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Geylang Serai Constituency was a single member constituency within Geylang Serai, Singapore that existed in pre-independence era of 1959 elections by carving a portion from its predecessor constituency, Ulu Bedok Constituency It had remained itself all the way until prior to 1988 elections where it is merged into Marine Parade Group Representation Constituency.

Member of Parliament

Legislative Assembly of Singapore
Year	Member of Parliament	Party
1959	Abdul Hamid bin Haji Jumat		PKMS
1963	Rahmat bin Kenap		PAP
Parliament of Singapore
1968	Rahmat bin Kenap		PAP
1972
1976
1980	Othman bin Haron Eusofe
1984	Othman bin Haron Eusofe

Elections

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

General Election 1959: Geylang Serai
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	PKMS	Abdul Hamid bin Haji Jumat	7,940	63.09
	PAP	Roshan bin Hassan	3,832	30.45
	PMIP	Syed Ahmad Dahlan	460	3.66
	Partai Rakyat Singapore	Harun bin Mohamed Amin	353	2.80
Registered electors			14,447
Total valid votes			12,585	99.14
Rejected ballots			109	0.86
Turnout			12,694	87.87
	PKMS win (new seat)

Elections in 1960s

General Election 1963: Geylang Serai
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	PAP	Rahmat bin Kenap	6,722	48.01	17.56
	SA	Ahmad bin Haji Taff	5,019	35.85	27.24
	PMIP	Mohamed Taha bin Suhaimi	1,201	8.58	4.92
	Independent	Darus Shariff	1,059	7.56	N/A
Majority			1,703	12.16	N/A
Registered electors			15,302		5.92
Total valid votes			14,001	97.07	2.07
Rejected ballots			423	2.93	2.07
Turnout			14,424	94.26	63.9
	PAP gain from PKMS

General Election 1968: Geylang Serai
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	PAP	Rahmat bin Kenap	9,363	83.01	35.00
	Independent	Darus Shariff	1,916	16.99	9.43
Majority			7,447	66.02	53.86
Registered electors			12,741		16.74
Total valid votes			11,279	97.28	0.21
Rejected ballots			315	2.72	0.21
Turnout			11,587	90.9	3.4
	PAP hold		Swing	35.00

Elections in 1970s

General Election 1972: Geylang Serai
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	PAP	Rahmat bin Kenap	6,711	53.59	−29.42
	PKMS	Ahmad Haji Taff	4,978	39.75	+39.75
	United National Front	Raja Rom bin Raja Jaafar	833	6.66	+6.66
Turnout			12,801	92.5	+1.6
	PAP hold		Swing	-29.42

General Election 1976: Geylang Serai
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	PAP	Rahmat bin Kenap	8,780	66.34	+12.75
	PKMS	Amnah bte Kuong Hussein	3,129	23.64	−16.11
	United People's Front	Darus bin Shariff	1,326	10.02	+10.02
Turnout			13,543	95.5	+3.0
	PAP hold		Swing	+12.75

Elections in 1980s

General Election 1980: Geylang Serai
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	PAP	Othman bin Haron Eusofe	13,195	71.99	+5.65
	DPP	Seow Khee Leng	5,134	28.01	+28.01
Turnout			18,832	94.3	−1.2
	PAP hold		Swing	+5.65

General Election 1984: Geylang Serai
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	PAP	Othman bin Haron Eusofe	14,564	65.57	−6.42
	DPP	Mohamed Monsor Rahman	7,649	34.43	+6.42
Turnout			22,956	95.2	+0.9
	PAP hold		Swing	-6.42

References

"ELD | 1959 Legislative Assembly General Election Results". www.eld.gov.sg.
"Singapore Legislative Assembly General Election 1959 > Geylang Serai". www.singapore-elections.com. Archived from the original on 2016-03-23. Retrieved 2022-01-12.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
"ELD | 1963 Legislative Assembly General Election Results". www.eld.gov.sg.
"Singapore Legislative Assembly General Election 1963 > Geylang Serai". www.singapore-elections.com. Archived from the original on 2016-03-22. Retrieved 2022-01-12.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
"ELD | 1968 Parliamentary General Election Results". www.eld.gov.sg.
"Singapore Parliamentary General Election 1968 > Geylang Serai". www.singapore-elections.com. Archived from the original on 2021-12-04. Retrieved 2022-01-12.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)

Constituencies of Singapore

Numbers in parentheses indicate the number of representatives assigned.

Group Representation
Constituencies (GRCs)

Single Member
Constitutencies (SMCs)

Defunct constituencies

MMCs	Municipal North-East (2) Municipal South-West (2)
GRCs	Bedok (4) Brickworks (4) Bukit Timah (5) Cheng San (5) Eunos (4) Holland–Bukit Panjang (5) Hong Kah (5) Kampong Glam (4) Kreta Ayer–Tanglin (4) Moulmein–Kallang (4) Pasir Panjang (3) Pasir Ris (4) Thomson (4) Tiong Bahru (3) Toa Payoh (4)

Lists of electoral divisions

1900s	1948–51 1951–55 1955–59 1959–63 1963–68 1968–72 1972–76 1976–80 1980–84 1984–88 1988–91 1991–97 1997–2001
2000s	2001–06 2006–11 2011–15 2015–20

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