Sembawang Group Representation Constituency
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.
Sembawang | |
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Group Representation Constituency for the Parliament of Singapore | |
Region | Northwestern Singapore |
Electorate | 147,876 |
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 |
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 former Deputy Prime Minister and PAP chairman Tony Tan until his retirement in 2006, who would later go on to serve as the seventh President of the Republic of Singapore (2011 and 2017).
The largest number of voters meant that the constituencies are split into Holland–Bukit Panjang GRC (now Holland–Bukit Timah 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. With the growing development of both Sembawang and Yishun new towns, the next election saw Yishun portion of Gambas, as well as Simpang hiving off to Nee Soon GRC.
Currently, Sembawang GRC is both led by Transport Minister Khaw Boon Wan (who's also the Coordinating Minister for Infrastructure and the fifth PAP chairman) and Education Minister Ong Ye Kung.
Members of Parliament
Election | Division | Incumbent | Party | |
1984 |
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1988 |
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1991 |
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1997 |
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2001 |
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2006 |
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2011 |
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2015 |
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2020 |
Areas of responsibility
- Admiralty - Woodlands (part of Blks 5xx and 6xx, excluding 501-536 and 567-572), Masjid Yusof Ishak and Woodlands Health Campus (Future Development)
- Canberra - Sembawang (Blks 3xx and 4xx excluding 301-318, 350-355)
- Sembawang - Sembawang (Blks 5xx), Woodlands (Blks 7xx), Sembawang Spring Estate (East Sembawang Road) and Admiralty Road West
- Gambas - Sembawang (Blks 1xx, 301-318 & 350-355) and Sembawang Spring Estate (West Sembawang Road)
- Woodlands - Woodlands (parts of Blks 6xx, 7xx & 8xx), Republic Polytechnic and Woodlands North Coast (Future Development)
Candidates and results
Elections in 2020s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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PAP | Ong Ye Kung Lim Wee Kiak Vikram Nair Poh Li San Mariam Jaafar |
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Rejected ballots | |||||
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[[|N/A]] hold | Swing |
Elections in 2010s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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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 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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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
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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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 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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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
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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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 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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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
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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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) |