Bishan–Toa Payoh Group Representation Constituency
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Bishan–Toa Payoh | |
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Group Representation constituency for the Parliament of Singapore | |
Region | Central Region, Singapore |
Electorate | 101,366 |
Current constituency | |
Created | 1997 |
Seats | 4 |
Party | People's Action Party |
Member(s) | Chong Kee Hiong Chee Hong Tat Ng Eng Hen Saktiandi Supaat |
Town Council | Bishan–Toa Payoh |
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The Bishan–Toa Payoh Group Representation Constituency (GRC) is a four-member
History
The GRC was formed in 1997 with Wong Kan Seng, Ho Tat Kin, Leong Horn Kee, Ibrahim Othman, Davinder Singh, a team from PAP, as the incumbent MPs. The first election was uncontested. Ho and Ibrahim retired from politics during the 2001 Singaporean general election with Zainudin Nordin and Ng Eng Hen replacing them. The GRC was uncontested again. In 2006, Leong and Davinder retired from politics and was replaced with Hri Kumar Nair and Josephine Teo. The GRC was uncontested for the third time.
During the 2011 Singaporean general election, Chiam See Tong of Singapore People's Party (SPP) fielded a team to contest in the GRC. The PAP fielded its existing team with Wong Kan Seng leading the team won and managed to retain the GRC with the results of 56.93%.
The GRC's boundaries remained intact since its formation until 2015 when it was expanded in size to include
Before the 2015 Singaporean general election, Wong, Nair and Zainudin retired from politics with the latter two for personal reasons. SPP contested the GRC against the PAP team with Ng Eng Hen leading the team. The PAP team won the elections consecutively for the second time with the results of 73.59%.
During the
The SPP contested the GRC again and only managed to gain 32.74% of the votes while the PAP team won the elections again for third time consecutively with the results of 67.26%.
Members of Parliament
Election | Division | Incumbent | Party | |
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1997 |
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2020 |
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Electoral results
Elections in 1990s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
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PAP | Wong Kan Seng Ibrahim Othman Leong Horn Kee Ho Tat Kin Davinder Singh |
Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 122,256 | ||||
PAP win (new seat) |
Elections in 2000s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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PAP | Wong Kan Seng Zainudin Nordin Leong Horn Kee Ng Eng Hen Davinder Singh |
Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 114,621 | ||||
PAP hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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PAP | Unopposed | ||||
Registered electors | 115,323 | ||||
PAP hold |
Elections in 2010s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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PAP | Zainudin Nordin
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62,385 | 56.93 | N/A | |
SPP | Chiam See Tong Benjamin Pwee Wilfred Leung Jimmy Lee Mohamad Hamim Bin Aliyas |
47,205 | 43.07 | N/A | |
Majority | 12,180 | 13.86 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 111,677 | 91.2 | N/A | ||
PAP hold | Swing | N/A |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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PAP | Chong Kee Hiong Josephine Teo Chee Hong Tat Ng Eng Hen Saktiandi Supaat |
86,514 | 73.59 | 16.66 | |
SPP | Benjamin Pwee Law Kim Hwee Bryan Long Mohamad Abdillah Bin Zamzuri Mohamad Hamim Bin Aliyas |
31,049 | 26.41 | 16.66 | |
Majority | 55,465 | 47.18 | 33.32 | ||
Rejected ballots | 2,411 | 2.01 | - | ||
Turnout | 119,974 | 92.31 | 1.11 | ||
PAP hold | Swing | 16.66 |
Elections in 2020s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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PAP | Chong Kee Hiong Chee Hong Tat Ng Eng Hen Saktiandi Supaat |
62,853 | 67.26 | 6.33 | |
SPP | Steve Chia Williamson Lee Melvyn Chiu Osman Sulaiman |
30,594 | 32.74 | 6.33 | |
Majority | 32,259 | 34.52 | |||
Rejected ballots | 2,043 | 2.14 | |||
Turnout | 95,490 | 94.20 | 1.89 | ||
Registered electors | 101,366 | ||||
PAP hold | Swing | 6.33 |
References
- 2020 General Election's result
- 2015 General Election's result
- 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