# Bukit Timah Single Member Constituency

Bukit Timah Single Member Constituency (SMC) was a single member constituency in Bukit Timah, Singapore. It was formerly known as Bukit Timah Constituency before 1988.

## History

In 1951, Rural West Constituency was broken up into Bukit Timah constituency and Seletar constituency .
In 1955, the constituency was broken up to form various constituencies, Bukit Panjang, Pasir Panjang, Queenstown, Sembawang and Southern Islands SMC. In 1959, it was further broken up to form Jurong SMC.
In 1972, the constituency was broken up to form Bukit Batok SMC, followed by in 1980 distributed to Ayer Rajah SMC, Clementi SMC and West Coast SMC with the growing development of Clementi, and in 1984 to Yuhua SMC and Hong Kah SMC with the growing development of Jurong East.
In 1988, as part of Singapore's electoral reforms, the constituency was renamed as Bukit Timah Single Member Constituency.
In 1997, it was absorbed into Bukit Timah GRC along with Bukit Batok SMC, Jurong SMC, Ulu Pandan SMC and Yuhua SMC.
In 2001, the SMC was recreated as Bukit Timah GRC was broken up to form Holland–Bukit Panjang GRC, Jurong GRC and Bukit Timah SMC. In 2006, the SMC was absorbed into another GRC, Holland–Bukit Timah GRC.

## Member of Parliament

| Election | Member of Parliament | Party |
| Legislative Council of Singapore ||||
| 1951 | Hollupatherage James Caldera Kulasingha | PP |
| Legislative Assembly of Singapore ||||
| 1955 | Lim Chin Siong | PAP |
| 1959 | Ya'acob bin Mohamed | PAP |
| 1963 | Lee Tee Tong | BS |
| 1966 | Chor Yeok Eng | PAP |
| Parliament of Singapore ||||
| 1968 | Chor Yeok Eng | PAP |
| 1972 | Chor Yeok Eng | PAP |
| 1976 | Chor Yeok Eng | PAP |
| 1980 | Chor Yeok Eng | PAP |
| 1984 | Wang Kai Yuen | PAP |
| 1988 | Wang Kai Yuen | PAP |
| 1991 | Wang Kai Yuen | PAP |
| Constituency abolished (1997 – 2001) ||||
| 2001 | Wang Kai Yuen | PAP |

## Elections

Note : Elections Department Singapore do not include rejected votes for calculation of candidate's vote share. Hence, the total of all candidates' vote share will be 100%.

### Elections in 1950s

General Election 1951: Bukit Timah :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | PP | Hollupatherage James Caldera Kulasingha | 1,311 | 57.15 |
| | Labour Party | Valiya Purayil Abdullah | 983 | 42.85 |
| Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | 32 | 1.38 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 428 | 14.3 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 3,850 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,326 | 60.42 |
| | PP win (new seat) | PP win (new seat) | PP win (new seat) | PP win (new seat) |
General Election 1955: Bukit Timah :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | PAP | Lim Chin Siong | 3,259 | 52.45 | N/A |
| | DP | Tan Wah Meng | 1,308 | 21.05 | N/A |
| | LF | A. N. Mitra | 924 | 14.88 | N/A |
| | PP | S. F. Ho | 722 | 11.62 | N/A |
| Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | 59 | 0.94 | 0.44 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,951 | 31.4 | 14.3 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 9,173 | | 138.26 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 6,272 | 68.4 | 8.00 |
| | PAP gain from PP | PAP gain from PP | PAP gain from PP | PAP gain from PP | PAP gain from PP |
General Election 1959: Bukit Timah :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | PAP | Ya'acob bin Mohamed | 6,174 | 61.14 | N/A |
| | LSP | Pek Cheng Chuan | 2,460 | 24.36 | N/A |
| | Independent | Lee Yew Seng | 1,464 | 14.50 | N/A |
| Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | 92 | 0.9 | 0.04 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 3,714 | 36.78 | 5.38 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 11,285 | | 23.02 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 10,190 | 90.3 | 21.9 |
| | PAP hold | PAP hold | Swing | 8.69 | |

### Elections in 1960s

General Election 1963: Bukit Timah :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | BS | Lee Tee Tong | 6,173 | 52.39 | N/A |
| | PAP | Chor Yeok Eng | 4,982 | 42.28 | 18.86 |
| | UPP | Ong Tiong Kuan | 628 | 5.33 | N/A |
| Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | 152 | 1.27 | 0.37 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,191 | 10.11 | 26.66 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 12,502 | | 10.78 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 11,935 | 95.46 | 5.16 |
| | BS gain from PAP | BS gain from PAP | Swing | N/A | |
By Election 1966: Bukit Timah :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | PAP | Chor Yeok Eng | Unopposed | Unopposed | Unopposed |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 14,854 | | 18.81 |
| | PAP gain from BS | PAP gain from BS | PAP gain from BS | PAP gain from BS | PAP gain from BS |
General Election 1968: Bukit Timah :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | PAP | Chor Yeok Eng | Unopposed | Unopposed | Unopposed |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 16,769 | | 12.89 |
| | PAP hold | PAP hold | PAP hold | PAP hold | PAP hold |

### Elections in 1970s

General Election 1972: Bukit Timah :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | PAP | Chor Yeok Eng | 9,475 | 66.78 | N/A |
| | BS | K. K. Nair | 4,714 | 33.22 | N/A |
| Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | 409 | 2.8 | N/A |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 4,761 | 33.56 | N/A |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 15,476 | | 7.71 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 14,598 | 94.3 | N/A |
| | PAP hold | PAP hold | PAP hold | PAP hold | PAP hold |
General Election 1976: Bukit Timah :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | PAP | Chor Yeok Eng | Unopposed | Unopposed | Unopposed |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 13,132 | | 15.15 |
| | PAP hold | PAP hold | PAP hold | PAP hold | PAP hold |

### Elections in 1980s

General Election 1980: Bukit Timah :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | PAP | Chor Yeok Eng | Unopposed | Unopposed | Unopposed |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 15,334 | | 16.77 |
| | PAP hold | PAP hold | PAP hold | PAP hold | PAP hold |
General Election 1984: Bukit Timah :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | PAP | Wang Kai Yuen | Unopposed | Unopposed | Unopposed |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 17,238 | | 12.42 |
| | PAP hold | PAP hold | PAP hold | PAP hold | PAP hold |
General Election 1988: Bukit Timah :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | PAP | Wang Kai Yuen | Unopposed | Unopposed | Unopposed |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 20,222 | | 17.31 |
| | PAP hold | PAP hold | PAP hold | PAP hold | PAP hold |

### Elections in 1990s

General Election 1991: Bukit Timah :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | PAP | Wang Kai Yuen | 16,080 | 72.64 | N/A |
| | WP | Zeng Guo Yuan | 5,683 | 25.68 | N/A |
| | Independent | Md Sani Jan | 371 | 1.68 | N/A |
| Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | 561 | 2.47 | N/A |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 10,397 | 46.96 | N/A |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 24,512 | | 21.21 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 22,695 | 92.59 | N/A |
| | PAP hold | PAP hold | PAP hold | PAP hold | PAP hold |

### Elections in 2000s

General Election 2001: Bukit Timah :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | PAP | Wang Kai Yuen | 19,121 | 77.37 |
| | SDA | Tong Meng Chye | 4,376 | 17.71 |
| | Independent | Tan Kim Chuang | 1,215 | 4.92 |
| Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | 503 | 2.03 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 14,745 | 59.66 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 26,951 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 24,712 | 91.69 |
| | PAP win (new seat) | PAP win (new seat) | PAP win (new seat) | PAP win (new seat) |

## Historical maps

* 1955 General Election