Sembawang Group Representation Constituency

Sembawang
Group Representation constituency for the Parliament of Singapore
Region	North Region, Singapore
Electorate	147,876
Current constituency
Created	1988 (1988)
Seats	5
Party	People's Action Party
Member(s)	Ong Ye Kung Vikram Nair Lim Wee Kiak Poh Li San Mariam Jaafar
Town Council	Sembawang
Created from	Sembawang SMC

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 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. It is anchored by 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.

Members of Parliament

Election	Division	Members of Parliament	Party
1988	Chong Pang Nee Soon East Sembawang	K Shanmugam Charles Chong Tony Tan Keng Yam	rowspan="8" bgcolor="Template:People's Action Party/meta/color" |	PAP
1991	Bukit Panjang Chong Pang Nee Soon East Sembawang	Lee Yiok Seng K Shanmugam Ho Peng Kee Tony Tan Keng Yam
1997	Bukit Panjang Chong Pang Marsiling Nee Soon East Sembawang Woodlands	Teo Ho Pin K Shanmugam Hawazi Bin Daipi Ho Peng Kee Tony Tan Keng Yam Chin Tet Yung
2001	Admiralty Canberra Chong Pang Marsiling Sembawang Woodlands	Mohd Maliki Osman Warren Lee K Shanmugam Hawazi Bin Daipi Tony Tan Keng Yam Chin Tet Yung
2006		Mohd Maliki Osman Lim Wee Kiak K Shanmugam Hawazi Bin Daipi Khaw Boon Wan Ellen Lee Geck Hoon
2011	Admiralty Marsiling Sembawang Woodlands Woodgrove	Vikram Nair Hawazi Bin Daipi Khaw Boon Wan Ellen Lee Geck Hoon Ong Teng Koon
2015	Admiralty Canberra Gambas Sembawang Woodlands	Vikram Nair Lim Wee Kiak Ong Ye Kung Khaw Boon Wan Amrin Amin
2020	Admiralty Canberra Sembawang Central Sembawang West Woodlands	Vikram Nair Lim Wee Kiak Ong Ye Kung Poh Li San Mariam Jaafar

^ Sembawang Town Council are operating under the Sembawang GRC.

Electoral results

Note : Elections Department Singapore do not include rejected votes for calculation of candidate's vote share. Hence, the total of all candidates' vote share will be 100%.

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)

References

• 2011 General Election's result
• 2006 General Election's result
• 2001 General Election's result
• 1997 General Election's result
• 1991 General Election's result
• 1988 General Election's result