Cairnhill Single Member Constituency

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Cairnhill Single Member Constituency (SMC) was a former single member constituency in Singapore. It used to exist from 1955 to 1988 as Cairnhill Constituency and was renamed as Cairnhill Single Member Constituency (SMC) as part of Singapore's political reforms. The SMC was merged into Kampong Glam Group Representation Constituency (GRC) in 1991.

Lim Kim San was the elected Member of Parliament from 1959 to 1980 and then Wong Kwei Cheong from 1980 to 1991.

History[edit]

The constituency was formed during the 1955 Singaporean general election, encompassing Balestier, Rochore and Tanglin wards.

During the 1959 Singaporean general election, part of the constituency was split to form River Valley Constituency.

In 1988, the constituency was renamed Cairnhill Single Member Constituency as part of Singapore's political reforms and also absorbed River Valley Constituency back.

In 1991, the constituency was abolished and merged into Kampong Glam GRC.

Member of Parliament[edit]

Electoral results[edit]

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 the 1950s[edit]

By-election 1957: Cairnhill^[3][4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	LSP	Soh Ghee Soon	2,342	40.28	N/A
	Independent	Goh Kong Beng	1,281	22.03	N/A
	LF	Keng Ban Ee	1,118	19.23	28.35
	Malay Union	Tengku Muda Muhamed bin Mahmud	983	16.90	N/A
	Independent	Mirza Abdul Majid	91	1.56	N/A
Majority			1,061	18.25	N/A
Registered electors			14,802		31.7
Total valid votes			5,815	98.74	0.33
Rejected ballots			74	1.26	0.33
Turnout			5,889	39.79	22.59
	LSP gain from LF

General Election 1959: Cairnhill^[5][6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	SPA	Lim Yew Hock	5,275	48.22	N/A
	WP	David Marshall	2,920	26.69	N/A
	PAP	Oh Su Chen	2,262	20.68	N/A
	LSP	Tan Keng Siong	483	4.41	N/A
Majority			2,355	21.53	3.28
Registered electors			12,239		17.32
Total valid votes			10,940	89.39	9.35
Rejected ballots			105	10.61	9.35
Turnout			11,045	90.24	50.45
	SPA gain from LSP

Elections in the 1960s[edit]

General Election 1963: Cairnhill^[7][8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	PAP	Lim Kim San	7,749	66.46	45.78
	BS	Lim Ang Chuan	2,443	20.95	N/A
	SA	Lee Ah Seong	1,467	12.59	35.63
Majority			5,306	45.51	23.98
Registered electors			12,340		0.83
Total valid votes			11,659	99.22	9.83
Rejected ballots			92	0.78	9.83
Turnout			11,751	95.23	4.99
	PAP gain from SA

General Election 1968: Cairnhill^[9]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	PAP	Lim Kim San	Unopposed
Registered electors			12,287		0.43
	PAP hold

Elections in the 1970s[edit]

General Election 1972: Cairnhill^[10][11]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	PAP	Lim Kim San	8,458	80.92	N/A
	United National Front	Paul Elisha	1,994	19.08	N/A
Majority			6,464	61.84	N/A
Registered electors			11,952		2.73
Total valid votes			10,452	97.96	N/A
Rejected ballots			218	2.04	N/A
Turnout			10,670	89.27	N/A
	PAP hold

General Election 1976: Cairnhill^[12][13]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	PAP	Lim Kim San	7,979	68.17	12.75
	Independent	Chiam See Tong	3,726	31.83	N/A
Majority			4,253	36.34	25.5
Registered electors			13,419		12.27
Total valid votes			11,705	97.91	0.05
Rejected ballots			251	2.09	0.05
Turnout			11,956	89.1	0.2
	PAP hold		Swing	12.75

Elections in the 1980s[edit]

General Election 1980: Cairnhill^[14][15]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	PAP	Wong Kwei Cheong	11,444	71.79	3.62
	SDP	Fok Tai Loy	4,498	28.21	N/A
Majority			6,946	43.58	7.24
Registered electors			18,133		35.13
Total valid votes			15,942	97.97	0.06
Rejected ballots			331	2.03	0.06
Turnout			16,273	89.7	0.6
	PAP hold		Swing	3.62

General Election 1984: Cairnhill^[16]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	PAP	Wong Kwei Cheong	Unopposed
Registered electors			15,862		12.52
	PAP hold

General Election 1988: Cairnhill^[17][18]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	PAP	Wong Kwei Cheong	12,779	63.98	N/A
	SDP	Jimmy Tan Tiang Hoe	7,194	36.02	N/A
Registered electors			23,197		46.24
Majority			5,585	27.96	N/A
Total valid votes			19,973	98.04
Rejected ballots			399	1.96	N/A
Turnout			20,372	87.82	N/A
	PAP hold

Historical maps[edit]

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  1955 General Elections

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