Tanjong Pagar Group Representation Constituency

Tanjong Pagar
Tanjong Pagar
	Group Representation Constituency; for the Parliament of Singapore
Region	Central Singapore
Electorate	130,752
Current constituency
Created	1991
Number of members	5
Member(s)	Indranee Rajah; Chan Chun Sing; Chia Shi-Lu; Joan Pereira; Melvin Yong Yik Chye
Town Council	Tanjong Pagar

Not to be confused with the now-defunct Tanjong Pagar Single Member Constituency, where the first Prime Minister of Singapore Lee Kuan Yew made his debut.

Tanjong Pagar Group Representation Constituency (Chinese: 丹戎巴葛集选区; Malay: Kawasan Undi Perwakilan Berkumpulan Tanjong Pagar; Tamil: தஞ்சோங் பகார் குழுத்தொகுதி) is currently a five-member Group Representation Constituency (GRC) in Central and Western Singapore, consisting of the Buona Vista, Queenstown, Moulmein-Cairnhill, Tanjong Pagar-Tiong Bahru and Henderson-Dawson electoral wards. Geographically, this GRC consists of the areas of Tanjong Pagar, Queenstown, Tiong Bahru, Tanglin , Orchard Road, Bukit Merah , Buona Vista and Pek Kio.

Tanjong Pagar GRC is co-led by Minister in the Prime Minister's Office and second minister of Finance and Education Indranee Rajah, and led by Minister for Trade and Industry Chan Chun Sing. This GRC notably contains the electoral division where the late founding Prime Minister and former Senior Minister and Minister Mentor Lee Kuan Yew had stood since his debut in 1955 until his death on 23 March 2015, after serving for 60 years.

History

This GRC came into formation in 1991, when it absorbed the Tiong Bahru GRC, Telok Blangah SMC and Tanjong Pagar SMC. Since the formation of the GRC, the ward was notable for its repeated walkovers until the ward faced its inaugural contest on the 2015 elections. The last time where the ward was uncontested was in the 2011 elections, where a group of independents led by Ng Teck Siong were disqualified from contesting this GRC after submitting the nomination papers 35 seconds late, resulting in this ward as the sole constituency to be uncontested.^[1]

Several current ministers had cut their teeth in Tanjong Pagar before moving on to other constituencies. Among them, the following:

Lim Hng Kiang made his debut in the Telok Blangah ward in 1991, where his ward was absorbed into West Coast GRC in 1997. He was the Minister for Trade and Industry (Trade) until he stepped down from the cabinet in 2018.
Lim Swee Say made his debut in 1997 as MP for the Buona Vista ward. His ward was redrawn into Holland-Bukit Panjang GRC in 2001, and then to Holland-Bukit Timah GRC in 2006. He moved to East Coast GRC in 2011, where he was the Minister for Manpower until he stepped down from the cabinet in 2018.
Khaw Boon Wan served as MP for the Moulmein ward from 2001, when he made his debut, to 2006, when he moved to Sembawang GRC. He is currently the Chairman of PAP, the Co-ordinating Minister for Infrastructure, as well as the Minister for Transport.
Indranee Rajah also made her debut in 2001 as the MP for the Tanglin-Cairnhill ward (now Moulmein-Cairnhill and Henderson-Dawson). She was given a portfolio of Senior Minister of State in 2012, and promoted to full minister on 2018. She is currently the MP for Tanjong Pagar-Tiong Bahru ward (which previously led by the late Lee Kuan Yew), and was now the Minister in the Prime Minister's Office, and Second Minister for Finance and Education.
Lui Tuck Yew also made his debut in the Moulmein ward (in place of Khaw) during the 2006 general elections, after which he held the portfolio of Minister for Information, Communications and the Arts. His ward was redrawn into the Moulmein-Kallang GRC in the 2011 elections, after which he became the Minister for Transport and Second Minister for Defence. After Lui retired politics in 2015, a majority of his ward was returned to Tanjong Pagar GRC, while the remaining were subsumed into Bishan-Toa Payoh GRC, Holland-Bukit Timah GRC and Jalan Besar GRC.
Chan Chun Sing made his debut in the Buona Vista ward (in place of Lim) in 2011; the ward had been returned to Tanjong Pagar GRC from the downsized Holland-Bukit Timah GRC. He is currently the Minister for Trade & Industry, and is still the MP for the Buona Vista ward as of today.

After Lee became Senior Minister in 1991, Koo Tsai Kee substituted Lee for his Meet-the-People Sessions (MPS). After his retirement from the cabinet (but remained as MP for Tanjong Pagar-Tiong Bahru) in 2011, Indranee Rajah took over Koo for the MPS, who also retired prior from the elections.

After Lee's passing on 2015, this GRC faced its first contest from Singaporeans First, whose candidates included former SDP members Tan Jee Say and Ang Yong Guan. Following the election victory, Rajah was succeeded in Lee's ward; her ward of Tanglin-Cairnhill was divided into Henderson-Dawson and Moulmein-Cairnhill wards and were helmed by Joan Pereira and Melvin Yong, respectively.

Members of Parliament

Election	Radin Mas	Tiong Bahru	Tanjong Pagar-Tiong Bahru	Telok Blangah	Buona Vista	Leng Kee	Queenstown	Moulmein-Cairnhill	Henderson-Dawson	Kreta Ayer-Kim Seng
1988	Tiong Bahru GRC as Henderson, Radin Mas & Tiong Bahru		SMC as Tanjong Pagar	SMC	SMC	SMC	Brickworks GRC	SMC as Moulmein	SMC as Tanglin and Cairnhill	SMC as Kreta Ayer and Kim Seng
Formation								SMC as Moulmein	SMC as Tanglin and Cairnhill	SMC as Kreta Ayer and Kim Seng
1991	S Vasoo	Koo Tsai Kee	Lee Kuan Yew as Tanjong Pagar	Lim Hng Kiang				Kampong Glam GRC as Moulmein	Cairnhill was absorbed into Kampong Glam GRC, while Tanglin remained as SMC	Kim Seng carved into Kampong Glam GRC, while Kreta Ayer remained as Kreta Ayer SMC
1997	S Vasoo			West Coast GRC	Lim Swee Say	Ow Chin Hock	Chay Wai Chuen	Kreta Ayer-Tanglin GRC as Moulmein, Tanglin, Kreta Ayer and Kim Seng
2001	Chong Weng Chiew				Holland-Bukit Panjang GRC	Absorbed into Queenstown	Chay Wai Chuen	Khaw Boon Wan as Moulmein	Indranee Rajah as Tanglin-Cairnhill	Jalan Besar GRC
2006	Sam Tan Chin Siong				Holland-Bukit Timah GRC		Baey Yam Keng	Lui Tuck Yew as Moulmein		Jalan Besar GRC
2011	SMC	Merged with Tanjong Pagar as Tanjong Pagar-Tiong Bahru	Lee Kuan Yew (2011-2015)¹		Chan Chun Sing		Chia Shi Lu	Moulmein-Kallang GRC as Moulmein		Lily Neo
2015	SMC	Merged with Tanjong Pagar as Tanjong Pagar-Tiong Bahru	Indranee Rajah		Chan Chun Sing		Chia Shi Lu	Melvin Yong	Joan Pereira	Jalan Besar GRC

^ Lee passed away on 23 March 2015 due to Pneumonia.

Areas of Responsibility

• Tanjong Pagar-Tiong Bahru -- Tanjong Pagar Road, Tanjong Pagar Plaza, The Pinnacle @ Duxton, Everton Park ,Spottiswoode Park Estate ,Cantonment Close ,Former Tanjong Pagar Railway Station, Silat Road, Singapore General Hospital, Jalan Bukit Merah (East of Henderson Road) , Kim Tian Road/Place, Jalan Membina, Boon Tiong Road, Tiong Bahru Market, Tiong Bahru Pre-/Post- War Flats (Blks 17-82), Tiong Bahru MRT, Tiong Bahru Plaza, Bukit Pasoh Road, Craig Road

• Henderson-Dawson -- Skyville & Skyterrace @ Dawson, Strathmore Green, Margaret Drive, Dempsey Hill, Tanglin Road, South of Orchard Road, Somerset, River Valley, Henderson Crescent, City Vue @ Henderson, Bukit Merah View, Fort Canning, Oxley Road, Prince Charles Crescent, Mohammed Sultan Road, Robertson Quay, Great World City

• Moulmein-Cairnhill -- Little India (East of Serangoon Road), Cambridge Road, East of Owen Road, Dorset Road, Farrer Park Field, KK Women's and Children's Hospital, Newton, Balmoral Road, Barker Road, Cairnhill Road/Circle, Mt Sophia, Dhoby Ghaut, North of Orchard Road, Stevens Road, East of Farrer Road, Singapore Botanic Gardens, Anthony Road, Newton Hawker Centre, Goldhill Plaza, United Square, Istana, Keng Lee Road, Malcolm Road, Novena Lodge

• Buona Vista -- Holland Drive/Close/Ave, Holland Village/MRT, Jelita Estate ,Part of Sixth Avenue and Jalan Haji Alias, Victoria Park Road, D'Leedon , Leedon Road, Chip Bee Gardens, Commonwealth Crescent/Close/Lane, Blks 50-54 Commonwealth Drive, Blks 88-92 Tanglin Halt Road, Jalan Lim Tai See, Commonwealth MRT

• Queenstown-- Commonwealth Drive, Mei Ling Street, Stirling Road/View, Mei Chin Road, Queenstown MRT, Margaret Drive, Dundee Road, Forfar Heights, Queens Close, Alexandra Village, Jalan Bukit Merah (ABC Market), Brickworks Estate, Queens Condo, Jalan Rumah Tinggi, Lengkok Bahru, Jalan Tiong/Hoy Fatt Road, Queenstown Stadium/Swimming Complex, Leng Kee Road

Candidates and results

Elections in 2010s

General Election 2015: Tanjong Pagar GRC
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	PAP	Indranee Rajah Chan Chun Sing Chia Shi-Lu Joan Pereira Melvin Yong	90,448	77.71	N/A
	SingFirst	Tan Jee Say Ang Yong Guan Chirag Praful Desai Chiu Weng Hoe Melvyn Mohamad Fahmi Bin Ahmad Rais	25,943	22.29	N/A
Majority			64,505	55.42	N/A
Rejected ballots			2,405	2.02	N/A
Turnout			118,796	90.86	N/A
Registered electors			130,752
	PAP hold		Swing	N/A

General Election 2011: Tanjong Pagar GRC
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	PAP	Lee Kuan Yew Lily Neo Indranee Rajah Chan Chun Sing Chia Shi-Lu	Walkover
Turnout			139,771	N/A	N/A
	PAP hold		Swing	N/A

Elections in 2000s

General Election 2006: Tanjong Pagar GRC
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	PAP	Lee Kuan Yew Koo Tsai Kee Indernee Rajah Lui Tuck Yew Baey Yam Keng Sam Tan	Walkover
Turnout			148,141	N/A	N/A
	PAP hold		Swing	N/A

General Election 2001: Tanjong Pagar GRC
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	PAP	Lee Kuan Yew Chay Wai Chuen Koo Tsai Kee Khaw Boon Wan Indranee Rajah Chong Weng Chiew	Walkover
Turnout			141,150	N/A	N/A
	PAP hold		Swing	N/A

Elections in 1990s

General Election 1997: Tanjong Pagar GRC
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	PAP	Lee Kuan Yew Ow Chin Hock S Vasoo Chay Wai Chuen Koo Tsai Kee Lim Swee Say	Walkover
Turnout			141,520	N/A	N/A
	PAP hold		Swing	N/A

General Election 1991: Tanjong Pagar GRC
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	PAP	Lee Kuan Yew S Vasoo Koo Tsai Kee Lim Hng Kiang	Walkover
Turnout			86,944	N/A	N/A
	PAP win (new seat)

References

↑ Chua, Lee Hoong (28 April 2011). "Singapore heads to history-making polls on May 7". The Straits Times. Retrieved 9 May 2011.

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[1] Chua, Lee Hoong (28 April 2011). "Singapore heads to history-making polls on May 7". The Straits Times. Retrieved 9 May 2011.

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Tanjong Pagar
Group Representation Constituency for the Parliament of Singapore

Region	Central Singapore
Electorate	130,752
Current constituency
Created	1991
Number of members	5
Member(s)	Indranee Rajah Chan Chun Sing Chia Shi-Lu Joan Pereira Melvin Yong Yik Chye
Town Council	Tanjong Pagar