Seletar Constituency was a single-member constituency of the
Legislative Council and
Legislative Assembly of Singapore
The Legislative Assembly of the State of Singapore was the legislature of the Government of Singapore from 1955 to 1965 and is the predecessor of the Parliament of Singapore. The Rendel Constitution, proposed in 1953, sought to give the loca ...
between 1951 and 1959. It covered the
Seletar
Seletar is an area located in the north-east of Singapore. Its name can also refer to the Seletar Planning Area (as defined by the Urban Redevelopment Authority), situated in the North-East Region of Singapore. The place name was derived from th ...
area in
North-East Region.
In 1951, the constituency was formed from
Rural East and
Rural West constituencies. The 1952 Seletar by-election remains the only occasion on which a candidate not from 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) a ...
won unopposed.
In 1955, parts of the constituency were separated to form
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 n ...
,
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 Joho ...
and
Serangoon constituencies.
Legislative Assembly general election 1955: Sembawang
Singapore Elections
In 1959, the constituency was abolished and split into Jalan Kayu
Jalan Kayu is a road situated in Sengkang, Singapore. It is located in the northwestern part of Fernvale, near the Seletar–Sengkang boundary.
Etymology and history
Jalan Kayu was built in 1928 when the first Royal Air Force base outside the Uni ...
, Nee Soon
Nee or NEE may refer to:
Names
* Née (lit. "born"), a woman's family name at birth before the adoption of another surname usually after marriage
**The male equivalent "né" is used to indicate what a man was originally known as before the adopt ...
, Serangoon Gardens and Thomson constituencies.
Member of Parliament
Elections
Elections in the 1950s
Historical maps
File:Seletar 1955 Singaporean GE.svg, 1955 General Election
References
Singaporean electoral divisions
Seletar
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