Bukit Panjang Single Member Constituency
Bukit Panjang | |
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Single Member constituency for the Parliament of Singapore | |
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Region | West Region, Singapore |
Electorate | 33,596 |
Current constituency | |
Created | 1955 |
Seats | 1 |
Party | People's Action Party |
Member(s) | Liang Eng Hwa |
Town Council | Holland–Bukit Panjang |
Merged | 1991 |
Merged to | Sembawang GRC |
Reformed | 2006 |
Reformed from | Holland–Bukit Panjang GRC |
The Bukit Panjang Single Member Constituency is a Single Member Constituency (SMC) located in the north–western area of Singapore. The current Member of Parliament for the constituency is Liang Eng Hwa from the People's Action Party (PAP). One of Singapore's oldest constituencies, it was originally known as Bukit Panjang Constituency from 1955 until 1988, when it was renamed following the introduction of the Group Representation Constituency (GRC) system at the 1988 general election. The constituency was abolished at the 1991 general election but was re-established in the 2006 general election, and has been contested in every general election since. It is managed by the Holland–Bukit Panjang Town Council (HBPTC).
Electoral history
[edit]The constituency was first established for the 1955 general election and was won by Goh Tong Liang of the Progressive Party (PP), who defeated Lim Wee Toh of the Labour Front (LF). At the 1959 general election, Lee Khoon Choy of the People's Action Party (PAP) secured the seat in a four-cornered contest against candidates from the Liberal Socialist Party (LSP), the Singapore People's Alliance (SPA) and the Malayan Indian Congress (MIC), receiving 58.14 percent of the vote. In the 1963 general election, the PAP lost the constituency to Barisan Sosialis (BS), its breakaway left-wing faction. The seat was won by Ong Lian Teng of BS, father of PAP politician Ong Ye Kung.[1] The PAP regained control of the constituency at the 1967 by-election after BS members resigned from Parliament as part of a boycott against the legitimacy of the PAP government in post-independence Singapore.
P. Selvadurai represented the constituency until the 1972 general election, when he was fielded in Kuo Chuan Constituency and replaced by Lee Yiok Seng in Bukit Panjang. Lee won the seat with 67.65 percent of the vote against Workers' Party (WP) candidate Tang Song Khiang and United National Front (UNF) candidate Leyu Tan Jib, who polled 24.82 percent and 7.53 percent respectively. At the 1988 general election, following the introduction of Group Representation Constituencies (GRCs), the seat was renamed Bukit Panjang Single Member Constituency in line with the new designation for constituencies with only one Member of Parliament.[2] Lee remained MP until the seat was absorbed into the Sembawang Group Representation Constituency (GRC) in the 1991 general election.
Since 2006
[edit]From 1991 to 2006, the constituency remained part of Sembawang GRC. It was reconstituted in the electoral boundary review for the 2006 general election, formed from portions of Holland–Bukit Panjang GRC, which had absorbed the ward in the 2001 general election.[3] Holland–Bukit Panjang GRC was dissolved at the same time.
Ahead of the 2020 Singapore general election, incumbent PAP MP Teo Ho Pin announced his retirement from politics.[4] Liang Eng Hwa, formerly MP for Holland–Bukit Timah GRC, was introduced as the PAP candidate. The Singapore Democratic Party (SDP) fielded Paul Tambyah as its candidate.[5] Liang won the contest with 53.74 percent of the vote, defeating Tambyah which got 46.27 percent and by a margin of 2,509 votes.[5] In March 2025, it was confirmed that Liang and Tambyah would rematch at Bukit Panjang again in the 2025 general election.[6] Liang retained the seat with an increased vote share of 61.41 percent, reflecting a broader national swing in favour of the PAP.[7][8]
Member of Parliament
[edit]Year | Member | Party | |
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Formation | |||
Legislative Assembly of Singapore | |||
1955 | Goh Tong Liang | PP | |
1959 | Lee Khoon Choy | PAP | |
1963 | Ong Lian Teng | BS | |
Parliament of Singapore | |||
1967 | P. Selvadurai | PAP | |
1972 | Lee Yiok Seng | ||
1976 | |||
1980 | |||
1984 | |||
1988 | |||
Constituency abolished (1991 – 2006) | |||
2006 | Teo Ho Pin | PAP | |
2011 | |||
2015 | |||
2020 | Liang Eng Hwa | ||
2025 |
Electoral results
[edit]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
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
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PP | Goh Tong Liang | 3,097 | 72.21 | ||
LF | Lim Wee Toh | 2,494 | 27.79 | ||
Majority | 1,905 | 44.42 | |||
Total valid votes | 4,289 | 98.48 | |||
Rejected ballots | 66 | 1.52 | |||
Turnout | 4,355 | 54.4 | |||
Registered electors | 8,012 | ||||
PP win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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PAP | Lee Khoon Choy | 6,156 | 58.14 | N/A | |
LSP | Tan Leong Teck | 2,494 | 23.55 | N/A | |
SPA | Lim Siak Guan | 1,382 | 13.05 | N/A | |
MIC | T. T. K. Alexander | 526 | 4.96 | N/A | |
Majority | 3,662 | 34.59 | ![]() | ||
Total valid votes | 10,588 | 99.45 | ![]() | ||
Rejected ballots | 89 | 0.55 | ![]() | ||
Turnout | 10,647 | 88.84 | ![]() | ||
Registered electors | 11,984 | ![]() | |||
PAP gain from LSP |
Note : MIC was allied with the Singaporean UMNO and MCA chapters, similar to its Malaysian counterpart, with the exception of not using the alliance symbol. This led the Elections Department Singapore to classify T. T. K. Alexander as an independent candidate.
Elections in 1960s
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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BS | Ong Lian Teng | 5,679 | 46.45 | N/A | |
PAP | Lee Khoon Choy | 4,940 | 40.41 | ![]() | |
SA | Loo Bah Chit | 999 | 8.17 | N/A | |
UPP | Thuan Paik Phok | 607 | 4.97 | N/A | |
Majority | 739 | 6.04 | ![]() | ||
Total valid votes | 12,225 | 98.93 | ![]() | ||
Rejected ballots | 132 | 1.07 | ![]() | ||
Turnout | 12,357 | 95.07 | ![]() | ||
Registered electors | 12,997 | ![]() | |||
BS gain from PAP | Swing | ![]() |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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PAP | P. Selvadurai | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 16,070 | ![]() | |||
PAP gain from BS |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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PAP | P. Selvadurai | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 17,893 | ![]() | |||
PAP hold |
Elections in 1970s
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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PAP | Lee Yiok Seng | 9,527 | 67.65 | N/A | |
WP | Tang Song Khiang | 3,496 | 24.82 | N/A | |
United National Front | Leyu Tan Jib | 1,060 | 7.53 | N/A | |
Majority | 6,031 | 42.83 | N/A | ||
Total valid votes | 14,083 | 97.73 | N/A | ||
Rejected ballots | 327 | 2.27 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 14,410 | 93.20 | N/A | ||
Registered electors | 15,461 | ![]() | |||
PAP hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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PAP | Lee Yiok Seng | 11,867 | 67.43 | ![]() | |
WP | Ho Juan Thai | 5,731 | 32.57 | ![]() | |
Majority | 6,136 | 34.86 | ![]() | ||
Total valid votes | 17,598 | 97.57 | ![]() | ||
Rejected ballots | 438 | 2.43 | ![]() | ||
Registered electors | 18,906 | ![]() | |||
Turnout | 18,036 | 95.40 | ![]() | ||
PAP hold | Swing | ![]() |
Elections in 1980s
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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PAP | Lee Yiok Seng | 18,510 | 87.03 | ![]() | |
United People's Front | Mohamad Sani bin Jan | 2,759 | 12.97 | ![]() | |
Majority | 15,751 | 74.0 | ![]() | ||
Total valid votes | 21,269 | 96.59 | ![]() | ||
Rejected ballots | 750 | 3.41 | ![]() | ||
Turnout | 22,019 | 94.48 | ![]() | ||
Registered electors | 23,305 | ![]() | |||
PAP hold | Swing | ![]() |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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PAP | Lee Yiok Seng | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 23,173 | ![]() | |||
PAP hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
PAP | Lee Yiok Seng | 18,314 | 57.28 | N/A | |
SDP | Kwek Guan Kwee | 9,864 | 30.86 | N/A | |
PKMS | Ibrahim bin Ariff | 3,790 | 11.86 | N/A | |
Majority | 8,450 | 26.42 | N/A | ||
Total valid votes | 31,968 | 98.16 | N/A | ||
Rejected ballots | 599 | 1.84 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 32,567 | 96.28 | N/A | ||
Registered electors | 33,824 | ![]() | |||
PAP hold |
Elections in 2000s
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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PAP | Teo Ho Pin | 21,652 | 77.19 | |
SDP | Ling How Doong | 6,400 | 22.81 | |
Majority | 15,252 | 54.38 | ||
Total valid votes | 28,052 | 96.91 | ||
Rejected ballots | 893 | 3.09 | ||
Turnout | 28,945 | 95.05 | ||
Registered electors | 30,452 | |||
PAP win (new seat) |
Elections in 2010s
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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PAP | Teo Ho Pin | 20,375 | 66.27 | ![]() | |
SDP | Alec Tok | 10,372 | 33.73 | ![]() | |
Majority | 10,003 | 32.54 | ![]() | ||
Total valid votes | 30,747 | 96.59 | ![]() | ||
Rejected ballots | 745 | 3.41 | ![]() | ||
Registered electors | 33,053 | ![]() | |||
Turnout | 31,492 | 95.28 | ![]() | ||
PAP hold | Swing | ![]() |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
PAP | Teo Ho Pin | 21,954 | 68.38 | ![]() | |
SDP | Khung Wai Yeen | 10,152 | 31.62 | ![]() | |
Majority | 11,792 | 36.76 | ![]() | ||
Total valid votes | 32,106 | 98.17 | ![]() | ||
Rejected ballots | 626 | 1.91 | ![]() | ||
Turnout | 32,704 | 95.30 | ![]() | ||
Registered electors | 34,317 | ![]() | |||
PAP hold | Swing | ![]() |
Elections in 2020s
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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PAP | Liang Eng Hwa | 18,085 | 53.73 | ![]() | |
SDP | Paul Tambyah | 15,576 | 46.27 | ![]() | |
Majority | 2,509 | 7.46 | ![]() | ||
Total valid votes | 33,661 | 98.29 | ![]() | ||
Rejected ballots | 586 | 1.71 | ![]() | ||
Turnout | 34,247 | 96.64 | ![]() | ||
Registered electors | 35,437 | ![]() | |||
PAP hold | Swing | ![]() |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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PAP | Liang Eng Hwa | 19,152 | 61.38 | ![]() | |
SDP | Paul Tambyah | 12,051 | 38.62 | ![]() | |
Majority | 7,101 | 22.76 | ![]() | ||
Total valid votes | 31,203 | 98.89 | ![]() | ||
Rejected ballots | 350 | 1.11 | ![]() | ||
Turnout | 31,553 | 93.92 | ![]() | ||
Registered electors | 33,596 | ![]() | |||
PAP hold | Swing | ![]() |
Historical maps
[edit]- 1955 General Election
References
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