Bishan–Toa Payoh Group Representation Constituency

Bishan–Toa Payoh
Bishan–Toa Payoh
Group Representation constituency; for the Parliament of Singapore
Region	Central Region, Singapore
Electorate	101,366
Current constituency
Created	1997; 27 years ago
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
Created from	Thomson GRC; Toa Payoh GRC; Kim Keat SMC; Kuo Chuan SMC;

The Bishan–Toa Payoh Group Representation Constituency (GRC) is a four-member Group Representation Constituency located in the central region of Singapore. The GRC consists the entire areas of Bishan, Singapore (excluding Bishan North), the majority of Toa Payoh, parts of Thomson, Singapore managed by Bishan-Toa Payoh Town Council. There are four divisions of the GRC: Bishan East, Toa Payoh West, Toa Payoh East and Toa Payoh Central. The current Member of Parliament (MP) are Chong Kee Hiong, Chee Hong Tat, Ng Eng Hen and Saktiandi Supaat, from the People's Action Party (PAP).

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) left his stronghold of Potong Pasir SMC, 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 Balestier, MacRitchie Reservoir and Novena. The westernmost portion of Bishan–Toa Payoh GRC consists of part of the Central Catchment Nature Reserve which is shared with Holland–Bukit Timah GRC and Kebun Baru SMC.

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 2020 Singaporean general election, Balestier and Novena was subsumed into the neighbouring Jalan Besar GRC. Some residential areas in Potong Pasir were absorbed into Toa Payoh East. Bishan North ward was carved out and was absorbed into the new Marymount SMC. The GRC was reduced to four.

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
Formation
1997	Bishan East Bishan North Thomson Toa Payoh Central Toa Payoh East	Wong Kan Seng Ibrahim Othman Leong Horn Kee Ho Tat Kin Davinder Singh		PAP
2001		Wong Kan Seng Zainudin Nordin Leong Horn Kee Ng Eng Hen Davinder Singh
2006		Wong Kan Seng Zainudin Nordin Hri Kumar Nair Ng Eng Hen Josephine Teo
2011		Wong Kan Seng Josephine Teo Hri Kumar Nair Ng Eng Hen Zainudin Nordin
2015	Bishan East Bishan North Toa Payoh West Toa Payoh Central Toa Payoh East	Chong Kee Hiong Josephine Teo Chee Hong Tat Ng Eng Hen Saktiandi Supaat
2020	Bishan East Toa Payoh West Toa Payoh Central Toa Payoh East	Chong Kee Hiong Chee Hong Tat Ng Eng Hen Saktiandi Supaat

Electoral results

Elections in 1990s

General Election 1997: Bishan–Toa Payoh GRC
Party		Candidate	Votes
	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

General Election 2001: Bishan–Toa Payoh GRC
Party		Candidate	Votes
	PAP	Wong Kan Seng Zainudin Nordin Leong Horn Kee Ng Eng Hen Davinder Singh	Unopposed
Registered electors			114,621
	PAP hold

General Election 2006: Bishan–Toa Payoh GRC
Party		Candidate	Votes
	PAP	Wong Kan Seng Zainudin Nordin Hri Kumar Ng Eng Hen Josephine Teo	Unopposed
Registered electors			115,323
	PAP hold

Elections in 2010s

General Election 2011: Bishan–Toa Payoh GRC
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	PAP	Wong Kan Seng Josephine Teo Hri Kumar Ng Eng Hen Zainudin Nordin	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

General Election 2015: Bishan–Toa Payoh GRC
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	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

General Election 2020: Bishan–Toa Payoh GRC
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	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

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