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Mountbatten Single Member Constituency

The Mountbatten Single Member Constituency[a] is a single member constituency (SMC) located in the central–southeastern part of Singapore. It is managed by Marine Parade–Braddell Heights Town Council (MPBHTC). The current Member of Parliament for the constituency is Gho Sze Kee from the governing People's Action Party (PAP).

Mountbatten
Single Member constituency
for the Parliament of Singapore
RegionCentral Region, Singapore
Electorate22,843
Current constituency
Created1957; 68 years ago (1957)
Seats1
PartyPeople's Action Party
Member(s)Gho Sze Kee
Town CouncilMarine Parade–Braddell Heights
Merged1997
Merged toMarine Parade GRC
Reformed2011
Reformed fromMarine Parade GRC

History

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Mountbatten Constituency was established in 1957; it was first contested at the 1959 general election and won by Seow Peck Leng from the Singapore People's Alliance (SPA). It was one of the few constituencies not won by the PAP, which secured 43 out of 51 seats in that general election. The PAP gained control of the constituency in the 1963 general election through the election of Ng Yeow Chong. He served as the Member of Parliament until his retirement at the 1980 general election, after which he was succeeded by Eugene Yap.

At the 1988 general election, with the introduction of Group Representation Constituencies (GRCs), the constituency was renamed Mountbatten Single Member Constituency in line with the new designation for constituencies with a single MP.[2]

Yap represented Mountbatten until the constituency was abolished in the 1997 general election and merged into Marine Parade GRC as a division.[3]

Since 2011

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Prior to the 2011 general election, Mountbatten SMC was reformed from the division of the same name in Marine Parade GRC.[4] Lim Biow Chuan, the incumbent MP for the division, contested the SMC, defeating Jeanette Chong-Aruldoss from the National Solidarity Party (NSP) with 58.62% of the vote.[4][5]

For the 2015 general election, Chong-Aruldoss switched to the Singapore People's Party (SPP);[6][4] Lim defeated her in a rematch with an improved 71.86% of the vote.[7][8]

For the 2020 general election, Lim stood for reelection in Mountbatten SMC; he defeated Peoples Voice (PV) newcomer Sivakumaran Chellappa with an improved 73.82% of the vote despite a national swing against the PAP.[9][10][11]

Prior to the 2025 general election, a polling district was moved from Mountbatten SMC to the newly created Marine Parade–Braddell Heights GRC.[12] It was announced at the same election that Lim would retire from politics; Gho, a political newcomer, replaced him as the PAP candidate for the SMC.[13][14] She defeated independent candidate and Bitcoin investor Jeremy Tan with 63.82% of the vote, a negative swing of 10% from 2020.[15][16]

Member of Parliament

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Year Member Party
Formation
Legislative Assembly of Singapore
1959 Seow Peck Leng SPA
1963 Ng Yeow Chong PAP
Parliament of Singapore
1968 Ng Yeow Chong PAP
1972
1976
1980 Eugene Yap Giau Cheng
1984
1988
1991
Constituency abolished (1997 – 2011)
2011 Lim Biow Chuan PAP
2015
2020
2025 Gho Sze Kee

Electoral results

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Note : Elections Department Singapore do not include rejected votes for calculation of candidate's vote share. Hence, the total of all candidates' vote share will be 100%.

Elections in 1950s

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General Election 1959[17][18]
Party Candidate Votes %
SPA Seow Peck Leng 3,031 33.71
PAP Tay Kim Sun 2,143 23.84
MCA Wong Foo Nam 1,903 21.17
KURA Felice Leon-Soh 1,354 15.06
LSP Wee Soo Bee 559 6.22
Majority 888 9.87
Total valid votes 8,990 99.28
Rejected ballots 65 0.72
Turnout 9,055 88.67
Registered electors 10,212
SPA win (new seat)

Elections in 1960s

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General Election 1963[19][20]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
PAP Ng Yeow Chong 7,751 48.97  25.13
BS Fung Yin Ching 5,158 32.59 N/A
SA Lee Kim Chuan 1,865 11.78  21.93
Independent Felice Leon-Soh 1,053 6.66  8.40
Majority 2,593 16.38  6.51
Total valid votes 15,827 99.11  0.17
Rejected ballots 142 0.89  0.17
Turnout 15,969 94.81  6.14
Registered electors 16,843  64.93
PAP gain from SPA Swing  25.13

Notes: the incumbent Singapore People's Alliance (SPA) had joined the UMNO-MCA-MIC alliance to form the Singapore Alliance Party (SA) in this election.[21]

General Election 1968[22]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
PAP Ng Yeow Chong Unopposed
Registered electors 12,760  24.24
PAP hold

Elections in 1970s

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General Election 1972[23]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
PAP Ng Yeow Chong Unopposed
Registered electors 14,396  12.82
PAP hold
General Election 1976[24][25]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
PAP Ng Yeow Chong 9,412 65.86 N/A
UF Seow Khee Leng 4,878 34.14 N/A
Majority 4,534 31.72 N/A
Total valid votes 14,290 97.16 N/A
Rejected ballots 417 2.84 N/A
Turnout 14,707 95.25 N/A
Registered electors 15,440  7.25
PAP hold

Elections in 1980s

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General Election 1980[26]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
PAP Eugene Yap Giau Cheng Unopposed
Registered electors 14,045  9.03
PAP hold
General Election 1984[27][28]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
PAP Eugene Yap Giau Cheng 16,077 81.32 N/A
Independent Tan Ah Teng 3,692 18.68 N/A
Majority 12,385 62.64 N/A
Total valid votes 19,769 96.41 N/A
Rejected ballots 736 3.59 N/A
Turnout 20,505 95.46 N/A
Registered electors 21,480  52.94
PAP hold Swing N/A
General Election 1988[29][30]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
PAP Eugene Yap Giau Cheng 12,712 78.15  3.17
Independent Chiam Pan Boon 3,554 21.85  3.17
Majority 9,158 56.30  6.34
Total valid votes 16,266 96.20  0.21
Rejected ballots 643 3.80  0.21
Turnout 16,909 95.28  0.18
Registered electors 17,747  17.38
PAP hold Swing  3.17

Elections in 1990s

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General Election 1991[31][32]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
PAP Eugene Yap Giau Cheng 11,029 77.95  0.20
Independent Yen Kim Khooi 3,119 22.05  0.20
Majority 7,910 55.90  0.40
Total valid votes 14,148 95.98  0.22
Rejected ballots 593 4.02  0.22
Turnout 14,741 95.12  0.16
Registered electors 15,497  12.68
PAP hold Swing  0.2

Elections in 2010s

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General Election 2011[33][34]
Party Candidate Votes %
PAP Lim Biow Chuan 11,985 58.62
NSP Jeannette Chong-Aruldoss 8,461 41.38
Majority 3,524 17.24
Total valid votes 20,446 98.00
Rejected ballots 419 2.00
Turnout 20,865 87.92
Registered electors 23,731
PAP win (new seat)
General Election 2015[35][36]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
PAP Lim Biow Chuan 15,331 71.86  13.24
SPP Jeannette Chong-Aruldoss 6,004 28.14  13.24
Majority 9,327 43.72  26.48
Total valid votes 21,335 98.46  0.46
Rejected ballots 334 2.34  0.46
Turnout 21,669 89.75  1.83
Registered electors 24,143  1.74
PAP hold Swing  13.24

Elections in 2020s

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General Election 2020[37][38]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
PAP Lim Biow Chuan 16,285 73.82  1.96
PV Sivakumaran Chellappa 5,775 26.18 N/A
Majority 10,510 47.64  3.92
Total valid votes 22,060 97.39  1.07
Rejected ballots 589 2.61  1.07
Turnout 22,649 93.41  3.66
Registered electors 24,246  0.43
PAP hold Swing  1.96
General Election 2025[39]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
PAP Gho Sze Kee 12,602 63.82  10.00
Independent Jeremy Tan 7,143 36.18 N/A
Majority 5,459 27.64  20.00
Total valid votes 19,745 97.66  0.27
Rejected ballots 474 2.34  0.27
Turnout 20,219 88.51  4.90
Registered electors 22,843  5.79
PAP hold Swing  10.00

Notes

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  1. ^ Malay: Kawasan Undi Perseorangan Mountbatten; Chinese: 蒙巴登单选区; Tamil: மவுண்ட்பேட்டன் தனித்தொகுதி[1]

References

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