title: Aljunied Constituency
text: # Aljunied Constituency
  
  Aljunied Constituency was a single member constituency in Aljunied, Singapore that was formed in 1959 and continued throughout till 1988 where it was one of the wards that form the Aljunied Group Representation Constituency.
  
  ## Member of Parliament
  
  | Year | Member of Parliament | Party |
  | - | - | - |
  | Legislative Assembly of Singapore ||||
  | 1959 | Suppiah Visva Lingam | PAP |
  | 1963 | Suppiah Visva Lingam | PAP |
  | Parliament of Singapore ||||
  | 1968 | Mohamad Ghazali bin Ismail | PAP |
  | 1972 | Chin Harn Tong | PAP |
  | 1976 | Chin Harn Tong | PAP |
  | 1980 | Chin Harn Tong | PAP |
  | 1984 | Chin Harn Tong | 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 1959: Aljunied :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | PAP | Suppiah Visva Lingam | 5,701 | 49.40 |
  | | LSP | Edward Henry Holloway | 5,004 | 43.36 |
  | | Partai Rakyat | Tang Yoong Chiaw | 835 | 7.24 |
  | Majority | Majority | Majority | 697 | 6.04 |
  | Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 13,255 | |
  | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 11,540 | 98.52 |
  | Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | 173 | 1.48 |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 11,713 | 88.37 |
  | | PAP win (new seat) | PAP win (new seat) | PAP win (new seat) | PAP win (new seat) |
  
  ### Elections in 1960s
  
  General Election 1963: Aljunied :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | PAP | Suppiah Visva Lingam | 7,745 | 50.90 | 1.50 |
  | | BS | Thio Kheng Lock | 4,624 | 30.39 | N/A |
  | | SA | Lim Koon Teck | 1,681 | 11.05 | N/A |
  | | UPP | Woo Kong Seng | 1,165 | 7.66 | N/A |
  | Majority | Majority | Majority | 3121 | 20.51 | 14.47 |
  | Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 16,152 | | 21.86 |
  | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 15,215 | 99.14 | 0.62 |
  | Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | 132 | 0.86 | 0.62 |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 15,347 | 95.02 | 6.65 |
  | | PAP hold | PAP hold | Swing | 1.50 | |
  
  General Election 1968: Aljunied :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | PAP | Mohamad Ghazali bin Ismail | Unopposed | Unopposed | Unopposed |
  | Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 14,472 | | 10.40 |
  | | PAP hold | PAP hold | PAP hold | PAP hold | PAP hold |
  
  ### Elections in 1970s
  
  General Election 1972: Aljunied :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | PAP | Chin Harn Tong | 12,861 | 71.51 | N/A |
  | | WP | Lim Kang Chew | 4,360 | 24.25 | N/A |
  | | United National Front | Amir Ali bin Mohamed | 762 | 4.24 | N/A |
  | Majority | Majority | Majority | 8501 | 47.26 | N/A |
  | Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 19,278 | | 33.20 |
  | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | | | |
  | Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | | | |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 18,251 | 94.7 | N/A |
  | | PAP hold | PAP hold | PAP hold | PAP hold | PAP hold |
  
  General Election 1976: Aljunied :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | PAP | Chin Harn Tong | 12,230 | 74.88 | 3.37 |
  | | WP | Lim Kang Chew | 4,103 | 25.12 | 0.87 |
  | Majority | Majority | Majority | 8,127 | 49.76 | 2.5 |
  | Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 17,461 | | 9.42 |
  | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | | | |
  | Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | | | |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 16,645 | 94.3 | 0.4 |
  | | PAP hold | PAP hold | Swing | 3.37 | |
  
  ### Elections in 1980s
  
  General Election 1980: Aljunied :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | PAP | Chin Harn Tong | 13,313 | 84.59 | 9.71 |
  | | DPP | Sim Peng Kim | 2,425 | 15.41 | N/A |
  | Majority | Majority | Majority | 10,888 | 69.18 | 19.42 |
  | Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 17,017 | | 2.54 |
  | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | | | |
  | Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | | | |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 16,191 | 95.1 | 0.8 |
  | | PAP hold | PAP hold | Swing | 9.71 | |
  
  General Election 1984: Aljunied :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | PAP | Chin Harn Tong | Unopposed | Unopposed | Unopposed |
  | Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 19,045 | | 11.92 |
  | | PAP hold | PAP hold | PAP hold | PAP hold | PAP hold |
  