Kebun Baru Single Member Constituency
| Kebun Baru | |
|---|---|
| Single Member constituency for the Parliament of Singapore | |
 | |
| Region | North-East Region, Singapore |
| Electorate | 22,263 |
| Current constituency | |
| Created | 1980 |
| Seats | 1 |
| Party | People's Action Party |
| Member(s) | Henry Kwek |
| Town Council | Ang Mo Kio |
| Created from | Ang Mo Kio Constituency |
| Merged | 1991 |
| Merged to | Ang Mo Kio GRC |
| Reformed | 2020 |
| Reformed from | Nee Soon GRC |
The Kebun Baru Single Member Constituency[a] is a single-member constituency (SMC) in north-eastern Singapore. It is managed by Ang Mo Kio Town Council. The current Member of Parliament (MP) for the constituency is Henry Kwek from the governing People's Action Party (PAP).
History
[edit]Creation and first existence (1980–1991)
[edit]Kebun Baru Constituency was carved from Ang Mo Kio Constituency[b] prior to the 1980 general election. It was represented by Lim Boon Heng from the PAP throughout its first continuous period (11 years) of existence.[2][3][4]
At the 1988 general election, following the introduction of group representation constituencies (GRCs), the constituency was renamed Kebun Baru Single Member Constituency, in line with the new designation for constituencies with one MP.[5]
Kebun Baru SMC was abolished and merged into the newly established Ang Mo Kio GRC prior to the 1991 general election.[6]
Second existence (since 2020)
[edit]Kebun Baru SMC was reformed prior to the 2020 general election.[7] It was carved out of Nee Soon GRC, which it had belonged to as a division since 2015.[8] Henry Kwek, the incumbent MP for the division, defeated Kumaran Pillai from the Progress Singapore Party (PSP) in the SMC with 62.92% of the vote.[8]
In the 2025 general election, Kwek stood for reelection in Kebun Baru SMC. He defeated PSP candidate Tony Tan with an improved 68.5% of the vote.[8]
Member of Parliament
[edit]| Year | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Formation | |||
| 1980 | Lim Boon Heng | PAP | |
| 1984 | |||
| 1988 | |||
| Constituency abolished (1991 – 2020) | |||
| 2020 | Henry Kwek | PAP | |
| 2025 | |||
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 1980s
[edit]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PAP | Lim Boon Heng | 13,632 | 82.83 | ||
| UF | Lim Tiong Hock | 1,883 | 11.44 | ||
| UPF | Jantan B Taib | 943 | 5.73 | ||
| Majority | 11,749 | 71.39 | |||
| Total valid votes | 16,458 | 96.99 | |||
| Rejected ballots | 511 | 3.01 | |||
| Turnout | 16,969 | 95.82 | |||
| Registered electors | 17,709 | ||||
| PAP win (new seat) | |||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PAP | Lim Boon Heng | 12,311 | 75.84 |  6.99
| |
| UPF | Harbans Singh | 3,921 | 24.16 |  18.43
| |
| Majority | 8.390 | 51.68 | 19.71
| ||
| Total valid votes | 16,232 | 95.77 | 1.22
| ||
| Rejected ballots | 717 | 4.23 | 1.22
| ||
| Turnout | 16,949 | 96.62 | 0.80
| ||
| Registered electors | 17,542 | 0.94
| |||
| PAP hold | Swing | 6.99
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PAP | Lim Boon Heng | 15,734 | 75.36 | 0.48
| |
| NSP | Mohamed Affendy bin Abdul Rahim | 5,145 | 24.64 | N/A | |
| Majority | 10,589 | 50.72 | 0.96
| ||
| Total valid votes | 20,879 | 97.37 | 1.60
| ||
| Rejected ballots | 564 | 2.63 | 1.60
| ||
| Turnout | 21,443 | 95.24 | 1.38
| ||
| Registered electors | 22,515 | 28.35
| |||
| PAP hold | Swing | 0.48
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Elections in 2020s
[edit]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PAP | Henry Kwek | 13,309 | 62.92 | ||
| PSP | Kumaran Pillai | 7,842 | 37.08 | ||
| Majority | 5,467 | 25.85 | |||
| Total valid votes | 21,151 | 98.20 | |||
| Rejected ballots | 387 | 1.80 | |||
| Turnout | 21,538 | 95.20 | |||
| Registered electors | 22,623 | ||||
| PAP win (new seat) | |||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PAP | Henry Kwek | 13,787 | 68.49 | 5.57
| |
| PSP | Tony Tan | 6,342 | 31.51 | 5.57
| |
| Majority | 7,445 | 36.98 | 11.13
| ||
| Total valid votes | 20,129 | 98.41 | 0.21
| ||
| Rejected ballots | 325 | 1.59 | 0.21
| ||
| Turnout | 20,454 | 91.87 | 3.33
| ||
| Registered electors | 22,263 | 1.59
| |||
| PAP hold | Swing | 5.57
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Notes
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Government Terms Translated". gov.sg. 15 July 2025. Archived from the original on 7 July 2025. Retrieved 15 July 2025.
- ^ "ELD | 1980 Parliamentary General Election Results". www.eld.gov.sg. Retrieved 2 September 2025.
- ^ "ELD | 1984 Parliamentary General Election Results". www.eld.gov.sg. Retrieved 2 September 2025.
- ^ "ELD | 1988 Parliamentary General Election Results". www.eld.gov.sg. Retrieved 2 September 2025.
- ^ "13 GRCs for next general election". The Straits Times. 15 June 1988. p. 1. Retrieved 13 March 2025 – via NewspaperSG.
- ^ "21 single-member wards, 15 GRCs for next election". The Straits Times. 10 August 1991. Retrieved 2 September 2025 – via NewspaperSG.
According to the committee's report, the changes have come about by grouping single-member wards into GRCs, such as merging Teck Ghee, Ang Mo Kio, Yio Chu Kang and Kebun Baru into one GRC – Ang Mo Kio GRC.
- ^ "Key changes to the electoral boundaries: What you need to know". CNA. Archived from the original on 31 January 2021. Retrieved 13 March 2020.
- ^ a b c "GE2025: PAP wins Ang Mo Kio GRC with 78.95% in 3-cornered fight against SUP, PPP". The Straits Times. 4 May 2025. ISSN 0585-3923. Retrieved 2 September 2025.
Over in Kebun Baru SMC, the PAP's Mr Henry Kwek claimed victory with 68.5 per cent of the votes against the PSP's Mr Tony Tan.
...
Mr Kwek, 49,... had been in charge of Kebun Baru since he was elected with the PAP's Nee Soon team in 2015.
In 2020, he was fielded as the PAP candidate for the newly carved-out Kebun Baru SMC, and won with a vote share of 62.92 per cent against the PSP's Mr Kumaran Pillai. - ^ "ELD | 1980 Parliamentary General Election Results". www.eld.gov.sg. Retrieved 19 July 2021.
- ^ "Singapore Parliamentary General Election 1980 > Kebun Baru". www.singapore-elections.com. Archived from the original on 13 May 2016. Retrieved 19 July 2021.
- ^ "ELD | 1984 Parliamentary General Election Results". www.eld.gov.sg. Retrieved 19 July 2021.
- ^ "Singapore Parliamentary General Election 1984 > Kebun Baru". www.singapore-elections.com. Archived from the original on 11 May 2021. Retrieved 19 July 2021.
- ^ "ELD | 1988 Parliamentary General Election Results". www.eld.gov.sg. Retrieved 19 July 2021.
- ^ "Singapore Parliamentary General Election 1988 > Kebun Baru". www.singapore-elections.com. Archived from the original on 19 July 2021. Retrieved 19 July 2021.
- ^ "ELD | 2020 Parliamentary General Election Results". www.eld.gov.sg. Retrieved 19 July 2021.
- ^ "Singapore Parliamentary General Election 2020 > Kebun Baru". www.singapore-elections.com. Archived from the original on 21 May 2021. Retrieved 19 July 2021.
- ^ "Statement of Poll for the Electoral Division of Kebun Baru" (PDF). 16 May 2025.
