Aljunied Group Representation Constituency

Not to be confused with the earlier Aljunied Single Member Constituency.

Aljunied
Group Representation constituency for the Parliament of Singapore
Region	North-East and East Regions, Singapore
Electorate	151,007
Current constituency
Created	1988 (1988)
Seats	5
Party	Workers' Party
Member(s)	Gerald Giam Pritam Singh Faisal Manap Sylvia Lim
Town Council	Aljunied–Hougang
Created from	Aljunied SMC Kampong Kembangan SMC Kampong Ubi SMC Eunos SMC Kaki Bukit SMC Paya Lebar SMC Cheng San GRC Eunos GRC Marine Parade GRC

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).

History

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, 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.

In the following general election in 2015, WP managed to retain the GRC with 50.96% of the votes. 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; 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.

In July 2023, a video surfaced that allegedly showed Leon Perera holding hands intimately with fellow WP member Nicole Seah. On 19 July, WP secretary-general Pritam Singh revealed that Leon Perera and Nicole Seah began an affair some time after the 2020 general elections, which had ended before the video surfaced. Leon Perera resigned as a Member of Parliament on 19 July 2023.

After Perera's resignation, the workload for the Serangoon division was distributed among the other MPs in Aljunied GRC.

Members of Parliament

Year	Party		Aljunied (till 2001) Aljunied-Kembangan (till 2006) Serangoon	Kampong Kembangan (till 2001) Kembangan-Punggol (till 2006) Bedok Reservoir-Punggol	Kampong Ubi (till 1997) Changi-Simei (till 2001) Aljunied-Hougang (till 2011) Kaki Bukit	Paya Lebar	Eunos
1988		PAP	Chin Harn Tong	George Yeo	Wan Hussin B H Zoorhi	3-Member GRC
1991					Mohamad Maidin bin Packer Mohd	Ker Sin Tze	4-Member GRC
1997			Toh See Kiat		David Lim Tik En		Sidek Saniff
2001			Ong Seh Hong		Yeo Guat Kwang	Cynthia Phua	Zainul Abidin
2006			Lim Hwee Hua
2011		WP	Sylvia Lim	Low Thia Khiang	Faisal Manap	Chen Show Mao	Pritam Singh
2015
2020			Leon Perera (resigned 2023)	Gerald Giam		Sylvia Lim

Electoral results

1988 General Election

Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	George Yeo Chin Harn Tong Wan Hussin B H Zoohri	PAP	34,020	56.33
	Jufrie Mahmood Neo Choon Aik Ashleigh Seow	SDP	26,375	43.67
Total			60,395	100.00
Valid votes			60,395	98.06
Invalid/blank votes			1,197	1.94
Total votes			61,592	100.00
Registered voters/turnout			65,351	94.25
Majority			7,645	12.66
	PAP win new seats

1991 General Election

Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	George Yeo Chin Harn Tong Mohamad Maidin bin Packer Mohd Ker Sin Tze	PAP
Total
Registered voters/turnout			94,490	–
	PAP hold

1997 General Election

Candidate		Party	Votes	%	+/–
	George Yeo Ker Sin Tze Sidek Saniff Toh See Kiat David Lim Tik En	PAP	64,299	67.02	10.69
	Aziz Ibrahim Kwan Yue Keng S. Kunalen Tay Hoon Wong Hong Toy	SDP	31,645	32.98	10.69
Total			95,944	100.00	–
Valid votes			95,944	97.00
Invalid/blank votes			2,971	3.00
Total votes			98,915	100.00
Registered voters/turnout			103,466	95.60
Majority			32,654	34.04	21.38
	PAP hold		Swing		10.69

2001 General Election

Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	George Yeo Yeo Guat Kwang Cynthia Phua Zainul Abidin Ong Seh Hong	PAP
Total
Registered voters/turnout			125,115	–
	PAP hold

2006 General Election

Candidate		Party	Votes	%	+/–
	George Yeo Yeo Guat Kwang Cynthia Phua Zainul Abidin Lim Hwee Hua	PAP	74,843	56.09	10.93
	Goh Meng Seng James Gomez Sylvia Lim Mohd Rahizan bin Yaacob Tan Wui-Hua	WP	58,593	43.91
Total			133,436	100.00	–
Valid votes			133,436	98.25
Invalid/blank votes			2,381	1.75
Total votes			135,817	100.00
Registered voters/turnout			145,141	93.58
Majority			16,250	12.18	21.86
	PAP hold		Swing		10.93

2011 General Election

Candidate		Party	Votes	%	+/–
	Low Thia Khiang Sylvia Lim Chen Show Mao Pritam Singh Faisal Manap	WP	72,289	54.72	10.81
	George Yeo Cynthia Phua Zainul Abidin Lim Hwee Hua Ong Ye Kung	PAP	59,829	45.28	10.81
Total			132,118	100.00	–
Valid votes			132,118	98.66
Invalid/blank votes			1,788	1.34
Total votes			133,906	100.00
Registered voters/turnout			143,148	93.54
Majority			12,460	9.44	2.74
	WP gain from PAP		Swing		10.81

2015 General Election

Candidate		Party	Votes	%	+/–
	Low Thia Khiang Sylvia Lim Chen Show Mao Pritam Singh Faisal Manap	WP	70,050	50.96	3.76
	Yeo Guat Kwang Murali Pillai Victor Lye Shamsul Kamar Chua Eng Leong	PAP	67,424	49.04	3.76
Total			137,474	100.00	–
Valid votes			137,474	98.82
Invalid/blank votes			1,638	1.18
Total votes			139,112	100.00
Registered voters/turnout			148,142	93.90
Majority			2,626	1.92	7.52
	WP hold		Swing		3.76

2020 General Election

Candidate		Party	Votes	%	+/–
	Pritam Singh Sylvia Lim Faisal Manap Leon Perera Gerald Giam	WP	85,815	59.95	8.99
	Victor Lye Shamsul Kamar Chua Eng Leong Chan Hui Yuh Alex Yeo	PAP	57,330	40.05	8.99
Total			143,145	100.00	–
Valid votes			143,145	98.91
Invalid/blank votes			1,582	1.09
Total votes			144,727	100.00
Registered voters/turnout			150,821	95.96
Majority			28,485	19.9	17.98
	WP hold		Swing		8.99

See also

• Aljunied SMC