Single Member Constituency

Changi
Former Single Member constituency for the Parliament of Singapore
Region	East Region, Singapore
Electorate	24,886 (1991)
Former constituency
Created	1951
Abolished	1997
Seats	1
Created from	Rural East
Replaced by	East Coast GRC

Changi Single Member Constituency, simply the Changi Constituency until 1988, was a single member constituency covering Changi and eastern outer islands such as Pulau Ubin, Singapore.

Constituency changes

Election	Boundary changes	Electorate
1951	Constituency formed from Rural East.	3,623
1955	Parts of the constituency separated to form Paya Lebar, Punggol–Tampines, Serangoon and Ulu Bedok.	11,239
1959	Part of the constituency separated to form Siglap.	11,199
1963	No changes.	11,866
1968	No changes.	15,594
1972	No changes.	18,297
1976	No changes.	17,827
1980	Part of the constituency separated to form Tanah Merah.	25,464
1984	No changes.	20,129
1988	Constituency became a Single Member Constituency.	17,145
1991	No changes.	24,886
1997	Constituency abolished and split between Aljunied GRC as Changi–Simei ward and East Coast GRC as Siglap ward.

Member of Parliament

Year	Member	Party
Legislative Council of Singapore
1951	Charles Joseph Pemberton Paglar		PP
Legislative Assembly of Singapore
1955	Lim Cher Kheng		DP
1959	Teo Hock Guan		PAP
1963	Sim Boon Woo
Parliament of Singapore
1968	Sim Boon Woo		PAP
1972
1976	Teo Chong Tee
1980
1984
1988
1991

Electoral results

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

General Election 1951: Changi^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	PP	Charles Joseph Pemberton Paglar	1,486	72.52
	Labour Party	Syed Mohamed Abdul Hameed Chisty	563	27.48
Majority			923	45.04
Registered electors			3,623
Total valid votes			2,049	97.9
Rejected ballots			44	2.1
Turnout			2,093	57.77
	PP win (new seat)

General Election 1955: Changi^[2][3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DP	Lim Cher Kheng	2,624	45.08	N/A
	PP	S. G. Mohamed Ghows	1,699	29.19	N/A
	LF	Wong Sau Sheung	1,498	25.73	N/A
Majority			925	15.89	29.15
Registered electors			11,239		210.21
Total valid votes			5,821	98.81	0.91
Rejected ballots			70	1.19	0.91
Turnout			5,891	52.42	5.35
	DP gain from PP

General Election 1959: Changi

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	PAP	Teo Hock Guan	3,480	35.10	+35.10
	UMNO	Abdul Rahman bin Mohamed Said	2,818	28.43	+28.43
	Independent	Lim Cher Kheng	2,225	22.45	−22.63
	LSP	Wee Tin Teck	1,024	10.33	−34.75
	Malay Union	Fatimah Nor binte Golam Shawal	366	3.69	+3.69
Turnout			9,995	89.2	+36.8
	PAP gain from DP		Swing	+35.10

Note 1: In 1957, Singapore Malay Union (SMU) was expelled by its alliance partners consisted of UMNO and MCA for fielding a candidate in that by-election which was the reason for the elections department of Singapore to view Fatimah as another independent candidate.

Note 2: Lim Cher Kheng was the then incumbent seeking for another term. He represented the Democratic Party (Not to be confused with the Singapore Democratic Party, which was only formed after Singapore's independence.) which was dissolved by merging with Progressive Party (Singapore) as Liberal Socialist Party within a year from the 1955 General elections. With that consideration, the vote swing for both independent candidate Lim and Liberal Socialist Party candidate Wee will be taken from Lim's previous election result because that is the result for the candidate himself and his party respectively.

Note 3: UMNO, MCA and MIC together with Singapore People's Alliance was informally formed as an alliance in 1961, where it still within this term of election which was the reason for the elections department of Singapore to view Abdul Rahman as a candidate for Singapore Alliance.

Elections in 1960s

General Election 1963: Changi

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	PAP	Sim Boon Woo	4,808	42.78	+7.68
	BS	Siek Shing Min	3,425	30.48	+30.48
	SA	Dato Syed Esa	1,975	17.57	−10.86
	UPP	Abdullah Masood	935	8.32	+8.32
	Independent	Yahya bin Mohammad Noor	95	0.85	+0.85
Turnout			11,343	95.6	+6.4
	PAP hold		Swing	+7.68

Note: One of the component party in Singapore Alliance is United Malays National Organisation (UMNO), and hence the swing will be based on its previous election of UMNO candidate.

General Election 1968: Changi

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	PAP	Sim Boon Woo	Walkover
Turnout			15,594		N/A
	PAP hold		Swing

Elections in 1970s

General Election 1972: Changi

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	PAP	Sim Boon Woo	10,512	62.42
	WP	Normah Yahya	4,917	29.20
	United National Front	Omar Ninggal	1,412	8.38
Turnout			17,159	93.8	N/A
	PAP hold		Swing

General Election 1976: Changi

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	PAP	Teo Chong Tee	12,038	72.63	+10.21
	WP	Zainal Abiden bin Mohamed Ali	4,537	27.37	−1.83
Turnout			16,968	95.2	−1.4
	PAP hold		Swing	+10.21

Elections in 1980s

General Election 1980: Changi

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	PAP	Teo Chong Tee	Walkover
Turnout			25,464		N/A
	PAP hold		Swing

General Election 1984: Changi

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	PAP	Teo Chong Tee	12,195	65.75
	SUF	Sim Peng Kim	6,353	34.25
Turnout			19,105	94.9
	PAP hold		Swing

General Election 1988: Changi

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	PAP	Teo Chong Tee	9,398	59.37	−6.38
	WP	Chiam Yeow Juan	6,431	40.63	+40.63
Turnout			16,217	94.6	−0.3
	PAP hold		Swing	-6.38

Elections in 1990s

General Election 1991: Changi

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	PAP	Teo Chong Tee	12,292	53.00	−6.37
	WP	Tan Bin Seng	10,901	47.00	+6.37
Turnout			23,739	95.4	+0.8
	PAP hold		Swing	-6.37

Historical maps

• 
  1955 General Election

See also

• East Coast GRC
• Aljunied GRC

References

1. "Singapore Legislative Council General Election 1951 > Changi". www.singapore-elections.com. Archived from the original on 30 November 2021. Retrieved 10 January 2022.
2. "ELD | 1955 Legislative Assembly General Election Results". www.eld.gov.sg.
3. "Singapore Legislative Assembly General Election 1955 > Changi". www.singapore-elections.com. Archived from the original on 27 October 2021. Retrieved 10 January 2022.

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