Seletar Constituency

Seletar Constituency was a single-member constituency of the Legislative Council and Legislative Assembly of Singapore between 1951 and 1959. It covered the Seletar area in North-East Region.

Seletar
Former constituency
for the Legislative Council of Singapore and the Legislative Assembly of Singapore
RegionNorth-East Region, Singapore
Electorate9,402 (1955)
Former constituency
Created1951
Abolished1959
Seats1
Created from
Replaced by

In 1951, the constituency was formed from Rural East and Rural West constituencies. The 1952 Seletar by-election remains the only occasion on which a candidate not from the People's Action Party won unopposed.[1]

In 1955, parts of the constituency were separated to form Bukit Panjang, Sembawang and Serangoon constituencies.[2][3]

In 1959, the constituency was abolished and split into Jalan Kayu, Nee Soon, Serangoon Gardens and Thomson constituencies.

Member of Parliament
Year Member of Parliamen Party
Legislative Council of Singapore
1951 Vilasini Menon Independent
1952 Madai Puthan Damodaran Nair Independent
Legislative Assembly of Singapore
1955 Madai Puthan Damodaran Nair Independent

Elections

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%.

Historical maps
  • 1955 General Election
    1955 General Election

References
  1. Legislative Council by-election 1952 Singapore Elections
  2. Legislative Assembly general election 1955 Singapore Elections
  3. Legislative Assembly general election 1955: Sembawang Singapore Elections


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