Aljunied Group Representation Constituency
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| Aljunied | |
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| Group Representation constituency for the Parliament of Singapore | |
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| Region | North-East and East Regions, Singapore |
| Electorate | 151,007 |
| Current constituency | |
| Created | 1988 |
| Seats | 5 |
| Party | Workers' Party |
| Member(s) | Gerald Giam Pritam Singh Faisal Manap Sylvia Lim |
| Town Council | Aljunied–Hougang |
| Created from | |
The Aljunied Group Representation Constituency is a five-member group representation constituency (GRC) in the north-eastern and eastern region of Singapore. It consists of a large part of Hougang (excluding Hougang SMC), Paya Lebar, Serangoon Gardens, the southern half of Serangoon North as well as a portion of Bedok and a very small section of Tampines managed by the Aljuined-Hougang Town Council. The GRC consists of five divisions: Eunos, Bedok Reservoir-Punggol, Kaki Bukit, Serangoon and Paya Lebar. The current members of parliament are Gerald Giam, Pritam Singh, Muhamad Faisal Manap and Sylvia Lim from the Worker's Party (WP) after the resignation of Leon Perera.
History
[edit]Aljunied GRC was formed in 1988 and was won by the People's Action Party (PAP). The WP team, led by WP leader Low Thia Khiang left his stronghold at Hougang SMC, made a historic breakthrough when the WP team won the election for the GRC with 54.72% of the votes during the 2011 general election, making it the first GRC to be won by the opposition since the introduction of the GRC in 1988.[1] In the following general election in 2015, WP managed to retain the GRC with 50.96% of the votes.[2] Between 2011 and 2020, Aljunied GRC was led by Low.
In the 2020 general election, Low and Chen Show Mao declined to run for re-election;[3][4] the 2020 election saw the WP team, led by WP leader Pritam Singh, retained the GRC with 59.95% of the vote, a 9% swing from the previous election.[2]
In July 2023, a video surfaced that allegedly showed Perera holding hands intimately with fellow WP member Nicole Seah. On 19 July, WP secretary-general Pritam Singh revealed that Perera and Seah began an affair some time after the 2020 general elections, which had ended before the video surfaced. Perera resigned as a Member of Parliament and as a Member of the WP on 19 July 2023 and Seah resigned from the party on 18 July 2023.[5]
After Perera's resignation, the workload for the Serangoon division was distributed among the other MPs in Aljunied GRC.
In 2024, PAP appointed Jagathishwaran Rajo and Kenny Sim to replace Chua Eng Leong and Alex Yeo respectively as chair of Eunos ward and Paya Lebar ward.[6]
Members of Parliament
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Electoral results
[edit]Elections in 1980s
[edit]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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| PAP | Chin Harn Tong George Yeo Wan Hussin Zoohri |
34,020 | 56.33 | |
| SDP | Jufrie Mahmood Ashleigh Seow Neo Choon Aik |
26,375 | 43.67 | |
| Majority | 7,645 | 12.67 | ||
| Rejected ballots | 1,197 | 1.94 | ||
| Turnout | 61,592 | 94.24 | ||
| Registered electors | 65,351 | |||
| PAP win (new seat) | ||||
Elections in 1990s
[edit]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| PAP | Chin Harn Tong George Yeo Mohamad Maidin bin Packer Ker Sin Tze |
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| Registered electors | 94,490 | ||||
| PAP hold | |||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| PAP | Toh See Kiat David Lim Sidek Saniff George Yeo Ker Sin Tze |
64,299 | 67.02 | N/A | |
| SDP | Aziz Ibrahim Kwan Yue Keng S. Kunalen Tay Hoon Wong Hong Toy |
31,645 | 32.98 | N/A | |
| Majority | 15,890 | 12.18 | N/A | ||
| Rejected ballots | 2,971 | 3.00 | N/A | ||
| Turnout | 98,915 | 95.60 | N/A | ||
| Registered electors | 103,466 | ||||
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Elections in 2000s
[edit]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| PAP | Ong Seh Hong Yeo Guat Kwang George Yeo Zainul Abidin bin Mohammed Rasheed Cynthia Phua |
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| Registered electors | 125,115 | ||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| PAP | Yeo Guat Kwang George Yeo Zainul Abidin bin Mohammed Rasheed Cynthia Phua Lim Hwee Hua |
74,843 | 56.09 | N/A | |
| WP | Goh Meng Seng Sylvia Lim James Gomez Tan Wui-Hua Mohammed Rahizan Bin Yaacob |
58,593 | 43.91 | N/A | |
| Majority | 16,250 | 12.18 | N/A | ||
| Rejected ballots | 2,381 | 1.75 | N/A | ||
| Turnout | 135,817 | 93.58 | |||
| Registered electors | 145,141 | ||||
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Elections in 2010s
[edit]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| WP | Low Thia Khiang Sylvia Lim Chen Show Mao Pritam Singh Muhamad Faisal bin Abdul Manap |
72,289 | 54.72 |  10.81
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| PAP | George Yeo Lim Hwee Hua Zainul Abidin bin Mohammed Rasheed Cynthia Phua Ong Ye Kung |
59,829 | 45.28 |  10.81
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| Majority | 12,460 | 9.44 | 2.74
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| Rejected ballots | 1,788 | 1.34 |  0.41
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| Turnout | 133,906 | 93.54 | 0.04
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| Registered electors | 143,148 | ||||
| WP gain from PAP | Swing | 10.81
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| WP | Low Thia Khiang Pritam Singh Sylvia Lim Muhamad Faisal Manap Chen Show Mao |
70,050 | 50.96 | 3.76
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| PAP | Yeo Guat Kwang Victor Lye Chua Eng Leong Shamsul Kamar Murali Pillai |
67,424 | 49.04 | 3.76
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| Majority | 2,626 | 1.92 | 7.52
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| Rejected ballots | 1,638 | 1.18 | 0.16
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| Turnout | 139,112 | 93.90 | 0.36
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| Registered electors | 148,142 | ||||
| WP hold | Swing | 3.76
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Elections in 2020s
[edit]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| WP | Gerald Giam Pritam Singh Muhamad Faisal Manap Sylvia Lim Leon Perera |
85,815 | 59.95 | 8.99
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| PAP | Victor Lye Alex Yeo Chan Hui Yuh Chua Eng Leong Shamsul Kamar |
57,330 | 40.05 | 8.99
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| Majority | 28,485 | 19.90 | 17.98
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| Rejected ballots | 1,582 | 1.09 | 0.09
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| Turnout | 144,727 | 95.96 | 2.06
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| Registered electors | 150,821 | ||||
| WP hold | Swing | 8.99
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See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "GE: Singapore's PAP returns to power". Channel NewsAsia. 8 May 2011. Archived from the original on 10 May 2011. Retrieved 8 May 2011.
- ^ a b Mohan, Matthew; Phua, Rachel (11 July 2020). "GE2020: PAP wins with 61.24% of vote; WP claims two GRCs including new Sengkang GRC". CNA. Retrieved 21 November 2024.
- ^ "Singapore GE2020: Workers' Party's Low Thia Khiang, Chen Show Mao and Png Eng Huat step down, will not contest next GE". Straits Times. Archived from the original on 27 June 2020. Retrieved 25 June 2020.
- ^ "Low, Chen and Png stepping down". The Straits Times. 25 June 2020. Archived from the original on 26 June 2020. Retrieved 25 June 2020.
- ^ Iau, Jean (19 July 2023). "WP's Leon Perera, Nicole Seah resign over affair which started after GE2020". The Straits Times. ISSN 0585-3923. Retrieved 19 July 2023.
- ^ Ng, Wei Kiat (12 August 2024). "PAP appoints two new faces in WP-controlled Aljunied GRC". The Straits Times. Retrieved 21 November 2024.
- ^ Lee, Jeremy (19 July 2020). "Sengkang GRC Team's Areas Of Responsibility Revealed By WP, Jamus Lim Will Serve Anchorvale". MS News. Archived from the original on 19 July 2020. Retrieved 19 July 2020.
- ^ "1988 PARLIAMENTARY GENERAL ELECTION RESULTS". Retrieved 2 September 2020.
- ^ "1991 PARLIAMENTARY GENERAL ELECTION RESULTS". Retrieved 2 September 2020.
- ^ "1997 PARLIAMENTARY GENERAL ELECTION RESULTS". Retrieved 2 September 2020.
- ^ "2001 PARLIAMENTARY GENERAL ELECTION RESULTS". Retrieved 16 October 2020.
- ^ "2006 PARLIAMENTARY GENERAL ELECTION RESULTS". Retrieved 16 October 2020.
- ^ "2011 PARLIAMENTARY GENERAL ELECTION RESULTS". Retrieved 16 October 2020.
- ^ "2015 PARLIAMENTARY GENERAL ELECTION RESULTS". Retrieved 16 October 2020.
- ^ "Statement of Poll for the Electoral Division of Aljunied" (PDF). Elections Department of Singapore. Government Gazette. Retrieved 16 July 2020.
