The Bukit Panjang Single Member Constituency is a
Single Member Constituency
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(SMC) located in the
western
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area of
Singapore
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. The current Member of Parliament for the constituency is
Liang Eng Hwa
Liang Eng Hwa ( zh, s=连荣华, p=Lián Rónghuá; born 1964) is a Singaporean politician and banker. A member of the governing People's Action Party (PAP), he has been the Member of Parliament representing Bukit Panjang SMC since 2020 and pre ...
of the
People's Action Party
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(PAP) .
History
The seat consists the main portion of
Bukit Panjang
Bukit Panjang is a planning area and residential town located in the West Region of Singapore. A portion of this town is situated on a low-lying elongated hill. The planning area is bounded by Bukit Batok to the west, Choa Chu Kang to the ...
(Blks 101-129, 2xx and 4xx Fajar) and was reformed in the 2006
electoral boundary redraw. Bukit Panjang SMC existed from 1959 to 1991 when it was absorbed into the
Sembawang Group Representation Constituency
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(GRC). In 2001, the seat was moved from Sembawang GRC to
Holland–Bukit Panjang GRC. The 2006 redrawn boundaries carved out Bukit Panjang to form the current constituency and the GRC was renamed
Holland–Bukit Timah GRC. In the
2020 Singapore general election
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, PAP's Liang defeated
Singapore Democratic Party
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The party was founded on 6 August 1980 by Chiam See Tong. During the 1991 general election, Ling How Doong and Cheo Chai Chen won Bukit Gombak SMC and Nee ...
's
Paul Tambyah
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by a narrow margin of 2,509 votes and it was the closest result in a SMC for that election.
Town Council
Bukit Panjang SMC, along with
Holland-Bukit Timah GRC, is managed by the Holland–Bukit Timah Town Council.
Members of Parliament
Electoral results
Elections in 1950s
Elections in 1960s
Elections in 1970s
Elections in 1980s
Elections in 2000s
Elections in 2010s
Elections in 2020s
Historical maps
File:Bukit Panjang 1955 Singaporean GE.svg, 1955 General Election
References
External links
2020 General Election's resultParliamentary General Election results(Govtech Data)
{{Coord missing, Singapore
Singaporean electoral divisions
Bukit Panjang