The Mountbatten Single Member Constituency was a single-member constituency (SMC) situated in central Singapore. It was established in 1959 and was merged into Marine Parade Group Representation Constituency (GRC) in 1991. The last Member of Parliament (MP) for the constituency was Eugene Yap Giau Cheng from the People's Action Party (PAP).
History Mountbatten Constituency was established in 1957; it was first contested at the 1959 general election and won by Seow Peck Leng from the Singapore People's Alliance (SPA). It was one of the few constituencies not won by the PAP, which secured 43 out of 51 seats in that general election. The PAP gained control of the constituency in the 1963 general election through the election of Ng Yeow Chong. He served as the Member of Parliament until his retirement at the 1980 general election, after which he was succeeded by Eugene Yap.
At the 1988 general election, with the introduction of GRCs, the constituency was renamed Mountbatten SMC.
Yap represented Mountbatten until the constituency was abolished in the 1997 general election and merged into Marine Parade GRC as a division.
Member of Parliament Year Member PartyFormationLegislative Assembly of Singapore1959 Seow Peck Leng SPA1963Ng Yeow Chong PAPParliament of Singapore1968Ng Yeow Chong PAP197219761980 Eugene Yap Giau Cheng198419881991Constituency abolished (1997)
Electoral results
Elections in 1950s
Elections in 1960s
Notes: the incumbent Singapore People's Alliance (SPA) had joined the UMNO-MCA-MIC alliance to form the Singapore Alliance Party (SA) in this election.
Elections in 1970s
Elections in 1980s
Elections in 1990s
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