Pasir Ris Group Representation Constituency
Pasir Ris Group Representation Constituency (Traditional Chinese: 白沙集選區;Simplified Chinese: 白沙集选区) is a former four member Group Representation Constituency that locates in the eastern part of Singapore at Pasir Ris. It had only existed once in 1997 general election.
In 2001 General Election, this GRC had absorbed 3 wards in Punggol areas, while 3 of the existing 4 member wards in Pasir Ris was consolidated into 2 wards. With such enlargement, this GRC was renamed into Pasir Ris-Punggol GRC and expands to a 5 members GRC. Since then, it has again further expanded to 6 members GRC on 2006 General Election which the arrangement exists to date.
Members of Parliament
Election | Pasir Ris Elias | Pasir Ris Central | Pasir Ris Loyang | Pasir Ris South |
---|---|---|---|---|
1991 | Eunos GRC as Pasir Ris |
Eunos GRC as Tampines North | ||
Formation | ||||
1997 | Charles Chong You Fook | Teo Chee Hean | Ahmad bin Mohd Magad | Ong Kian Min |
Dissolution | ||||
2001 | Pasir Ris-Punggol GRC As Pasir Ris West |
Pasir Ris-Punggol GRC As Pasir Ris East |
Tampines GRC As Tampines North | |
Candidates and results
Elections on 1990s
General Election 1997: Pasir Ris GRC | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
PAP | Teo Chee Hean Charles Chong You Fook Ahmad bin Mohamed Magad Ong Kian Min |
56,907 | 70.9% | N/A | |
WP | Abdul Rahim bin Abdul Rahman Balakrishnan Ananthan Sim Say Chuan Lim Chiu Liang |
23,404 | 29.1% | N/A | |
Turnout | 82,708 | 96.3 | N/A | ||
PAP win (new seat) | |||||
See also
References
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