Braddell Heights Single Member Constituency

Braddell Heights
Former Single Member constituency for the Parliament of Singapore
Region	Singapore
Former constituency
Created	1976
Abolished	1997
Seats	1
Member	Constituency Abolished
Replaced by	Marine Parade GRC

Braddell Heights Single Member Constituency was a constituency in Singapore. It existed from 1976 to 1997 and was merged into Marine Parade Group Representation Constituency in 1997.

History

In 1976, Braddell Heights Constituency was formed by merging parts of Serangoon Gardens, Thomson, Upper Serangoon, Aljunied and Paya Lebar constituencies together.^[1]

In 1984, rrior to the 1984 general election, Lee Khoon Choy stepped down from his parliamentary positions and did not contest the elections.^[2]

In 1988, following the establishment of Group representation constituency (GRC) and SMC, it was known as Braddell Heights SMC.^[3]

In 1997, the SMC was merged into Marine Parade Group Representation Constituency.^[4]

Member of Parliament

Year	Member	Party
Formation
1976	Lee Khoon Choy		PAP
1980
1984	Goh Choon Kang		PAP
1988
1991
Constituency abolished (1997)

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 1970s

General Election 1976^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	PAP	Lee Khoon Choy	Unopposed
Registered electors			14,031
	PAP win (new seat)

Elections in 1980s

General Election 1980^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	PAP	Lee Khoon Choy	Unopposed
Registered electors			14,519		3.48
	PAP hold

General Election 1984^[7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	PAP	Goh Choon Kang	Unopposed
Registered electors			14,152		2.53
	PAP hold

General Election 1988^[8][9]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	PAP	Goh Choon Kang	14,862	58.80	N/A
	SDP	Sin Kek Tong	10,412	41.20	N/A
Majority			4,450	17.60	N/A
Total valid votes			25,274	98.38	N/A
Rejected ballots			417	1.62	N/A
Turnout			25,691	95.08	N/A
Registered electors			27,019		90.92
	PAP hold		Swing	N/A

Elections in 1990s

General Election 1991^[10][11]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	PAP	Goh Choon Kang	13,454	52.27	6.53
	SDP	Sin Kek Tong	12,285	47.73	6.53
Majority			1,169	13.06	4.54
Total valid votes			25,739	98.15	0.23
Rejected ballots			486	1.85	0.23
Turnout			26,225	95.56	0.48
Registered electors			27,444		1.57
	PAP hold		Swing	6.53

References

1. "ALL YOU WANT TO KNOW ABOUT THE 69 CONSTITUENCIES". New Nation. 29 July 1976. pp. 15–16. Retrieved 19 September 2025.
2. Chew, Valerie. "Lee Khoon Choy". National Library Board. Retrieved 19 September 2025.
3. "13 GRCs for next general election". The Straits Times. 15 June 1988. p. 1. Retrieved 13 March 2025 – via NewspaperSG.
4. "New Horizons". The Straits Times. 22 November 1996. p. 54. Retrieved 29 March 2025 – via NewspaperSG.
5. "ELD 1976 Parliamentary General Election Results". www.eld.gov.sg.
6. "ELD 1980 Parliamentary General Election Results". www.eld.gov.sg.
7. "ELD 1984 Parliamentary General Election Results". www.eld.gov.sg.
8. "ELD 1988 Parliamentary General Election Results". www.eld.gov.sg.
9. "Singapore Parliamentary General Election 1988 > Braddell Heights". sg-elections.com. Retrieved 19 September 2025.
10. "ELD 1991 Parliamentary General Election Results". www.eld.gov.sg.
11. "Singapore Parliamentary General Election 1991 > Braddell Heights". sg-elections.com. Retrieved 19 September 2025.