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Bukit Batok
Single Member constituency for the Parliament of Singapore
Region	West Region, Singapore
Electorate	29,950
Current constituency
Created	1972; 52 years ago (1972)
Seats	1
Party	People's Action Party
Member(s)	Murali Pillai
Town Council	Jurong–Clementi
Merged	1997
Merged to	Bukit Timah GRC
Reformed	2015
Reformed from	Jurong GRC

Bukit Batok Single Member Constituency (SMC) is a single member constituency in Bukit Batok of Singapore. It used to exist from 1972 to 1988 as Bukit Batok Constituency and was renamed as Bukit Batok Single Member Constituency (SMC) as part of Singapore's political reforms. The current Member of Parliament for the constituency is People's Action Party (PAP) Murali Pillai.

History

In 1972, the constituency was formed from merging parts of Bukit Timah, Chua Chu Kang and Bukit Panjang constituencies and was known as Bukit Batok Constituency.^[1]

In 2016, incumbent PAP MP, David Ong, resigned for personal reasons and a by-election was called to replace the empty seat.^[2] On 7 May, Murali Pillai won the Bukit Batok by-election against Singapore Democratic Party (SDP) secretary-general, Chee Soon Juan with a vote count of 61.2% to 38.8%.^[3]

Members of Parliament

Electoral results

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 1970s

General Election 1976: Bukit Batok^[6][7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	PAP	Chai Chong Yii	12,216	84.57	10.79
	SJP	Sulaiman Jaffar	2,229	15.43	N/A
Majority			9,987	69.14	21.6
Registered electors			15,650		7.46
Total valid votes			14,445	96.88	0.28
Rejected ballots			465	3.12	0.28
Turnout			14,910	95.27	1.72
	PAP hold		Swing	10.79

Elections in 1980s

General Election 1980: Bukit Batok^[8][9]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	PAP	Chai Chong Yii	Unopposed
Registered electors			18,275		16.77
	PAP hold

General Election 1984: Bukit Batok^[10][11]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	PAP	Chai Chong Yii	14,767	78.27	N/A
	UPF	Tan Jue Kit	4,099	21.73	N/A
Majority			10,668	56.54	N/A
Registered electors			20,812		13.88
Total valid votes			18,866	96.23	N/A
Rejected ballots			740	3.77	N/A
Turnout			19,606	94.21	N/A
	PAP hold		Swing	N/A

General Election 1988: Bukit Batok^[12][13]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	PAP	Ong Chit Chung	12,873	55.94	22.33
	SDP	Kwan Yue Keng	10,139	44.06	N/A
Majority			2,734	11.88	44.66
Registered electors			24,138		15.98
Total valid votes			23,012	96.88	0.65
Rejected ballots			381	3.12	0.65
Turnout			23,393	96.91	2.7
	PAP hold		Swing	22.33

Elections in 1990s

General Election 1991: Bukit Batok^[14][15]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	PAP	Ong Chit Chung	12,205	51.8	4.1
	SDP	Kwan Yue Keng	11,347	48.2	4.1
Majority			858	3.57	8.2
Registered electors			24,908		3.19
Total valid votes			23,552	97.86	0.98
Rejected ballots			515	2.14	0.98
Turnout			24,067	96.6	0.3
	PAP hold		Swing	4.1

Elections in 2010s