Nee Soon Group Representation Constituency

Nee Soon Group Representation Constituency (Chinese: 义顺集选区; Malay: Kawasan Undi Perwakilan Berkumpulan Nee Soon; Tamil: நீ சூன் குழுத் தொகுதி) is a five-member Group Representation Constituency (GRC) in the north region of Singapore. The GRC includes most of Yishun town, the private residential areas along Sembawang Road and Upper Thomson Road, the southern part of Sembawang and the Nee Soon Camp. The GRC consists of five divisions:Chong Pang, Nee Soon Central, Nee Soon East, Nee Soon South and Nee Soon Link.

Not to be confused with the defunct Nee Soon SMC, Nee Soon Central SMC, Nee Soon East SMC or Nee Soon South SMC.
Nee Soon
Group Representation Constituency
for the Parliament of Singapore
RegionNorth Region, Singapore
Electorate147,047
Current constituency
Created2011 (2011)
Seats5
Party People's Action Party
Member(s)K. Shanmugam
Carrie Tan
Derrick Goh
Louis Ng
Muhammad Faishal Ibrahim
Town CouncilNee Soon
Created from

The GRC was formed during the 2011 election, absorbing former SMCs of Nee Soon Central and Nee Soon East, and divisions from Ang Mo Kio GRC (Nee Soon South) and Sembawang GRC (Canberra and Chong Pang Division). In 2015, Canberra, Simpang, Gambas, Sembawang town and parts of Yishun were returned to Sembawang GRC, while the majority of Kebun Baru division from Ang Mo Kio GRC was absorbed in return. In 2020, Kebun Baru was carved out as an SMC, with east Yishun and Simpang from the Gambas ward of Sembawang GRC re-absorbed into Nee Soon GRC to form the Nee Soon Link ward.

Nee Soon GRC is currently led by the Ministry of Law (Singapore) and Ministry of Home Affairs (Singapore) Minister K Shanmugam and co-led by Minister of State for National Development and Home Affairs Associate Professor Muhammad Faishal Ibrahim.

Nee Soon GRC is the only GRC that is managing it's town council with no other constituencies and named as Nee Soon Town Council.

Members of Parliament
Election Division IncumbentParty
2006 PAP
Formation
2011
  • Canberra
  • Chong Pang
  • Nee Soon South
  • Nee Soon East
  • Nee Soon Central
 PAP
2015
  • Chong Pang
  • Kebun Baru
  • Nee Soon South
  • Nee Soon East
  • Nee Soon Central
 PAP
2020
  • Chong Pang
  • Nee Soon Link
  • Nee Soon South
  • Nee Soon East
  • Nee Soon Central
 PAP

Candidates and Results

Elections in 2010s
General Election 2011: Nee Soon GRC[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
PAP Muhammad Faishal Ibrahim
K Shanmugam
Lee Bee Wah
Lim Wee Kiak
Patrick Tay Teck Guan		 80,740 58.40
WP Poh Lee Guan
John Yam
Angela Faye Oon
Watson Chong Cham Weng
Sanjeev Kamalasanan		 57,523 41.60
Turnout 140,604 94.80 N/A
PAP win (new seat)
General Election 2015: Nee Soon GRC[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
PAP Muhammad Faishal Ibrahim
K Shanmugam
Lee Bee Wah
Louis Ng
Henry Kwek		 82,197 66.83 8.43
WP Cheryl Loh Xiu Wen
Gurmit Singh S/O Sadhu Singh
Luke Koh Tiong Yee
Kenneth Foo
Ron Tan Jun Yen		 40,796 33.17 8.43
Majority 41,401 33.66 11.34
Rejected ballots 1,682 1.25
Turnout 134,250 94.24 0.52
PAP hold Swing 11.34

Elections in 2020s
General Election 2020: Nee Soon GRC[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
PAP K. Shanmugam
Carrie Tan
Derrick Goh
Louis Ng
Muhammad Faishal Ibrahim		 86,219 61.90 4.93
PSP Kala Manickam
Taufik Supan
Bradley Bowyer
Sri Nallakaruppan
Damien Tay		 53,070 38.10 N/A
Majority 33,149 23.80
Rejected ballots 2,199 1.55
Turnout 141,488 96.22 1.98
Registered electors 147,047
PAP hold Swing 4.93

References
  1. "2011 PARLIAMENTARY GENERAL ELECTION RESULTS". Retrieved 15 October 2020.
  2. "2015 PARLIAMENTARY GENERAL ELECTION RESULTS". Retrieved 15 October 2020.
  3. "2020 PARLIAMENTARY GENERAL ELECTION RESULTS". Retrieved 15 October 2020.
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