Fengshan Single Member Constituency

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Fengshan
Single Member constituency
for the Parliament of Singapore
Fengshan SMC locator map.svg
Region Singapore
Electorate23,733
Current constituency
Created1984
Member(s)Constituency Abolished
Town CouncilEast Coast-Fengshan
Merged1991, 2020
Merged to Bedok GRC
Reformed2015
Reformed from East Coast GRC

Fengshan Single Member Constituency was a former Single Member Constituency within Bedok, Singapore.

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History

The constituency was created in 1984 from parts of Bedok, Changi & Kampong Chai Chee constituencies. As the population in Bedok grew, the constituency was absorbed into the Bedok Group Representation Constituency (GRC) in the 1991 general elections.

In the 2015 general elections, the constituency was carved out from East Coast GRC and became Fengshan Single Member Constituency. Cheryl Chan from the People's Action Party contested against Dennis Tan of the Workers' Party. [1] [2] Chan would proceed to defeat Tan with 57.5% of the vote against Tan's 42.5%. [3] Tan would later accept his NCMP post. [4] In the 2020 general elections, Fengshan SMC was reabsorbed back to East Coast GRC. [5] [6] [7] [8]

Member of Parliament

Year MemberParty
Formation
1984 Arthur Beng PAP
1988
Constituency abolished (1991)
2015 Cheryl Chan Wei Ling PAP
Constituency abolished (2020)

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 1980s

General Election 1984: Fengshan
PartyCandidateVotes%
PAP Arthur Beng 11,216 65.13
DPP Chng Chin Siah6,60534.87
Turnout 17,73796.4
PAP win (new seat)
General Election 1988: Fengshan
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
PAP Arthur Beng 9,507 57.92 Decrease2.svg7.21
WP Chng Chin Siah6,90742.08Increase2.svg7.21
Turnout 16,76496.4+0.0
PAP hold Swing Decrease2.svg7.21

Elections in 2010s

General Election 2015: Fengshan
PartyCandidateVotes%
PAP Cheryl Chan Wei Ling 12,417 57.50
WP Dennis Tan Lip Fong 9,17642.50
Majority324115.00
Rejected ballots2901.35
Turnout 21,88393.25
PAP win (new seat)

See also

References

  1. ↑ "No surprise in candidates fielded at Fengshan SMC". The Business Times. 2015-09-01. Retrieved 2025-07-05.
  2. ↑ "Shipping lawyer a surprise choice to take on PAP in Fengshan". TODAY. Retrieved 2025-07-05.
  3. ↑ "Results". Channel NewsAsia. Archived from the original on 2016-01-11. Retrieved 2025-07-05.
  4. ↑ "GE2015: WP's Lee Li Lian, Dennis Tan and Leon Perera declared Non-Constituency MPs". The Straits Times. 2015-09-16. ISSN   0585-3923 . Retrieved 2025-07-05.
  5. ↑ "Singapore GE: Workers' Party questions removal of 3 SMCs - Sengkang West, Fengshan and Punggol East". The Straits Times. 2020-03-13. ISSN   0585-3923 . Retrieved 2025-07-05.
  6. ↑ "Hotly contested Fengshan, Punggol East & Sengkang West absorbed into new GRCs". mothership.sg. Retrieved 2025-07-05.
  7. ↑ "Singapore GE: 5 major electoral boundary changes, from new Sengkang GRC to 4 new SMCs". The Straits Times. 2020-03-13. ISSN   0585-3923 . Retrieved 2025-07-05.
  8. ↑ "Key changes to the electoral boundaries: What you need to know". CNA. Retrieved 2025-07-05.
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