Jurong | |
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Group Representation constituency for the Parliament of Singapore | |
Region | West Region, Singapore |
Electorate | 131,234 |
Current constituency | |
Created | 2001 |
Seats | 5 |
Party | People's Action 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 Group Representation Constituency located in the western area of Singapore. The GRC consists of a large section of Jurong, sections of Bukit Batok and areas near Upper Bukit Timah Road. The five divisions of the GRC: Bukit Batok East, Jurong Central, Taman Jurong, Jurong Spring and Clementi managed by Jurong Town Council. The current MPs are Rahayu Mahzam, Tan Wu Meng, Xie Yao Quan and Shawn Huang from the People's Action Party (PAP) after the resignation of Tharman Shanmugaratnam. [1]
Within the resignation of former Senior Minister Tharman Shanmugaratnam to run for the 2023 Presidential Elections, this GRC is currently not led by a cabinet minister until the next general election is called in 2025.
In the 2011 general elections, the Jurong Central and Hong Kah division's population carved to form the new Jurong Spring division, while Yuhua became a SMC in return. In 2015, Bukit Batok was carved as a SMC while Clementi, a division under the West Coast GRC, was absorbed to the ward to maintain its five seats.
The constituency was first contested in the 2001 general election with the People's Action Party against the Singapore Democratic Party. The ward won a walkover in 2006 before facing another contest with the National Solidarity Party (2011), Singaporeans First (2015) and Red Dot United (2020); however, this GRC has always been held by the People's Action Party since its creation in 2001.
The ward was first led by the Minister Lim Boon Heng until his retirement from politics in 2011. After his retirement, former Senior Minister Tharman Shanmugaratnam and Minister Desmond Lee Ti-Seng have assumed leadership for Jurong GRC, but Lee was transferred to West Coast GRC in 2020 together with three term MP Ang Wei Neng, and Tharman became President from 13 September 2023. This GRC is currently led by Grace Fu (Yuhua) who is the next in line of succession.
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.
Election | Division | Members of Parliament | Party | |
2001 |
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2015 |
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^ Ong died on 14 July 2008 due to a heart failure. However, no by-election was called since it was a Group Representation Constituency (GRC), and the workload for the Bukit Batok division was given to Halimah Yacob.
^ Tharman Shanmugaratnam resigned as Member of Parliament in 2023 to contest in the 2023 presidential election. However, no by-election was called for this GRC as Shawn Huang took over the workload for Taman Jurong, the Jurong Spring part was then taken over by Hamid Razak.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%.
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 |
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 | 12.32 | |
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 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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PAP | Rahayu Mahzam Tan Wu Meng Xie Yao Quan Shawn Huang Tharman Shanmugaratnam | 91,692 | 74.62 | 4.66 | |
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 | 1.79 | ||
Registered electors | 131,234 | ||||
PAP hold | Swing | 4.66 |
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