Sembawang Group Representation Constituency

Sembawang
Group Representation Constituency
for the Parliament of Singapore
Region Northwestern Singapore
Electorate 144,672
Current constituency
Created 1988
Number of members 5
Member(s) Khaw Boon Wan
Lim Wee Kiak
Vikram Nair
Ong Ye Kung
Amrin Amin
Town Council Sembawang

Sembawang Group Representation Constituency (Chinese: 三巴旺集选区; Malay: Kawasan Undi Perwakilan Berkumpulan Sembawang; Tamil: செம்பவாங் குழுத்தொகுதி) is a five-member Group Representation Constituency (GRC) located in the northern area of Singapore. The GRC consists of Sembawang, Woodlands, Admiralty, Canberra and Gambas. It also encompasses a section of Singapore's northern territorial waters in the Straits of Johor.

Since its creation in 1988, the GRC has been held by the People's Action Party and it has been uncontested at every general election until the general election in 2006. The Group Representation Constituency was led by Tony Tan (who would later serve as the 7th President of the Republic of Singapore from 2011 till 2017) until his retirement in 2006.

The largest number of voters meant that the constituencies are split into Holland-Bukit Panjang GRC in 2001 (Bukit Panjang division), Nee Soon GRC in 2011 (Chong Pang and Canberra divisions) and Marsiling-Yew Tee GRC in 2015 (Marsiling and Woodgrove divisions). Nee Soon GRC had handed back Simpang planning area to Sembawang GRC to allow further development in 2015.

Currently, Sembawang GRC is led by PAP chairman Khaw Boon Wan whom is also Coordinating Minister for Infrastructure and Transport Minister and it is also co-led by Education Minister Ong Ye Kung.

Members of Parliament

Election Chong Pang Nee Soon East Sembawang Bukit Panjang Marsiling Woodlands Admiralty Canberra Woodgrove Gambas
1984 Carved from Sembawang Carved from Nee Soon SMC SMC
Formation
1988 K Shanmugam Charles Chong Tony Tan Keng Yam
1991 Ho Peng Kee Lee Yiok Seng Carved from Bukit Panjang Carved from Sembawang
1997 Teo Ho Pin Hawazi Bin Daipi Chin Tet Yung Carved from Woodlands Carved from Sembawang
2001 SMC Holland-Bukit Panjang GRC Mohd Maliki Osman Warren Lee
2006 Khaw Boon Wan SMC Ellen Lee Geck Hoon Lim Wee Kiak Carved from Woodlands,Marsiling and Admiralty
2011 Nee Soon GRC Vikram Nair Nee Soon GRC Ong Teng Koon Carved from Chong Pang, Nee Soon East, Nee Soon South, Sembawang
2015 Marsiling-Yew Tee GRC Amrin Amin Lim Wee Kiak Marsiling-Yew Tee GRC Ong Ye Kung

Areas of responsibility

  • Admiralty - Woodlands (part of Blks 5xx and 6xx except 509-526), Champions Way,Singapore Sports School, Woodlands Health Campus(U/C)
  • Canberra - Sembawang (Blks 3xx and 4xx Except 301-318,350-355)
  • Sembawang - Sembawang (Blks 5xx), Woodlands (Blks 7xx), Sembawang Spring Estate (right of Sembawang Road),Admiralty Road West
  • Gambas - Sembawang (Blks 1xx, 301-318 & 350-355), Yishun (Blks 333-336, 385-399 & 4xx), Sembawang Spring Estate (left of Sembawang Road) and Mintonia Close, Future Simpang
  • Woodlands - Woodlands (parts of Blks 6xx, 7xx & 8xx), Woodlands Regional Centre (MRT/Bus Interchange ,Causeway Point, Civic Centre) , Replublic Polytecnic, Woodlands North Coast (Future Development)

Candidates and results

Elections in 2010s

General Election 2015: Sembawang GRC
Party Candidate Votes % ±
PAP Khaw Boon Wan
Lim Wee Kiak
Vikram Nair
Ong Ye Kung
Amrin Amin		 96,639 72.28% +8.38
NSP Abdul Rasheed S/O Y Abdul Kuthus
Kevryn Lim
Spencer Ng Chung Hon
Yadzeth Bin Haris
Eugene Yeo Ren Yuan		 37,067 27.72% N/A
Majority 59,572 44.5 +16.7
Rejected ballots 3,796 2.76 +0.32
Turnout 137,502 95.04 +0.17
PAP hold Swing +8.38
General Election 2011: Sembawang GRC
Party Candidate Votes % ±
PAP Khaw Boon Wan
Hawazi Bin Daipi
Ellen Lee
OngTeng Koon
Vikram Nair		 84,252 63.90 -12.8
SDP John Tan
James Gomez
Mohd Isa Aziz
Sadasivam Veriyah
Jarrod Luo		 47,605 36.10 +12.8
Turnout 135,148 94.87 +0.07
PAP hold Swing -12.8

Elections in 2000s

General Election 2006: Sembawang GRC
Party Candidate Votes % ±
PAP Khaw Boon Wan
K Shanmugam
Hawazi Daipi
Ellen Lee
Mohd Maliki Osman
Lim Wee Kiak		 130,170 76.70 N/A
SDP Chee Siok Chin
Christopher Neo Ting Wei
Francis Yong Chu Leong
Gerald Sng Choon Guan
Mohd Isa Abdul Aziz
Narayanasamy Gogelavany		 39,537 23.30 N/A
Turnout 175,194 94.8 N/A
PAP hold Swing N/A
General Election 2001: Sembawang GRC
Party Candidate Votes % ±
PAP Tony Tan Keng Yam
K Shanmugam
Chin Tet Yung
Hawazi Daipi
Mohd Maliki Osman
Warren Lee		 Walkover
Turnout 166,137 N/A
PAP hold Swing N/A

Elections in 1990s

General Election 1997: Sembawang GRC
Party Candidate Votes % ±
PAP Tony Tan Keng Yam
Hawazi Daipi
K Shanmugam
Ho Peng Kee
Chin Tet Yung
Teo Ho Pin		 Walkover
Turnout 154,402 N/A
PAP hold Swing N/A
General Election 1991: Sembawang GRC
Party Candidate Votes % ±
PAP Tony Tan Keng Yam
Lee yiok Seng
K Shanmugam
Ho Peng Kee		 Walkover
Turnout 117,951 N/A
PAP hold Swing N/A

Elections in 1980s

General Election 1988: Sembawang GRC
Party Candidate Votes % ±
PAP Tony Tan Keng Yam
K Shanmugam
Charles Chong		 36,154 70.1%
United People's Front Harbans Singh
Ang Bee Lian
Kasim bin Ibrahim		 15,436 29.9%
Turnout 53,596 96.3 N/A
PAP win (new seat)

References

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