Marymount Single Member Constituency
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Marymount | |
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Single Member Constituency for the Parliament of Singapore | |
Region | Central Region, Singapore |
Electorate | 23,444 |
Current constituency | |
Created | 2020 |
Seats | 1 |
Party | People's Action Party |
Member(s) | Gan Siow Huang |
Town Council | Bishan–Toa Payoh |
Created from | Bishan–Toa Payoh GRC |
The Marymount Single Member Constituency is a single member constituency (SMC) located in the central area of Singapore formed in 2020. The current Member of Parliament (MP) is Gan Siow Huang of the People's Action Party (PAP).[1]
History[]
Marymount is a new SMC carved out as a new electoral boundary and used to be part of the Bishan-Toa Payoh GRC. Marymount SMC includes Bishan North, Sin Ming and Shunfu estate from Bishan East-Thomson division were also carved into the new constituency which will reduce the size of the Bishan-Toa Payoh GRC from five to four seats.
Josephine Teo declined that she will contest the SMC in the 2020 Singapore general election. PAP's new candidate Gan Siow Huang defeated Progress Singapore Party (PSP) candidate Ang Yong Guan with a vote count of 55.04% vs 44.96% in the 2020 Singapore general election which made her the MP of the new constituency.
Town council[]
Marymount SMC is managed by the Bishan-Toa Payoh Town Council.
Members of Parliament[]
Election | Member | Party | |
2020 | Gan Siow Huang | PAP |
Elections[]
Note : 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 2020s[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
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PAP | Gan Siow Huang | 12,143 | 55.04 | ||
PSP | Ang Yong Guan | 9,918 | 44.96 | ||
Majority | 2,225 | 10.08 | |||
Registered electors | 23,444 | ||||
Valid ballots | 22,061 | 98.64 | |||
Rejected ballots | 305 | 1.36 | |||
Turnout | 22,366 | 95.40 | |||
PAP win (new seat) |
References[]
- ^ Sim, Royston (13 March 2020). "Singapore GE: New electoral boundaries announced; 14 SMCs, 17 GRCs in next election". The Straits Times. Retrieved 13 March 2020.
- ^ "ELD | 2020 Parliamentary General Election Results". www.eld.gov.sg. Retrieved 2021-07-19.
- ^ "Singapore Parliamentary General Election 2020 > Marymount". www.singapore-elections.com. Retrieved 2021-07-19.
- Singaporean electoral divisions
- Ang Mo Kio
- Bishan, Singapore
- Toa Payoh
- Constituencies established in 2020