Jalan Kayu Constituency was a single member constituency in Jalan Kayu, Singapore, between 1959 and 1988.

Formation and dissolution

After the 1951 election, the present Jalan Kayu Single Member Constituency constituted the majority of the

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ward; that ward was dissolved prior to the 1959 election, producing the Jalan Kayu ward, the then

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ward, and small parts of

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ward. Following its dissolution in 1988, Jalan Kayu was incorporated into the new

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. The

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had held the ward by a narrow margin of 571 votes in the

1984 election The following elections occurred in the year 1984. Africa * 1984 Beninese parliamentary election * 1984 Botswana general election * 1984 Burundian presidential election * 1984 Cameroonian presidential election * 1984 Comorian presidential electi ...

Member of Parliament

Elections

Elections in 1980s

Note: Madai Puthan Damodaran Nair was offered the first and only

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(NCMP) seat, only to reject it. The seat was subsequently offered to Tan Chee Kien, the second best performing but lost the election opposition candidate who ran in

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under the Singapore United Front's banner as auxiliary NCMP who had also promptly declined the offer. This is the only general election that oversees the Opposition candidates had declined NCMP offers since the introduction of NCMP scheme prior to 1984 general elections. The only other election after the introduction of NCMP scheme that sees no NCMP legislator was after the 1991 general election where 4 opposition legislators were elected, which had exceeded the maximum of 3 NCMP seats (Each NCMP seat is reduced when each opposition candidate has been elected for a particular ward).

Elections in 1970s

Elections in 1960s

Notes: The then incumbent Tan Cheng Tong from

had attempted to seek another term, but this time round he joined

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instead and win the election, despite his votes' share was slashed by nearly half.

Elections in 1950s

Notes: Madai Puthan Damodaran Nair has contested here in every GE since the inception of this ward, with the exceptions in 1967 by-elections and 1968 elections where he stood as an independent candidate in

and

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wards respectively. He had previously elected in

ward, which has since evolved into this ward and also went through up and downs, from an end of almost being elected MP since the independence of Singapore in

1984 elections The following elections occurred in the year 1984. Africa * 1984 Beninese parliamentary election * 1984 Botswana general election * 1984 Burundian presidential election * 1984 Cameroonian presidential election * 1984 Comorian presidential electi ...

when he represented the

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and subsequently offered but declined the

seat to lost his election deposit in

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when he was one of the candidate that entered into the multi-cornered fight's fray under the banner of

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References

1988 GE's result