Sembawang Group Representation Constituency

Sembawang
Group Representation constituency for the Parliament of Singapore
Region	North Region, Singapore
Electorate	134,157
Current constituency
Created	1988;37 years ago (1988)
Seats	5
Party	People's Action Party
Member(s)	Ong Ye Kung Gabriel Lam Mariam Jaafar Ng Shi Xuan Vikram Nair
Town Council	Sembawang
Created from	Sembawang Constituency Nee Soon Constituency Bukit Panjang Constituency

The Sembawang Group Representation Constituency is a five-member group representation constituency (GRC) in northern Singapore. It has five divisions: Admiralty, Canberra, Naval Base, Sembawang Central and Woodlands, managed by Sembawang Town Council. The current Members of Parliament (MPs) for the constituency are Ong Ye Kung, Gabriel Lam, Mariam Jaafar, Ng Shi Xuan and Vikram Nair from the governing People's Action Party (PAP).

History

Creation

From its creation until the 2006 general elections, the GRC was always uncontested. In the 2006 general elections, the Singapore Democratic Party led by Chee Soon Juan's sister Chee Siok Chin contested in the GRC against the PAP team led by Khaw Boon Wan in which the PAP team won with 76.7% against the SDP's 23.3%. In the 2011 general election, the PAP won against the SDP team led by former Workers' Party Aljunied GRC candidate James Gomez with a reduced majority of 63.9%. In the 2015 general elections, although the SDP did not contest in the GRC, the National Solidarity Party contested and the PAP won against the NSP with 72.3% of the vote. Prior to the 2020 general election, Khaw and Lim Wee Kiak retired, Amrin Amin moved to contest in Sengkang GRC unsuccessfully and Ong Ye Kung became the anchor minister for the PAP Sembawang GRC team. The PAP team proceded to win with 67.3% of the vote.

2025 general election

For the 2025 general election, the majority of the residential area of Sembawang West ward was carved out of the GRC to form a new Sembawang West Single Member Constituency (SMC) in order to reduce the number of voters in the GRC. ^{[1] [2]}

In the same year, the National Solidarity Party (NSP) and the Singapore Democratic Party (SDP) entered talks hoping to avert a three-cornered fight in the GRC. ^[3] However, on 12 April, both parties were unable to come to an agreement as NSP rejected SDP's proposal for NSP to instead contest in Holland–Bukit Timah. ^[4]

Due to the creation of Sembawang West SMC, Poh Li San, left the GRC team to stand for reelection alone. ^[5] A reconfigured PAP team defeated SDP with 67.75% of the vote to the SDP's 29.93%, while the NSP lost their deposit with 2.32% of the vote. ^[6]

Members of Parliament

Year	Division	Members of Parliament	Party
Formation
1988	Chong Pang Nee Soon East Sembawang	K. Shanmugam Charles Chong Tony Tan		PAP
1991	Bukit Panjang Chong Pang Nee Soon East Sembawang	Lee Yiok Seng K. Shanmugam Ho Peng Kee Tony Tan
1997	Bukit Panjang Chong Pang Marsiling Nee Soon East Sembawang Woodlands	Teo Ho Pin K. Shanmugam Hawazi Daipi Ho Peng Kee Tony Tan Chin Tet Yung
2001	Admiralty Canberra Chong Pang Marsiling Sembawang Woodlands	Maliki Osman Warren Lee K. Shanmugam Hawazi Daipi Tony Tan Chin Tet Yung
2006		Maliki Osman Lim Wee Kiak K. Shanmugam Hawazi Daipi Khaw Boon Wan Ellen Lee
2011	Admiralty Marsiling Sembawang Woodlands Woodgrove	Vikram Nair Hawazi Daipi Khaw Boon Wan Ellen Lee Ong Teng Koon
2015	Admiralty Canberra Gambas Sembawang Woodlands	Vikram Nair Lim Wee Kiak Ong Ye Kung Khaw Boon Wan Amrin Amin
2020	Admiralty Canberra Sembawang Central Sembawang West Woodlands	Vikram Nair Lim Wee Kiak Ong Ye Kung Poh Li San Mariam Jaafar
2025	Admiralty Canberra Naval Base Sembawang Central Woodlands	Vikram Nair Gabriel Lam Ng Shi Xuan Ong Ye Kung Mariam Jaafar

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 1988 ^{[7] [8]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	PAP	K Shanmugam Charles Chong Tony Tan	Unopposed
Registered electors			55,633
	PAP win (new seat)

Elections in 1990s

General Election 1991 ^[9]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	PAP	Lee Yiok Seng K Shanmugam Ho Peng Kee Tony Tan	Unopposed
Registered electors			117,951		112.02
	PAP hold

General Election 1997 ^[10]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	PAP	Teo Ho Pin K Shanmugam Hawazi Daipi Tony Tan Ho Peng Kee Chin Tet Yung	Unopposed
Registered electors			154,402		30.90
	PAP hold

Elections in 2000s

General Election 2001 ^[11]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	PAP	Mohd Maliki Osman Warren Lee K Shanmugam Tony Tan Hawazi Daipi Chin Tet Yung	Unopposed
Registered electors			166,137		7.60
	PAP hold

General Election 2006 ^[12]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	PAP	Mohd Maliki Osman Lim Wee Kiak K Shanmugam Hawazi Daipi Khaw Boon Wan Ellen Lee	130,170	76.70	N/A
	SDP	Chee Siok Chin Christopher Neo Ting Wei Francis Yong Chu Leong Gerald Sng Choon Guan Mohd Isa Abdul Aziz Narayanasamy Gogelavany	39,537	23.30	N/A
Majority			90,633	53.40	N/A
Total valid votes			169,707	96.87	N/A
Rejected ballots			5,487	3.13	N/A
Turnout			175,194	94.80	N/A
Registered electors			184,804		11.24
	PAP hold		Swing	N/A

Elections in 2010s

General Election 2011

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	PAP	Vikram Nair Hawazi Daipi Khaw Boon Wan Ellen Lee Ong Teng Koon	84,252	63.90	12.8
	SDP	John Tan James Gomez Mohd Isa Aziz Sadasivam Veriyah Jarrod Luo	47,605	36.10	12.8
Majority			36,647	27.80
Turnout			135,148	94.87	0.07
	PAP hold		Swing	12.8

General Election 2015

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	PAP	Vikram Nair Lim Wee Kiak Ong Ye Kung Khaw Boon Wan Amrin Amin	96,639	72.28	8.38
	NSP	Spencer Ng Abdul Rasheed S/O Y Abdul Kuthus Kevryn Lim Yadzeth Bin Haris Eugene Yeo	37,067	27.72	N/A
Majority			59,572	44.56	16.7
Rejected ballots			3,796	2.76	0.32
Turnout			137,502	95.04	0.17
	PAP hold		Swing	8.38

Elections in 2020s

General Election 2020 ^[13]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	PAP	Vikram Nair Lim Wee Kiak Ong Ye Kung Poh Li San Mariam Jaafar	94,176	67.29	4.99
	NSP	Spencer Ng Sathin Ravindran Ivan Yeo Tiong Boon Sebastian Teo Yadzeth Hairis	45,778	32.71	4.99
Majority			48,398	34.58	9.92
Total valid votes			139,954	97.94	0.70
Rejected ballots			2,948	2.06	0.70
Turnout			142,902	96.64	1.60
Registered electors			147,786
	PAP hold		Swing	4.99

General Election 2025 ^[14]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	PAP	Ong Ye Kung Mariam Jaafar Gabriel Lam Vikram Nair Ng Shi Xuan	84,159	67.76	0.47
	SDP	Damanhuri Abas James Gomez Bryan Lim Surayah Akbar Alfred Tan	37,157	29.92	N/A
	NSP	Raiyan Chia Lee Wei Spencer Ng Verina Ong Yadzeth Hairis	2,878	2.32	30.39
Majority			47,002	37.84	3.26
Total valid votes			124,194	98.53	0.59
Rejected ballots			1,848	1.47	0.59
Turnout			126,042	93.95	2.69
Registered electors			134,157		9.22
	PAP hold		Swing	0.47

References

1. "GE2025: Six new SMCs created as the EBRC lays out changes to constituencies". CNA. Retrieved 12 March 2025.
2. "6 new SMCs for GE2025, five single seats gone". The Straits Times. 11 March 2025. ISSN   0585-3923 . Retrieved 12 March 2025.
3. Begum, Shabana (6 April 2025). "GE2025: NSP plans to meet SDP for talks to avoid three-cornered fight in Sembawang GRC". The Straits Times. Retrieved 16 April 2025.
4. Begum, Shabana (12 April 2025). "GE2025: NSP, SDP fail in talks to avoid three-cornered fight in Sembawang GRC". The Straits Times. Retrieved 16 April 2025.
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14. "Statement of Poll for the Electoral Division of Sembawang" (PDF). 16 May 2025.

• 2011 General Election's result