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Aljunied Group Representation Constituency

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Aljunied Group Representation Constituency.


Aljunied Group Representation Constituency (Traditional Chinese: 阿裕尼集選區;Simplified Chinese: 阿裕尼集选区) 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 occupied by an opposition Member of Parliament.

Aljunied GRC was formed in 1988 and has been held by the People's Action Party since then. The GRC is an opposition favourite and was contested in the 1988, 1997 and 2006 general elections.

Aljunied GRC absorbed the previous Eunos GRC and part of Cheng San GRC where PAP narrowly won in 1991 and 1997. The Workers' Party was to contest the seat in the 2001 general elections, but its candidates failed to fill up the forms properly and were therefore disqualified.

For the general election in 2006, the electoral boundaries were re-drawn, and parts of Eunos, Kembangan and Chai Chee, bounded by Pan Island Expressway, Jalan Eunos and Sims Avenue East, were transferred to Marine Parade GRC while Serangoon Gardens was transferred to Aljunied GRC.

Aljunied-Hougang ward will be transferred to Ang Mo Kio GRC for the 2011 elections, in exchange for Kaki Bukit, currently part of Marine Parade GRC.

Currently, Aljunied GRC is led by Secretary-General of the Worker's Party Low Thia Khiang.

Members of Parliament

Election Aljunied-Kembangan Kampong Ubi Bedok Reservoir-Punggol Paya Lebar Changi-Simei Eunos Aljunied-Hougang Serangoon Kaki Bukit
1988 Chin Harn Tong
as Aljunied
Wan Hussin B H Zohari George Yeo Yong-Boon
as Kampong Kembangan
SMC Eunos GRC SMC
as Serangoon Gardens
Eunos GRC
1991 Mohamad Maidin B P M Ker Sin Tze 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 Yong-Boon
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 Yong-Boon Lim Hwee Hua Marine Parade GRC
2011 Ang Mo Kio GRC
as Ang Mo Kio-Hougang

Candidates and Results

Election Seats Voters Party Candidate(s) Votes Votes %
Aljunied Group Representation Constituency
Singapore general election, 1988 3 65,351 PAP Chin Harn Tong
Wan Hussin B H Zohari
George Yeo Yong-Boon
34,020 56.33
SDP Mohamed Jufrie B Mahmood
Neo Choon Aik
Ashleigh Seow Chuan-Hock
26,375 43.67
Singapore general election, 1991 4 94,490 PAP Chin Harn Tong
Ker Sin Tze
Mohamad Maidin B P M
George Yeo Yong-Boon
Walkover Walkover
Singapore general election, 1997 5 103,466 PAP Ker Sin Tze
David Lim Tik En
Sidek B Saniff
Toh See Kiat
George Yeo Yong-Boon
64,299 67.02
SDP Aziz Ibrahim
Kwan Yue Keng
S. Kunalen
Tay Hoon
Wong Hong Toy
31,645 32.98
Singapore general election, 2001 5 125,115 PAP Cynthia Phua
George Yeo Yong-Boon
Ong Seh Hong
Yeo Guat Kwang
Zainul Abidin Bin Mohamed Rasheed
Walkover Walkover
Singapore general election, 2006 5 145,099 PAP Cynthia Phua
George Yeo Yong-Boon
Lim Hwee Hua
Yeo Guat Kwang
Zainul Abidin Bin Mohamed Rasheed
74,843 56.09
WP Goh Meng Seng
James Gomez
Lim Swee Lian Sylvia
Mohammed Rahizan Bin Yaacob
Tan Wui-Hua
58,593 43.91
Singapore general election, 2011 5 143,101 PAP Cynthia Phua
George Yeo Yong-Boon
Lim Hwee Hua
Ong Ye Kung
Zainul Abidin Bin Mohamed Rasheed
59,732 45.29
WP Chen Show Mao
Low Thia Khiang
Lim Swee Lian Sylvia
Muhamad Faisal Manap
Pritam Singh
72,165 54.71