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West Coast | |
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Group Representation constituency for the Parliament of Singapore | |
Region | West Region, Singapore |
Electorate | 146,251 |
Current constituency | |
Created | 1997 |
Seats | 5 |
Party | People's Action Party |
Member(s) | Foo Mee Har Desmond Lee Ang Wei Neng Rachel Ong |
Town Council | West Coast |
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The West Coast Group Representation Constituency is a five-member Group Representation Constituency (GRC) located in the western as well as the central area of Singapore. The five divisions consists: Ayer Rajah-Gek Poh, West Coast, Boon Lay, Nanyang and Telok Blangah managed by West Coast Town Council. West Coast GRC covers the areas of Ayer Rajah, Dover, Pasir Panjang, the south-western area, West Coast, Jurong, Jurong Island, Sentosa, Telok Blangah, Tuas and much of Singapore's southern & western territorial waters and offshore islands in the area. The current Members of Parliament for the constituency are Foo Mee Har, Desmond Lee, Ang Wei Neng and Rachel Ong from the People's Action Party (PAP) after the resignation of S. Iswaran. [1]
Election | Division | Members of Parliament | Party | |
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2020 |
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^ S. Iswaran resigned as Member of Parliament in 2024, after being charged with 27 counts of corruption and bribery. There is no replacement for the MP in West Coast. [2]
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%.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
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PAP | Bernard Chen S. Iswaran Lim Hng Kiang Wan Soon Bee | 48,275 | 70.14 | ||
WP | Mike Chan D'Cruz Anthony John Gan Eng Guan Ng Teck Siong | 20,550 | 29.86 | ||
Majority | 27,725 | 40.2 | |||
Turnout | 70,587 | 95.4 | |||
PAP win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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PAP | Ho Geok Choo Arthur Fong Cedric Foo Lim Hng Kiang S. Iswaran | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 110,779 | ||||
PAP hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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PAP | S. Iswaran Ho Geok Choo Arthur Fong Cedric Foo Lim Hng Kiang | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 137,739 | ||||
PAP hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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PAP | Foo Mee Har Lawrence Wong Arthur Fong Lim Hng Kiang S. Iswaran | 72,563 | 66.66 | N/A | |
RP | Kenneth Jeyaretnam Andy Zhu Frankie Low Kumar Appavoo Haren Hu | 36,443 | 33.34 | N/A | |
Majority | 36,120 | 33.2 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 111,827 | 92.4 | N/A | ||
PAP hold | Swing | N/A |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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PAP | Foo Mee Har Patrick Tay Lim Hng Kiang S. Iswaran | 71,091 | 78.57 | 11.91 | |
RP | Kenneth Jeyaretnam Andy Zhu Darren Soh Noraini Yunus | 19,392 | 21.43 | 11.91 | |
Majority | 51,699 | 57.1 | 23.9 | ||
Rejected ballots | 2,415 | 1.83 | - | ||
Turnout | 92,898 | 93.6 | 1.2 | ||
PAP hold | Swing | 11.91 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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PAP | Foo Mee Har Desmond Lee Ang Wei Neng Rachel Ong S. Iswaran | 71,658 | 51.68 | 26.89 | |
PSP | Tan Cheng Bock Leong Mun Wai Hazel Poa Nadarajah Loganathan Jeffrey Khoo | 66,996 | 48.32 | N/A | |
Majority | 4,662 | 3.36 | 53.74 | ||
Rejected ballots | 1,645 | 1.17 | 0.66 | ||
Turnout | 140,299 | 95.8 | 2.2 | ||
Registered electors | 146,251 | ||||
PAP hold | Swing | 26.89 |
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