Kampong Kembangan | |
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Single Member constituency for the Parliament of Singapore | |
Region | Singapore |
Current constituency | |
Created | 1959 |
Seats | 1 |
Member(s) | Constituency Abolished |
Town Council | Aljunied |
Replaced by | Aljunied GRC |
Kampong Kembangan Constituency was a single member constituency in Kembangan, Singapore. In the early days from the 1959, this ward was created for the Kampong Kembangan after the dissolution of Ulu Bedok Constituency. It was subsequently merged into Aljunied Group Representation Constituency
Election | Member of Parliament | Party | |
Legislative Assembly of Singapore | |||
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1959 | Mohammed Ali bin Alwi | PKMS | |
1963 | Mohamed Ariff bin Suradi | PAP | |
Parliament of Singapore | |||
1968 | Mohamed Ariff bin Suradi | PAP | |
1972 | |||
1976 | Mansor Sukaimi | ||
1980 | |||
1984 | Yatiman bin Yusof |
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%.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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PAP | Yatiman bin Yusof | 12,125 | 55.71 | -23.03 | |
WP | Jufrie Mahmood | 8,210 | 44.29 | +44.29 | |
PAP hold | Swing | -23.03 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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PAP | Mansor Sukaimi | 11,194 | 78.74 | +14.72 | |
PKMS | Jamal Bin Idris | 3,023 | 21.26 | +21.26 | |
PAP hold | Swing | +6.49 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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PAP | Mansor Sukaimi | 8,028 | 64.02 | +6.49 | |
WP | R. Murugason | 4,511 | 35.98 | +3.55 | |
PAP hold | Swing | +6.49 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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PAP | Mohamed Ariff bin Suradi | 9,671 | 57.53 | ||
WP | Othman Abdullah | 5,451 | 32.43 | ||
United National Front | Kamaruddin Hassan | 1,687 | 10.04 | ||
PAP hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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PAP | Mohamed Ariff bin Suradi | Walkover | |||
PAP hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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PAP | Mohamed Ariff bin Suradi | 7,127 | 48.31 | +11.58 | |
SA | Mohammed Ali bin Alwi | 3,692 | 25.03 | -13.83 | |
Partai Ra'ayat | Saleha binte Mohamed Shah | 2,674 | 18.13 | +16.11 | |
UPP | Ibrahim bin Jaffar | 914 | 6.20 | +6.20 | |
PMIP | Mohamed Dali bin Muin | 344 | 2.33 | -0.44 | |
PAP gain from SA | Swing | +11.58 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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UMNO | Mohammed Ali bin Alwi | 4,443 | 38.86 | ||
PAP | Othman bin Wok | 4,199 | 36.73 | ||
SPA | Mohamed bin Haji Yacob | 2,028 | 17.74 | ||
PMIP | Yahiya bin Haji Mohamed Ghouse | 317 | 2.77 | ||
Partai Ra'ayat | Abdul Latiff bin Ibrahim | 231 | 2.02 | ||
Malay Union | Jaffar bin Abdul Ghani | 215 | 1.88 | ||
UMNO win (new seat) |
Note 1: In 1957, Singapore Malay Union (SMU) was expelled by its alliance partners consisted of UMNO and MCA for fielding a candidate in that by-election which was the reason for the elections department of Singapore to view Fatimah as another independent candidate.
Note 2: UMNO, MCA and MIC together with Singapore People's Alliance was informally formed as an alliance in 1961, where it still within this term of election which was the reason for the elections department of Singapore to view Mohammed Ali as a candidate for Singapore Alliance.
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