Punggol West Single Member Constituency

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Punggol West
Single Member Constituency
for the Parliament of Singapore
Punggol West SMC locator map.svg
RegionNorth-East Region, Singapore
Electorate26,579
Current constituency
Created2020; 2 years ago (2020)
Seats1
PartyPAP logo variation.svg People's Action Party
Member(s)Sun Xueling
Town CouncilPasir Ris–Punggol
Created fromPasir Ris–Punggol GRC

The Punggol West Single Member Constituency is a Single Member Constituency located in the north-eastern area of Singapore formed in 2020.[1] The current MP is Sun Xueling.

History[]

Punggol West is a new SMC carved out as a new electoral boundary and used to be part of the Pasir Ris–Punggol GRC. Punggol West was carved into the SMC which reduce the size of the Pasir Ris–Punggol GRC from six to five seats. The Punggol West SMC and the Pasir Ris-Punggol GRC are under same town council, Pasir Ris-Punggol Town Council.

In 2001, Teo Chee Hean was in charge of Punggol West from 2001 to 2006. Janil Puthucheary took over from 2011. Sun Xueling took over from 2015 till now.

People's Action Party (PAP) candidate Sun Xueling defeated Worker's Party (WP) candidate Tan Chen Chen with a vote count of 60.97% vs 39.03% and retain her seat in the 2020 Singapore general election which made her the incumbent MP of the constituency.

Town Council[]

Pasir Ris–Punggol Town Council are operating under the Pasir Ris–Punggol GRC and Punggol West SMC.

Members of Parliament[]

Election Division Incumbent Party
2020 Punggol West Sun Xueling PAP

Electoral Results[]

Elections in 2020s[]

General Election 2020: Punggol West
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
PAP Sun Xueling 15,637 60.97 N/A
WP Tan Chen Chen 10,012 39.03 N/A
Majority 5,625 21.94
Rejected ballots 216 0.84
Turnout 25,865 97.31 N/A
Registered electors 26,579
PAP win (new seat)

External links[]

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ 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.
Retrieved from ""