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Aljunied Group Representation Constituency

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Not to be confused with the earlier Aljunied Single Member Constituency.

The Aljunied Group Representation Constituency is a five-member group representation constituency (GRC) in the north-eastern and eastern region of Singapore. It consists of a large part of Hougang (excluding Hougang SMC), Paya Lebar, Serangoon Gardens, the southern half of Serangoon North as well as a portion of Bedok and a very small section of Tampines managed by the Aljuined-Hougang Town Council. The GRC consists of five divisions: Eunos, Bedok Reservoir-Punggol, Kaki Bukit, Serangoon and Paya Lebar. The current members of parliament are Gerald Giam, Pritam Singh, Muhamad Faisal Manap and Sylvia Lim from the Worker's Party (WP) after the resignation of Leon Perera.

Aljunied
Group Representation constituency
for the Parliament of Singapore
RegionNorth-East and East Regions, Singapore
Electorate151,007
Current constituency
Created1988; 36 years ago (1988)
Seats5
PartyWorkers' Party
Member(s)Gerald Giam
Pritam Singh
Faisal Manap
Sylvia Lim
Town CouncilAljunied–Hougang
Created from

History

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Aljunied GRC was formed in 1988 and was won by the People's Action Party (PAP). The WP team, led by WP leader Low Thia Khiang left his stronghold at Hougang SMC, made a historic breakthrough when the WP team won the election for the GRC with 54.72% of the votes during the 2011 general election, making it the first GRC to be won by the opposition since the introduction of the GRC in 1988.[1] In the following general election in 2015, WP managed to retain the GRC with 50.96% of the votes.[2] Between 2011 and 2020, Aljunied GRC was led by Low.

In the 2020 general election, Low and Chen Show Mao declined to run for re-election;[3][4] the 2020 election saw the WP team, led by WP leader Pritam Singh, retained the GRC with 59.95% of the vote, a 9% swing from the previous election.[2]

In July 2023, a video surfaced that allegedly showed Perera holding hands intimately with fellow WP member Nicole Seah. On 19 July, WP secretary-general Pritam Singh revealed that Perera and Seah began an affair some time after the 2020 general elections, which had ended before the video surfaced. Perera resigned as a Member of Parliament and as a Member of the WP on 19 July 2023 and Seah resigned from the party on 18 July 2023.[5]

After Perera's resignation, the workload for the Serangoon division was distributed among the other MPs in Aljunied GRC.

In 2024, PAP appointed Jagathishwaran Rajo and Kenny Sim to replace Chua Eng Leong and Alex Yeo respectively as chair of Eunos ward and Paya Lebar ward.[6]

Members of Parliament

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Election Division Incumbent Party
1998
  • Aljunied
  • Kampong Kembangan
  • Kampong Ubi
 PAP
1991
  • Aljunied
  • Kampong Kembangan
  • Kampong Ubi
  • Paya Lebar
1997
  • Aljunied
  • Changi-Simei
  • Eunos
  • Kampong Kembangan
  • Paya Lebar
2001
  • Aljunied-Kembangan
  • Eunos
  • Aljunied-Hougang
  • Bedok Reservoir—Punggol
  • Paya Lebar
2006
  • Serangoon
  • Eunos
  • Aljunied-Hougang
  • Bedok Reservoir—Punggol
  • Paya Lebar
2011
  • Bedok Reservoir-Punggol
  • Eunos
  • Kaki Bukit
  • Paya Lebar
  • Serangoon
 WP
2015
2020[7]

Electoral results

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Elections in 1980s

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General Election 1988: Aljunied GRC[8]
Party Candidate Votes %
PAP Chin Harn Tong
George Yeo
Wan Hussin Zoohri 		34,020 56.33
SDP Jufrie Mahmood
Ashleigh Seow
Neo Choon Aik 		26,375 43.67
Majority 7,645 12.67
Rejected ballots 1,197 1.94
Turnout 61,592 94.24
Registered electors 65,351
PAP win (new seat)

Elections in 1990s

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General Election 1991: Aljunied GRC[9]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
PAP Chin Harn Tong
George Yeo
Mohamad Maidin bin Packer
Ker Sin Tze 		Unopposed
Registered electors 94,490
PAP hold
General Election 1997: Aljunied GRC[10]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
PAP Toh See Kiat
David Lim
Sidek Saniff
George Yeo
Ker Sin Tze 		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
Majority 15,890 12.18 N/A
Rejected ballots 2,971 3.00 N/A
Turnout 98,915 95.60 N/A
Registered electors 103,466
PAP hold

Elections in 2000s

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General Election 2001: Aljunied GRC[11]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
PAP Ong Seh Hong
Yeo Guat Kwang
George Yeo
Zainul Abidin bin Mohammed Rasheed
Cynthia Phua 		Unopposed
Registered electors 125,115
PAP hold
General Election 2006: Aljunied GRC[12]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
PAP Yeo Guat Kwang
George Yeo
Zainul Abidin bin Mohammed Rasheed
Cynthia Phua
Lim Hwee Hua 		74,843 56.09 N/A
WP Goh Meng Seng
Sylvia Lim
James Gomez
Tan Wui-Hua
Mohammed Rahizan Bin Yaacob 		58,593 43.91 N/A
Majority 16,250 12.18 N/A
Rejected ballots 2,381 1.75 N/A
Turnout 135,817 93.58
Registered electors 145,141
PAP hold

Elections in 2010s

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General Election 2011: Aljunied GRC[13]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
WP Low Thia Khiang
Sylvia Lim
Chen Show Mao
Pritam Singh
Muhamad Faisal bin Abdul 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 9.44  2.74
Rejected ballots 1,788 1.34  0.41
Turnout 133,906 93.54  0.04
Registered electors 143,148
WP gain from PAP Swing  10.81
General Election 2015: Aljunied GRC[14]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
WP Low Thia Khiang
Pritam Singh
Sylvia Lim
Muhamad Faisal Manap
Chen Show Mao 		70,050 50.96  3.76
PAP Yeo Guat Kwang
Victor Lye
Chua Eng Leong
Shamsul Kamar
Murali Pillai 		67,424 49.04  3.76
Majority 2,626 1.92  7.52
Rejected ballots 1,638 1.18  0.16
Turnout 139,112 93.90  0.36
Registered electors 148,142
WP hold Swing  3.76

Elections in 2020s

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General Election 2020: Aljunied GRC[15]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
WP Gerald Giam
Pritam Singh
Muhamad Faisal Manap
Sylvia Lim
Leon Perera 		85,815 59.95  8.99
PAP Victor Lye
Alex Yeo
Chan Hui Yuh
Chua Eng Leong
Shamsul Kamar 		57,330 40.05  8.99
Majority 28,485 19.90  17.98
Rejected ballots 1,582 1.09  0.09
Turnout 144,727 95.96  2.06
Registered electors 150,821
WP hold Swing  8.99

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "GE: Singapore's PAP returns to power". Channel NewsAsia. 8 May 2011. Archived from the original on 10 May 2011. Retrieved 8 May 2011.
  2. ^ a b Mohan, Matthew; Phua, Rachel (11 July 2020). "GE2020: PAP wins with 61.24% of vote; WP claims two GRCs including new Sengkang GRC". CNA. Retrieved 21 November 2024.
  3. ^ "Singapore GE2020: Workers' Party's Low Thia Khiang, Chen Show Mao and Png Eng Huat step down, will not contest next GE". Straits Times. Archived from the original on 27 June 2020. Retrieved 25 June 2020.
  4. ^ "Low, Chen and Png stepping down". The Straits Times. 25 June 2020. Archived from the original on 26 June 2020. Retrieved 25 June 2020.
  5. ^ Iau, Jean (19 July 2023). "WP's Leon Perera, Nicole Seah resign over affair which started after GE2020". The Straits Times. ISSN 0585-3923. Retrieved 19 July 2023.
  6. ^ Ng, Wei Kiat (12 August 2024). "PAP appoints two new faces in WP-controlled Aljunied GRC". The Straits Times. Retrieved 21 November 2024.
  7. ^ Lee, Jeremy (19 July 2020). "Sengkang GRC Team's Areas Of Responsibility Revealed By WP, Jamus Lim Will Serve Anchorvale". MS News. Archived from the original on 19 July 2020. Retrieved 19 July 2020.
  8. ^ "1988 PARLIAMENTARY GENERAL ELECTION RESULTS". Retrieved 2 September 2020.
  9. ^ "1991 PARLIAMENTARY GENERAL ELECTION RESULTS". Retrieved 2 September 2020.
  10. ^ "1997 PARLIAMENTARY GENERAL ELECTION RESULTS". Retrieved 2 September 2020.
  11. ^ "2001 PARLIAMENTARY GENERAL ELECTION RESULTS". Retrieved 16 October 2020.
  12. ^ "2006 PARLIAMENTARY GENERAL ELECTION RESULTS". Retrieved 16 October 2020.
  13. ^ "2011 PARLIAMENTARY GENERAL ELECTION RESULTS". Retrieved 16 October 2020.
  14. ^ "2015 PARLIAMENTARY GENERAL ELECTION RESULTS". Retrieved 16 October 2020.
  15. ^ "Statement of Poll for the Electoral Division of Aljunied" (PDF). Elections Department of Singapore. Government Gazette. Retrieved 16 July 2020.
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