Jurong Group Representation Constituency
| Jurong | |
|---|---|
| Former group representation constituency for the Parliament of Singapore | |
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| Region | West Region, Singapore |
| Electorate | 131,058 |
| Former constituency | |
| Created | 2001 |
| Abolished | 2025 |
| Seats | 5 |
| Member | Constituency abolished |
| Town Council | Jurong–Clementi |
| Created from | |
| Replaced by |
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The Jurong Group Representation Constituency was a five-member group representation constituency (GRC) in western Singapore. At abolition, it had five divisions: Bukit Batok East, Clementi, Jurong Central, Jurong Spring and Taman Jurong, managed by Jurong–Clementi Town Council.[1]
History
[edit]2001–2011: Creation and first three elections
[edit]Jurong GRC was created prior to the 2001 general election with five seats in Parliament. It comprised the majority of the defunct Bukit Timah GRC, as well as parts of Hong Kah GRC and the defunct Bukit Gombak Single Member Constituency (SMC).[2] The governing People's Action Party (PAP) defeated the Singapore Democratic Party (SDP) with 79.75% of the vote.[3]
During the 2006 general election, the PAP team for Jurong GRC won unopposed.[4] During the 2011 general election, it defeated the National Solidarity Party (NSP) with 66.96% of the vote.[5]
2008: Death of Ong Chit Chung
[edit]In 2008, a by-election was not called in Jurong GRC after incumbent MP Ong Chit Chung died of heart cancer.[6][7]
2015 general election
[edit]During the 2015 general election, Jurong GRC lost its Bukit Batok division, which became Bukit Batok SMC; in return, it absorbed the Clementi division of West Coast GRC, maintaining its five seats.[8][9] Led by Tharman Shanmugaratnam, the PAP defeated Singaporeans First (SingFirst) with 79.29% of the vote.[10][11]
2020 general election
[edit]During the 2020 general election, Desmond Lee and Ang Wei Neng, both incumbents for Jurong GRC, were redeployed to West Coast GRC.[12] Xie Yao Quan was nominated as a PAP candidate for the former constituency, replacing Ivan Lim, a general manager at Keppel, who had withdrawn 3 days after his electoral introduction. Lim had been accused online of past arrogance and elitism, as well as involvement in Keppel's then-active bribery case in Brazil.[13] Led again by Tharman, the PAP team for Jurong GRC defeated Red Dot United (RDU), a party formed three weeks before the election, with 74.61% of the vote.[10][11]
2023: Resignation of Tharman Shanmugaratnam
[edit]In July 2023, to stand as a candidate in the presidential election in the same year, Tharman resigned from Parliament, his ministerial positions and the PAP.[14]
2025: Abolition
[edit]Jurong GRC was dissolved prior to the 2025 general election. 2,776 voters were absorbed into Holland–Bukit Timah GRC; the remaining majority of the electorate was split between Jurong East–Bukit Batok GRC, Jurong Central SMC, and West Coast–Jurong West GRC.[15]
Members of Parliament
[edit]| Year | Division | Members of Parliament | Party | |
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| 2020 |
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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 | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| PAP | Halimah Yacob Ong Chit Chung 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 | |
| Majority | 62,961 | 59.50 | ||
| Total valid votes | 106,253 | 97.30 | ||
| Rejected ballots | 2,945 | 2.70 | ||
| Turnout | 109,198 | 94.86 | ||
| Registered electors | 115,113 | |||
| PAP win (new seat) | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PAP | Grace Fu Halimah Yacob Ong Chit Chung Lim Boon Heng Tharman Shanmugaratnam |
Unopposed | |||
| Registered electors | 116,573 |  1.27
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| PAP hold | |||||
Elections in 2010s
[edit]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PAP | Ang Wei Neng David Ong Desmond Lee Halimah Yacob Tharman Shanmugaratnam |
76,595 | 66.96 | N/A | |
| NSP | Abdul Rasheed Cristopher Neo Elvin Ong Noraini Yunus Ong Hock Siong |
37,786 | 33.04 | N/A | |
| Majority | 38,809 | 33.92 | N/A | ||
| Total valid votes | 114,381 | 97.69 | N/A | ||
| Rejected ballots | 2,706 | 2.31 | N/A | ||
| Turnout | 117,087 | 93.46 | N/A | ||
| Registered electors | 125,276 | 7.47
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| PAP hold | Swing | N/A | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| PAP | Ang Wei Neng Desmond Lee Rahayu Mahzam Tan Wu Meng Tharman Shanmugaratnam |
95,228 | 79.29 | 12.33
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| SingFirst | David Foo Ming Jin Sukdeu Singh Tan Peng Ann Wong Chee Wai Wong Soon Hong |
24,869 | 20.71 | N/A | |
| Majority | 70,359 | 58.58 | 24.66
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| Total valid votes | 120,097 | 98.01 | 0.32
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| Rejected ballots | 2,436 | 1.99 |  0.32
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| Turnout | 122,533 | 93.90 | 0.44
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| Registered electors | 130,498 | 4.17
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| PAP hold | Swing | 12.33
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Elections in 2020s
[edit]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| PAP | Rahayu Mahzam Shawn Huang Tan Wu Meng Tharman Shanmugaratnam Xie Yao Quan |
91,846 | 74.61 | 4.67
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| RDU | Alec Tok Liyana Dhamirah Michelle Lee Juen Nicholas Tang Ravi Philemon |
31,260 | 25.39 | N/A | |
| Majority | 60,586 | 49.22 | 9.36
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| Total valid votes | 123,106 | 97.99 | 0.02
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| Rejected ballots | 2,519 | 2.01 | 0.02
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| Turnout | 125,625 | 95.85 | 1.95
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| Registered electors | 131,058 | 0.43
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| PAP hold | Swing | 4.67
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References
[edit]- ^ "Jurong–Clementi Town Council: Our Town Map". Jurong–Clementi Town Council. Archived from the original on 14 March 2025. Retrieved 19 October 2025.
- ^ "And Jurong GRC it is". Today. 23 October 2001. Retrieved 19 October 2025 – via NewspaperSG.
- ^ a b "ELD | 2001 Parliamentary General Election Results". Elections Department Singapore. Retrieved 28 June 2025.
- ^ a b "ELD | 2006 Parliamentary General Election Results". Elections Department Singapore. Retrieved 28 June 2025.
- ^ a b "ELD | 2011 Parliamentary General Election Results". Elections Department Singapore. Retrieved 30 June 2025.
- ^ "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. Archived from the original on 12 March 2025. Retrieved 12 March 2025.
In recent years, the deaths of PAP MPs Dr Ong Chit Chung in 2008 and Dr Balaji Sadasivan in 2010 also fuelled talk of by-elections.
These did not take place. - ^ "GE2015: PAP reveals candidates for Jurong GRC, Bukit Batok SMC". Yahoo! News. Archived from the original on 19 October 2025. Retrieved 19 October 2025.
- ^ "Battleground Singapore: Who's standing where". The Straits Times. Archived from the original on 25 April 2018. Retrieved 23 October 2025.
- ^ a b "GE2020 official results: Tharman leads PAP to thumping win in Jurong GRC with 75% of votes against RDU". The Straits Times. 11 July 2020. ISSN 0585-3923. Archived from the original on 3 May 2025. Retrieved 19 October 2025.
- ^ a b "GE2025: PAP scores big wins in newly formed Jurong East-Bukit Batok GRC, Jurong Central SMC". The Straits Times. 4 May 2025. Archived from the original on 8 June 2025. Retrieved 19 October 2025.
- ^ Ng, Lucia (30 June 2020). "West Coast GRC To Be Contested By PAP's S. Iswaran & Desmond Lee, To Face PSP A-Team". Must Share News. Archived from the original on 30 April 2025. Retrieved 19 October 2025.
- ^ "GE2020: PAP prospective candidate Ivan Lim will not contest in election after online criticism". CNA. 27 June 2020. Archived from the original on 21 March 2025. Retrieved 27 June 2020.
- ^ "Tharman Shanmugaratnam to run for President in Singapore, will resign from PAP". CNA. 8 June 2023. Archived from the original on 23 May 2025. Retrieved 12 March 2025.
- ^ "Jurong GRC to be split into four constituencies, including new GRCs and SMC". The Straits Times. 11 March 2025. Archived from the original on 23 July 2025. Retrieved 19 October 2025.
- ^ "STATEMENT OF THE POLL AFTER COUNTING THE BALLOTS" (PDF). Elections Department Singapore. 4 November 2001. Retrieved 28 June 2025.
- ^ "STATEMENT OF THE POLL AFTER COUNTING THE BALLOTS". Elections Department Singapore. 12 May 2011. Retrieved 30 June 2025.
- ^ "ELD | 2015 Parliamentary General Election Results". Elections Department Singapore. Retrieved 30 June 2025.
- ^ "STATEMENT OF THE POLL AFTER COUNTING THE BALLOTS" (PDF). Elections Department Singapore. 16 September 2015. Retrieved 30 June 2025.
- ^ "ELD | 2020 Parliamentary General Election Results". Elections Department Singapore. Retrieved 30 June 2025.
- ^ "STATEMENT OF THE POLL AFTER COUNTING THE BALLOTS" (PDF). Elections Department Singapore. 16 July 2020. Retrieved 30 June 2025.
