Aljunied Group Representation Constituency

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Aljunied
Group Representation constituency
for the Parliament of Singapore
Aljunied GRC locator map.svg
Region North-East and East Regions, Singapore
Electorate151,007
Current constituency
Created1988;37 years ago (1988)
Seats5
Party Workers' Party
Member(s) Gerald Giam
Pritam Singh
Faisal Manap
Sylvia Lim
Town CouncilAljunied–Hougang
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The Aljunied Group Representation Constituency is a five-member group representation constituency (GRC) in the north-eastern and eastern region of Singapore. It consists of a large part of Hougang (excluding Hougang SMC), Paya Lebar, Serangoon Gardens, the southern half of Serangoon North as well as a portion of Bedok. Parts that will be moving to Tampines GRC in 2025 include a very small section of Tampines and Paya Lebar Air Base, as there will be new developments in Paya Lebar and it will be harder to cope. The GRC consists of five divisions: Eunos, Bedok Reservoir-Punggol, Kaki Bukit, Serangoon and Paya Lebar. The current members of parliament are Gerald Giam, Pritam Singh, Muhamad Faisal Manap and Sylvia Lim from the Worker's Party (WP) after the resignation of Leon Perera.

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History

Aljunied GRC was formed in 1988 and was won by the People's Action Party (PAP). The WP team, led by WP leader Low Thia Khiang left his stronghold at Hougang SMC, made a historic breakthrough when the WP team won the election for the GRC with 54.72% of the votes during the 2011 general election, making it the first GRC to be won by the opposition since the introduction of the GRC in 1988. [1] In the following general election in 2015, WP managed to retain the GRC with 50.96% of the votes. [2] Between 2011 and 2020, Aljunied GRC was led by Low.

In the 2020 general election, Low and Chen Show Mao declined to run for re-election; [3] [4] the 2020 election saw the WP team, led by WP leader Pritam Singh, retained the GRC with 59.95% of the vote, a 9% swing from the previous election. [2]

In July 2023, a video surfaced that allegedly showed Perera holding hands intimately with fellow WP member Nicole Seah. On 19 July, WP secretary-general Pritam Singh revealed that Perera and Seah began an affair some time after the 2020 general elections, which had ended before the video surfaced. Perera resigned as a Member of Parliament and as a Member of the WP on 19 July 2023 and Seah resigned from the party on 18 July 2023. [5]

After Perera's resignation, the workload for the Serangoon division was distributed among the other MPs in Aljunied GRC.

In 2024, PAP appointed Jagathishwaran Rajo and Kenny Sim to replace Chua Eng Leong and Alex Yeo respectively as chair of Eunos ward and Paya Lebar ward. [6]

Members of Parliament

Election Division IncumbentParty
1998
  • Aljunied
  • Kampong Kembangan
  • Kampong Ubi
 PAP
1991
  • Aljunied
  • Kampong Kembangan
  • Kampong Ubi
  • Paya Lebar
1997
  • Aljunied
  • Changi-Simei
  • Eunos
  • Kampong Kembangan
  • Paya Lebar
2001
  • Aljunied-Kembangan
  • Eunos
  • Aljunied-Hougang
  • Bedok Reservoir—Punggol
  • Paya Lebar
2006
  • Serangoon
  • Eunos
  • Aljunied-Hougang
  • Bedok Reservoir—Punggol
  • Paya Lebar
2011
  • Bedok Reservoir-Punggol
  • Eunos
  • Kaki Bukit
  • Paya Lebar
  • Serangoon
 WP
2015
2020 [7]

Electoral results

Elections in 1980s

General Election 1988: Aljunied GRC [8]
PartyCandidateVotes%
PAP Chin Harn Tong
George Yeo
Wan Hussin Zoohri 		34,020 56.33
SDP Jufrie Mahmood
Ashleigh Seow
Neo Choon Aik		26,37543.67
Majority7,64512.67
Rejected ballots1,1971.94
Turnout 61,59294.24
Registered electors 65,351
PAP win (new seat)

Elections in 1990s

General Election 1991: Aljunied GRC [9]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
PAP Chin Harn Tong
George Yeo
Mohamad Maidin bin Packer
Ker Sin Tze 		Unopposed
Registered electors 94,490
PAP hold
General Election 1997: Aljunied GRC [10]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
PAP Toh See Kiat
David Lim
Sidek Saniff
George Yeo
Ker Sin Tze 		64,299 67.02 N/A
SDP Aziz Ibrahim
Kwan Yue Keng
S. Kunalen
Tay Hoon
Wong Hong Toy		31,64532.98N/A
Majority15,89012.18N/A
Rejected ballots2,9713.00N/A
Turnout 98,91595.60N/A
Registered electors 103,466
PAP hold

Elections in 2000s

General Election 2001: Aljunied GRC [11]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
PAP Ong Seh Hong
Yeo Guat Kwang
George Yeo
Zainul Abidin bin Mohammed Rasheed
Cynthia Phua 		Unopposed
Registered electors 125,115
PAP hold
General Election 2006: Aljunied GRC [12]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
PAP Yeo Guat Kwang
George Yeo
Zainul Abidin bin Mohammed Rasheed
Cynthia Phua
Lim Hwee Hua 		74,843 56.09 N/A
WP Goh Meng Seng
Sylvia Lim
James Gomez
Tan Wui-Hua
Mohammed Rahizan Bin Yaacob		58,59343.91N/A
Majority16,25012.18N/A
Rejected ballots2,3811.75N/A
Turnout 135,81793.58
Registered electors 145,141
PAP hold

Elections in 2010s

General Election 2011: Aljunied GRC [13]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
WP Low Thia Khiang
Sylvia Lim
Chen Show Mao
Pritam Singh
Muhamad Faisal bin Abdul Manap 		72,289 54.72 Increase2.svg10.81
PAP George Yeo
Lim Hwee Hua
Zainul Abidin bin Mohammed Rasheed
Cynthia Phua
Ong Ye Kung 		59,82945.28Decrease2.svg10.81
Majority12,4609.44Decrease2.svg2.74
Rejected ballots1,7881.34Decrease Positive.svg0.41
Turnout 133,90693.54Decrease2.svg0.04
Registered electors 143,148
WP gain from PAP Swing Increase2.svg10.81
General Election 2015: Aljunied GRC [14]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
WP Low Thia Khiang
Pritam Singh
Sylvia Lim
Muhamad Faisal Manap
Chen Show Mao 		70,050 50.96 Decrease2.svg3.76
PAP Yeo Guat Kwang
Victor Lye
Chua Eng Leong
Shamsul Kamar
Murali Pillai 		67,42449.04Increase2.svg3.76
Majority2,6261.92Decrease2.svg7.52
Rejected ballots1,6381.18Decrease Positive.svg0.16
Turnout 139,11293.90Increase2.svg0.36
Registered electors 148,142
WP hold Swing Decrease2.svg3.76

Elections in 2020s

General Election 2020: Aljunied GRC [15]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
WP Gerald Giam
Pritam Singh
Muhamad Faisal Manap
Sylvia Lim
Leon Perera 		85,815 59.95 Increase2.svg8.99
PAP Victor Lye
Alex Yeo
Chan Hui Yuh
Chua Eng Leong
Shamsul Kamar		57,33040.05Decrease2.svg8.99
Majority28,48519.90Increase2.svg17.98
Rejected ballots1,5821.09Decrease Positive.svg0.09
Turnout 144,72795.96Increase2.svg2.06
Registered electors 150,821
WP hold Swing Increase2.svg8.99

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