Ang Mo Kio Group Representation Constituency

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Ang Mo Kio
Group Representation constituency
for the Parliament of Singapore
Ang Mo Kio GRC locator map.svg
Region North-East Region, Singapore
Electorate185,465
Current constituency
Created1991;32 years ago (1991)
Seats5
Party PAP logo variation.svg People's Action Party
Member(s) Darryl David
Nadia Ahmad Samdin
Ng Ling Ling
Gan Thiam Poh
Lee Hsien Loong
Town CouncilAng Mo Kio
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The Ang Mo Kio Group Representation Constituency is a five-member Group Representation Constituency (GRC) in the north eastern region of Singapore. The constituency encompasses the majority of Ang Mo Kio (Teck Ghee, Cheng San-Seletar, portions of Yio Chu Kang), Seletar Hills, the northern half of Serangoon North, a portion of northern Hougang and a portion of Fernvale. The western portion consists of parts of the Central Catchment Nature Reserve, while in the northeastern corner, it borders the Straits of Johor with two reclaimed islands, Pulau Punggol Barat and Pulau Punggol Timor. The northeast also includes the Sengkang Floating Wetland. This GRC has 5 wards: Teck Ghee, Cheng San- Seletar, Fernvale, Jalan Kayu and Ang Mo Kio-Hougang. The current Members of Parliament are Darryl David, Nadia Ahmad Samdin, Ng Ling Ling, Gan Thiam Poh and Lee Hsien Loong from the People's Action Party (PAP).

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Members of Parliament

Election Division IncumbentParty
Formation
1991
  • Ang Mo Kio
  • Kebun Baru
  • Teck Ghee
  • Yio Chu Kang
PAP
1997
  • Ang Mo Kio
  • Kebun Baru
  • Nee Soon South
  • Teck Ghee
  • Yio Chu Kang
2001
  • Cheng San–Seletar
  • Kebun Baru
  • Jalan Kayu
  • Nee Soon South
  • Teck Ghee
  • Yio Chu Kang
2006
  • Cheng San–Seletar
  • Kebun Baru
  • Jalan Kayu
  • Nee Soon South
  • Sengkang West
  • Teck Ghee
2011
  • Ang Mo Kio–Hougang
  • Cheng San–Seletar
  • Kebun Baru
  • Jalan Kayu
  • Teck Ghee
  • Yio Chu Kang
2015
  • Ang Mo Kio–Hougang
  • Cheng San–Seletar
  • Jalan Kayu
  • Sengkang South
  • Teck Ghee
  • Yio Chu Kang
2020
  • Ang Mo Kio–Hougang
  • Cheng San–Seletar
  • Jalan Kayu
  • Fernvale
  • Teck Ghee

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Candidates and results

Elections in 1990s

General Election 1991: Ang Mo Kio GRC
PartyCandidateVotes%
PAP Yeo Toon Chia
Umar Abdul Hamid
Lee Hsien Loong
Lau Pin Sum
Unopposed
Registered electors 74,004
PAP hold
General Election 1997: Ang Mo Kio GRC
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
PAP Tang Guan Seng
Inderjit Singh
Tan Boon Wan
Lee Hsien Loong
Seng Han Thong
Unopposed
Registered electors 125,344N/A
PAP hold Swing N/A

Elections in 2000s

General Election 2001: Ang Mo Kio GRC
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
PAP Balaji Sadasivan
Inderjit Singh
Wee Siew Kim
Tan Boon Wan
Lee Hsien Loong
Seng Han Thong
Unopposed
Registered electors 166,644N/A
PAP hold Swing N/A
General Election 2006: Ang Mo Kio GRC
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
PAP Balaji Sadasivan
Inderjit Singh
Wee Siew Kim
Lee Bee Wah
Lam Pin Min
Lee Hsien Loong
96,636 66.14 N/A
WP Yaw Shin Leong
Abdul Salim Bin Haroun
Han Su May
Lee Wai Leng
Melvin Tan
Gopal Krishnan
49,47933.86N/A
Turnout 149,09493.2N/A
PAP hold Swing N/A

Elections in 2010s

General Election 2011: Ang Mo Kio GRC
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
PAP Yeo Guat Kwang
Ang Hin Kee
Inderjit Singh
Intan Azura Mokhtar
Lee Hsien Loong
Seng Han Thong
112,677 69.33 Increase2.svg3.19
RP Alex Tan
Arthero Lim
Osman Bin Sulaiman
Mansor Rahman
Lim Zi Rui
Vigneswari Ramachandran
49,85130.67N/A
Turnout 167,56293.6Increase2.svg0.4
PAP hold Swing Increase2.svg3.14
General Election 2015: Ang Mo Kio GRC
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
PAP Darryl David
Ang Hin Kee
Intan Azura Mokhtar
Gan Thiam Poh
Lee Hsien Loong
Koh Poh Koon
135,115 78.63 Increase2.svg9.3
RP M Ravi
Roy Ngerng
Siva Chandran
Osman Bin Sulaiman
Gilbert Goh
Jessie Loo
36,71121.37Decrease2.svg9.3
Majority98,40457.26
Rejected ballots4,8872.60
Turnout 176,71394.11Increase2.svg0.51
PAP hold Swing Increase2.svg9.3

Elections in 2020s

General Election 2020: Ang Mo Kio GRC
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
PAP Darryl David
Nadia Ahmad Samdin
Ng Ling Ling
Gan Thiam Poh
Lee Hsien Loong
124,430 71.91 Decrease2.svg6.72
RP Kenneth Jeyaretnam
Andy Zhu
Charles Yeo
Noraini Yunus
Darren Soh
48,60028.09Increase2.svg6.72
Majority75,83043.82
Rejected ballots5,0092.81
Turnout 178,03996.00Increase2.svg1.89
Registered electors 185,465
PAP hold Swing Decrease2.svg6.72

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