Keppel | |
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Former constituency for the Legislative Council of Singapore | |
Region | Singapore |
Electorate | 6,683 |
Former constituency | |
Created | 1951 |
Abolished | 1955 |
Seats | 1 |
Replaced by |
Keppel Constituency was a constituency represented in the Legislative Council of Singapore from 1951 until 1955. [1] It elected one Legislative Council member. [2] The constituency was held by Lim Yew Hock, leader of the Labour Party.
The constituency was formed from Municipal South-West Constituency in 1951. In 1955, the constituency was abolished and split into Havelock, Pasir Panjang, Queenstown, Southern Islands, Tanjong Pagar and Tiong Bahru constituencies.
Year | Member | Party | |
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1951 | Lim Yew Hock | LP |
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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Labour Party | Lim Yew Hock | 2,369 | 68.0 | ||
PP | Arumugam Ponnu Rajah | 1,117 | 32.0 | ||
Majority | 1,252 | 36.0 | |||
Turnout | 3,555 | 53.2 | |||
Registered electors | 6,683 | ||||
Labour Party win |
Keppel | |
---|---|
Former constituency for the Legislative Council of Singapore | |
Region | Singapore |
Electorate | 6,683 |
Former constituency | |
Created | 1951 |
Abolished | 1955 |
Seats | 1 |
Replaced by |
Keppel Constituency was a constituency represented in the Legislative Council of Singapore from 1951 until 1955. [1] It elected one Legislative Council member. [2] The constituency was held by Lim Yew Hock, leader of the Labour Party.
The constituency was formed from Municipal South-West Constituency in 1951. In 1955, the constituency was abolished and split into Havelock, Pasir Panjang, Queenstown, Southern Islands, Tanjong Pagar and Tiong Bahru constituencies.
Year | Member | Party | |
---|---|---|---|
1951 | Lim Yew Hock | LP |
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 | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour Party | Lim Yew Hock | 2,369 | 68.0 | ||
PP | Arumugam Ponnu Rajah | 1,117 | 32.0 | ||
Majority | 1,252 | 36.0 | |||
Turnout | 3,555 | 53.2 | |||
Registered electors | 6,683 | ||||
Labour Party win |