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Bukit Timah Single Member Constituency (SMC) was a single member constituency in
Bukit Timah Bukit Timah, often abbreviated as Bt Timah, is a planning area and residential estate located in the westernmost part of the Central Region of Singapore. Bukit Timah lies roughly from the Central Business District, bordering the Central Wat ...
, Singapore. It was formerly known as Bukit Timah Constituency before 1988.


History

In 1951, Rural West Constituency was broken up into Bukit Timah constituency and Seletar constituency . In 1955, the constituency was broken up to form various constituencies,
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 no ...
,
Pasir Panjang Pasir Panjang is an area located at the southern part of Queenstown in Singapore. Kent Ridge Park is a topographical feature which runs adjacent to Pasir Panjang. History Pasir Panjang Road, which once hugged the coastline, was laid down a ...
, Queenstown,
Sembawang Sembawang is a planning area and residential town located in the North Region of Singapore. Sembawang planning area is bordered by Simpang to the east, Mandai to the south, Yishun to the southeast, Woodlands to the west and the Straits of Jo ...
and Southern Islands SMC. In 1959, it was further broken up to form
Jurong SMC Jurong Single Member Constituency was a Single Member Constituency, single member constituency (SMC) in the West Region, Singapore, western area in Singapore mainly in Jurong and Tuas area. It had existed since the Singaporean general election, 19 ...
. In 1972, the constituency was broken up to form
Bukit Batok SMC Bukit Batok Single Member Constituency (SMC) is a single member constituency in Bukit Batok of Singapore. It used to exist from 1972 to 1988 as Bukit Batok Constituency and was renamed as Bukit Batok Single Member Constituency (SMC) as part of ...
, followed by in 1980 distributed to
Ayer Rajah SMC Ayer Rajah Single Member Constituency (SMC) was a single member constituency in Singapore that existed from 1980 to 2006. History Ayer Rajah SMC was made up of Pandan Gardens Pandan Gardens is a housing estate which is part of Jurong East New ...
, Clementi SMC and West Coast SMC with the growing development of Clementi, and in 1984 to
Yuhua SMC The Yuhua Single Member Constituency is a single member constituency (SMC) located in the western area of Singapore. The ward covers the area of Yuhua and Parts of the Jurong Gateway District. The current Member of Parliament is Grace Fu of th ...
and Hong Kah SMC 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,
Jurong SMC Jurong Single Member Constituency was a Single Member Constituency, single member constituency (SMC) in the West Region, Singapore, western area in Singapore mainly in Jurong and Tuas area. It had existed since the Singaporean general election, 19 ...
, 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 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


See also

* Bukit Timah GRC


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