Jalan Besar Constituency was a single member constituency within Kallang, Singapore. It existed from 1959 to 1988.

Member of Parliament

ElectionMember of ParliamentParty
Legislative Assembly of Singapore
1959Chan Chee SengPAP
1961
1963
Parliament of Singapore
1968Chan Chee SengPAP
1972
1976
1980
1984Lee Boon Yang

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

General Election 1959: Jalan Besar
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
PAPChan Chee Seng7,60062.48
SPAWong Yew Hon2,57321.15
LSPLo Ka Fat1,48812.23
LFSee Eng Kiat5034.14
Turnout12,29788.6
PAP win (new seat)

Elections in 1960s

General Election 1963: Jalan Besar
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
PAPChan Chee Seng6,68651.87−10.61
BSNg Ngeong Yew5,17240.12+40.12
UPPYong Wan Kit1,0338.01+8.01
Turnout13,09295.1+6.5
PAP holdSwing-10.61
General Election 1968: Jalan Besar
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
PAPChan Chee SengWalkover
Turnout11,400
PAP holdSwing

Elections in 1970s

General Election 1972: Jalan Besar
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
PAPChan Chee Seng7,79483.86
United National FrontJohnnie Ng1,50016.14
Turnout9,51492.3
PAP holdSwing
General Election 1976: Jalan Besar
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
PAPChan Chee SengWalkover
Turnout14,933
PAP holdSwing

Elections in 1980s

General Election 1980: Jalan Besar
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
PAPChan Chee SengWalkover
Turnout15,058
PAP holdSwing
General Election 1984: Jalan Besar
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
PAPLee Boon Yang9,23664.43
WPAnanthan Balakrishnan5,10035.57
Turnout14,80891.9
PAP holdSwing

See also