Yio Chu Kang Single Member Constituency

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Yio Chu Kang
Single Member constituency
for the Parliament of Singapore
Yio Chu Kang Single Member Constituency, 2025.svg
Region North-East Region, Singapore
Electorate25,410
Current constituency
Created1980;45 years ago (1980)
Seats1
Party People's Action Party
Member(s) Yip Hon Weng
Town Council Ang Mo Kio
Merged1991, 2011
Merged to Ang Mo Kio GRC
Reformed2006, 2020
Reformed from Ang Mo Kio GRC

The Yio Chu Kang Single Member Constituency is a single member constituency (SMC) in the north-eastern area of Singapore. It is managed by Ang Mo Kio Town Council. The current Member of Parliament (MP) is Yip Hon Weng from the People's Action Party (PAP).

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History

Yio Chu Kang Constituency was created in 1980. At the election held in the same year, Lau Ping Sum from the PAP won with 87.53% of the vote. [1] He would represent the constituency until 1991, when it was abolished and merged into Ang Mo Kio Group Representation Constituency (GRC).

In 1988, the constituency was renamed Yio Chu Kang Single Member Constituency with the creation of GRCs.

Yio Chu Kang SMC would not exist after the 1991 general election until it was reformed in 2006 from Ang Mo Kio GRC. At the election held in the same year, Seng Han Thong from the PAP won with 68.28% of the vote. [2] The SMC was abolished for the second time after a single term.

For the 2020 general election, the SMC was reformed for the second time from Ang Mo Kio GRC. Yip Hon Weng from the PAP won with 60.82% of the vote against Kayla Low from the Progress Singapore Party (PSP). [3] Yip won an improved 78.75% of the vote when he ran for reelection in 2025 against Michael Fang from the People's Alliance for Reform (PAR). [4]

Member of Parliament

YearMemberParty
Formation
1980Lau Ping Sum PAP
1984
1988
Constituency abolished (1991 – 2006)
2006 Seng Han Thong PAP
Constituency abolished (2011 – 2020)
2020 Yip Hon Weng PAP
2025

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 1980: Yio Chu Kang
PartyCandidateVotes%
PAP Lau Ping Sum 11,607 87.5
United People's FrontPiaro Lachhu S.1,65312.5
Majority9,95475.00
Total valid votes
Rejected ballots
Turnout 13,64097.3
Registered electors
PAP win (new seat)
General Election 1984: Yio Chu Kang
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
PAP Lau Ping Sum11,97776.7Decrease2.svg10.8
United People's FrontMunjeet Singh3,64723.3Increase2.svg10.8
Majority 8,33053.40Decrease2.svg21.6
Total valid votes
Rejected ballots
Turnout 16,28197.3
Registered electors
PAP hold Swing Decrease2.svg21.6
General Election 1988: Yio Chu Kang
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
PAP Lau Ping Sum10,99673.7Decrease2.svg3.0
NSP Rasiah Thiagarajah3,93126.3Increase2.svg26.3
Majority 7,06547.40Decrease2.svg21.6
Turnout 15,37696.2Decrease2.svg1.1
PAP hold Swing Decrease2.svg3.0

Elections in 2000s

General Election 2006: Yio Chu Kang
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
PAP Seng Han Thong 15,72668.28N/A
SDA Yip Yew Weng7,30731.72N/A
Majority 8,41936.56N/A
Turnout 23,52493.8N/A
PAP win (new seat)

Elections in 2020s

General Election 2020
PartyCandidateVotes%
PAP Yip Hon Weng 14,775 60.82
PSP Kayla Low9,51939.18
Majority5,25621.64
Total valid votes24,29498.33
Rejected ballots4131.67
Turnout 24,70795.17
Registered electors 25,962
PAP win (new seat)
General Election 2025 [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
PAP Yip Hon Weng 18,066 78.75 Increase2.svg17.93
PAR Michael Fang4,87621.25N/A
Majority 13,19057.50Increase2.svg35.86
Total valid votes22,94297.62Decrease2.svg0.71
Rejected ballots5592.38Increase2.svg0.71
Turnout 23,50192.49Decrease2.svg2.68
Registered electors 25,410Decrease2.svg 2.13
PAP hold Swing Increase2.svg17.93

See also

References

  1. ↑ "ELD | 1980 Parliamentary General Election Results". www.eld.gov.sg. Retrieved 2025-06-26.
  2. ↑ "ELD | 2006 Parliamentary General Election Results". www.eld.gov.sg. Retrieved 2025-06-26.
  3. ↑ "GE2020 official results: PAP new face Yip Hon Weng triumphs in Yio Chu Kang SMC". The Straits Times. 2020-07-11. ISSN   0585-3923 . Retrieved 2025-06-26.
  4. ↑ "ELD | 2025 Parliamentary General Election Results". www.eld.gov.sg. Retrieved 2025-06-26.
  5. ↑ "Statement of Poll for the Electoral Division of Yio Chu Kang" (PDF). 16 May 2025.

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