Kebun Baru Single Member Constituency

Kebun Baru
Single Member constituency for the Parliament of Singapore
Region	North-East Region, Singapore
Electorate	22,263
Current constituency
Created	1980;45 years ago (1980)
Seats	1
Party	People's Action Party
Member(s)	Henry Kwek
Town Council	Ang Mo Kio
Created from	Ang Mo Kio Constituency
Merged	1991
Merged to	Ang Mo Kio GRC
Reformed	2020
Reformed from	Nee Soon GRC

The Kebun Baru Single Member Constituency ^[a] is a single-member constituency (SMC) in the north-east of Singapore. It is managed by Ang Mo Kio Town Council (AMKTC). The current Member of Parliament (MP) for the constituency is Henry Kwek from the governing People's Action Party (PAP).

History

Creation and first existence (1980–1991)

Kebun Baru Constituency was carved from Ang Mo Kio Constituency ^[b] prior to the 1980 general election. It was represented by Lim Boon Heng from the PAP throughout its first continuous period (11 years) of existence. ^{[2] [3] [4]}

At the 1988 general election, following the introduction of group representation constituencies (GRCs), the constituency was renamed Kebun Baru Single Member Constituency, in line with the new designation for constituencies with one MP. ^[5]

Kebun Baru SMC was abolished and merged into the newly established Ang Mo Kio GRC prior to the 1991 general election. ^[6]

Second existence (since 2020)

Kebun Baru SMC was reformed prior to the 2020 general election. ^[7] It was carved out of Nee Soon GRC, which it had belonged to as a division since 2015. ^[8] Henry Kwek, the incumbent MP for the Kebun Baru division, defeated Kumaran Pillai from the Progress Singapore Party (PSP) in the SMC with 62.92% of the vote. ^[8] In the 2025 general election, Kwek won reelection against Tony Tan from the PSP with an improved 68.5% of the vote. ^[8]

Member of Parliament

Year	Member	Party
Formation
1980	Lim Boon Heng		PAP
1984
1988
Constituency abolished (1991 – 2020)
2020	Henry Kwek		PAP
2025

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 1980 ^{[9] [10]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	PAP	Lim Boon Heng	13,632	82.83
	UF	Lim Tiong Hock	1,883	11.44
	UPF	Jantan B Taib	943	5.73
Majority			11,749	71.39
Total valid votes			16,458	96.99
Rejected ballots			511	3.01
Turnout			16,969	95.82
Registered electors			17,709
	PAP win (new seat)

General Election 1984 ^{[11] [12]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	PAP	Lim Boon Heng	12,311	75.84	6.99
	UPF	Harbans Singh	3,921	24.16	18.43
Majority			8.390	51.68	19.71
Total valid votes			16,232	95.77	1.22
Rejected ballots			717	4.23	1.22
Turnout			16,949	96.62	0.80
Registered electors			17,542		0.94
	PAP hold		Swing	6.99

General Election 1988 ^{[13] [14]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	PAP	Lim Boon Heng	15,734	75.36	0.48
	NSP	Mohamed Affendy bin Abdul Rahim	5,145	24.64	N/A
Majority			10,589	50.72	0.96
Total valid votes			20,879	97.37	1.60
Rejected ballots			564	2.63	1.60
Turnout			21,443	95.24	1.38
Registered electors			22,515		28.35
	PAP hold		Swing	0.48

Elections in 2020s

General Election 2020 ^{[15] [16]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	PAP	Henry Kwek	13,309	62.92
	PSP	Kumaran Pillai	7,842	37.08
Majority			5,467	25.85
Total valid votes			21,151	98.20
Rejected ballots			387	1.80
Turnout			21,538	95.20
Registered electors			22,623
	PAP win (new seat)

General Election 2025 ^[17]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	PAP	Henry Kwek	13,787	68.49	5.57
	PSP	Tony Tan	6,342	31.51	5.57
Majority			7,445	36.98	11.13
Total valid votes			20,129	98.41	0.21
Rejected ballots			325	1.59	0.21
Turnout			20,454	91.87	3.33
Registered electors			22,263		1.59
	PAP hold		Swing	5.57

Notes

1. Malay: Kawasan Undi Perseorangan Kebun Baru; Chinese :哥本峇鲁单选区; Tamil: கெபுன் பாரு தனித்தொகுதி ^[1]
2. Abolished in 1991 as Ang Mo Kio SMC.

References

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5. "13 GRCs for next general election". The Straits Times . 15 June 1988. p. 1. Retrieved 13 March 2025– via NewspaperSG.
6. "21 single-member wards, 15 GRCs for next election". The Straits Times . 10 August 1991. Retrieved 2 September 2025– via NewspaperSG. According to the committee's report, the changes have come about by grouping single-member wards into GRCs, such as merging Teck Ghee, Ang Mo Kio, Yio Chu Kang and Kebun Baru into one GRC – Ang Mo Kio GRC.
7. "Key changes to the electoral boundaries: What you need to know". CNA. Archived from the original on 31 January 2021. Retrieved 13 March 2020.
8. "GE2025: PAP wins Ang Mo Kio GRC with 78.95% in 3-cornered fight against SUP, PPP". The Straits Times. 4 May 2025. ISSN   0585-3923 . Retrieved 2 September 2025. Over in Kebun Baru SMC, the PAP's Mr Henry Kwek claimed victory with 68.5 per cent of the votes against the PSP's Mr Tony Tan.
   ...
   Mr Kwek, 49,... had been in charge of Kebun Baru since he was elected with the PAP's Nee Soon team in 2015.
   In 2020, he was fielded as the PAP candidate for the newly carved-out Kebun Baru SMC, and won with a vote share of 62.92 per cent against the PSP's Mr Kumaran Pillai.
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14. "Singapore Parliamentary General Election 1988 > Kebun Baru". www.singapore-elections.com. Archived from the original on 19 July 2021. Retrieved 19 July 2021.
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