Tampines | |
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Group Representation constituency for the Parliament of Singapore | |
Region | East Region, Singapore |
Electorate | 151,708 |
Current constituency | |
Created | 1988 |
Seats | 5 |
Party | People's Action Party |
Member(s) | Baey Yam Keng Masagos Zulkifli Koh Poh Koon Desmond Choo |
Town Council | Tampines |
Created from |
The Tampines Group Representation Constituency is a five-member Group Representation Constituency (GRC) in the eastern region of Singapore. The GRC encompasses Tampines with five divisions: Tampines East, Tampines West, Tampines Central, Tampines North and Tampines Changkat managed by Tampines Town Council. The current MPs are Baey Yam Keng, Masagos Zulkifli, Koh Poh Koon and Desmond Choo from the People's Action Party (PAP).
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^ Cheng Li Hui resigned as Member of Parliament in 2023 due to an extramarital affair with party member. However, no by-election was called on the ground since it was a Group Representation Constituency, and the workload for the ward was distributed to Masagos Zulkifli. [1]
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 | Baey Yam Keng Cheng Li Hui Masagos Zulkifli Koh Poh Koon Desmond Choo | 94,561 | 66.41 | 5.65 | |
NSP | Reno Fong Mohammad Rizwan Mohammad Yeo Ren-Yuan Choong Hon Heng Vincent Ng | 47,819 | 33.59 | 5.65 | |
Majority | 46,742 | 32.82 | |||
Rejected ballots | 3,516 | 2.41 | |||
Turnout | 145,896 | 96.17 | 1.58 | ||
Registered electors | 151,708 | ||||
PAP hold | Swing | 5.65 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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PAP | Baey Yam Keng Cheng Li Hui Masagos Zulkifli Heng Swee Keat Desmond Choo | 95,202 | 72.06 | 14.84 | |
NSP | Lim Tean Sebastian Teo Reno Fong Nor Lella Mardilla Muhd Choong Hon Heng | 36,920 | 27.94 | 14.84 | |
Majority | 58,282 | 44.12 | 29.68 | ||
Rejected ballots | 3,638 | 2.68 | 0.32 | ||
Turnout | 135,760 | 94.59 | 0.1 | ||
PAP hold | Swing | 14.84 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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PAP | Baey Yam Keng Mah Bow Tan Masagos Zulkifli Heng Swee Keat Irene Ng | 72,728 | 57.22 | 11.29 | |
NSP | Goh Meng Seng Raymond Lim Gilbert Goh Syafarin Sarif Reno Fong | 54,381 | 42.78 | 11.29 | |
Turnout | 130,184 | 94.7 | 0.7 | ||
PAP hold | Swing | 11.29 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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PAP | Ong Kian Min Mah Bow Tan Masagos Zulkifli Sin Boon Ann Irene Ng | 80,376 | 68.51% | 4.83 | |
SDA | Abdul Rahman Mohamad Lim Tung Hee Arthero Ng Say Eng Ong Hock Siong Tan Lead Shake | 36,948 | 31.49% | 4.83 | |
Turnout | 120,416 | 95.4 | 0.1 | ||
PAP hold | Swing | 4.83 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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PAP | Ong Kian Min Mah Bow Tan Yatiman Yusof Sin Boon Ann Irene Ng | 85,915 | 73.34% | N/A | |
SDA | Sebastian Teo Foo Kok Wah Neo Ting Wei Abdul Rahim Yip Yew Weng | 31,231 | 26.66% | N/A | |
Turnout | 119,479 | 95.3 | N/A | ||
PAP hold | Swing | N/A | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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PAP | Mah Bow Tan Yatiman Yusof Sin Boon Ann Aline Wong | Walkover | |||
Turnout | 154,402 | N/A | |||
PAP hold | Swing | N/A | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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PAP | Mah Bow Tan Yatiman bin Yusof Aline Wong Chng Hee Kok | 38,844 | 59.5 | 1.5 | |
NSP | Ken Sunn Rasiah Thiagarajah Ong Seng Kwe Sarry bin Hassan | 26,457 | 40.5 | 1.5 | |
Turnout | 117,951 | 96.4 | - | ||
PAP hold | Swing | 1.5 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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PAP | Mah Bow Tan Yatiman bin Yusof Aline Wong | 37,216 | 61.0% | N/A | |
NSP | Lim Ah Yong Chan Yeng Cheong Abdul Malik bin Ali | 23,796 | 39.0% | N/A | |
Turnout | 65,148 | 96.4 | N/A | ||
PAP win (new seat) |
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