Pasir Ris–Punggol Group Representation Constituency
Pasir Ris–Punggol Group Representation Constituency (Simplified Chinese: 白沙–榜鹅集选区) is a five-member Group Representation Constituency (GRC) in the north-eastern region of Singapore. The constituency currently consists of Pasir Ris and parts of the Punggol town area. There are a total of 5 divisions in the GRC. They are Pasir Ris Central, Pasir Ris West, Pasir Ris East, Punggol Shore and Punggol Coast.
Pasir Ris–Punggol | |
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Group Representation Constituency for the Parliament of Singapore | |
Region | East and North-East Regions, Singapore |
Electorate | 166,587 |
Current constituency | |
Created | 2001 |
Seats | 5 |
Party | People's Action Party |
Member(s) | Teo Chee Hean Janil Puthucheary Mohamed Sharael Taha Yeo Wan Ling Desmond Tan Kok Ming |
Town Council | Pasir Ris–Punggol |
Created from |
Pasir Ris–Punggol GRC is now helmed by Senior Minister & Coordinating Minister for National Security Teo Chee Hean; together with Senior Minister of State Janil Puthucheary.
History
Formed during the 2001 general election as a five-member GRC, it has been held by the People's Action Party ever since. With the growth in population of Punggol New Town and Sengkang New Town, the GRC grew from a five-member GRC to a six-member GRC prior to the 2006 elections. In 2011, Punggol East was carved out as a SMC while the Punggol West division was formed, and in 2015, parts of Buangkok and Hougang (of the Punggol South division) were split off into Ang Mo Kio GRC, while the northern portions of Punggol were formed to create the division of Punggol Coast, retaining its six seats.
Its first contest happened in 2006 with the opponent being Singapore Democratic Alliance. For the 2011 general election, the incumbent People's Action Party announced that their team would be led by Teo Chee Hean, and include then-Senior Parliamentary Secretary Teo Ser Luck, Penny Low, as well as new candidates Janil Puthucheary, Gan Thiam Poh and Zainal Sapari.[1] In the 2015 general election, Penny Low retired from politics and new candidates Ng Chee Meng and Sun Xueling joined the team.[2]
In the 2020 general election, the GRC was reduced to five members, with the newly formed Punggol West SMC carved out from the boundaries of Pasir-Ris Punggol GRC and the Sengkang Central ward being carved out to become part of the brand new Sengkang GRC, the Tampines retail park (part of the Pasir Ris area) was also redrawn into Tampines GRC. [3][4]
Pasir Ris-Punggol GRC with Punggol West SMC are under same town council, Paris Ris-Punggol Town Council.
Members of Parliament
Election | Division | Incumbent | Party | |
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2001 |
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2006 |
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2011 |
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PAP | ||
2015 |
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PAP | ||
2020 |
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PAP |
Candidates and results
Elections in 2020s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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PAP | Teo Chee Hean Janil Puthucheary Mohamed Sharael Taha Yeo Wan Ling Desmond Tan Kok Ming |
100,772 | 64.15 | 8.74 | |
PV | Jireh Lim Prabu Ramachandran Mohamed Nassir Ismail Gilbert Goh Keow Wah Vigneswari Ramachandran |
19,127 | 12.18 | N/A | |
SDA | Desmond Lim Bak Chuan Abu Mohamed Harminder Pal Singh Kelvin Ong Soon Huat Kuswadi Atnawi |
37,179 | 23.67 | 3.44 | |
Majority | 44,466 | 28.30 | |||
Rejected ballots | 3,392 | 2.11 | |||
Turnout | 160,470 | 96.33 | 1.96 | ||
Registered electors | 166,587 | ||||
PAP hold | Swing | 8.74 |
Elections in 2010s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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PAP | Teo Chee Hean Teo Ser Luck Janil Puthucheary Zainal Sapari Ng Chee Meng Sun Xueling |
125,021 | 72.89 | 8.10 | |
SDA | Desmond Lim Harminder Pal Singh Abu Mohammed Arthero Lim Ong Teik Seng Wong Way Weng |
46,508 | 27.11 | 8.10 | |
Majority | 78,513 | 45.78 | 16.2 | ||
Rejected ballots | 5,310 | 3.00 | - | ||
Turnout | 176,839 | 94.37 | 0.13 | ||
PAP hold | Swing | 8.10 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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PAP | Teo Chee Hean Teo Ser Luck Penny Low Janil Puthucheary Zainal Sapari Gan Thiam Poh |
100,493 | 64.79 | 3.91 | |
SDA | Harminder Pal Singh Sidney Soon Mohd Shafni Ahmad Tan Keng Hong Jeffrey Lim Patrick Lee Song Juan |
54,601 | 35.21 | 3.91 | |
Turnout | 159,639 | 94.5 | -0.3 | ||
PAP hold | Swing | 3.91 |
Elections in 2000s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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PAP | Teo Chee Hean Teo Ser Luck Penny Low Charles Chong Michael Palmer Ahmad bin Mohd Magad |
113,322 | 68.70 | N/A | |
SDA | Desmond Lim Ishark Bin Haroun Lineker Lee Hock Huat Mohamad Hamim Bin Aliyas Ong Beng Soon, Elvin Yen Kim Khooi |
51,618 | 31.30 | N/A | |
Turnout | 169,172 | 94.8 | N/A | ||
PAP hold | Swing | N/A |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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PAP | Teo Chee Hean Michael Lim Charles Chong Penny Low Ahmad bin Mohd Magad |
Walkover | |||
Turnout | 134,151 | N/A | |||
PAP win (new seat) |
References
- Ramesh, S (19 April 2011). "GE: PAP announces election line-up". Channel NewsAsia. Retrieved 21 April 2011.
- Chew, Hui Min (22 August 2015). "PAP introduces 2 new faces in Pasir Ris–Punggol team: Ex-defence chief Ng Chee Meng, Sun Xueling". The Straits Times. Retrieved 19 February 2020.
- Sim, Royston (13 March 2020). "Singapore GE: New electoral boundaries announced; 14 SMCs, 17 GRCs in next election". The Straits Times. Retrieved 13 March 2020.
- "More electoral divisions, no 6-member GRCs in coming election: EBRC report". CNA. 13 March 2020. Retrieved 13 March 2020.