The Tanjong Pagar Group Representation Constituency is a five-member Group Representation Constituency (GRC) in Central and Western Singapore. The five divisions consists: Buona Vista, Queenstown, Moulmein-Cairnhill, Tanjong Pagar-Tiong Bahru and Henderson-Dawson managed by Tanjong Pagar Town Council. The current Members of Parliament are Chan Chun Sing, Joan Pereira, Alvin Tan, Eric Chua and Indranee Rajah from the People's Action Party (PAP).
| Tanjong Pagar | |
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| Group Representation constituency for the Parliament of Singapore | |
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| Region | Central Region, Singapore |
| Electorate | 134,642 |
| Current constituency | |
| Created | 1991 |
| Seats | 5 |
| Party | People's Action Party |
| Member(s) | Chan Chun Sing Joan Pereira Alvin Tan Eric Chua Indranee Rajah |
| Town Council | Tanjong Pagar |
| Created from | |
History
editThis GRC came into formation in 1991, when it absorbed the Tiong Bahru GRC, Telok Blangah SMC and Tanjong Pagar SMC. Since the formation of the GRC, the ward was notable for its repeated walkovers. The last walkover was in 2011 when Tanjong Pagar GRC became the only constituency to be uncontested following the disqualification of a team of independent candidates (which led by Ng Teck Siong) as they submitted their nomination papers 35 seconds late.[1]
Members of Parliament
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^ Lee died on 23 March 2015 due to pneumonia. No by-elections were called as it was a GRC and Rajah served as a temporary MP for the ward until the general elections in September that year.
Electoral results
editNote : 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 1990s
edit| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
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| PAP | S Vasoo Koo Tsai Kee Lee Kuan Yew Lim Hng Kiang |
Unopposed | |||
| Registered electors | 86,944 | ||||
| PAP win (new seat) | |||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| PAP | Lim Swee Say Ow Chin Hock Chay Wai Chuen S Vasoo Koo Tsai Kee Lee Kuan Yew |
Unopposed | |||
| Registered electors | 141,520 | ||||
| PAP hold | |||||
Elections in 2000s
edit| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| PAP | Khaw Boon Wan Chay Wai Chuen Chong Weng Chiew Indranee Rajah Koo Tsai Kee Lee Kuan Yew |
Unopposed | |||
| Registered electors | 141,150 | ||||
| PAP hold | |||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| PAP | Lui Tuck Yew Baey Yam Keng Sam Tan Indranee Rajah Koo Tsai Kee Lee Kuan Yew |
Unopposed | |||
| Registered electors | 148,141 | ||||
| PAP hold | |||||
Elections in 2010s
edit| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| PAP | Chan Chun Sing Lily Neo Chia Shi-Lu Indranee Rajah Lee Kuan Yew |
Unopposed | |||
| Registered electors | 139,771 | ||||
| PAP hold | |||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| PAP | Chan Chun Sing Joan Pereira Melvin Yong Chia Shi-Lu Indranee Rajah |
90,448 | 77.71 | N/A | |
| SingFirst | Tan Jee Say Ang Yong Guan Melvyn Chiu Chirag Praful Desai Mohamad Fahmi Bin Ahmad Rais |
25,943 | 22.29 | N/A | |
| Majority | 64,505 | 55.42 | N/A | ||
| Registered electors | 130,752 | ||||
| Rejected ballots | 2,405 | 2.02 | N/A | ||
| Turnout | 118,796 | 90.86 | N/A | ||
| PAP hold | Swing | N/A | |||
Elections in 2020s
edit| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| PAP | Chan Chun Sing Joan Pereira Alvin Tan Eric Chua Indranee Rajah |
78,079 | 63.13 | ||
| PSP | Wendy Low Harish Pillay Michael Chua Abas Kasmani Terence Soon |
45,609 | 36.87 | N/A | |
| Majority | 32,470 | 26.26 | |||
| Registered electors | 134,642 | ||||
| Rejected ballots | 1,930 | 1.54 | |||
| Turnout | 125,618 | 93.30 | |||
| PAP hold | Swing | ||||
References
edit- ^ Chua, Lee Hoong (28 April 2011). "Singapore heads to history-making polls on May 7". The Straits Times. Retrieved 9 May 2011.