Queenstown Single Member Constituency

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Queenstown
Single-member constituency
for the Parliament of Singapore
RegionCentral Region, Singapore
Electorate28,911
Current constituency
Created1955; 70 years ago (1955)
Seats1
PartyPeople’s Action Party
MemberEric Chua
Town CouncilTanjong Pagar
Merged1988
Merged intoBrickworks GRC
Reformed2025
Reformed fromTanjong Pagar GRC

The Queenstown Single Member Constituency is a single-member constituency (SMC) in Singapore. It is managed by Tanjong Pagar Town Council. The current Member of Parliament (MP) for the constituency is Eric Chua from the governing People's Action Party (PAP).

History

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First existence (1955–1988)

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Queenstown Constituency was established prior to the 1955 general election in colonial Singapore. Lee Choon Eng from the Labour Front (LF) defeated candidates from the Democratic Party (DP) and Progressive Party (PP) with 67.28% of the vote.[1]

During the 1959 general election, PAP candidate Lee Siew Choh won the constituency with 53.81% of the vote, consistent with the party's initial rise to power where it won 43 out of 51 seats in the Legislative Assembly.[2][3] However, he would leave the PAP in 1961, after it expelled its left-wing faction, to become a member of Barisan Sosialis (BS), a new party started by members of the faction.[4]

In the 1963 general election, Lee Siew Choh did not run for Queenstown; Jek Yeun Thong reclaimed it for the PAP, defeating Lee Ek Chong from BS and two other candidates with 52.81% of the vote.[5] He would retain the constituency, both unopposed and against different opposition candidates, until the 1988 general election,[6][7][8][9][10] after Singapore had become independent and the Legislative Assembly had been replaced with the Parliament of Singapore.[11]

In 1988, the constituency was merged into Brickworks Group Representation Constituency (GRC) following the establishment of GRCs. All constituencies represented by a single MP were renamed single-member constituencies.[12]

Second existence (2025–present)

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Prior to the 2025 general election, Queenstown Single Member Constituency was carved out of Tanjong Pagar GRC, which it had belonged to as a division.[13][14]

The PAP fielded Eric Chua, the incumbent MP for the Queenstown division of Tanjong Pagar GRC, to stand for reelection in the SMC.[14] He defeated Mahaboob Batcha from the People's Alliance for Reform (PAR) with 81.13% of the vote, the largest PAP vote share in a constituency in the general election.[15][16]

Members of Parliament

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Year Member Party
Formation
1955 Lee Choon Eng LF
1959 Lee Siew Choh PAP
BS
1963 Jek Yeun Thong PAP
Parliament of Singapore
1968 Jek Yeun Thong PAP
1972
1976
1980
1984
Constituency abolished (1988–2025)
2025 Eric Chua PAP

Electoral results

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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

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General Election 1955[1][17]
Party Candidate Votes %
LF Lee Choon Eng 2,792 67.28
DP Murray Brash 736 17.73
PP Elizabeth Choy 622 14.99
Majority 2,056 49.55
Total valid votes 4,150 98.79
Rejected ballots 51 1.21
Turnout 4,201 59.89
Registered electors 7,015
LF win (new seat)
General Election 1959[2][18]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
PAP Lee Siew Choh 5,301 53.81 N/A
SPA Chee Phui Hung 3,732 37.88 N/A
Independent Lee Kim Chuan 818 8.31 N/A
Majority 1,569 15.93 Decrease33.62
Total valid votes 9,851 99.09 Increase0.30
Rejected ballots 90 0.91 Decrease0.30
Turnout 9,941 93.48 Increase33.59
Registered electors 10,634 Increase51.59
PAP gain from LF Swing N/A

Elections in 1960s

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General Election 1963[5][19]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
PAP Jek Yeun Thong 8,165 52.81 Decrease1.00
BS Lee Ek Chong 5,589 36.15 N/A
UPP Ng Ho 909 5.88 N/A
SA Lee Khee Loong 798 5.16 N/A
Majority 2,576 16.66 Increase0.73
Total valid votes 15,461 99.19 Increase0.10
Rejected ballots 127 0.81 Decrease0.10
Turnout 15,588 96.62 Increase3.14
Registered electors 16,133 Increase51.59
PAP gain from BS Swing Decrease1.00
General Election 1968[6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
PAP Jek Yeun Thong Unopposed
Registered electors 16,193 Increase0.37
PAP hold

Elections in 1970s

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General Election 1972[7][20]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
PAP Jek Yeun Thong 14,200 81.24 N/A
WP Chua Eng Huat 2,504 14.33 N/A
UNF Lew Ban Huat 775 4.43 N/A
Majority 11,696 66.91 N/A
Total valid votes 17,479 98.74 N/A
Rejected ballots 223 1.26 N/A
Turnout 17,702 95.90 N/A
Registered electors 18,458 Increase4.27
PAP hold Swing N/A
General Election 1976[8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
PAP Jek Yeun Thong Unopposed
Registered electors 16,926 Decrease9.05
PAP hold

Elections in 1980s

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General Election 1980[9]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
PAP Jek Yeun Thong Unopposed
Registered electors 17,450 Increase3.10
PAP hold
General Election 1984[10]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
PAP Jek Yeun Thong Unopposed
Registered electors 18,084 Increase3.63
PAP hold

Elections in 2020s

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General Election 2025[21]
Party Candidate Votes %
PAP Eric Chua 20,900 81.13
PAR Mahaboob Batcha 4,883 18.87
Majority 16,017 62.26
Total valid votes 25,873 97.35
Rejected ballots 705 2.65
Turnout 26,578 91.93
Registered electors 28,911
PAP win (new seat)

References

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  1. ^ a b "ELD | 1955 Legislative Assembly General Election Results". www.eld.gov.sg. Retrieved 16 October 2025.
  2. ^ a b "ELD | 1959 Legislative Assembly General Election Results". www.eld.gov.sg. Retrieved 16 October 2025.
  3. ^ "2.45 am-PAP romps home with landslide victory". The Straits Times. 31 May 1959. Retrieved 16 October 2025 – via NewspaperSG.
  4. ^ "PAP dissidents name new party 'Barisan Socialis' [sic]". The Straits Times. 30 July 1961. Retrieved 16 October 2025 – via NewspaperSG.
  5. ^ a b "ELD | 1963 Legislative Assembly General Election Results". www.eld.gov.sg. Retrieved 16 October 2025.
  6. ^ a b "ELD | 1968 Parliamentary General Election Results". www.eld.gov.sg. Retrieved 16 October 2025.
  7. ^ a b "ELD | 1972 Parliamentary General Election Results". www.eld.gov.sg. Retrieved 16 October 2025.
  8. ^ a b "ELD | 1976 Parliamentary General Election Results". www.eld.gov.sg. Retrieved 16 October 2025.
  9. ^ a b "ELD | 1980 Parliamentary General Election Results". www.eld.gov.sg. Retrieved 16 October 2025.
  10. ^ a b "ELD | 1984 Parliamentary General Election Results". www.eld.gov.sg. Retrieved 16 October 2025.
  11. ^ Republic of Singapore Independence Act 1965, ss. 13(2)(f).
  12. ^ "13 GRCs for next general election". The Straits Times. 15 June 1988. Retrieved 13 March 2025 – via NewspaperSG.
  13. ^ Koh, Fabian (11 March 2025). "GE2025: Extensive changes to electoral boundaries due to population shifts; only 5 GRCs, 4 SMCs left intact". CNA. Retrieved 11 March 2025.
  14. ^ a b "GE2025: New Queenstown SMC to see straight fight between PAP's Eric Chua and PAR's Mahaboob Batcha". CNA. Retrieved 31 July 2025.
  15. ^ "GE2025: Strong showing for PAP as it wins Tanjong Pagar, Radin Mas and Queenstown". The Straits Times. 4 May 2025. ISSN 0585-3923. Retrieved 31 July 2025.
  16. ^ "ELD | 2025 Parliamentary General Election Results". www.eld.gov.sg. Retrieved 17 October 2025.
  17. ^ "Singapore Legislative Assembly General Election 1955 > Queenstown". sg-elections.com. Retrieved 16 October 2025.
  18. ^ "Singapore Legislative Assembly General Election 1959 > Queenstown". sg-elections.com. Retrieved 17 October 2025.
  19. ^ "Singapore Legislative Assembly General Election 1963 > Queenstown". sg-elections.com. Retrieved 17 October 2025.
  20. ^ "Singapore Legislative Assembly General Election 1972 > Queenstown". sg-elections.com. Retrieved 17 October 2025.
  21. ^ "Statement of Poll for the Electoral Division of Queenstown" (PDF). 16 May 2025.