Hong Kah North Single Member Constituency

Hong Kah North Single Member Constituency (Chinese: 丰加北单选区; Malay: Kawasan Undi Perseorangan Hong Kah North; Tamil: ஹொங் கா நார்த் தனித்தொகுதி) is a Single-Member Constituency in the Western Part of Singapore. Formerly a ward of Hong Kah GRC throughout the ward's existence, from 1991 to 2011, it was crafted out as a SMC during the 2011 elections. The incumbent MP is Amy Khor.

Hong Kah North
Single Member Constituency
for the Parliament of Singapore
RegionWest Region, Singapore
Electorate28,071
Current constituency
Created2011 (2011)
Seats1
Party People's Action Party
Member(s)Amy Khor Lean Suan
Town CouncilChua Chu Kang
Created fromHong Kah GRC

Together with Chua Chu Kang GRC, it is currently under the management of Chua Chu Kang Town Council. Prior to the 2011 general election, a five-year plan was introduced by PAP, which plan includes replacing current bus stops (those orange-white type used in the 1990s) along Jurong West Avenue 5 and 3, at the constituency, with new modern bus stops (those grey ones used in the 2000s).

In the 2011 general election, this ward gave the People's Action Party a strong mandate of 70.6% despite the national average dropping to 60.1%. Sin Kek Tong also received the second-lowest percentage of votes from all candidates, behind another candidate Desmond Lim who took a share of 4.45% of the votes in Punggol East SMC during a three-cornered fight.

In 2020, parts of Jurong West (Bulim) were transferred to West Coast GRC, and some of the Tengah from Chua Chu Kang GRC were transferred to this constituency. This is to facilitate the growing development of Tengah New Town and also the remaining public housing projects in Bukit Batok West.

Hong Kah North SMC with Choa Chu Kang GRC are under the same town council, Choa Chu Kang Town Council.

Members of Parliament
Election Division IncumbentParty
2011Hong Kah North SMCAmy Khor Lean SuanPAP
2020Amy Khor Lean SuanPAP

Candidates and results

Elections in 2020s
General Election 2020: Hong Kah North
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
PAP Amy Khor Lean Suan 16,347 60.99 13.77
PSP Gigene Wong 10,457 39.01 N/A
Majority 5,890 21.98
Rejected ballots 403 1.48
Turnout 27,207 97.00 1.61
Registered electors 28,046
PAP hold Swing 13.77

Elections in 2010s
General Election 2015: Hong Kah North[1][2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
PAP Amy Khor Lean Suan 19,628 74.76 4.15
SPP Ravi Philemon 6,627 25.24 4.15
Majority 13,001 49.52 8.30
Total valid votes 26,255 97.94 0.12
Rejected ballots 551 2.06 0.12
Total votes 26,806 95.24 0.35
Registered electors 28,145
PAP hold Swing 8.30
General Election 2011: Hong Kah North[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
PAP Amy Khor Lean Suan 18,156 70.61 N/A
SPP Sin Kek Tong 7,556 29.39 N/A
Majority 10,600 41.22 N/A
Total valid votes 25,712 97.82 N/A
Rejected ballots 573 2.18 N/A
Total votes 26,285 94.89 N/A
Registered electors 27,701
PAP win (new seat)

References

Footnotes
  1. Sample Count: PAP 74%; SPP 26%, "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2015-10-31. Retrieved 2015-10-31.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link), 11 Sep 2015.
  2. Parliamentary Elections Act - Statement of the Poll for Electoral Division of Hong Kah North (Gazette Notification No. 2319/2015), archived from the original on 18 September 2015
  3. Parliamentary Elections Act - Statement of the Poll for Electoral Division of Hong Kah North (Gazette Notification No. 1273/2011), archived from the original on 4 March 2016

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