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 SMC
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 Ang Mo Kio, Singapore. It was originally known as Kebun Baru Constituency from 1980 until 1988, when it was renamed following the introduction of the Group Representation Constituency (GRC) system at the 1988 general election.

The constituency was abolished at the 1991 general election but was re-established in the 2020 general election, and has been contested in every general election since. The current Member of Parliament for the constituency is Henry Kwek from the People's Action Party (PAP). It is managed by Ang Mo Kio Town Council (AMKTC).

History

The constituency was first was carved from the now-defunct Ang Mo Kio Constituency in 1980. It was helmed by the PAP's Lim Boon Heng throughout its first 11 years of existence. At the 1988 general election, following the introduction of Group Representation Constituencies (GRCs), the seat was renamed Kebun Baru Single Member Constituency in line with the new designation for constituencies with only one Member of Parliament. ^[2] It was absorbed into Ang Mo Kio GRC prior to the 1991 general election.

Since 2020

Kebun Baru SMC was reformed following the release of the Electoral Boundaries Review Committee's report on 13 March 2020. ^[3] The constituency was carved out of Nee Soon GRC, which it had belonged to since 2015. ^[4] Henry Kwek, representing the PAP, proceeded to defeat Kumaran Pillai from the Progress Singapore Party (PSP) with 62.97% of the vote. In the 2025 general election, Kwek won re-election against Tony Tan from the PSP with an improved 68.5% of the vote. ^[5]

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 ^{[6] [7]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	PAP	Lim Boon Heng	13,632	82.83
	DPP	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 ^{[8] [9]}

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 ^{[10] [11]}

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 ^{[12] [13]}

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 ^[14]

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]

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