Rural West Constituency
| Rural West | |
|---|---|
| Former constituency for the Legislative Council of Singapore | |
 Location of Rural West in Singapore | |
| Region | Singapore |
| Electorate | 2,774 |
| Former constituency | |
| Created | 1948 |
| Abolished | 1951 |
| Seats | 1 |
| Replaced by | Bukit Timah |
Rural West Constituency was a constituency represented in the Legislative Council of Singapore from 1948 until 1951.[1] It elected one Legislative Council member.[2]
Profile
[edit]The Rural West constituency covered the seven surrounding islands of SIngapore, the naval base area in Seletar, and the army cantonment in Pasir Panjang. It also covered populated areas as Bukit Timah, Holland Road, Jurong and Sembawang.[3]
It also covered the areas of Bajau, Bukit Batok, Bukit Panjang, Bukit Timah, Choa Chu Kang, Clementi, Jurong, Kranji, Lim Chu Kang, Mandai, Pandan, Pasir Panjang, Peng Kang, Seletar, Sembawang, Tuas, Ulu Kalang, Ulu Pandan, Woodlands, Yishun.
History
[edit]The constituency was formed in 1948. In 1951, the constituency was abolished and renamed as Bukit Timah Constituency.[4]
Legislative Council member
[edit]| Year | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1948 | Srish Chandra Goho | Independent | |
| 1948 | Balwant Singh Bajaj | Independent | |
Electoral results
[edit]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 1940s
[edit]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent | Srish Chandra Goho | 981 | 50.0 | ||
| Independent | Malathi Pillai | 520 | 26.5 | ||
| PP | Arumugam Ponnu Rajah | 460 | 23.5 | ||
| Majority | 461 | 23.5 | |||
| Turnout | 2,036 | 73.4 | |||
| Registered electors | 2,774 | ||||
| Independent win | |||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent | Balwant Singh Bajaj | 1,638 | 55.5 | ||
| PP | Cheong Hock Chye | 705 | 23.9 |  0.4 | |
| Independent | Maganlal Gangaram | 606 | 20.5 | ||
| Majority | 933 | 31.6 | |||
| Turnout | 3,121 | 72.9 |  0.5 | ||
| Registered electors | 4,279 | ||||
| Independent win | |||||
References
[edit]- ↑ "Singapore Legislative Council General Election 1948". Singapore Elections. Archived from the original on 21 February 2015.
- ↑ "Singapore Legislative Council General Election 1948 > Rural West". Singapore Elections. Archived from the original on 3 April 2015.
- ↑ "RURAL WEST BY-ELECTION". The Straits Budget. 26 August 1948. p. 13 – via NewspaperSG.
- ↑ "MUNICIPAL WARDS". The Singapore Free Press. 17 August 1951. p. 5. Retrieved 30 March 2026.
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