Nee Soon Group Representation Constituency

Not to be confused with the defunct Nee Soon SMC, Nee Soon Central SMC, Nee Soon East SMC or Nee Soon South SMC.

Nee Soon
Group Representation constituency for the Parliament of Singapore
Region	North Region, Singapore
Electorate	151,874
Current constituency
Created	2011;14 years ago (2011)
Seats	5
Party	People's Action Party
Member(s)	K. Shanmugam Goh Hanyan Jackson Lam Lee Hui Ying Syed Harun Alhabsyi
Town Council	Nee Soon
Created from	Ang Mo Kio GRC (part) Sembawang GRC (part) Nee Soon Central SMC Nee Soon East SMC

The Nee Soon Group Representation Constituency is a five-member Group Representation Constituency (GRC) in the north region of Singapore. The GRC was established in 2011. The GRC includes most of Yishun town, the private residential areas along Sembawang Road and Upper Thomson Road, the southern part of Sembawang and the Nee Soon Camp. The GRC consists of five divisions: Chong Pang, Nee Soon Central, Nee Soon East, Nee Soon South and Nee Soon Link managed by Nee Soon Town Council. The current MPs are K. Shanmugam, Goh Hanyan, Jackson Lam, Lee Hui Ying and Syed Harun Alhabsyi from the People's Action Party (PAP).

History

Creation

In the 2011 general elections, Nee Soon GRC was created by merging parts of Ang Mo Kio GRC's Nee Soon South, Sembawang GRC's Canberra and Chong Pang and Nee Soon Central and Nee Soon East SMCs. ^[1]

The ward saw a contest between the incumbent People's Action Party led by anchor minister K. Shanmugam against the Workers' Party team led by Poh Lee Guan. The PAP eventually won with 58.40% of the total ballots for the electoral division. Incidentally, this was the one of the two highest vote percentage for the PAP in a Workers' Party-contested constituency. ^[2] In the 2015 general elections the Canberra division and portions of Chong Pang, Nee Soon East and Nee Soon South divisions from Nee Soon GRC (forming Gambas division) were moved back to Sembawang GRC while Kebun Baru division of Ang Mo Kio GRC was moved here instead. The PAP once again faced off a challenge from the Workers' Party team winning an improved 66.83% of the vote. ^[3] Prior to the 2020 general elections, the Kebun Baru division was carved out as an SMC due to the rising population of the GRC. ^[4] Lee Bee Wah retired from politics and was replaced by Carrie Tan. ^{[5] [6]} While the Workers' Party did not contest in Nee Soon GRC, the Progress Singapore Party contested here instead. The PAP managed to retain the GRC with 61.90% of the vote against the PSP's 38.10%. ^{[7] [8]}

2025 elections

Prior to the 2025 general election, Shanmugam announced that he will be leading a new team for the GRC with four new members, former Nominated MP Syed Harun Alhabsyi, Jackson Lam (former PAP Hougang branch chairman), ^[9] Lee Hui Ying and Goh Hanyan. ^[10] Former incumbent MPs Louis Ng, Carrie Tan and Derrick Goh announced their retirement from politics, ^[11] while Muhammad Faishal Ibrahim moved to Marine Parade-Braddell Heights GRC. ^{[12] [13] [14] [15]}

Members of Parliament

Year	Division	Members of Parliament	Party
Formation
2011	Canberra Chong Pang Nee Soon South Nee Soon East Nee Soon Central	Lim Wee Kiak K Shanmugam Lee Bee Wah Patrick Tay Teck Guan Muhammad Faishal Ibrahim		PAP
2015	Chong Pang Kebun Baru Nee Soon South Nee Soon East Nee Soon Central	K Shanmugam Henry Kwek Lee Bee Wah Louis Ng Kok Kwang Muhammad Faishal Ibrahim
2020	Chong Pang Nee Soon Link Nee Soon South Nee Soon East Nee Soon Central	K. Shanmugam Derrick Goh Carrie Tan Louis Ng Muhammad Faishal Ibrahim
2025		K. Shanmugam Syed Harun Alhabsyi Lee Hui Ying Jackson Lam Goh Hanyan

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 2010s

General Election 2011 ^{[16] [17]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	PAP	Lim Wee Kiak Lee Bee Wah Patrick Tay K. Shanmugam Muhammad Faishal Ibrahim	80,740	58.40
	WP	Poh Lee Guan John Yam Angela Faye Oon Watson Chong Cham Weng Sanjeev Kamalasanan	57,523	41.60
Majority			23,217	16.80
Total valid votes			138,263	96.26
Rejected ballots			2,341	3.74
Turnout			140,604	94.82
Registered electors			148,290
	PAP win (new seat)

General Election 2015 ^{[18] [19]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	PAP	K. Shanmugam Henry Kwek Lee Bee Wah Louis Ng Muhammad Faishal Ibrahim	82,287	66.83	8.43
	WP	Cheryl Loh Gurmit Singh S/O Sadhu Singh Luke Koh Kenneth Foo Ron Tan	40,841	33.17	8.43
Majority			41,446	33.66	11.34
Total valid votes			123,128	98.61	2.35
Rejected ballots			1,732	1.39	2.35
Turnout			124,860	94.38	0.44
Registered electors			132,289		3.38
	PAP hold		Swing	8.32

Elections in 2020s

General Election 2020 ^{[20] [21]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	PAP	K. Shanmugam Derrick Goh Carrie Tan Louis Ng Muhammad Faishal Ibrahim	86,308	61.90	4.93
	PSP	Kala Manickam Taufik Supan Bradley Bowyer Sri Nallakaruppan Damien Tay	53,131	38.10	N/A
Majority			33,177	23.80	9.86
Total valid votes			139,439	98.45	0.16
Rejected ballots			2,200	1.55	0.16
Turnout			141,639	96.42	2.04
Registered electors			146,902		11.05
	PAP hold		Swing	4.93

General Election 2025: Nee Soon GRC ^[22]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	PAP	K. Shanmugam Goh Hanyan Lee Hui Ying Jackson Lam Syed Harun Alhabsyi	102,974	73.81	11.91
	RDU	Ravi Philemon David Foo Pang Heng Chuan Sharon Lin Syed Alwi Ahmad	36,538	26.19	N/A
Majority			66,436	47.62	23.82
Total valid votes			139,512	97.83	0.62
Rejected ballots			3,090	2.17	0.62
Turnout			142,602	93.89	2.53
Registered electors			151,874		3.38
	PAP hold		Swing	11.91

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