Sembawang Group Representation Constituency

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Sembawang
Group Representation constituency
for the Parliament of Singapore
RegionNorth Region, Singapore
Electorate133,919
Current constituency
Created1988; 37 years ago (1988)
Seats5
PartyPeople's Action Party
Member(s)Vikram Nair
Lim Wee Kiak
Ong Ye Kung
Poh Li San
Mariam Jaafar
Town CouncilSembawang
Created fromSembawang SMC

Nee Soon SMC

Bukit Panjang SMC

The Sembawang Group Representation Constituency is a five-member Group Representation Constituency (GRC) located in the northern area of Singapore. The GRC consists: Sembawang Central, Sembawang West, Woodlands, Admiralty and Canberra divisions managed by Sembawang Town Council. It also encompasses a section of Singapore's northern territorial waters in the Straits of Johor. The current MPs are Vikram Nair, Lim Wee Kiak, Ong Ye Kung, Poh Li San and Mariam Jaafar from the People's Action Party (PAP).

History

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In 2025, Sembawang West was carved out of the GRC to form a new Sembawang West Single Member Constituency (SMC) for the 2025 general election in order to reduce the number of voters in the GRC.[1][2]

In the 2025 elections, the National Solidarity Party (NSP) and the Singapore Democratic Party (SDP) were in talks hoping to avert a three-cornered fight in the constituency.[3] However, on 12 April, both parties were unable to come to an agreement as NSP rejected SDP's proposal for NSP to instead contest in Holland–Bukit Timah.[4]

Due to Sembawang West ward being carved out of the GRC, incumbent MP for the ward, Poh, left the GRC team to contest the Sembawang West SMC.[5]

Members of Parliament

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Election Division Members of Parliament Party
1988
  • Chong Pang
  • Nee Soon East
  • Sembawang
 PAP
1991
  • Bukit Panjang
  • Chong Pang
  • Nee Soon East
  • Sembawang
1997
  • Bukit Panjang
  • Chong Pang
  • Marsiling
  • Nee Soon East
  • Sembawang
  • Woodlands
2001
  • Admiralty
  • Canberra
  • Chong Pang
  • Marsiling
  • Sembawang
  • Woodlands
2006
2011
  • Admiralty
  • Marsiling
  • Sembawang
  • Woodlands
  • Woodgrove
2015
  • Admiralty
  • Canberra
  • Gambas
  • Sembawang
  • Woodlands
2020
  • Admiralty
  • Canberra
  • Sembawang Central
  • Sembawang West
  • Woodlands
2025
  • Admiralty
  • Canberra
  • Sembawang Central
  • Woodlands
  • Woodlands North

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 1980s

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General Election 1988: Sembawang GRC
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
PAP K Shanmugam
Charles Chong
Tony Tan 		36,154 70.1%
United People's Front Harbans Singh
Ang Bee Lian
Kasim bin Ibrahim 		15,436 29.9%
Turnout 53,596 96.3 N/A
PAP win (new seat)

Elections in 1990s

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General Election 1991: Sembawang GRC
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
PAP Lee Yiok Seng
K Shanmugam
Ho Peng Kee
Tony Tan 		Walkover
Turnout 117,951 N/A
PAP hold Swing N/A
General Election 1997: Sembawang GRC
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
PAP Teo Ho Pin
K Shanmugam
Hawazi Daipi
Tony Tan
Ho Peng Kee
Chin Tet Yung 		Walkover
Turnout 154,402 N/A
PAP hold Swing N/A

Elections in 2000s

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General Election 2001: Sembawang GRC
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
PAP Mohd Maliki Osman
Warren Lee
K Shanmugam
Tony Tan
Hawazi Daipi
Chin Tet Yung 		Walkover
Turnout 166,137 N/A
PAP hold Swing N/A
General Election 2006: Sembawang GRC
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
PAP Mohd Maliki Osman
Lim Wee Kiak
K Shanmugam
Hawazi Daipi
Khaw Boon Wan
Ellen Lee 		130,170 76.70 N/A
SDP Chee Siok Chin
Christopher Neo Ting Wei
Francis Yong Chu Leong
Gerald Sng Choon Guan
Mohd Isa Abdul Aziz
Narayanasamy Gogelavany 		39,537 23.30 N/A
Turnout 175,194 94.8 N/A
PAP hold Swing N/A

Elections in 2010s

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General Election 2011: Sembawang GRC
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
PAP Vikram Nair
Hawazi Bin Daipi
Khaw Boon Wan
Ellen Lee
Ong Teng Koon 		84,252 63.90 Decrease12.8
SDP John Tan
James Gomez
Mohd Isa Aziz
Sadasivam Veriyah
Jarrod Luo 		47,605 36.10 Increase12.8
Turnout 135,148 94.87 Increase0.07
PAP hold Swing Decrease12.8
General Election 2015: Sembawang GRC
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
PAP Vikram Nair
Lim Wee Kiak
Ong Ye Kung
Khaw Boon Wan
Amrin Amin 		96,639 72.28% Increase8.38
NSP Spencer Ng
Abdul Rasheed S/O Y Abdul Kuthus
Kevryn Lim
Yadzeth Bin Haris
Eugene Yeo 		37,067 27.72% N/A
Majority 59,572 44.5 Increase16.7
Rejected ballots 3,796 2.76 Increase0.32
Turnout 137,502 95.04 Increase0.17
PAP hold Swing Increase8.38

Elections in 2020s

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General Election 2020
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
PAP Vikram Nair
Lim Wee Kiak
Ong Ye Kung
Poh Li San
Mariam Jaafar 		94,068 67.29 Decrease4.99
NSP Spencer Ng
Sathin Ravindran
Ivan Yeo Tiong Boon
Sebastian Teo
Yadzeth Hairis 		45,727 32.71 Increase4.99
Majority 48,341 34.58
Total valid votes
Rejected ballots 2,937 2.06
Turnout 142,732 96.52 Increase1.48
Registered electors 147,876
PAP hold Swing Decrease4.99
General Election 2025
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
PAP Ong Ye Kung
Mariam Jaafar
Gabriel Lam
Vikram Nair
Ng Shi Xuan
SDP Damanhuri Abas
James Gomez
Bryan Lim
Surayah Binte Akbar
Tan Wei Ru Alfred 		N/A
NSP Raiyan Chia Boon Siang
Lee Wei
Spencer Ng
Verina Ong Weijing
Yadzeth Bin Hairis
Majority
Total valid votes
Rejected ballots
Turnout
Registered electors

References

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  1. ^ "GE2025: Six new SMCs created as the EBRC lays out changes to constituencies". CNA. Retrieved 12 March 2025.
  2. ^ "6 new SMCs for GE2025, five single seats gone". The Straits Times. 11 March 2025. ISSN 0585-3923. Retrieved 12 March 2025.
  3. ^ Begum, Shabana (6 April 2025). "GE2025: NSP plans to meet SDP for talks to avoid three-cornered fight in Sembawang GRC". The Straits Times. Retrieved 16 April 2025.
  4. ^ Begum, Shabana (12 April 2025). "GE2025: NSP, SDP fail in talks to avoid three-cornered fight in Sembawang GRC". The Straits Times. Retrieved 16 April 2025.
  5. ^ Begum, Shabana (22 April 2025). "GE2025: Poh Li San to contest new Sembawang West SMC, against SDP's Chee Soon Juan". The Straits Times. ISSN 0585-3923. Retrieved 22 April 2025.