Southern Islands Constituency

Southern Islands Constituency was a constituency in Singapore. It existed from 1955 to 1968 and included Sentosa, Pulau Brani, Kusu Island and St John's Island.

Member of Parliament

Election	Member of Parliament	Party
1955	Mohamed Sidik bin Abdul Hamid		MU
1959	Ahmad Jabri bin Mohammed Akib		PKMS
1963	Ya'acob bin Mohammed		PAP

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 1955: Southern Islands

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Malay Union	Mohamed Sidek bin Abdul Hamid	1,233	50.6
	PP	Hollupatherage James Caldera Kulasingha	1,205	49.4
Majority			28	1.2
Turnout			2,476	69.8
Registered electors			3,548
	Malay Union win (new seat)

General Election 1959: Southern Islands

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	UMNO	Ahmad Jabri bin Mohammad Akib	2,598	53.7
	PAP	Kum Teng Hock	1,225	25.3
	LSP	Mohammed Ismail bin Haji Mohammed Hussain	1,012	20.9	28.5
Majority			1,373	28.4	27.2
Turnout			4,879	91.6	21.8
Registered electors			5,325		50.1
	UMNO gain from Malay Union		Swing	52.2

Elections in the 1960s

General Election 1963: Southern Islands

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	PAP	Ya'acob bin Mohamed	2,764	55.4	30.1
	Singapore Alliance Party	Ahmad Jabri bin Mohammad Akib	2,224	44.6	9.1
Majority			540	10.8	17.6
Turnout			5,048	96.4	4.8
Registered electors			5,236		1.7
	PAP gain from Singapore Alliance Party		Swing	19.6

Note: PKMS became part of the Singapore Alliance (SA) before the 1963 general election.

Historical maps

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  1955 General Election

References