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Chua Chu Kang Group Representation Constituency

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Chua Chu Kang
Group Representation constituency
for the Parliament of Singapore
RegionNorth and West Region, Singapore
Electorate93,522
Current constituency
Created2011; 14 years ago (2011)
Seats4
PartyPeople's Action Party
Member(s)Choo Pei Ling
Jeffrey Siow
Tan See Leng
Zhulkarnain Abdul Rahim
Town CouncilChua Chu Kang
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The Chua Chu Kang Group Representation Constituency is a four-member Group Representation Constituency located in the western area of Singapore. The GRC has four wards: Chua Chu Kang, Tengah, Keat Hong and Brickland. Only a small portion of the constituency is residential, with most of its area consisting of the Western Water Catchment. The current Members of Parliament are Choo Pei Ling, Jeffrey Siow, Tan See Leng and Zhulkarnain Abdul Rahim from the People's Action Party (PAP).[1]

History

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Prior to 2011, the area constituting Chua Chu Kang GRC was administered under Hong Kah GRC and Chua Chu Kang Single Member Constituency (SMC). Chua Chu Kang SMC was one of the oldest surviving constituencies in Singapore and the only one to have remained intact before Singapore's independence, existing since 1959 when Singapore gained full self-governance from its colonial British Government.

In 2001, Bukit Gombak SMC was absorbed into the former Hong Kah GRC with the town council being Hong Kah Town Council. In 2015, Yew Tee was absorbed into the newly created Marsiling–Yew Tee GRC.

The 2011 elections saw the reformation of both wards with every ward of Hong Kah GRC and Chua Chu Kang being merged into Chua Chu Kang GRC, with the exception of the Hong Kah North ward that had been carved out to become an SMC.

In 2020, the rest of Tengah were moved from Chua Chu Kang GRC to Hong Kah North SMC. Most of the residential portions of Nanyang were shifted to West Coast GRC, while the less populated areas were allocated to Keat Hong ward.

Prior to the 2025 general election, the Electoral Boundaries Review Committee moved new housing developments in Tengah from Hong Kah North SMC to Chua Chu Kang GRC. To maintain Chua Chu Kang GRC as a 4-MP GRC while accommodating significant future population growth in Tengah, estates in Bukit Gombak and Hillview were carved out to form a new Bukit Gombak SMC.[2]

On 14 April 2025, it was announced that incumbent MP Don Wee would not be contesting the election.[3] As Low Yen Ling's ward was carved out to form Bukit Gombak SMC, she left the GRC team to contest the SMC.[3] Deputy Prime Minister Gan Kim Yong remained the team leader for the GRC with existing member Zhulkarnain Abdul Rahim and two newcomers, Jeffrey Siow and Choo Pei Ling.[3]

On Nomination Day, Gan was instead nominated to contest for Punggol GRC, instead of Chua Chu Kang GRC, against the Workers' Party (WP) team led by Harpreet Singh Nehal as the lead anchor for Punggol.[4] Minister for Manpower Tan See Leng who was announced to contest for Marine Parade-Braddell Heights GRC became the candidate for Chua Chu Kang GRC in a swap with Gan.[5][6] In response to questions about the move, Tan stated that "I don't think I've ever abandoned Marine Parade. It was a walkover, it was a walkover. It was a walkover. I've said it three times", and further explained that accordingly he had decided to "stand up when called upon to go to anywhere that the party and the country think they need me to go".[7]

The PAP team won the election against a Progress Singapore Party team with almost 64 percent of the vote.[8]

Members of Parliament

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Year Division Members of Parliament Party
Formation
2011
  • Chua Chu Kang
  • Bukit Gombak
  • Keat Hong
  • Nanyang
  • Yew Tee
PAP
2015
  • Chua Chu Kang
  • Bukit Gombak
  • Keat Hong
  • Nanyang
2020
  • Brickland
  • Chua Chu Kang
  • Bukit Gombak
  • Keat Hong
2025
  • Brickland
  • Chua Chu Kang
  • Keat Hong
  • Tengah

Electoral results

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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 2010s

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General Election 2011: Chua Chu Kang GRC
Party Candidate Votes %
PAP Gan Kim Yong
Low Yen Ling
Zaqy Mohamad
Alvin Yeo
Alex Yam
89,710 61.20
NSP Sebastian Teo
Hazel Poa
Tony Tan
Nor Lella Mardiiiah Mohamed
Jeisilan Sivalingam
56,885 38.80
Turnout 149,659 94.3
PAP win (new seat)
General Election 2015: Chua Chu Kang GRC
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
PAP Gan Kim Yong
Low Yen Ling
Zaqy Mohamad
Yee Chia Hsing
84,731 76.89 Increase15.69
PPP Goh Meng Seng
Syafarin Sarif
Low Wai Choo
Lee Tze Shih
25,460 23.11 N/A
Majority 59,271 53.78
Rejected ballots 2,949 2.61 -
Turnout 113,140 94.34
PAP hold Swing Increase15.69

Elections in 2020s

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General Election 2020
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
PAP Gan Kim Yong
Low Yen Ling
Don Wee
Zhulkarnain Abdul Rahim
59,554 58.64 Decrease18.25
PSP Francis Yuen
Tan Meng Wah
Choo Shaun Ming
Abdul Rahman Mohamad
42,012 41.36 N/A
Majority 17,520 17.28
Total valid votes 101,566 98.63
Rejected ballots 1,410 1.37
Turnout 102,976 96.57 Increase2.23
Registered electors 106,632
PAP hold Swing Decrease18.25
General Election 2025[9]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
PAP Tan See Leng
Zhulkarnain Abdul Rahim
Jeffrey Siow
Choo Pei Ling
55,140 63.60 Increase4.96
PSP Lawrence Pek
S. Nallakaruppan
Wendy Low
A'bas Kasmani
31,562 36.40 Decrease4.96
Majority 23,578 27.20 Increase9.92
Total valid votes 86,702 98.64 Increase0.01
Rejected ballots 1,191 1.36 Decrease0.01
Turnout 87,893 93.98 Decrease2.59
Registered electors 93,522 Decrease12.29
PAP hold Swing Increase4.96

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Heng Swee Keat picked as PAP's first assistant secretary-general, indicating he will be next PM". StraitsTimes. 23 November 2018.
  2. ^ Koh, Fabian (11 March 2025). "GE2025: Extensive changes to electoral boundaries due to population shifts; only 5 GRCs, 4 SMCs left intact". CNA. Archived from the original on 12 March 2025. Retrieved 12 March 2025.
  3. ^ a b c Koh, Wan Ting; Ang, Hwee Min (14 April 2025). "GE2025: PAP unveils Chua Chu Kang GRC team, including new faces Jeffrey Siow and Choo Pei Ling". CNA. Retrieved 20 May 2025.
  4. ^ "GE2025: PAP keeps opposition guessing with last-minute deployments on Nomination Day". The Straits Times. 23 April 2025. ISSN 0585-3923. Retrieved 25 April 2025.
  5. ^ "GE2025: Tan See Leng to helm PAP's Marine Parade-Braddell Heights GRC team, including new face Diana Pang". CNA. Retrieved 23 April 2025.
  6. ^ "GE2025: Surprise moves as prospective candidates file papers at nomination centres". CNA. Retrieved 23 April 2025.
  7. ^ Lam, Nicole (26 April 2025). "GE2025: 'No abandonment' of Marine Parade, says Dr Tan See Leng". CNA. Retrieved 26 April 2025.
  8. ^ Chia, Osmond; Salim, Sharon (4 May 2025). "GE2025: PAP retains Chua Chu Kang GRC with 63.59% of votes; wins 75.83% of votes in Bukit Gombak SMC". The Straits Times. ISSN 0585-3923. Retrieved 21 May 2025.
  9. ^ "Statement of Poll for the Electoral Division of Chua Chu Kang" (PDF). 16 May 2025.
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