Aljunied Constituency was a constituency in Aljunied, Singapore that was formed in 1959 and continued throughout till 1988. In 1988, following the establishment of Group representation constituency (GRC) and SMC, the constituency was merged with other constituencies to form the Aljunied GRC.
History During the nomination day for the 1959 general election, Singapore Alliance's candidate, Lim Koon Teck's nomination to contest Aljunied Constituency was rejected by an assistant returning officer.The Straits Times, 13 May 1959, Page 12 People's Action Party's candidate S. V. Lingam had objected to the nomination of Lim as the serial number of Lim's proposer was not filled in on the duplicate of the nomination forms. Lim decided to appeal against the objection with an elections petition. As the electoral petition can only be filed after the elections are held, Lim decided not to file the petition as he did not wish the electorate of the constituency to have a by-election so soon after the general election, if his petition was successful. Lingam won the election.
Member of Parliament Year Member PartyFormationLegislative Assembly of Singapore 1959 Suppiah Visva Lingam PAP1963Parliament of Singapore1965Suppiah Visva LingamPAP 1968 Mohamad Ghazali bin Ismail 1972 Chin Harn Tong197619801984Constituency abolished (1988)
Electoral results
Elections in 1950s
Elections in 1960s
Elections in 1970s
Elections in 1980s
See also Aljunied GRC
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