Bukit Merah Single Member Constituency was a constituency in Singapore. It existed from 1959 to 1997, when it was merged with Leng Kee division of the Tanjong Pagar GRC.
History Bukit Merah Constituency was formed in 1959.
On 31 December 1965, Lim Huan Boon resigned his Bukit Merah Constituency seat as he did not support BS boycotting parliament. By-election nominations were called for Bukit Merah on 8 January.
On 13 February 1977, Lim Guan Hoo suffered from a stroke and collapsed whilst watching the Vigilante Corps performing at the National Stadium. He was sent to the Singapore General Hospital where he stayed there in a coma for 172 days, dying on 3 August at 2:40 am.
His seat was vacated on 30 June 1977 and an by-election was called, the second by-election of the year similarly following the death of N. Naidu Govindasmy, the incumbent MP of Radin Mas Constituency. Similar to the earlier by-election for Radin Mas Constituency, opposition parties negotiated to avoid a multi-cornered contest with Lee Siew Choh of the Barisan Sosialis contesting the by-election. The PAP fielded civilist Lim Chee Oon to defend the seat. Lim was elected as MP in the by-election.
In 1988, following the establishment of group representation constituency (GRC) and single member constituency (SMC), it was known as Bukit Merah Single Member Constituency.
Member of Parliament Year Member PartyFormationLegislative Assembly of Singapore1959Sellappa RamaswamyPAP1963Lim Huan BoonBSParliament of Singapore1966Lim Guan HooPAP1968197219761977Lim Chee Onn1980198419881991Ch'ng Jit KoonConstituency abolished (1997)
Electoral results
Elections in 1950s
Elections in 1960s
Elections in 1970s
Elections in 1980s
Elections in 1990s
References