Kampong Kapor Constituency

Kampong Kapor
Former Single Member constituency for the Parliament of Singapore
Electorate	13,815 (1955)
Former constituency
Created	1951
Abolished	1976
Seats	1
Created from	Rochore Constituency
Replaced by	Jalan Besar Constituency

Kampong Kapor Constituency was a constituency in Singapore. It used to exist from 1955 to 1976.

Member of Parliament

Year	Member	Party
Formation
Legislative Assembly of Singapore
1955	Seah Peng Chuan		LF
1959	G. Kandasamy		PAP
1963	Mahmud Awang		PAP
Parliament of Singapore
1968	Lim Cheng Lock		PAP
1970	Yeo Toon Chia		PAP
1972			PAP
Constituency abolished (1976)

Electoral results

Note: The Elections Department does not include rejected votes when calculating the vote shares of candidates. Hence, all candidates' vote shares will total to 100% at any given election (may not appear so in multi-way contests due to rounding).

Elections in 1950s

General Election 1955

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	LF	Seah Peng Chuan	3,253	45.60
	Independent	Dasaratha Raj	2,155	30.21
	DP	Wong Shian Yein	1,283	17.98
	PP	Lim Kian Lee	443	6.21
Majority			1,098	15.39
Total valid votes			7,134	99.10
Rejected ballots			65	0.90
Turnout			7,199	52.11
Registered electors			13,815
	PAP win (new seat)

General Election 1959

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	PAP	G. Kandasamy	6,059	54.27	N/A
	SPA	Chia Ban Wei	3,632	32.53	N/A
	Citizens' Party (Singapore)	Yen Jen San	330	2.96	N/A
	Independent	Jaganathan S	711	6.37	N/A
	Independent	Choo Yeok Koon	432	3.87	N/A
Majority			2,427	21.74	6.35
Total valid votes			11,164	87.66	11.44
Rejected ballots			291	12.34	11.44
Turnout			11,455	97.46	45.35
Registered electors			12,736		7.81
	PAP gain from LF		Swing	N/A

Historical maps

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  1955 General Election