Aljunied Group Representation Constituency

Aljunied
Group Representation Constituency for the Parliament of Singapore
Region	Northeastern Singapore
Electorate	148,142
Current constituency
Created	1988
Number of members	5
Member(s)	Low Thia Khiang Sylvia Lim Swee Lian Pritam Singh Chen Show Mao Muhamad Faisal Bin Abdul Manap
Town Council	Aljunied-Hougang

Not to be confused with the smaller constituency with a similar name of Aljunied Single Member Constituency, which existed since the pre-independence era. This article is describing a present ward.

Aljunied Group Representation Constituency (Chinese: 阿裕尼集选区; Malay: Kawasan Undi Perwakilan Berkumpulan Aljunied; Tamil: அல்ஜுனிட் குழுத்தொகுதி) is a five-member group representation constituency (GRC) in the north-eastern region of Singapore. This opposition-held GRC consists of a large part of Hougang (excluding the Hougang Single Member Constituency), Serangoon Gardens, the southern half of Serangoon North, as well as a portion of Bedok.

Aljunied GRC was formed in 1988. During the time it was under the control of the People's Action Party (PAP), it absorbed several GRCs that the Workers' Party (WP) might have otherwise won (namely the Eunos and Kaki Bukit wards of the Eunos GRC in 1997, as well as the Punggol East and Punggol South divisions of the Cheng San GRC in 2001). However, in an ironic twist of events, Aljunied GRC itself fell to the WP during the 2011 general elections, making it the first GRC to have been won by a party other than the PAP since the introduction of the GRC concept in 1988.

This GRC has been hotly contested in the 2006, 2011 and 2015 General Elections. At the most recent general election, the PAP team consisting of former MP Yeo Guat Kwang and four first-time candidates lost by a close margin, garnering a vote share of 49.04%. Currently, Aljunied GRC is led by the Secretary-General of the WP, Mr Low Thia Khiang.

Members of Parliament

Election	Aljunied Kembangan	Kampong Ubi	Bedok Reservoir-Punggol	Paya Lebar	Changi Simei	Eunos	Aljunied-Hougang	Serangoon	Kaki Bukit
1984	SMC as Aljunied and Kampong Kembagan	SMC	SMC as Kampong Kembangan	SMC	SMC as Changi and Changkat	SMC	Carved From Cheng San GRC(Punggol)	SMC as Serangoon Gardens	SMC
Formation
1988	Chin Harn Tong as Aljunied	Wan Hussin B H Zoohri	George Yeo as Kampong Kembangan	SMC	As Changi and Changkat	Eunos GRC	Cheng San GRC As Punggol South	SMC as Serangoon Gardens	Eunos GRC
1991		Mohamad Maidin bin Packer Mohd		Ker Sin Tze	As Changkat South ward in Tampines GRC			Thomson GRC as Serangoon Gardens
1997	Toh See Kiat as Aljunied	Marine Parade GRC			David Lim Tik En	Sidek B Saniff		Marine Parade GRC	East Coast GRC
2001	Ong Seh Hong		George Yeo as Kembangan-Punggol	Cynthia Phua	East Coast GRC	Zainul Abidin Bin Mohamed Rasheed	Yeo Guat Kwang
2006	The ward has been dissolved. Kembangan merged into Marine Parade GRC as Kampong Ubi-Kembangan. The rest remained in Aljunied GRC and split into Bedok Reservoir-Punggol wards.		George Yeo					Lim Hwee Hua	Marine Parade GRC
2011			Low Thia Khiang	Chen Show Mao		Pritam Singh	Ang Mo Kio GRC as Ang Mo Kio-Hougang and Pasir Ris-Punggol GRC as Punggol South	Sylvia Lim Swee Lian	Muhamad Faisal Bin Abdul Manap
2015

Operational responsibility

• Bedok Reservoir-Punggol – Bedok Reservoir (Blocks 7xx), HOUGANG BLKS 4XX,5XX, Defu, Temasek Polytechnic, Paya Lebar Airbase, Bedok Reservoir Park
• Paya Lebar – Lorong Ah Soo estates, KOVAN CITY, HEARTLAND MALL, Surin & Charlton Avenue estates
• Kaki Bukit – Bedok North (Blocks 5xx)
• Eunos – BEDOK RESERVOIR BLKS 1XX,6XX
• Serangoon – Serangoon North (Blocks 1xx and 211 – 230), Kovan and Serangoon Gardens estates such as Hillside Drive, Roysth Road, Philips Avenue, Kovan Road, Simon Road and Poh Huat Avenue.

Candidates and results

Elections in 2010s

General Election 2015: Aljunied GRC

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	WP	Low Thia Khiang Sylvia Lim Swee Lian Pritam Singh Chen Show Mao Muhamad Faisal Manap	70,050	50.96	-3.76
	PAP	Yeo Guat Kwang Lye Thiam Fatt Joseph Victor Chua Eng Leong Shamsul Kumar Murali Pallai	67,424	49.04	+3.76
Majority			2,626	1.9
Rejected ballots			1,638	1.2
Turnout			138,474	93.8	+0.3
	WP hold		Swing	N/A

General Election 2011: Aljunied GRC

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	WP	Low Thia Khiang Sylvia Lim Swee Lian Pritam Singh Chen Show Mao Muhamad Faisal Manap	72,289	54.72	+10.81
	PAP	George Yeo Lim Hwee Hua Zainul Abidin bin Mohammed Rasheed Cynthia Phua Ong Ye Kung	59,829	45.28	-10.81
Majority			12,460	9.4
Turnout			133,906	93.5	-0.1
	WP gain from PAP		Swing	+10.8

Elections in 2000s

General Election 2006: Aljunied GRC

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	PAP	Yeo Guat Kwang George Yeo Lim Hwee Hua Zainul Abidin bin Mohammed Rasheed Cynthia Phua	74,483	56.09	N/A
	WP	Sylvia Lim Mohammed Rahizan Bin Yaacob Goh Meng Seng James Gomez Tan Wui-Hua	58,593	43.91	N/A
Turnout			135,817	93.6
	PAP hold		Swing	N/A

General Election 2001: Aljunied GRC

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	PAP	Yeo Guat Kwang Ong Seh Hong George Yeo Zainul Abidin bin Mohammed Rasheed Cynthia Phua	N/A	Walkover
Turnout			125,115		N/A
	PAP hold		Swing	N/A

Elections in 1990s

General Election 1997: Aljunied GRC

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	PAP	Toh See Kiat George Yeo Ker Sin Tze Toh Sidek Bin Snaiff David Lim Tik En	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
Turnout			98,915	95.6	N/A
	PAP hold		Swing	N/A

General Election 1991: Aljunied GRC

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	PAP	Chin Harn Tong George Yeo Ker Sin Tze Mohamad Maidin bin Packer Mohd	Walkover
Turnout			94,490	N/A	N/A
	PAP hold		Swing	N/A

Elections in 1980s

General Election 1988: Aljunied GRC

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	PAP	Chin Harn Tong George Yeo Wan Hussin bin Haji Zoohri	34,020	56.33
	SDP	Mohammed Julfri Bin Mahmood Ashleigh Seow Neo Choon Aik	26,375	43.67
Majority			7,645	12.6
Turnout			61,592	94.2
	PAP win (new seat)

See also

• Aljunied SMC

External links

• 1991 General Election's Result
• 1997 General Election's Result
• 2001 General Election's Result
• 2006 General Election's Result
• 2011 General Election's Result
• Background of 1997 General Election to show that Aljunied GRC had absorbed the hotly contested and defunct Eunos GRC
• ChannelNewsAsia report on campaigning at Aljunied GRC during the 2011 General Elections
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