| Keppel | |
|---|---|
| Former constituency for the Legislative Council of Singapore | |
| Region | Singapore |
| Electorate | 6,683 |
| Former constituency | |
| Created | 1951 |
| Abolished | 1955 |
| Seats | 1 |
| Replaced by | |
Keppel Constituency was a constituency represented in the Legislative Council of Singapore from 1951 until 1955.1 It elected one Legislative Council member.2 The constituency was held by Lim Yew Hock, leader of the Labour Party.
The constituency was formed from Municipal South-West Constituency in 1951. In 1955, the constituency was abolished and split into Havelock, Pasir Panjang, Queenstown, Southern Islands, Tanjong Pagar and Tiong Bahru constituencies.
Legislative Council member
| Year | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1951 | Lim Yew Hock | LP | |
Electoral results
Note: The Elections Department does not include rejected votes when calculating the vote shares of candidates. Hence, all candidates' vote shares will total to 100% at any given election (may not appear so in multi-way contests due to rounding).
Elections in 1950s
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour Party | Lim Yew Hock | 2,369 | 68.0 | ||
| PP | Arumugam Ponnu Rajah | 1,117 | 32.0 | ||
| Majority | 1,252 | 36.0 | |||
| Turnout | 3,555 | 53.2 | |||
| Registered electors | 6,683 | ||||
| Labour Party win | |||||
References
References
- "Singapore Legislative Council General Election 1951". Singapore Elections. Archived from the original on 2020-07-27. Retrieved 2020-08-08.
- "Singapore Legislative Council General Election 1951 > Keppel". Singapore Elections. Archived from the original on 2021-04-22. Retrieved 2020-08-08.