Sembawang Group Representation Constituency

Sembawang
Group Representation Constituency for the Parliament of Singapore
Region	North Region, Singapore
Electorate	147,876
Current constituency
Created	1988; 34 years ago (1988)
Seats	5
Party	People's Action Party
Member(s)	Ong Ye Kung Vikram Nair Lim Wee Kiak Poh Li San Mariam Jaafar
Town Council	Sembawang
Created from	Sembawang SMC

The Sembawang Group Representation Constituency is a five-member Group Representation Constituency (GRC) located in the northern area of Singapore. The GRC consists of Sembawang Central, Sembawang West, Woodlands, Admiralty and Canberra divisions. It also encompasses a section of Singapore's northern territorial waters in the Straits of Johor. The current MPs are Ong Ye Kung, Vikram Nair, Lim Wee Kiak, Poh Li San and Mariam Jaafar.

History[]

Since its creation in 1988, the GRC has been held by the People's Action Party and it has been uncontested at every general election until the general election in 2006. The Group Representation Constituency was led by former Deputy Prime Minister and PAP chairman Tony Tan until his retirement in 2006, who would later go on to serve as the seventh President of the Republic of Singapore (2011 to 2017), and also was led by Transport Minister Khaw Boon Wan (who's also the Coordinating Minister for Infrastructure and the fifth PAP chairman) from 2006 to 2020 together with his co-led Education Minister Ong Ye Kung. Ong Ye Kung has joined the team in 2015 General Elections.

The largest number of voters meant that the constituencies are split into Holland–Bukit Panjang GRC (now Holland–Bukit Timah GRC) in 2001 (Bukit Panjang division), Nee Soon GRC in 2011 (Chong Pang and Canberra divisions) and Marsiling–Yew Tee GRC in 2015 (Marsiling and Woodgrove divisions). Nee Soon GRC had handed back Simpang planning area to Sembawang GRC to allow further development in 2015. With the growing development of both Sembawang and Yishun new towns, the next election saw Yishun portion of Gambas, as well as Simpang hiving off to Nee Soon GRC.

In the 2020 general election, Minister of Transport, Khaw Boon Wan retired from politics, he has been succeeded by Poh Li San and Education Minister Ong Ye Kung succeeded him as Minister of Transport.

Town Council[]

Sembawang Town Council are operating under the Sembawang GRC.

Members of Parliament[]

Electoral results[]

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[]

General Election 2020: Sembawang GRC

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	PAP	Ong Ye Kung Vikram Nair Lim Wee Kiak Poh Li San Mariam Jaafar	94,068	67.29	4.99
	NSP	Spencer Ng Sathin Ravindran Ivan Yeo Tiong Boon Sebastian Teo Yadzeth Hairis	45,727	32.71	4.99
Majority			48,341	34.58
Rejected ballots			2,937	2.06
Turnout			142,732	96.52	1.48
Registered electors			147,876
	PAP hold		Swing	4.99

Elections in 2010s[]

General Election 2015: Sembawang GRC

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	PAP	Khaw Boon Wan Ong Ye Kung Lim Wee Kiak Vikram Nair Amrin Amin	96,639	72.28%	8.38
	NSP	Spencer Ng Abdul Rasheed S/O Y Abdul Kuthus Kevryn Lim Yadzeth Bin Haris Eugene Yeo	37,067	27.72%	N/A
Majority			59,572	44.5	16.7
Rejected ballots			3,796	2.76	0.32
Turnout			137,502	95.04	0.17
	PAP hold		Swing	8.38

General Election 2011: Sembawang GRC

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	PAP	Khaw Boon Wan Hawazi Bin Daipi Ellen Lee Ong Teng Koon Vikram Nair	84,252	63.90	12.8
	SDP	John Tan James Gomez Mohd Isa Aziz Sadasivam Veriyah Jarrod Luo	47,605	36.10	12.8
Turnout			135,148	94.87	0.07
	PAP hold		Swing	12.8

Elections in 2000s[]

Elections in 1990s[]

Elections in 1980s[]

References[]

• 2011 General Election's result
• 2006 General Election's result
• 2001 General Election's result
• 1997 General Election's result
• 1991 General Election's result
• 1988 General Election's result