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Seletar Constituency

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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

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.

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

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Year Member of Parliament 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

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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%.

Elections in the 1950s

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Historical maps

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References

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