2020: Creation and WP upset victory
Sengkang GRC was created prior to the 2020 general election from the bulk of Sengkang West Single Member Constituency (SMC), the entire Punggol East SMC and the Sengkang Central ward of Pasir Ris–Punggol GRC. [1] [2] [3]
In an upset, the WP team, comprising He Ting Ru, Raeesah Khan, Jamus Lim and Louis Chua, won the GRC, marking the second opposition victory in a GRC since the introduction of GRCs in 1988. They won 52.12% of the vote, defeating Ng Chee Meng and his team representing the governing People's Action Party (PAP). It was also the first time the opposition won a newly created GRC. [4] [5] [6]
After their victory, the WP divided the GRC into the divisions of Buangkok, Anchorvale, Compassvale and Rivervale. [7]
MP resignation
On 30 November 2021, Khan resigned as a WP member, effectively expelling herself from Parliament, after making unsubstantiated allegations against the police in Parliament on three occasions. [8] After her resignation, the Compassvale division was physically divided among the remaining three MPs for Sengkang GRC. At the same time, Faisal Manap, incumbent MP for Aljunied GRC, became a temporary advisor to the Sengkang GRC team, which party leader Pritam Singh claimed addressed concerns on the lack of a minority MP for the GRC. [9] [a]
2025: WP entrenchment
On 27 March 2022, the PAP team for the GRC was revamped with Lam Pin Min remaining; Ng, Amrin Amin and Raymond Lye were replaced with Elmie Nekmat, Theodora Lai Xi Yi, and Ling Weihong. [11] Ling was later replaced by Marcus Loh in October 2023, [12] who was himself replaced by Bernadette Giam in January 2025. [13] After the appointment of Giam, the PAP confirmed their final lineup for the 2025 general election. [14] Prior to the same election, the WP announced that Abdul Muhaimin, a senior property manager at WP-held Aljunied–Hougang Town Council, would be contesting the GRC alongside the incumbent MPs. [15] Despite a national swing towards the PAP, the WP retained the GRC with 56.32% of the vote to the PAP's 43.68%, a positive swing of over 4%. [6] [16]
