East Coast Group Representation Constituency
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Group Representation Constituency for the Parliament of Singapore | |
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| Region | Southeastern Singapore |
| Electorate | 99,118 |
| Current constituency | |
| Created | 1997 |
| Number of members | 4 |
| Member(s) |
Lim Swee Say Maliki Osman Lee Yi Shyan Jessica Tan |
| Town Council | East Coast-Fengshan |
East Coast Group Representation Constituency (Chinese: 东海岸集选区; Malay: Kawasan Undi Perwakilan Berkumpulan East Coast; Tamil: ஈஸ்ட் கோஸ்ட் குழுத்தொகுதி) is a four-member Group Representation Constituency in the eastern area of Singapore. The areas of the Group Representation Constituency consists of East Coast, Bedok, Changi-Simei, Siglap, Tampines, Pasir Ris, Kampong Chai Chee, Changi Airport and the offshore islands of Pulau Tekong and Pulau Ubin. The GRC also covers a large portion of Singapore's eastern territorial waters.
East Coast GRC is led by the former Minister for Manpower Lim Swee Say and co-led by Senior Minister of State and Mayor of South East CDC Maliki Osman.
History
East Coast GRC was formed in 1997 as a six-member Group Representation Constituency. East Coast GRC was formed with a merger of Bedok Group Representation Constituency and Eunos Group Representation Constituency.
Joo Chiat Single Member Constituency was formerly part of the GRC until 2001, and subsumed into Marine Parade GRC as of the 2015 elections. A large portion of the Kaki Bukit division and 60% of Kampong Chai Chee was transferred from East Coast GRC to Marine Parade GRC and saw the removal of Chew Heng Ching, Tan Soo Khoon and Lee Yock Suan due to the advanced age in 2006, followed by S Jayakumar and Abdullah Tarmugi in 2011. It was downsized from six members to five members following the redrawing of divisions into the Marine Parade GRC in 2006. The offshore island of Coney Island was transferred to Pasir Ris-Punggol GRC in 2015, while Fengshan SMC was carved out and East Coast GRC was left with four members.
The People's Action Party won in a walkover in the 1997 and 2001 general elections. It saw its first contest in the 2006 general election from the Workers' Party. In 2011 and 2015, the PAP received numerous close fights with the Workers' Party but the former won in both elections in the end, though the results allowed WP candidates to enter parliament as Non-Constituency MPs both times.
Members of Parliament
| Election | Bedok | Fengshan | Kampong Chai Chee | Siglap | Joo Chiat | Kaki Bukit | Changi-Simei |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1991 | Bedok GRC | Marine Parade GRC | Eunos GRC | Tampines GRC as Changkat South | |||
| Formation | |||||||
| 1997 | Shunmugam Jayakumar | Chng Hee Hok | Tan Soo Khoon | Abdullah Tarmugi | Chan Soo Sen | Chew Heng Ching | Aljunied GRC |
| 2001 | Raymond Lim Siang Keat | SMC | Lee Yock Suan | ||||
| 2006 | Lee Yi Shyan | Marine Parade GRC | Jessica Tan Soon Neo | ||||
| 2011 | Lim Swee Say | Maliki Osman | Aljunied GRC | ||||
| 2015 | SMC | Marine Parade GRC | |||||
Areas of responsibility
- Bedok - Bedok South (Blks 1-65), Lucky Heights and Bayshore
- Changi-Simei - All blocks in Simei and Upper Changi Road.
- Kampong-Chai Chee - Bedok (Blks 130-140, 2xx and 4xx), Bedok Town Centre/MRT/Bus Interchange, Bedok Mall,Heartbeat @ Bedok and Longvale HDB.
- Siglap - Kew Crescent, Stratford Ria Court, Eastwood, UE BizHub East, Flora Road, Pulau Ubin, Pulau Tekong, Changi Village and Changi Airport , Bedok South Blks 66-73 and 155-172 ,Singapore Expo ,Changi Business Park
Candidates and results
Elections in the 2010s
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PAP | Lim Swee Say Lee Yi Shyan Maliki Osman Jessica Tan |
54,981 | 60.7% | +5.9% | |
| WP | Leon Perera Daniel Goh Pei Siong Gerald Giam Mohamed Fairoz Bin Shariff |
35,547 | 39.3% | -5.9% | |
| Majority | 19,434 | 21.4% | |||
| Rejected ballots | |||||
| Turnout | |||||
| PAP hold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PAP | Lim Swee Say Raymond Lim Maliki Osman Lee Yi Shyan Jessica Tan |
59,992 | 54.8 | -9.1 | |
| WP | Gerald Giam Png Eng Huat Mohd Fazli Talip Eric Tan Heng Chong Glenda Han |
49,429 | 45.2 | +9.1 | |
| Majority | 10,563 | 9.6 | |||
| Turnout | 111,269 | 92.5 | |||
| PAP hold | Swing | -9.1 | |||
Elections in the 2000s
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PAP | S Jayakumar Raymond Lim Abdullah Tarmugi Lee Yi Shyan Jessica Tan |
66,931 | 63.9 | ||
| WP | Abdul Rahim Abdul Rahman Brandon Siow Wei-Min Chia Ti Lik Eric Tan Heng Chong Perry Tong Tzee Kwang |
37,873 | 36.1 | ||
| Turnout | 107,028 | 91.7 | |||
| PAP hold | Swing | N/A | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PAP | S Jayakumar Raymond Lim Lee Yock Suan Abdullah Tarmugi Tan Soo Khoon Chew Heng Ching |
Walkover | |||
| Turnout | 144,012 | N/A | |||
| PAP hold | Swing | N/A | |||
Elections in the 1990s
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PAP | S Jayakumar Ch'ng Hee Kok Tan Soo Khoon Abdulah Tarmugi Chew Heng Ching Chan Soo Sen |
Walkover | |||
| Turnout | 142,201 | N/A | |||
| PAP win (new seat) | |||||
References
- 1997 General Election's Result
- 2001 General Election's Result
- 2006 General Election's Result
- 2011 General Election's Result
