Rural West Constituency
| Rural West | |
|---|---|
| Former constituency for the Legislative Council of Singapore | |
 Location of Rural West in Singapore | |
| Region | Singapore |
| Electorate | 2,774 |
| Former constituency | |
| Created | 1948 |
| Abolished | 1951 |
| Seats | 1 |
| Replaced by | |
Rural West Constituency was a constituency represented in the Legislative Council of Singapore from 1948 until 1951.[1] It elected one Legislative Council member.[2]
The constituency was formed in 1948 and cover the areas of Bajau, Bukit Batok, Bukit Panjang, Bukit Timah, Choa Chu Kang, Clementi, Jurong, Kranji, Lim Chu Kang, Mandai, Pandan, Pasir Panjang, Peng Kang, Seletar, Sembawang, Tuas, Ulu Kalang, Ulu Pandan, Woodlands, Yishun. In 1951, the constituency was abolished and split into Bukit Timah and Seletar constituencies.
Legislative Council member
| Year | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1948 | Srish Chandra Goho | Independent | |
| 1948 | Balwant Singh Bajaj | Independent | |
Elections
Elections in the 1940s
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent | Srish Chandra Goho | 981 | 50.0 | ||
| Independent | Milathi Pillai | 520 | 26.5 | ||
| PP | Arumugam Ponnu Rajah | 460 | 23.5 | ||
| Majority | 461 | 23.5 | |||
| Turnout | 2,036 | 73.4 | |||
| Registered electors | 2,774 | ||||
| Independent win | |||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent | Balwant Singh Bajaj | 1,638 | 55.5 | ||
| PP | Cheong Hock Chye | 705 | 23.9 |  0.4
| |
| Independent | Maganlal Garangam | 606 | 20.5 | ||
| Majority | 933 | 31.6 | |||
| Turnout | 3,121 | 72.9 |  0.5
| ||
| Registered electors | 4,279 | ||||
| Independent win | |||||
References
- ^ "Singapore Legislative Council General Election 1948". Singapore Elections. Archived from the original on February 21, 2015.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link) - ^ "Singapore Legislative Council General Election 1948 > Rural West". Singapore Elections. Archived from the original on April 3, 2015.
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