Pasir Ris–Punggol Group Representation Constituency

Pasir Ris–Punggol
Pasir Ris–Punggol
	Group Representation Constituency; for the Parliament of Singapore
Region	Northeastern Singapore
Electorate	187,252
Current constituency
Created	2001
Number of members	6
Member(s)	Teo Chee Hean; Ng Chee Meng; Teo Ser Luck; Janil Puthucheary; Sun Xueling; Zainal Sapari
Town Council	Pasir Ris–Punggol

Pasir Ris–Punggol Group Representation Constituency (Traditional Chinese: 白沙–榜鵝集選區;Simplified Chinese: 白沙–榜鹅集选区) is a six-member Group Representation Constituency (GRC) in the north-eastern region of Singapore. The constituency consists of Pasir Ris, Punggol and Compassvale in central Sengkang and a small section of Tampines. Formed during the 2001 general election as a five-member GRC, it has been held by the People's Action Party.

With the growth in population of Punggol New Town and Sengkang New Town, the GRC grew from a five-member GRC to a six-member GRC prior to the general election in 2006. In 2011, Punggol East was carved out as a SMC and in 2015, parts of Buangkok and Hougang were split off into Ang Mo Kio GRC, while the northern portions of Punggol were formed to create Punggol Coast ward to retain its six seats.

Pasir Ris–Punggol GRC is led by Deputy Prime Minister Teo Chee Hean who is also the Coordinating Minister for National Security, and the Secretary General of NTUC and Minister in Prime Minister Office Ng Chee Meng. In 2001, the GRC was only contested by the People's Action Party. In the 2006 elections, its opponent is the Singapore Democratic Alliance.

For the 2011 general election, the incumbent People's Action Party has announced that their team would be led by Teo Chee Hean, and include Senior Parliamentary Secretary Teo Ser Luck, Penny Low, Janil Puthucheary, Gan Thiam Poh and Zainal Sapari.^[1]

Members of Parliament

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Election	Pasir Ris East	Pasir Ris West	Punggol North	Punggol South	Sengkang Central	Punggol East	Punggol West	Punggol Coast
1997	Pasir Ris GRC As Pasir Ris Central, Pasir Ris Elias and Pasir Ris Loyang			Cheng San GRC As Punggol East and Punggol Central
Formation
2001	Ahmad bin Mohd Magad	Teo Chee Hean	Penny Low	Charles Chong	Michael Lim as Punggol Central
2006	Ahmad bin Mohd Magad			Teo Ser Luck	Charles Chong as Punggol Central	Michael Palmer
2011	Zainal bin Sapari			Gan Thiam Poh	Teo Ser Luck as Punggol Central	SMC	Janil Puthucheary	Carved from Punggol West
2015	Zainal bin Sapari		Ng Chee Meng	Ang Mo Kio GRC As Sengkang South	Teo Ser Luck	SMC	Sun Xueling	Janil Puthucheary

Electoral map

Pasir Ris East – Pasir Ris (Blk 1xx, 2xx and 4xx), Jalan Loyang Besar and Downtown East
Pasir Ris West – Pasir Ris (Blk 5xx, 6xx and 7xx), Elias Green, White Sands Shopping Centre and Lorong Halus (Ikea, Courts & Giant)
Sengkang Central – Compassvale Area, Sengkang Central/Compassvale Bow (Sengkang Blk 2xx) and Rivervale link
Punggol North – Punggol (Blk 1xx and some of Blk 6xx)
Punggol West – Punggol (Blk 2xx and some of Blk 3xx)
Punggol Coast – Punggol Northshore Estate, Punggol Sumang, Punggol Waterway & Coney Island (Some of Blk 3xx, Blk 4xx and some of Blk 6xx ) and Punggol Point

Candidates and results

Elections in 2010s

General Election 2015: Pasir Ris–Punggol GRC
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	PAP	Teo Chee Hean Teo Ser Luck Janil Puthucheary Zainal Sapari Ng Chee Meng Sun Xueling	125,021	72.89	+8.10
	SDA	Desmond Lim Harminder Pal Singh Abu Mohammed Arthero Lim Ong Teik Seng Wong Way Weng	46,508	27.11	-8.10
Majority			78,513	45.78	+16.2
Rejected ballots			5,310	3.00
Turnout			176,839	94.37	-0.13
	PAP hold		Swing	N/A

General Election 2011: Pasir Ris–Punggol GRC
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	PAP	Teo Chee Hean Teo Ser Luck Penny Low Janil Puthucheary Zainal Sapari Gan Thiam Poh	100,493	64.79	-3.91
	SDA	Harminder Pal Singh Sidney Soon Mohd Shafni Ahmad Tan Keng Hong Jeffrey Lim Patrick Lee Song Juan	54,601	35.21	+3.91
Turnout			159,639	94.5	-0.3
	PAP hold		Swing	-3.91

Elections in 2000s

General Election 2006: Pasir Ris–Punggol GRC
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	PAP	Teo Chee Hean Teo Ser Luck Penny Low Charles Chong Michael Palmer Ahmad Bin Mohd Mangrp	113,322	68.70	N/A
	SDA	Desmond Lim Ishark Bin Haroun Lineker Lee Hock Huat Mohamad Hamim Bin Aliyas Ong Beng Soon, Elvin Yen Kim Khooi	51,618	31.30	N/A
Turnout			169,172	94.8	N/A
	PAP hold		Swing	N/A

General Election 2001: Pasir Ris–Punggol GRC
Party		Candidate	Votes	±
	PAP	Teo Chee Hean Michael Lim Charles Chong Penny Low Ahmad Bin Mohd Magap	Walkover
Turnout			134,151	N/A
	PAP win (new seat)

References

↑ Ramesh, S (19 April 2011). "GE: PAP announces election line-up". Channel NewsAsia. Retrieved 21 April 2011.
↑ Puthucheary, Janil (12 September 2015). "Thank You Parade". Facebook. Retrieved 12 September 2015.

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[1] Ramesh, S (19 April 2011). "GE: PAP announces election line-up". Channel NewsAsia. Retrieved 21 April 2011.

[2] Puthucheary, Janil (12 September 2015). "Thank You Parade". Facebook. Retrieved 12 September 2015.

Pasir Ris–Punggol
Group Representation Constituency for the Parliament of Singapore

Region	Northeastern Singapore
Electorate	187,252
Current constituency
Created	2001
Number of members	6
Member(s)	Teo Chee Hean Ng Chee Meng Teo Ser Luck Janil Puthucheary Sun Xueling Zainal Sapari
Town Council	Pasir Ris–Punggol