Jurong Group Representation Constituency
| Jurong | |
|---|---|
| Former Group Representation constituency for the Parliament of Singapore | |
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| Region | West Region, Singapore |
| Electorate | 131,234 |
| Former constituency | |
| Created | 2001 |
| Abolished | 2025 |
| Seats | 5 |
| Party | People's Action Party |
| Member(s) | Rahayu Mahzam Tan Wu Meng Xie Yao Quan Shawn Huang |
| Town Council | Jurong–Clementi |
| Created from | |
The Jurong Group Representation Constituency is a five-member Group Representation Constituency located in the western area of Singapore. The GRC consists of a large section of Jurong, sections of Bukit Batok and areas near Upper Bukit Timah Road. The five divisions of the GRC: Bukit Batok East, Jurong Central, Taman Jurong, Jurong Spring and Clementi managed by Jurong Town Council. The current MPs are Rahayu Mahzam, Tan Wu Meng, Xie Yao Quan and Shawn Huang from the People's Action Party (PAP) after the resignation of Tharman Shanmugaratnam.[1]
Within the resignation of former Senior Minister Tharman Shanmugaratnam to run for the 2023 Presidential Elections, this GRC is currently not led by a cabinet minister until the next general election is called in 2025.
History
[edit]In the 2011 general elections, the Jurong Central and Hong Kah division's population carved to form the new Jurong Spring division, while Yuhua became a SMC in return. In 2015, Bukit Batok was carved as a SMC while Clementi, a division under the West Coast GRC, was absorbed to the ward to maintain its five seats.
The constituency was first contested in the 2001 general election with the People's Action Party against the Singapore Democratic Party. In 2006, the PAP retained the constituency with a walkover in 2006. In 2008, Ong Chit Chung died from heart cancer.[2] Following his death, a by-election was not called.[3]
The PAP team was challenged in subsequent elections by the National Solidarity Party (2011), Singaporeans First (2015) and Red Dot United (2020); however, this GRC has always been held by the People's Action Party since its creation in 2001.
The ward was first led by the Lim Boon Heng until his retirement from politics in 2011. After Lim's retirement, Tharman Shanmugaratnam and Desmond Lee Ti-Seng have assumed leadership for Jurong GRC, but Lee was transferred to West Coast GRC in 2020 together with Ang Wei Neng. Ivan Lim was introduced on 24 June 2020 for the General Elections but withdrew 3 days later following allegations of his past behaviour.[4] He was replaced by Xie Yao Quan.
In July 2023, Tharman stepped down from Parliament and all his positions in the government and resigned as a member of the PAP in order to stand as a candidate in the 2023 Singaporean presidential election.[5]
This constituency will be dissolved in 2025. It will be replaced by Jurong East-Bukit Batok GRC, and will also absorb Hong Kah North, Yuhua and Bukit Batok SMCs. Jurong Central portion will be split into SMC, called Jurong Central SMC, and Jurong West / Taman Jurong will be under West Coast-Jurong West GRC. A few portion of the Bukit Timah Hill, will then move to Holland-Bukit Timah GRC.
Members of Parliament
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^ Ong died on 14 July 2008 due to a heart failure. However, no by-election was called since it was a Group Representation Constituency (GRC), and the workload for the Bukit Batok division was given to Halimah Yacob.
^ Tharman Shanmugaratnam resigned as Member of Parliament in 2023 to contest in the 2023 presidential election. However, no by-election was called for this GRC as Shawn Huang took over the workload for Taman Jurong, the Jurong Spring part was then taken over by Hamid Razak.Electoral results
[edit]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 2000s
[edit]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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| PAP | Ong Chit Chung Halimah Yacob Lim Boon Heng Tharman Shanmugaratnam Yu-Foo Yee Shoon |
84,472 | 79.75% | |
| SDP | Chee Soon Juan Chee Siok Chin Gandhi s/o Karuppiah Ambalam Mohamed Isa Bin Abdul Aziz Vincent Yeo |
21,511 | 20.25% | |
| Turnout | 115,113 | 94.8 | ||
| PAP win (new seat) | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| PAP | Ong Chit Chung Halimah Yacob Lim Boon Heng Tharman Shanmugaratnam Grace Fu |
Unopposed | |||
| Registered electors | 116,573 | ||||
| PAP hold | |||||
Elections in 2010s
[edit]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| PAP | David Ong Halimah Yacob Ang Wei Neng Desmond Lee Tharman Shanmugaratnam |
76,595 | 66.96 | N/A | |
| NSP | Abdul Rasheed Cristopher Neo Elvin Ong Ong Hock Siong Noraini Yunus |
37,786 | 33.07 | N/A | |
| Turnout | 117,087 | 93.5 | N/A | ||
| PAP hold | Swing | N/A | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| PAP | Rahayu Mahzam Tan Wu Meng Ang Wei Neng Desmond Lee Tharman Shanmugaratnam |
95,080 | 79.28 |  12.32
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| SingFirst | Foo Ming Jin David Sukdeu Singh Tan Peng Ann Wong Chee Wai Wong Soon Hong |
24,848 | 20.72 | N/A | |
| Majority | 61,666 | 55.37 | N/A | ||
| Rejected ballots | 2,432 | ||||
| Turnout | 122,360 | ||||
| PAP hold | Swing | N/A | |||
Elections in 2020s
[edit]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| PAP | Rahayu Mahzam Tan Wu Meng Xie Yao Quan Shawn Huang Tharman Shanmugaratnam |
91,692 | 74.62 |  4.66
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| RDU | Michelle Lee Juen Ravi Philemon Nicholas Tang Liyana Dhamirah Alec Tok |
31,191 | 25.38 | N/A | |
| Majority | 60,501 | 49.24 | |||
| Rejected ballots | 2,517 | 2.01 | |||
| Turnout | 125,400 | 95.55 | 1.79
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| Registered electors | 131,234 | ||||
| PAP hold | Swing | 4.66
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References
[edit]- ^ Osman, Dhany (25 June 2020). "GE2020: Tharman to remain anchor minister for PAP's Jurong GRC team". Yahoo News Singapore. Retrieved 18 May 2021.
- ^ "Jurong GRC MP Ong Chit Chung dies". The Straits Times. 14 July 2008. Archived from the original on 10 January 2015. Retrieved 10 January 2015.
- ^ "S'pore could see first by-election in 20 years". CNA. Retrieved 12 March 2025.
- ^ "GE2020: PAP prospective candidate Ivan Lim will not contest in election after online criticism". CNA. 27 June 2020. Retrieved 27 June 2020.
- ^ "Tharman Shanmugaratnam to run for President in Singapore, will resign from PAP". CNA. 8 June 2023.
- 2020 General Election's result
- 2015 General Election's result
- 2011 General Election's result
- 2006 General Election's result
- 2001 General Election's result
- 1997 General Election's result
- 1991 General Election's result
- 1988 General Election's result
External links
[edit]- Bukit Batok Division Website Archived 21 September 2020 at the Wayback Machine
- Taman Jurong Community Website
- Jurong-Clementi Town Council
