Jalan Kayu Single Member Constituency

For the constituency which existed prior to 1988, see Jalan Kayu Constituency.

Jalan Kayu
Single Member constituency for the Parliament of Singapore
Region	North-East Region, Singapore
Electorate	29,628
Current constituency
Created	2025;0 years ago (2025)
Seats	1
Party	People's Action Party
Member(s)	Ng Chee Meng
Town Council	Jalan Kayu
Created from	Ang Mo Kio GRC

The Jalan Kayu Single Member Constituency is a single member constituency (SMC) for the Parliament of Singapore. It is managed by Jalan Kayu Town Council. The current Member of Parliament (MP) for the constituency is Ng Chee Meng from the governing People's Action Party (PAP).

History

Prior to the 2025 general election, Jalan Kayu SMC was established to reduce the number of voters in Ang Mo Kio Group Representation Constituency (GRC), the GRC with the largest electorate. At establishment, the SMC had 29,565 registered voters. ^{[1] [2]}

The PAP announced that Ng Chee Meng would contest the newly established SMC. He had previously been a cabinet minister and MP for Pasir Ris–Punggol GRC but was defeated by the Workers' Party (WP) when running for Sengkang GRC in 2020. The WP announced Andre Low as their candidate for the constituency on Nomination Day, after two other opposition parties pulled out. ^[3] Ng would eventually defeat Low by 2.94% of the vote, or 809 votes, the narrowest PAP victory in the election. ^{[4] [5]} As the best-performing defeated opposition candidate, Low was offered, and accepted, a seat as a non-constituency MP (NCMP). ^[6]

After the election, it was announced that Jalan Kayu SMC would have its own town council, a situation last seen in 2011 with Potong Pasir SMC. ^[7]

Members of Parliament

Year	Member	Party
Formation
2025	Ng Chee Meng		PAP

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 2020s

General Election 2025 ^[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	PAP	Ng Chee Meng	14,146	51.47
	WP	Andre Low	13,337	48.53
Majority			809	2.94
Total valid votes			27,483	98.65
Rejected ballots			377	1.35
Turnout			27,860	94.03
Registered electors			29,628
	PAP win (new seat)

References

1. "GE2025: Six new SMCs created as the EBRC lays out changes to constituencies". CNA. Retrieved 12 March 2025.
2. "6 new SMCs for GE2025, five single seats gone". The Straits Times. 11 March 2025. ISSN   0585-3923 . Retrieved 12 March 2025.
3. "GE2025: New Jalan Kayu SMC sees showdown between PAP's Ng Chee Meng and WP new face Andre Low". CNA. Retrieved 7 July 2025.
4. Theresa Tan; Sue-Ann Tan; Kimberly Kwek (4 May 2025). "GE2025: PAP's Ng Chee Meng wins Jalan Kayu with 51.47% of votes against WP candidate Andre Low". The Straits Times. Retrieved 6 May 2025.
5. "ELD | 2025 Parliamentary General Election Results". www.eld.gov.sg. Retrieved 24 September 2025.
6. "Workers' Party's Andre Low and Eileen Chong to enter parliament as Non-Constituency MPs". www.channelnewsasia.com. 19 May 2025. Retrieved 20 May 2025.
7. "New town councils formed in Jalan Kayu and Punggol after GE2025, bringing the total to 19". The Straits Times. 30 May 2025. ISSN   0585-3923 . Retrieved 2 June 2025.
8. "Statement of Poll for the Electoral Division of Jalan Kayu" (PDF). 16 May 2025.