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Bukit Gombak Single Member Constituency

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Bukit Gombak
Single Member constituency for the Parliament of Singapore
Region	Singapore
Current constituency
Created	1988
Seats	1
Party	People's Action Party
Member(s)	Ang Mong Seng
Town Council	Hong Kah
Replaced by	Hong Kah Group Representation Constituency

Bukit Gombak Single Member Constituency (SMC) was a single member constituency in the western area in Singapore. The seat consisted of Bukit Gombak New Town with is made up of Bukit Gombak MRT station and a few private housing estates such as the Hillview area. It was formed in 1988 by carving out Bukit Batok SMC.

In the first election Seet Ai Mee won against Ling How Doong on her first stint in politics, and was defeated 3 years later by Ling in 1991. Ling was then defeated by Ang Mong Seng.

In2001, Bukit Gombak SMC was absorbed into Hong Kah Group Representation Constituency.

Member of Parliament

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Year	Member of Parliament	Party
1988	Seet Ai Mee		PAP
1991	Ling How Doong		SDP
1997	Ang Mong Seng		PAP

Elections

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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 1980s

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General Election 1988: Bukit Gombak^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	PAP	Seet Ai Mee	12,661	53.46
	SDP	Ling How Doong	11,024	46.54
Majority			1,637	6.92
Registered electors			25,221
Turnout			24,086	95.5
	PAP win (new seat)

Elections in 1990s

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General Election 1991: Bukit Gombak^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	SDP	Ling How Doong	12,037	51.40	4.9
	PAP	Seet Ai Mee	11,383	48.60	4.9
Majority			654	2.80	4.12
Registered electors			24,961		1.03
Turnout			23,879	95.7	0.2
	SDP gain from PAP		Swing	4.9

General Election 1997: Bukit Gombak^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	PAP	Ang Mong Seng	15,229	65.14	N/A
	SDP	Ling How Doong	6,643	28.42	22.98
	SPP	Syed Farid Wajidi	1,506	6.44	N/A
Majority			7,080	36.72	33.92
Registered electors			24,909		0.21
Turnout			23,819	95.62	0.08
	PAP gain from SDP		Swing	22.98