East Coast Group Representation Constituency

East Coast
East Coast
Group Representation constituency; for the Parliament of Singapore
Region	East and North-East Regions, Singapore
Electorate	150,691
Current constituency
Created	1997; 28 years ago
Seats	5
Party	People's Action Party
Member(s)	Heng Swee Keat; Jessica Tan; Cheryl Chan; Tan Kiat How; Maliki Osman
Town Council	East Coast
Created from	Bedok GRC; Eunos GRC; Changi SMC; Fengshan SMC;

The East Coast Group Representation Constituency is a five-member

Kampong Chai Chee managed by East Coast Town Council. The current MPs are from the People's Action Party (PAP) Heng Swee Keat, Jessica Tan, Cheryl Chan, Tan Kiat How and Maliki Osman

.

History

East Coast GRC was formed in

Marine Parade GRC

in 2006.

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.

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. East Coast GRC was increased in size to five after Fengshan SMC has been absorbed back into East Coast GRC for the 2020 general election

.

The

Workers' Party. This GRC is a perennial battleground between the two parties. In 2011 and 2015, the People's Action Party received numerous close fights with the Workers' Party and won both times, though the results allowed Workers' Party

candidates to enter parliament as Non-Constituency MPs both times.

In October 2015, Lee Yi Shyan stepped down from his ministerial post after suffering from a stroke in May 2015. Lim Swee Say retired from politics too prior to the 2020 general election.

The resulting election saw the PAP retaining East Coast GRC, albeit with the second closest marginal result after

West Coast GRC

.

In 2025, the Loyang, Flora, Changi Village, Changi Airfreight Centre and Changi Airport of Siglap ward were moved to the newly created

Pasir Ris-Changi GRC. Changi South and Changi Business Park were merged into Changi-Simei ward as a result from Siglap. The GRC also absorbed Joo Chiat ward of the defunct Marine Parade GRC, and merged with Siglap ward and still named as Siglap.^[2]^[3]

Members of Parliament

Election	Division	Incumbent	Party
1997	Bedok Fengshan Joo Chiat Kaki Bukit Kampong Chai Chee Siglap	S. Jayakumar Chng Hee Kok Chan Soo Sen Chew Heng Ching Tan Soo Khoon Abdullah Tarmugi		PAP
2001	Bedok Changi-Simei Fengshan Kaki Bukit Kampong Chai Chee Siglap	S. Jayakumar Lee Yock Suan Raymond Lim Chew Heng Ching Tan Soo Khoon Abdullah Tarmugi
2006	Bedok Changi-Simei Fengshan Kampong Chai Chee Siglap	S. Jayakumar Jessica Tan Raymond Lim Lee Yi Shyan Abdullah Tarmugi
2011	Bedok Changi-Simei Fengshan Kampong Chai Chee Siglap	Lim Swee Say Jessica Tan Raymond Lim Lee Yi Shyan Maliki Osman
2015	Bedok Changi-Simei Kampong Chai Chee Siglap	Lim Swee Say Jessica Tan Lee Yi Shyan Maliki Osman
2020	Bedok Changi-Simei Fengshan Kampong Chai Chee Siglap	Heng Swee Keat Jessica Tan Cheryl Chan Tan Kiat How Maliki Osman
2025

Electoral results

Note : Elections Department Singapore do not include rejected votes for calculation of candidate's vote share. Hence, the total of all candidates' vote share will be 100%.

Elections in 1990s

General Election 1997: East Coast GRC
Party		Candidate	Votes
	PAP	S Jayakumar Chng Hee Kok Chan Soo Sen Chew Heng Ching Tan Soo Khoon Abdullah Tarmugi	Unopposed
Registered electors			142,201
	PAP win (new seat)

Elections in 2000s

General Election 2001: East Coast GRC
Party		Candidate	Votes
	PAP	S Jayakumar Lee Yock Suan Raymond Lim Chew Heng Ching Tan Soo Khoon Abdullah Tarmugi	Unopposed
Registered electors			144,012
	PAP hold

General Election 2006: East Coast GRC
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	PAP	S Jayakumar Jessica Tan Raymond Lim Lee Yi Shyan Abdullah Tarmugi	66,931	63.9	N/A
	WP	Abdul Rahim Abdul Rahman Brandon Siow Chia Ti Lik Eric Tan Perry Tong	37,873	36.1	N/A
Turnout			107,028	91.7	N/A
	PAP hold

Elections in 2010s

General Election 2011: East Coast GRC
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	PAP	Lim Swee Say Jessica Tan Raymond Lim Lee Yi Shyan Maliki Osman	59,992	54.8	9.1
	WP	Png Eng Huat Gerald Giam Mohd Fazli Talip Eric Tan Glenda Han	49,429	45.2	9.1
Majority			10,563	9.6	N/A
Turnout			111,269	92.5	N/A
	PAP hold		Swing	9.1

General Election 2015: East Coast GRC
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	PAP	Lim Swee Say Jessica Tan Lee Yi Shyan Maliki Osman	54,981	60.73	5.9
	WP	Daniel Goh Gerald Giam Leon Perera Mohamed Fairoz Bin Shariff	35,547	39.27	5.9
Majority			19,434	21.4	11.8
Rejected ballots			1,008	1.02
Turnout			99,118		−
	PAP hold		Swing	5.9

Elections in 2020s

General Election 2020: East Coast GRC
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	PAP	Heng Swee Keat Jessica Tan Cheryl Chan Tan Kiat How Maliki Osman	61,144	53.39	7.34
	WP	Nicole Seah Kenneth Foo Abdul Shariff Aboo Kassim Terence Tan Dylan Ng	53,375	46.61	7.34
Majority			7,769	6.78
Rejected ballots			1,393	1.20
Turnout			114,519	94.96	2.61
Registered electors			121,772
	PAP hold		Swing	7.34

References

^ Lai, Linette (1 February 2019). "Registers of electors to be updated, Pedra Branca included under East Coast electoral division". The Straits Times. Retrieved 14 November 2019.
^ Ang, Hwee Min (11 March 2025). "GE2025: Major boundary changes to West Coast, East Coast and Marine Parade GRCs". CNA. Retrieved 12 March 2025.
^ Koh, Fabian (11 March 2025). "GE2025: Extensive changes to electoral boundaries due to population shifts; only 5 GRCs, 4 SMCs left intact". CNA. Retrieved 11 March 2025.

[1] Lai, Linette (1 February 2019). "Registers of electors to be updated, Pedra Branca included under East Coast electoral division". The Straits Times. Retrieved 14 November 2019.

[2] Ang, Hwee Min (11 March 2025). "GE2025: Major boundary changes to West Coast, East Coast and Marine Parade GRCs". CNA. Retrieved 12 March 2025.

[:0-3] Koh, Fabian (11 March 2025). "GE2025: Extensive changes to electoral boundaries due to population shifts; only 5 GRCs, 4 SMCs left intact". CNA. Retrieved 11 March 2025.

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