Bukit Timah Single Member Constituency (SMC) was a single member constituency in Bukit Timah, Singapore. It was formerly known as Bukit Timah Constituency before 1988.

History

In 1951,

Rural West Constituency Rural West Constituency was a constituency represented in the Legislative Council of Singapore from 1948 until 1951. It elected one Legislative Council member. The constituency was formed in 1948 and cover the areas of Bajau, Bukit Batok, Bukit Pan ...

was broken up into Bukit Timah constituency and

Seletar constituency 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 ...

. In 1955, the constituency was broken up to form various constituencies, Bukit Panjang, Pasir Panjang, Queenstown, Sembawang and Southern Islands SMC. In 1959, it was further broken up to form

Jurong SMC Jurong Single Member Constituency was a single member constituency (SMC) in the western area in Singapore mainly in Jurong and Tuas area. It had existed since the 1959 general elections by carving a portion from Bukit Timah Constituency. In ...

. In 1972, the constituency was broken up to form Bukit Batok SMC, followed by in 1980 distributed to Ayer Rajah SMC,

Clementi SMC Clementi may refer to: People * Aldo Clementi (1925–2011), Italian composer * Cecil Clementi (1875–1947), British colonial administrator and Governor of Hong Kong * Cecilia Clementi, Italian-American scientist * David Clementi (born 1949), Bri ...

and

West Coast SMC West or Occident is one of the four cardinal directions or points of the compass. It is the opposite direction from east and is the direction in which the Sun sets on the Earth. Etymology The word "west" is a Germanic word passed into some ...

with the growing development of Clementi, and in 1984 to Yuhua SMC and

Hong Kah SMC Hong Kah Constituency (Traditional Chinese character, Traditional Chinese: 丰加單選區; Simplified Chinese character, Simplified Chinese: 丰加单选区) was a Single Member Constituency, single member constituency within Jurong, Singapore. ...

with the growing development of Jurong East. In 1988, as part of Singapore's electoral reforms, the constituency was renamed as Bukit Timah Single Member Constituency. In 1997, it was absorbed into Bukit Timah GRC along with Bukit Batok SMC,

, Ulu Pandan SMC and Yuhua SMC. In 2001, the SMC was recreated as Bukit Timah GRC was broken up to form Holland–Bukit Panjang GRC,

Jurong GRC The Jurong Group Representation Constituency is a five-member Group Representation Constituency located in the western area of Singapore. The GRC consists of a large section of Jurong, sections of Bukit Batok and areas near Upper Bukit Timah Roa ...

and Bukit Timah SMC. In 2006, the SMC was absorbed into another GRC, Holland–Bukit Timah GRC.

Member of Parliament

Elections

Elections in 1950s

Elections in 1960s

Elections in 1970s

Elections in 1980s

Elections in 1990s

Elections in 2000s

Historical maps

File:Bukit Timah 1955 Singaporean GE.svg, 1955 General Election

References

{{Coord missing, Singapore Singaporean electoral divisions Bukit Timah Clementi Jurong East Constituencies established in 1951 Constituencies disestablished in 2006 1951 establishments in Singapore 2006 disestablishments in Singapore