East Coast Group Representation Constituency
| East Coast | |
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Group Representation Constituency for the Parliament of Singapore | |
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| Region | Southeastern Singapore |
| Electorate | 99,118 |
| Current constituency | |
| Created | 1997 |
| Number of members | 4 |
| Member(s) |
Lim Swee Say Jessica Tan Soon Neo Lee Yi Shyan Mohd Maliki Osman |
| Town Council | East Coast-Fengshan |
East Coast Group Representation Constituency (Chinese: 东海岸集选区; Malay: Kawasan Undi Perwakilan Berkumpulan East Coast; Tamil: ஈஸ்ட் கோஸ்ட் குழுத்தொகுதி) is a four-member Group Representation Constituency in the eastern area of Singapore. The areas of the Group Representation Constituency consists of East Coast, Bedok, Changi-Simei, Siglap, Kampong Chai Chee and offshore islands of Pulau Tekong and Pulau Ubin. Singapore Changi International Airport is located in this constituency. Offshore island of Coney Island, transferred to Pasir Ris-Punggol GRC in 2015.
The GRC also covers a large portion of Singapore's eastern territorial waters.
East Coast GRC is led by Minister for Manpower Lim Swee Say, who was also once Minister in the Prime Minister's Office.
History
East Coast GRC was formed in 1997 as a six-member Group Representation Constituency. East Coast GRC was formed with a merger of Bedok Group Representation Constituency and Eunos Group Representation Constituency.
Joo Chiat Single Member Constituency was formerly part of the GRC until 2001 when it was carved out to form a new Single Member Constituency.
A large portion of the Kaki Bukit division and 60% of Kampong Chai Chee was transferred from East Coast GRC to Marine Parade GRC and saw the removal of Chew Heng Ching, Tan Soo Khoon and Lee Yock Suan due to the advanced age in 2006, followed by S Jayakumar and Abdullah Tarmugi in 2011. It was downsized from six members to five members following the redrawing of divisions into the Marine Parade GRC in 2006.
The People's Action Party was uncontested in the 1997 and 2001 general elections and saw its first contest in the 2006 general election from the Workers' Party. In 2011 and 2015, the party has received numerous close fight with the Workers' Party but in the end People's Action Party wins. In the 2015 general election, Fengshan SMC was carved out from the constituency, leaving it with four members.
Members of Parliament
| Election | Bedok | Fengshan | Kampong Chai Chee | Siglap | Joo Chiat | Kaki Bukit | Changi-Simei |
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| 1991 | Bedok GRC | Marine Parade GRC | Eunos GRC | ||||
| Formation | |||||||
| 1997 | Shunmugam Jayakumar | Chng Hee Hok | Tan Soo Khoon | Abdullah Tarmugi | Chan Soo Sen | Chew Heng Ching | Aljunied GRC |
| 2001 | Raymond Lim Siang Keat | SMC | Lee Yock Suan | ||||
| 2006 | Lee Yi Shyan | Marine Parade GRC | Jessica Tan Soon Neo | ||||
| 2011 | Lim Swee Say | Maliki Osman | Aljunied GRC | ||||
| 2015 | SMC | Marine Parade GRC | |||||
Areas of responsibility
- Bedok - Blocks 1 to 65 Bedok South and Lucky Heights
- Changi-Simei - All blocks in Simei and eastern portion of Upper Changi Road
- Kampong Chai Chee - Blocks 2xx, 4xx, 130 - 140 Bedok and Blocks 761-774 Bedok Reservoir View (except the rest of Bedok Reservoir)
- Siglap - Kew Crescent, Upper East Coast, Stratford Ria Court, Bedok Camp, Eastwood, UE BizHub East, Changi South, Singapore Expo, Changi Airport, Flora Road, Pulau Ubin, Pulau Tekong, Changi Village and Upper Changi Road North
Candidates and results
Elections in the 2010s
| General Election 2015: East Coast GRC | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| PAP | Lim Swee Say Jessica Tan Soon Neo Lee Yi Shyan Mohd Maliki Osman |
54,981 | 60.7% | +5.9% | |
| WP | Gerald Giam Daniel Goh Pei Siong Mohamed Fairoz Bin Shariff Leon Perera |
35,547 | 39.3% | -5.9% | |
| Majority | 19,434 | 21.4% | |||
| Rejected ballots | |||||
| Turnout | |||||
| PAP hold | Swing | ||||
| General Election 2011: East Coast GRC | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| PAP | Lim Swee Say Jessica Tan Soon Neo Lee Yi Shyan Raymond Lim Siang Keat Mohd Maliki Osman |
59,992 | 54.8 | -9.1 | |
| WP | Glenda Han Gerald Giam Mohd Fazli Talip Eric Tan Heng Chong Png Eng Huat |
49,429 | 45.2 | +9.1 | |
| Majority | 10,563 | 9.6 | |||
| Turnout | 111,269 | 92.5 | |||
| PAP hold | Swing | -9.1 | |||
Elections in the 2000s
| General Election 2006: East Coast GRC | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| PAP | Abdullah Tarmugi Jessica Tan Soon Neo Lee Yi Shyan Raymond Lim Siang Keat Shunmugam Jayakumar |
66,931 | 63.9 | ||
| WP | Abdul Rahim Abdul Rahman Brandon Siow Wei-Min Chia Ti Lik Eric Tan Heng Chong Perry Tong Tzee Kwang |
37,873 | 36.1 | ||
| Turnout | 107,028 | 91.7 | |||
| PAP hold | Swing | N/A | |||
| General Election 2001: East Coast GRC | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| PAP | Abdullah Tarmugi Chew Heng Ching Lee Yock Suan Raymond Lim Siang Keat Shunmugam Jayakumar Tan Soo Khoon |
Walkover | |||
| Turnout | 144,012 | N/A | |||
| PAP hold | Swing | N/A | |||
Elections in the 1990s
| General Election 1997: East Coast GRC | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| PAP | Abdullah Tarmugi Chan Soo Sen Chew Heng Ching Chng Hee Kok Shunmugam Jayakumar Tan Soo Khoon |
Walkover | |||
| Turnout | 142,201 | N/A | |||
| PAP win (new seat) | |||||
References
- 1997 General Election's Result
- 2001 General Election's Result
- 2006 General Election's Result
- 2011 General Election's Result
