Bukit Timah Constituency
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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 ...
, 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,
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,
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, Queenstown,
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and Southern Islands SMC. In 1959, it was further broken up to form Jurong SMC. In 1972, the constituency was broken up to form Bukit Batok SMC, followed by in 1980 distributed to Ayer Rajah SMC, Clementi SMC and West Coast SMC with the growing development of Clementi, and in 1984 to Yuhua SMC and
Hong Kah SMC Hong Kah Constituency (Traditional Chinese: 丰加單選區; Simplified Chinese: 丰加单选区) was a single member constituency within Jurong, Singapore. It was formed by carving out areas from Boon Lay Constituency. It existed for a single e ...
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, 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 was a five-member Group Representation Constituency (GRC) located in the western area of Singapore. The GRC consisted of a large section of Jurong, sections of Bukit Batok and areas near Upper Buk ...
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