Boon Lay Single Member Constituency

Boon Lay Single Member Constituency (Traditional Chinese: 文禮單選區; Simplified Chinese: 文礼单选区) is a former single member constituency in Boon Lay, Singapore that was formed in 1976 and lasted until 2001 when the then incumbent Goh Chee Wee retired from politics. This ward was subsequently absorbed into West Coast GRC. It was carved out of the Jurong constituency.

Boon Lay
Former Single Member Constituency
for the Parliament of Singapore
RegionSingapore
Former constituency
Created1976
Abolished2001
Seats1
Party People's Action Party
Member(s)Goh Chee Wee
Replaced byWest Coast GRC

Members of Parliament
Election Division MP Party
1976 Boon Lay Ngeow Pack Hua PAP
1980 Goh Chee Wee PAP
1984
1988
1991
1997

Candidates and Results

Elections in 1970s
General Election 1976: Boon Lay[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
PAP Ngeow Pack Hua 11,749 79.8 N/A
SJP Joseph Varghese 2,970 20.2 N/A
Majority 8,779 59.6 N/A
Registered electors 15,496 N/A
Turnout 15,072 97.3 N/A
PAP win (new seat)

Elections in 1980s
General Election 1980: Boon Lay[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
PAP Goh Chee Wee 11,749 74.2 5.6
DPP Tan Chee Kien 5,220 25.8 N/A
Majority 9,785 48.4 11.2
Registered electors 21,317 37.56
Turnout 20,752 97.3 0.00
PAP hold Swing 5.6
General Election 1984: Boon Lay[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
PAP Goh Chee Wee 12,490 69.6 4.6
DPP Reveendran Sasi 5,443 30.4 N/A
Majority 7,047 39.2 11.2
Registered electors 18,964 11.04
Turnout 18,463 97.4 0.1
PAP hold Swing 4.6
General Election 1988: Boon Lay[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
PAP Goh Chee Wee 11,317 72.0 2.4
PKMS Salleh bin Mohd Bawthan 4,408 28.0 N/A
Majority 6,909 44.0 4.8
Registered electors 16,646 12.22
Turnout 16,182 97.2 0.2
PAP hold Swing 2.4

Elections in 1990s
General Election 1991: Boon Lay[5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
PAP Goh Chee Wee 10,106 73.3 1.3
PKMS Sahid bin Sahooman 3,686 26.7 1.3
Majority 6,420 46.6 2.6
Registered electors 15,007 9.85
Turnout 14,460 96.4 0.8
PAP hold Swing 1.3
General Election 1997: Boon Lay[6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
PAP Goh Chee Wee 12,407 66.1 7.2
NSP Christopher Neo Ting Wei 6,362 33.9 N/A
Majority 6,045 32.2 14.4
Registered electors 20,014 33.36
Turnout 19,274 96.3 0.1
PAP hold Swing 7.2

References
  1. "ELD | 1976 Parliamentary General Election Results". www.eld.gov.sg. Retrieved 20 May 2021.
  2. "ELD | 1980 Parliamentary General Election Results". www.eld.gov.sg. Retrieved 20 May 2021.
  3. "ELD | 1984 Parliamentary General Election Results". www.eld.gov.sg. Retrieved 20 May 2021.
  4. "ELD | 1988 Parliamentary General Election Results". www.eld.gov.sg. Retrieved 21 May 2021.
  5. "ELD | 1991 Parliamentary General Election Results". www.eld.gov.sg. Retrieved 21 May 2021.
  6. "ELD | 1997 Parliamentary General Election Results". www.eld.gov.sg. Retrieved 21 May 2021.

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