Queenstown Single Member Constituency

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Queenstown
Single-member constituency
for the Parliament of Singapore
Queenstown Single Member Constituency, 2025.svg
Region Central Region, Singapore
Electorate28,911
Current constituency
Created2025;0 years ago (2025)
Seats1
Party People’s Action Party
Member Eric Chua
Town Council Tanjong Pagar
Created from Tanjong Pagar GRC

The Queenstown Single Member Constituency is a single-member constituency (SMC) in Singapore. It is managed by Tanjong Pagar Town Council. The current Member of Parliament (MP) for the constituency is Eric Chua from the governing People's Action Party (PAP).

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History

Prior to the 2025 general election, Queenstown SMC was carved out of Tanjong Pagar GRC, which it had belonged to as a division. [1] [2]

The PAP fielded Eric Chua, the incumbent MP for the Queenstown division of Tanjong Pagar GRC, to stand for reelection in the SMC. [2] He defeated Mahaboob Batcha from the People's Alliance for Reform (PAR) with 81.13% of the vote, the largest PAP vote share in a constituency in the general election. [3] [4]

Members of Parliament

YearMemberParty
Formation
2025 Eric Chua PAP

Electoral results

Note: The Elections Department does not include rejected votes when calculating the vote shares of candidates. Hence, all candidates' vote shares will total to 100% at any given election (may not appear so in multi-way contests due to rounding).

Elections in 2020s

General Election 2025 [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%
PAP Eric Chua 20,900 81.13
PAR Mahaboob Batcha4,88318.87
Majority16,01762.26
Total valid votes25,87397.35
Rejected ballots7052.65
Turnout 26,57891.93
Registered electors 28,911
PAP win (new seat)

References

  1. Koh, Fabian (11 March 2025). "GE2025: Extensive changes to electoral boundaries due to population shifts; only 5 GRCs, 4 SMCs left intact". CNA. Retrieved 11 March 2025.
  2. 1 2 "GE2025: New Queenstown SMC to see straight fight between PAP's Eric Chua and PAR's Mahaboob Batcha". CNA. Retrieved 31 July 2025.
  3. "GE2025: Strong showing for PAP as it wins Tanjong Pagar, Radin Mas and Queenstown". The Straits Times. 4 May 2025. ISSN   0585-3923 . Retrieved 31 July 2025.
  4. "ELD | 2025 Parliamentary General Election Results". www.eld.gov.sg. Retrieved 17 October 2025.
  5. "Statement of Poll for the Electoral Division of Queenstown" (PDF). 16 May 2025.