Cairnhill Single Member Constituency
Cairnhill Single Member Constituency was a constituency in Singapore. It used to exist from 1955 to 1991, and was replaced by the Kampong Glam Group Representation Constituency. Lim Kim San is a Member of Parliament from 1959 to 1980 and was replaced by Wong Kwei Cheong which ran all the way until the Kampong Glam GRC merger in 1991.
| Cairnhill | |
|---|---|
| Former Single Member Constituency for the Parliament of Singapore | |
| Region | Central Region, Singapore |
| Electorate | 23,197 (1988) |
| Former constituency | |
| Created | 1955 |
| Abolished | 1991 |
| Seats | 1 |
| Created from | |
| Replaced by | Kampong Glam GRC |
Constituency changes
| Election | Boundary changes | Electorate |
|---|---|---|
| 1955 | Constituency formed from Balestier, Rochore and Tanglin. | 13,528 |
| 1957 by-elections | No changes. | 14,802 |
| 1959 | Part of the constituency separated to form River Valley. | 12,239 |
| 1963 | No changes. | 12,340 |
| 1968 | No changes. | 12,287 |
| 1972 | No changes. | 11,952 |
| 1976 | No changes. | 13,419 |
| 1980 | No changes. | 18,133 |
| 1984 | No changes. | 15,862 |
| 1988 | Constituency became a Single Member Constituency and absorbed River Valley. | 23,197 |
| 1991 | Constituency abolished and merged into Kampong Glam GRC as Cairnhill ward. | |
Members of Parliament
| Election | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Legislative Assembly of Singapore | |||
| 1955 | David Marshall |  Labour Front | |
| 1957 by-elections | Soh Ghee Soon |  Liberal Socialist Party | |
| 1959 | Lim Yew Hock |  Singapore People's Alliance | |
| 1963 | Lim Kim San |  People's Action Party | |
| Parliament of Singapore | |||
| 1968 | Lim Kim San | People's Action Party | |
| 1972 | |||
| 1976 | |||
| 1980 | Wong Kwei Cheong | People's Action Party | |
| 1984 | |||
| 1988 | |||
| 1991 | Constituency abolished and merged into Kampong Glam GRC | ||
Electoral history
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PAP | Wong Kwei Cheong | 12,779 | 64.0 | + | |
| SDP | Jimmy Tan Tiang Hoe | 7,194 | 36.0 | ||
| Majority | 5,585 | 28.0 | |||
| Turnout | 20,372 | 87.8 | |||
| PAP hold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PAP | Wong Kwei Cheong | uncontested | |||
| Majority | |||||
| Turnout | |||||
| PAP hold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PAP | Wong Kwei Cheong | 11,444 | 71.8 | +3.6 | |
| SDP | Fok Tai Loy | 4,498 | 28.2 | ||
| Majority | 6,946 | 43.6 | |||
| Turnout | 16,273 | 89.7 | +0.6 | ||
| PAP hold | Swing | +3.6 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PAP | Lim Kim San | 7,979 | 68.2 | -12.7 | |
| Independent | Chiam See Tong | 3,726 | 31.8 | ||
| Majority | 4,253 | 36.4 | |||
| Turnout | 11,956 | 89.1 | -0.2 | ||
| PAP hold | Swing | -12.7 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PAP | Lim Kim San | 8,458 | 80.9 | ||
| United National Front | Paul Elisha | 1,994 | 19.1 | ||
| Majority | 6,464 | 61.8 | |||
| Turnout | 10,670 | 89.3 | |||
| PAP hold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PAP | Lim Kim San | uncontested | |||
| Majority | |||||
| Turnout | |||||
| PAP hold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PAP | Lim Kim San | 7,749 | 66.5% | +45.8 | |
| BS | Lim Ang Chuan | 2,443 | 21.0% | N/A | |
| SA | Lee Ah Seong | 1,467 | 12.6% | -35.6 | |
| Turnout | 11,751 | 95.2 | |||
| PAP gain from SA | Swing | N/A | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SPA | Lim Yew Hock | 5,275 | 48.2 | N/A | |
| WP | David Marshall | 2,920 | 26.7 | N/A | |
| PAP | Oh Su Chen | 2,262 | 20.7 | N/A | |
| LSP | Tan Keng Siong | 483 | 4.4 | N/A | |
| Turnout | 11,045 | 90.2 | +38.4 | ||
| SPA gain from LSP | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LSP | Soh Ghee Soon | 2,342 | 40.3 | N/A | |
| Independent | Goh Kong Beng | 1,281 | 22.0 | N/A | |
| LF | Keng Ban Ee | 1,118 | 19.2 | -28.4 | |
| Malay Union | Tengku Muda Muhamed bin Mahmud | 983 | 16.9 | N/A | |
| Independent | Mirza Abdul Majid | 91 | 1.6 | N/A | |
| Majority | 1,061 | 18.3 | N/A | ||
| Turnout | 5,889 | 39.8 | -12.0 | ||
| LSP gain from LF | Swing | N/A | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LF | David Marshall | 3,305 | 47.6 | N/A | |
| PP | C.C. Tan | 2,530 | 36.4 | N/A | |
| DP | Tan Khiang Khoo | 1,111 | 16.0 | N/A | |
| Turnout | 7,011 | 51.8 | N/A | ||
| LF win (new seat) | |||||
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