Sengkang Group Representation Constituency
Sengkang | |
---|---|
Group Representation constituency for the Parliament of Singapore | |
Region | North-East Region, Singapore |
Electorate | 120,166 |
Current constituency | |
Created | 13 March 2020 |
Seats | 4 |
Party | Workers' Party |
Member(s) | He Ting Ru Jamus Lim Louis Chua |
Town Council | Sengkang |
Created from |
The Sengkang Group Representation Constituency is a four-member Group Representation Constituency (GRC) in the north-eastern region of Singapore. It consists of Punggol East SMC, Sengkang West SMC and Sengkang Central ward of the Pasir Ris–Punggol GRC. The GRC consists of four divisions: Anchorvale, Rivervale, Buangkok, and Compassvale; Compassvale was subsumed into the other three following the resignation of its MP, Raeesah Khan. The current Members of Parliament are He Ting Ru, Jamus Lim and Louis Chua from the Workers' Party (WP).
History
Before the 2020 general election, Sengkang GRC was formed by merging the bulk of Sengkang West SMC with Punggol East SMC and the Sengkang Central ward of the Pasir Ris–Punggol GRC. Punggol East SMC would become the Sengkang East ward while Sengkang Central was to be split into Sengkang Central ward and Sengkang North ward.
The Worker's Party which was led by He Ting Ru won the GRC in the 2020 general election, marking the second time the opposition won another GRC since the introduction of the GRC scheme in 1988 and on its first attempt with 52.12% against People's Action Party (PAP) led by Ng Chee Meng with 47.88%.
WP adjusted the wards, splitting Sengkang Central into two wards, Buangkok (south) and Compassvale (north), renaming Sengkang East as Rivervale and Sengkang West as Anchorvale. The PAP branches retained the old names, making this the only GRC in which the WP and the PAP named the wards differently.
On 30 November 2021, Raeesah Khan resigned from Parliament after making unsubstantiated allegations in Parliament on three occasions. No by-election will be called although the GRC has lost its minority representative. As a result of Khan's resignation, minority and female representation in Parliament have both slipped to 26 elected MPs.
Members of Parliament
Election | Division | Members of Parliament | Party | |
2020 |
|
WP |
---|
^ Raeesah Begum Bte Farid Khan resigned her post and from the Workers' Party on 30 November 2021 due to lying. However, no by-election was called on the ground since it was a Group Representation Constituency, and the workload for the ward was distributed among the rest of the team. Aljunied GRC MP, Muhamad Faisal bin Abdul Manap will be the advisory capacity and not the MP for Sengkang.
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
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
WP | He Ting Ru Jamus Lim Raeesah Khan Louis Chua |
60,217 | 52.12 | N/A | |
PAP | Ng Chee Meng Lam Pin Min Amrin Amin Raymond Lye |
55,319 | 47.88 | N/A | |
Majority | 4,898 | 4.24 | |||
Rejected ballots | 1,194 | 1.02 | |||
Turnout | 116,730 | 97.14 | N/A | ||
Registered electors | 120,166 | ||||
WP win (new seat) |