Bukit Batok Single Member Constituency
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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 Singapore's political reforms. The current Member of Parliament for the constituency is
Murali Pillai K. Muralidharan Pillai ( ta, முரளி பிள்ளை; born 30 October 1967), better known as Murali Pillai, is a Singaporean politician and lawyer. A member of the governing People's Action Party (PAP), he has been the Member of Parlia ...
of the
People's Action Party The People's Action Party (abbreviation: PAP) is a major conservative centre-right political party in Singapore and is one of the three contemporary political parties represented in Parliament, alongside the opposition Workers' Party (WP) and ...
(PAP).


History

In 1972, the constituency was formed from merging parts of
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 ...
,
Chua Chu Kang Choa Chu Kang, alternatively spelt as Chua Chu Kang and often abbreviated as CCK, is a planning area and residential town located at the north-westernmost point of the West Region of Singapore. The town shares borders with Sungei Kadut to ...
and Bukit Panjang constituencies and was known as Bukit Batok Constituency. In 2016, incumbent PAP MP, David Ong, resigned due to personal reasons and a by-election was called to replace the empty seat. On 7 May, Murali Pillai won the Bukit Batok by-election against
Singapore Democratic Party The Singapore Democratic Party ( abbreviation: SDP) is a politcal party in Singapore. 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 Ne ...
(SDP) secretary-general, Chee Soon Juan with a vote count of 61.2% to 38.8%.


Town council

Bukit Batok SMC is managed by the Jurong–Clementi Town Council.


Members of Parliament


Electoral results


Elections in 1970s


Elections in 1980s


Elections in 1990s


Elections in 2010s


Elections in 2020s


References

{{Constituencies of Singapore 2015 establishments in Singapore Singaporean electoral divisions