Nee Soon Group Representation Constituency
Nee Soon | |
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Group Representation Constituency for the Parliament of Singapore | |
Region | Northern Singapore |
Electorate | 148,290 |
Current constituency | |
Created | 2011 |
Number of members | 5 |
Member(s) |
Muhammad Faishal Ibrahim K Shanmugam Lee Bee Wah Louis Ng Henry Kwek |
Town Council | Nee Soon |
- Not to be confused with another ward with similar name that existed since pre-independence era until prior to 1988 general elections called Nee Soon constituency.
Nee Soon Group Representation Constituency (Chinese: 义顺集选区; Malay: Kawasan Undi Perwakilan Berkumpulan Nee Soon; Tamil: நீ சூன் குழுத் தொகுதி) is a five-member Group Representation Constituency (GRC) in the north region of Singapore. The GRC includes most of Yishun town, the private residential areas along Sembawang Road, the southern part of Sembawang, and most of the Kebun Baru district of Ang Mo Kio.
The GRC was formed during the 2011 election, absorbing former Nee Soon Central SMC, Nee Soon East SMC and 2 divisions from Sembawang GRC (Canberra and Chong Pang Division) and a division from Ang Mo Kio GRC (Nee Soon South). In 2015, Canberra, Simpang, Gambas and parts of Sembawang town returned to Sembawang GRC and the GRC had absorbed most of Kebun Baru from Ang Mo Kio GRC.
Nee Soon GRC is currently led by Law and Home Affairs Minister K Shanmugam.
Electoral map
- Chong Pang - Blk 1xx and part of Blk 2xx in Yishun
- Nee Soon Central - Blk 6xx, part 7xx and 9xx of Yishun
- Nee Soon East - Blk 2xx and part of 3xx of Yishun
- Nee Soon South - Blk 5xx & 8xx and Blk 719-730 ,775-799 in Yishun, Springleaf & Jalan Mata Ayer Estate
- Kebun Baru - Blk 1xx (excluding blks 119-128) and 244 to 260 of Ang Mo Kio , Teachers' estate and Causurina road
Members of Parliament
Election | Canberra | Chong Pang | Nee Soon Central | Nee Soon East | Nee Soon South | Kebun Baru |
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2006 | Sembawang GRC | SMC | SMC | Ang Mo Kio GRC | ||
Formation | ||||||
2011 | Lim Wee Kiak | K Shanmugam | Muhammad Faishal Ibrahim | Patrick Tay Teck Guan | Lee Bee Wah | Ang Mo Kio GRC |
2015 | Sembawang GRC | Louis Ng | Henry Kwek |
Candidates and Results
Elections in 2010s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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PAP | Muhammad Faishal Ibrahim K Shanmugam Lee Bee Wah Louis Ng Henry Kwek |
82,197 | 66.83 | 8.43 | |
WP | Cheryl Loh Xiu Wen Gurmit Singh S/O Sadhu Singh Luke Koh Tiong Yee Kenneth Foo Seck Guan Ron Tan Jun Yen |
40,796 | 33.17 | 8.43 | |
Majority | 41,401 | 33.66 | 11.34 | ||
Rejected ballots | 1,682 | 1.25 | |||
Turnout | 134,250 | 94.28 | 0.52 | ||
PAP hold | Swing | 11.34 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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PAP | Muhammad Faishal Ibrahim K Shanmugam Lee Bee Wah Lim Wee Kiak Patrick Tay Teck Guan |
80,740 | 58.40 | ||
WP | Poh Lee Guan John Yam Angela Faye Oon Watson Chong Cham Weng Sanjeev Kamalasanan |
57,523 | 41.60 | ||
Turnout | 140,604 | 94.80 | N/A | ||
PAP win (new seat) | |||||