Jurong Group Representation Constituency

Jurong
Group Representation Constituency
for the Parliament of Singapore
Region Southwestern Singapore
Electorate 130,498
Current constituency
Created 2001
Number of members 5
Member(s) Ang Wei Neng
Tharman Shanmugaratnam
Desmond Lee
Rahayu Mahzam
Tan Wu Meng
Town Council Jurong-Clementi
Not to be confused with the pre-independence era ward in Jurong called, Jurong Single Member Constituency, which lasted between the 1959 general elections and the 1997 general elections.

Jurong Group Representation Constituency (Chinese: 裕廊集选区; Malay: Kawasan Undi Perwakilan Berkumpulan Jurong; Tamil: ஜூரோங் குழுத்தொகுதி) 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 subdivisions of the GRC are Bukit Batok East, Jurong Central, Taman Jurong and parts of Hong Kah. Yuhua and Bukit Batok divisions had been crafted out as Single Member Constituencies for the 2011 general elections and 2015 general elections respectively. The constituency was contested in the 2001 general election with the People's Action Party against the Singapore Democratic Party. The seat has always been held by the People's Action Party since its creation in 2001.

The electoral boundaries have been redrawn before the 2015 General Elections. In the 2015 General Election, the re-organised subdivisions of the GRC are Clementi, Bukit Batok East, Jurong Central, Jurong Spring and Taman Jurong.

Jurong GRC was a hotly contested seat in the 2001 general election with SDP leading the opposition team.

When the late Dr Ong Chit Chung died from heart failure in July 2008, Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong announced that there would be no by-elections to fill the position, as there are other MPs looking after the constituency as GRC. Dr Ong's seat for Bukit Batok was replaced by Mdm Halimah Yacob from the nearby Bukit Batok East ward, until the next election in 2011.

When Minister Lim Boon Heng retired from politics in 2011, both new MPs Desmond Lee and Ang Wei Neng assumed leadership for Jurong GRC.

Members of Parliament

Election Yuhua Bukit Batok Jurong Central Bukit Batok East Taman Jurong Jurong Spring Clementi
1997 Bukit Timah GRC Hong Kah GRC
as 'Hong Kah East 		Carved from Bukit Batok, Bukit Gombak and Bukit Timah Carved Bukit Timah GRC
as Jurong		 Hong Kah GRC
as Hong Kah South		 West Coast GRC
Formation
2001 Yu-Foo Yee Shoon Ong Chit Chung (2001-2008) Lim Boon Heng Halimah Bte Yacob Tharman Shanmugaratnam Carved from Jurong Central and Boon Lay
2006 Grace Fu Hai Yien
2011 Yuhua SMC David Ong Kim Huat Ang Wei Neng Desmond Lee
2015 SMC Rahayu Binte Mahzam Tan Wu Meng

Areas of responsibility

Candidates and results

Elections on 2010s

General Election 2015: Jurong GRC
Party Candidate Votes % ±
PAP Ang Wei Neng
Tharman Shanmugaratnam
Desmond Lee
Rahayu Mahzam
Tan Wu Meng		 95,080 79.28 Increase12.32
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
General Election 2011: Jurong GRC
Party Candidate Votes % ±
PAP Ang Wei Neng
Tharman Shanmugaratnam
Halimah Yacob
Desmond Lee
David Ong		 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

Elections in 2000s

General Election 2006: Jurong GRC
Party Candidate Votes % ±
PAP Lim Boon Heng
Tharman Shanmugaratnam
Ong Chit Chung
Halimah Yacob
Grace Fu		 Walkover
Turnout 116,573 N/A
PAP hold Swing
General Election 2001: Jurong GRC
Party Candidate Votes % ±
PAP Lim Boon Heng
Yu-Foo Yee Shoon
Ong Chit Chung
Tharman Shanmugaratnam
Halimah Yacob		 84,472 79.75% N/A
SDP Chee Soon Juan
Chee Siok Chin
Gandhi s/o Karuppiah Ambalam
Mohamed Isa Bin Abdul Aziz
Yeo Boon Keng Vincent		 21,511 20.25% N/A
Turnout 115,113 94.8 N/A
PAP win (new seat)

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