Cairnhill Single Member Constituency
Cairnhill Single Member Constituency was a constituency in Singapore. It used to exist from 1955 to 1991, and was replaced by the Kampong Glam Group Representation Constituency. Lim Kim San is a Member of Parliament from 1959 to 1980 and was replaced by Wong Kwei Cheong which ran all the way until the Kampong Glam GRC merger in 1991.
Assemblymen and Members of Parliament
| Member of Parliament | Party | Dates | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| David Marshall | LF | 1955-1957 | Chief Minister 1955-1956 | |
| Soh Ghee Soon | LSP | 1957-1959 | ||
| Lim Yew Hock | SPA | 1959-1963 | Chief Minister 1956-1959 | |
| Lim Kim San | PAP | 1963-1980 | ||
| Wong Kwei Cheong | PAP | 1980-1991 | ||
| Constituency abolished Merge into Kampong Glam GRC | ||||
Elections
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PAP | Wong Kwei Cheong | 12,779 | 64.0 | + | |
| SDP | Jimmy Tan Tiang Hoe | 7,194 | 36.0 | ||
| Majority | 5,585 | 28.0 | |||
| Turnout | 20,372 | 87.8 | |||
| PAP hold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PAP | Wong Kwei Cheong | uncontested | |||
| Majority | |||||
| Turnout | |||||
| PAP hold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PAP | Wong Kwei Cheong | 11,444 | 71.8 | +3.6 | |
| SDP | Fok Tai Loy | 4,498 | 28.2 | ||
| Majority | 6,946 | 43.6 | |||
| Turnout | 16,273 | 89.7 | +0.6 | ||
| PAP hold | Swing | +3.6 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PAP | Lim Kim San | 7,979 | 68.2 | -12.7 | |
| Independent | Chiam See Tong | 3,726 | 31.8 | ||
| Majority | 4,253 | 36.4 | |||
| Turnout | 11,956 | 89.1 | -0.2 | ||
| PAP hold | Swing | -12.7 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PAP | Lim Kim San | 8,458 | 80.9 | ||
| United National Front | Paul Elisha | 1,994 | 19.1 | ||
| Majority | 6,464 | 61.8 | |||
| Turnout | 10,670 | 89.3 | |||
| PAP hold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PAP | Lim Kim San | uncontested | |||
| Majority | |||||
| Turnout | |||||
| PAP hold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PAP | Lim Kim San | 7,749 | 66.5% | +45.8 | |
| BS | Lim Ang Chuan | 2,443 | 21.0% | N/A | |
| SA | Lee Ah Seong | 1,467 | 12.6% | -35.6 | |
| Turnout | 11,751 | 95.2 | |||
| PAP gain from SA | Swing | N/A | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SPA | Lim Yew Hock | 5,275 | 48.2 | N/A | |
| WP | David Marshall | 2,920 | 26.7 | N/A | |
| PAP | Oh Su Chen | 2,262 | 20.7 | N/A | |
| LSP | Tan Keng Siong | 483 | 4.4 | N/A | |
| Turnout | 11,045 | 90.2 | +38.4 | ||
| SPA gain from LSP | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LSP | Soh Ghee Soon | 2,342 | 40.3 | N/A | |
| Independent | Goh Kong Beng | 1,281 | 22.0 | N/A | |
| LF | Keng Ban Ee | 1,118 | 19.2 | -28.4 | |
| Malay Union | Tengku Muda Muhamed bin Mahmud | 983 | 16.9 | N/A | |
| Independent | Mirza Abdul Majid | 91 | 1.6 | N/A | |
| Majority | 1,061 | 18.3 | N/A | ||
| Turnout | 5,889 | 39.8 | -12.0 | ||
| LSP gain from LF | Swing | N/A | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LF | David Marshall | 3,305 | 47.6 | N/A | |
| PP | C.C. Tan | 2,530 | 36.4 | N/A | |
| DP | Tan Khiang Khoo | 1,111 | 16.0 | N/A | |
| Turnout | 7,011 | 51.8 | N/A | ||
| LF win (new seat) | |||||
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