Aljunied Group Representation Constituency

Aljunied
Group Representation Constituency for the Parliament of Singapore
Aljunied Group Representation Constituency
Region	Northeastern Singapore
Electorate	148,142
Current constituency
Created	1988
Number of members	5
Member(s)	Chen Show Mao Sylvia Lim Swee Lian Low Thia Khiang Muhamad Faisal Manap Pritam Singh
Town Council	Aljunied-Hougang

Not to be confused with the smaller constituency with similar name of Aljunied Single Member Constituency, which existed since the pre-independence era. This article is describing a present ward.

Aljunied Group Representation Constituency (Chinese: 阿裕尼集选区; Malay: Kawasan Undi Perwakilan Berkumpulan Aljunied; Tamil: அல்ஜுனிட் குழுத்தொகுதி) is a five-member group representation constituency (GRC) in the north-eastern region of Singapore. The GRC consists of a large part of Hougang, Serangoon Gardens, a portion of Bedok and Aljunied. Located within Aljunied GRC is an enclave single member constituency known as Hougang Single Member Constituency (SMC) which is currently manned by an opposition Member of Parliament from the Workers' Party.

Aljunied GRC was formed in 1988 and was held by the People's Action Party (PAP) till 2011. Currently, Aljunied GRC is led by the Secretary-General of the Workers' Party, Low Thia Khiang. This is the first time a Group Representation Constituency has been won by a party other than the PAP since the introduction of the Group Representation Constituency concept in 1988.The PAP team led by Yeo Guat Kwang lose by a close margin with the share of 49.04% in General Election 2015.

Aljunied GRC absorbed several GRCs that the opposition may win before 2011. These includes Eunos GRC (Eunos division) in 1997 and Cheng San GRC (Punggol South division) in 2001.

Members of Parliament

Election	Aljunied-Kembangan	Kampong Ubi	Bedok Reservoir-Punggol	Paya Lebar	Changi-Simei	Eunos	Aljunied-Hougang	Serangoon	Kaki Bukit
1984	SMC as Aljunied	SMC	SMC as Kampong Kembangan	SMC	SMC as Changi and Changkat	SMC		SMC as Serangoon Gardens	SMC
Formation
1988	Chin Harn Tong as Aljunied	Wan Hussin B H Zoohri	George Yeo as Kampong Kembangan	SMC	As Changi and Changkat	Eunos GRC		SMC as Serangoon Gardens	Eunos GRC
1991		Mohamad Maidin bin Packer Mohd		Ker Sin Tze	As Changi and Changkat South ward in Tampines GRC			Thomson GRC as Serangoon Gardens
1997	Toh See Kiat as Aljunied	Marine Parade GRC			David Lim Tik En	Sidek B Saniff		Marine Parade GRC	East Coast GRC
2001	Ong Seh Hong		George Yeo as Kembangan-Punggol	Cynthia Phua	East Coast GRC	Zainul Abidin Bin Mohamed Rasheed	Yeo Guat Kwang
2006	Marine Parade GRC as Kampong Ubi-Kembangan		George Yeo					Lim Hwee Hua	Marine Parade GRC
2011			Low Thia Khiang	Chen Show Mao		Pritam Singh	Ang Mo Kio GRC as Ang Mo Kio-Hougang	Sylvia Lim Swee Lian	Muhamad Faisal Bin Abdul Manap
2015

Operational responsibility

• Bedok Reservoir-Punggol - Bedok Reservoir (Blocks 7xx), Defu, Paya Lebar Airbase, Hougang North (Blocks 4xx and part of 5xx) and Temasek Polytechnic
• Paya Lebar - Hougang South , Fragrant Gardens, Lorong Lew Lian and Upper Paya Lebar Road (part)
• Kaki Bukit - Bedok North (Blocks 5xx)
• Eunos - Bedok Reservoir (Blocks 6xx and Eunos 1xx), including the Kaki Bukit Techpark
• Serangoon - Serangoon North (Blocks 1xx and 211 - 230), Kovan and Serangoon Gardens, including all the private housing estates.

Candidates and Results

Elections in 2010s

General Election 2015: Aljunied GRC

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	WP	Chen Show Mao Sylvia Lim Swee Lian Low Thia Khiang Muhamad Faisal Manap Pritam Singh	70,050	50.96	-3.76
	PAP	Yeo Guat Kwang Lye Thiam Fatt Joseph Victor Chua Eng Leong Murali Pillai Shamsul Kamar	67,424	49.04	+3.76
Majority			2,626	1.9
Rejected ballots			1,638	1.2
Turnout			138,474	93.8	+0.3
	WP hold		Swing	N/A

General Election 2011: Aljunied GRC

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	WP	Chen Show Mao Sylvia Lim Swee Lian Low Thia Khiang Muhamad Faisal Manap Pritam Singh	72,289	54.72	+10.81
	PAP	Lim Hwee Hua Ong Ye Kung Cynthia Phua George Yong-Boon Yeo Zainul Abidin Bin Mohamed Rasheed	59,829	45.28	-10.81
Majority			12,460	9.4
Turnout			133,906	93.5	-0.1
	WP gain from PAP		Swing	+10.8

Elections in 2000s

General Election 2006: Aljunied GRC

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	PAP	Cynthia Phua George Yeo Lim Hwee Hua Yeo Guat Kwang Zainul Abidin Bin Mohamed Rasheed	74,483	56.09	N/A
	WP	Goh Meng Seng James Gomez Sylvia Lim Swee Lian Mohammed Rahizan Bin Yaacob Tan Wui-Hua	58,593	43.91	N/A
Turnout			135,817	93.6
	PAP hold		Swing	N/A

General Election 2001: Aljunied GRC

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	PAP	Cynthia Phua George Yeo Ong Seh Hong Yeo Guat Kwang Zainul Abidin Bin Mohamed Rasheed	N/A	Walkover
Turnout			125,115		N/A
	PAP hold		Swing	N/A

Elections in 1990s

General Election 1997: Aljunied GRC

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	PAP	Ker Sin Tze David Lim Tik En Sidek B Saniff Toh See Kiat George Yeo	64,299	67.02	N/A
	SDP	Aziz Ibrahim Kwan Yue Keng S. Kunalen Tay Hoon Wong Hong Toy	31,645	32.98	N/A
Turnout			98,915	95.6	N/A
	PAP hold		Swing	N/A

General Election 1991: Aljunied GRC

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	PAP	George Yeo Chin Harn Tong Ker Sin Tze Mohamad Maidin bin Packer Mohd	Walkover
Turnout			94,490	N/A	N/A
	PAP hold		Swing	N/A

Elections in 1980s

General Election 1988: Aljunied GRC

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	PAP	Chin Harn Tong Wan Hussin bin Haji Zoohri George Yeo	34,020	56.33
	SDP	Ashleigh Seow Mohamed Jufrie bin Mahmood Neo Choon Aik	26,375	43.67
Majority			7,645	12.6
Turnout			61,592	94.2
	PAP win (new seat)

See also

• Aljunied SMC

External links

• 1991 General Election's Result
• 1997 General Election's Result
• 2001 General Election's Result
• 2006 General Election's Result
• 2011 General Election's Result
• Background of 1997 General Election to show that Aljunied GRC had absorbed the hotly contested and defunct Eunos GRC
• ChannelNewsAsia report on campaigning at Aljunied GRC during the 2011 General Elections
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