Jurong Group Representation Constituency
Jurong | |
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Group Representation constituency for the Parliament of Singapore | |
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Region | West Region, Singapore |
Electorate | 131,234 |
Current constituency | |
Created | 2001 |
Seats | 5 |
Party | ![]() |
Member(s) | Rahayu Mahzam Tan Wu Meng Xie Yao Quan Shawn Huang |
Town Council | Jurong–Clementi |
Created from |
The Jurong Group Representation Constituency is a five-member
Within the resignation of former Senior Minister Tharman Shanmugaratnam to run for the 2023 Presidential Elections, this GRC is currently anchor-minister-less until the next general elections are called.
History
In the
The constituency was first contested in the
The ward was first led by the Minister
Ivan Lim was introduced on 24 June 2020 for the General Elections but withdrew 3 days later following allegations of his past behaviour.[2] He was replaced by Xie Yao Quan.
Members of Parliament
Election | Division | Members of Parliament | Party | |
2001 |
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2006 |
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2011 |
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2015 |
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2020 |
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^ Tharman Shanmugaratnam resigned as Member of Parliament in 2023 to contest in the 2023 presidential election. However, no by-election was called on the ground since it was a Group Representation Constituency, the workload for the ward was distributed among the rest of the team.
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 2000s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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PAP | Ong Chit Chung Halimah Yacob Lim Boon Heng Tharman Shanmugaratnam Yu-Foo Yee Shoon |
84,472 | 79.75% | |
SDP | Chee Soon Juan Chee Siok Chin Gandhi s/o Karuppiah Ambalam Mohamed Isa Bin Abdul Aziz Vincent Yeo |
21,511 | 20.25% | |
Turnout | 115,113 | 94.8 | ||
PAP win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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PAP | Ong Chit Chung Halimah Yacob Lim Boon Heng Tharman Shanmugaratnam Grace Fu |
Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 116,573 | ||||
PAP hold |
Elections in 2010s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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PAP | David Ong Halimah Yacob Ang Wei Neng Desmond Lee Tharman Shanmugaratnam |
76,595 | 66.96 | N/A | |
NSP | Abdul Rasheed Cristopher Neo Elvin Ong Ong Hock Siong Noraini Yunus |
37,786 | 33.07 | N/A | |
Turnout | 117,087 | 93.5 | N/A | ||
PAP hold | Swing | N/A |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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PAP | Rahayu Mahzam Tan Wu Meng Ang Wei Neng Desmond Lee Tharman Shanmugaratnam |
95,080 | 79.28 | ![]() | |
SingFirst | Foo Ming Jin David Sukdeu Singh Tan Peng Ann Wong Chee Wai Wong Soon Hong |
24,848 | 20.72 | N/A | |
Majority | 61,666 | 55.37 | N/A | ||
Rejected ballots | 2,432 | ||||
Turnout | 122,360 | ||||
PAP hold | Swing | N/A |
Elections in 2020s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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PAP | Shawn Huang
Tharman Shanmugaratnam |
91,692 | 74.62 | ![]() | |
RDU | Michelle Lee Juen Ravi Philemon Nicholas Tang Liyana Dhamirah Alec Tok |
31,191 | 25.38 | N/A | |
Majority | 60,501 | 49.24 | |||
Rejected ballots | 2,517 | 2.01 | |||
Turnout | 125,400 | 95.55 | ![]() | ||
Registered electors | 131,234 | ||||
PAP hold | Swing | ![]() |
References
- ^ Osman, Dhany (25 June 2020). "GE2020: Tharman to remain anchor minister for PAP's Jurong GRC team". Yahoo News Singapore. Retrieved 18 May 2021.
- ^ "GE2020: PAP prospective candidate Ivan Lim will not contest in election after online criticism". CNA. 27 June 2020. Retrieved 27 June 2020.
- 2020 General Election's result
- 2015 General Election's result
- 2011 General Election's result
- 2006 General Election's result
- 2001 General Election's result
- 1997 General Election's result
- 1991 General Election's result
- 1988 General Election's result