Changi Single Member Constituency (SMC) was a former single member constituency in Singapore. It used to exist from 1951 to 1988 as Changi Constituency and was renamed as Changi SMC as part of Singapore's political reforms. It was abolished in 1997 and split between Aljunied Group Representation Constituency (GRC) and East Coast GRC.
History The constituency was formed in 1951 when Rural East Constituency was abolished and split into Changi and Seletar constituencies.
During the 1955 Singaporean general election, parts of the constituency were carved out to form the Paya Lebar, Punggol–Tampines, Serangoon and Ulu Bedok constituencies.
During the 1959 Singaporean general election, part of the constituency were carved out to form Siglap Constituency.
During the 1980 Singaporean general election, part of the constituency separated to form Tanah Merah Constituency.
In 1988, following the establishment of group representation constituency (GRC) and single member consituency (SMC), the constituency was known as Changi Single Member Constituency.
During the 1997 Singaporean general election, the SMC was abolished and split between Aljunied GRC and East Coast GRC.
Member of Parliament Year Member PartyFormationLegislative Council of Singapore1951Charles Joseph Pemberton PaglarPPLegislative Assembly of Singapore1955Lim Cher KhengDP1959Teo Hock GuanPAP1963Sim Boon WooParliament of Singapore1968Sim Boon WooPAP19721976Teo Chong Tee1980198419881991Constituency abolished (1997)
Electoral results
Elections in 1950s
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: Lim Cher Kheng was the then incumbent seeking for another term. He represented the Democratic Party (Not to be confused with the Singapore Democratic Party, which was only formed after Singapore's independence.) which was dissolved by merging with Progressive Party (Singapore) as Liberal Socialist Party within a year from the 1955 General elections. With that consideration, the vote swing for both independent candidate Lim and Liberal Socialist Party candidate Wee will be taken from Lim's previous election result because that is the result for the candidate himself and his party respectively.
Note 3: 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 Abdul Rahman as a candidate for Singapore Alliance.
Elections in 1960s
Note: One of the component party in Singapore Alliance is United Malays National Organisation (UMNO), and hence the swing will be based on its previous election of UMNO candidate.
Elections in 1970s
Elections in 1980s
Elections in 1990s
Historical maps
See also East Coast GRC Aljunied GRC
References
1991 GE's result 1988 GE's result 1984 GE's result 1980 GE's result 1976 GE's result 1972 GE's result 1968 GE's result 1963 GE's result 1959 GE's result
Brief History on Democratic Party (Dissolved in 1956) Brief History on Singapore Alliance