Sembawang Group Representation Constituency

Sembawang Group Representation Constituency (Chinese: 三巴旺集选区; Malay: Kawasan Undi Perwakilan Berkumpulan Sembawang; Tamil: செம்பவாங் குழுத்தொகுதி) is a five-member Group Representation Constituency (GRC) located in the northern area of Singapore. The GRC consists of five divisions: Sembawang Central, Sembawang West, Woodlands, Admiralty and Canberra divisions. It also encompasses a section of Singapore's northern territorial waters in the Straits of Johor.

Sembawang
Group Representation Constituency
for the Parliament of Singapore
RegionNorth Region, Singapore
Electorate147,876
Current constituency
Created1988 (1988)
Seats5
Party People's Action Party
Member(s)Ong Ye Kung
Vikram Nair
Lim Wee Kiak
Poh Li San
Mariam Jaafar
Town CouncilSembawang
Created fromSembawang SMC

Sembawang GRC is anchored by Minister for Transport Ong Ye Kung.

History

Since its creation in 1988, the GRC has been held by the People's Action Party and it has been uncontested at every general election until the general election in 2006. The Group Representation Constituency was led by former Deputy Prime Minister and PAP chairman Tony Tan until his retirement in 2006, who would later go on to serve as the seventh President of the Republic of Singapore (2011 and 2017), and also was led by Transport Minister Khaw Boon Wan (who's also the Coordinating Minister for Infrastructure and the fifth PAP chairman) from 2006 to 2020 together with his co-led Education Minister Ong Ye Kung. Ong Ye Kung has joined the team in 2015 General Elections.

The largest number of voters meant that the constituencies are split into Holland–Bukit Panjang GRC (now Holland–Bukit Timah GRC) in 2001 (Bukit Panjang division), Nee Soon GRC in 2011 (Chong Pang and Canberra divisions) and Marsiling–Yew Tee GRC in 2015 (Marsiling and Woodgrove divisions). Nee Soon GRC had handed back Simpang planning area to Sembawang GRC to allow further development in 2015. With the growing development of both Sembawang and Yishun new towns, the next election saw Yishun portion of Gambas, as well as Simpang hiving off to Nee Soon GRC.

In the 2020 general election, Minister of Transport, Khaw Boon Wan retired from politics, he has been succeeded by Poh Li San and Education Minister Ong Ye Kung succeeded him as Minister of Transport.

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

Members of Parliament
Election Division IncumbentParty
1984 PAP
Formation
1988
  • Chong Pang
  • Nee Soon East
  • Sembawang
 PAP
1991
  • Bukit Panjang
  • Chong Pang
  • Nee Soon East
  • Sembawang
 PAP
1997
  • Bukit Panjang
  • Chong Pang
  • Marsiling
  • Nee Soon East
  • Sembawang
  • Woodlands
 PAP
2001
  • Admiralty
  • Canberra
  • Chong Pang
  • Marsiling
  • Sembawang
  • Woodlands
 PAP
2006 PAP
2011
  • Admiralty
  • Marsiling
  • Sembawang
  • Woodlands
  • Woodgrove
 PAP
2015
  • Admiralty
  • Canberra
  • Gambas
  • Sembawang
  • Woodlands
 PAP
2020
  • Admiralty
  • Canberra
  • Sembawang Central
  • Sembawang West
  • Woodlands
 PAP

Candidates and results

Elections in 2020s
General Election 2020: Sembawang GRC
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
PAP Ong Ye Kung
Vikram Nair
Lim Wee Kiak
Poh Li San
Mariam Jaafar		 94,068 67.29 4.99
NSP Spencer Ng
Sathin Ravindran
Ivan Yeo Tiong Boon
Sebastian Teo
Yadzeth Hairis		 45,727 32.71 4.99
Majority 48,341 34.58
Rejected ballots 2,937 2.06
Turnout 142,732 96.52 1.48
Registered electors 147,876
PAP hold Swing 4.99

Elections in 2010s
General Election 2015: Sembawang GRC
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
PAP Khaw Boon Wan
Lim Wee Kiak
Vikram Nair
Ong Ye Kung
Amrin Amin		 96,639 72.28% 8.38
NSP Abdul Rasheed S/O Y Abdul Kuthus
Kevryn Lim
Spencer Ng Chung Hon
Yadzeth Bin Haris
Eugene Yeo Ren Yuan		 37,067 27.72% N/A
Majority 59,572 44.5 16.7
Rejected ballots 3,796 2.76 0.32
Turnout 137,502 95.04 0.17
PAP hold Swing 8.38
General Election 2011: Sembawang GRC
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
PAP Khaw Boon Wan
Hawazi Bin Daipi
Ellen Lee
Ong Teng Koon
Vikram Nair		 84,252 63.90 12.8
SDP John Tan
James Gomez
Mohd Isa Aziz
Sadasivam Veriyah
Jarrod Luo		 47,605 36.10 12.8
Turnout 135,148 94.87 0.07
PAP hold Swing 12.8

Elections in 2000s
General Election 2006: Sembawang GRC
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
PAP Khaw Boon Wan
K Shanmugam
Hawazi Daipi
Ellen Lee
Mohd Maliki Osman
Lim Wee Kiak		 130,170 76.70 N/A
SDP Chee Siok Chin
Christopher Neo Ting Wei
Francis Yong Chu Leong
Gerald Sng Choon Guan
Mohd Isa Abdul Aziz
Narayanasamy Gogelavany		 39,537 23.30 N/A
Turnout 175,194 94.8 N/A
PAP hold Swing N/A
General Election 2001: Sembawang GRC
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
PAP Tony Tan Keng Yam
K Shanmugam
Chin Tet Yung
Hawazi Daipi
Mohd Maliki Osman
Warren Lee		 Walkover
Turnout 166,137 N/A
PAP hold Swing N/A

Elections in 1990s
General Election 1997: Sembawang GRC
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
PAP Tony Tan Keng Yam
Hawazi Daipi
K Shanmugam
Ho Peng Kee
Chin Tet Yung
Teo Ho Pin		 Walkover
Turnout 154,402 N/A
PAP hold Swing N/A
General Election 1991: Sembawang GRC
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
PAP Tony Tan Keng Yam
Lee Yiok Seng
K Shanmugam
Ho Peng Kee		 Walkover
Turnout 117,951 N/A
PAP hold Swing N/A

Elections in 1980s
General Election 1988: Sembawang GRC
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
PAP Tony Tan Keng Yam
K Shanmugam
Charles Chong		 36,154 70.1%
United People's Front Harbans Singh
Ang Bee Lian
Kasim bin Ibrahim		 15,436 29.9%
Turnout 53,596 96.3 N/A
PAP win (new seat)

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