Jurong_Group_Representation_Constituency

Jurong Group Representation Constituency

Electoral division in Singapore

Not to be confused with the defunct Jurong Single Member Constituency.

The Jurong Group Representation Constituency is a five-member Group Representation Constituency located in the western area of Singapore. The GRC consists of a large section of Jurong, sections of Bukit Batok and areas near Upper Bukit Timah Road. The five divisions of the GRC: Bukit Batok East, Jurong Central, Taman Jurong, Jurong Spring and Clementi managed by Jurong Town Council. The current MPs are Rahayu Mahzam, Tan Wu Meng, Xie Yao Quan and Shawn Huang from the People's Action Party (PAP). ^[1]

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Jurong
Group Representation constituency for the Parliament of Singapore

Region	West Region, Singapore
Electorate	131,234
Current constituency
Created	2001; 23 years ago (2001)
Seats	5
Party	People's Action Party
Member(s)	Rahayu Mahzam Tan Wu Meng Xie Yao Quan Shawn Huang
Town Council	Jurong–Clementi
Created from	Bukit Timah GRC Hong Kah GRC

Within the resignation of former Senior Minister Tharman Shanmugaratnam to run for the 2023 Presidential Elections, this GRC is currently anchor-minister-less until the next general elections are called.

History

In the 2011 general elections, the Jurong Central and Hong Kah division's population carved to form the new Jurong Spring division, while Yuhua became a SMC in return. In 2015, Bukit Batok was carved as a SMC while Clementi, a division under the West Coast GRC, was absorbed to the ward to maintain its five seats.

The constituency was first contested in the 2001 general election with the People's Action Party against the Singapore Democratic Party. The ward won a walkover in 2006 before facing another contest with the National Solidarity Party (2011), Singaporeans First (2015) and Red Dot United (2020); however, this GRC has always been held by the People's Action Party since its creation in 2001.

The ward was first led by the Minister Lim Boon Heng until his retirement from politics in 2011. After his retirement, Senior Minister Tharman Shanmugaratnam and Minister Desmond Lee Ti-Seng have assumed leadership for Jurong GRC, but Lee was transferred to West Coast GRC in 2020 together with three term MP Ang Wei Neng.

Ivan Lim was introduced on 24 June 2020 for the General Elections but withdrew 3 days later following allegations of his past behaviour.^[2] He was replaced by Xie Yao Quan.

Members of Parliament

Election	Division	Members of Parliament	Party
2001	Bukit Batok Bukit Batok East Jurong Central Taman Jurong Yuhua	Ong Chit Chung Halimah Yacob Lim Boon Heng Tharman Shanmugaratnam Yu-Foo Yee Shoon		PAP
2006		Ong Chit Chung (2001–2008)¹ Halimah Yacob Lim Boon Heng Tharman Shanmugaratnam Grace Fu Hai Yien
2011	Bukit Batok Bukit Batok East Jurong Central Jurong Spring Taman Jurong	David Ong Kim Huat Halimah Yacob Ang Wei Neng Desmond Lee Ti-Seng Tharman Shanmugaratnam
2015	Bukit Batok East Clementi Jurong Central Jurong Spring Taman Jurong	Rahayu Binte Mahzam Tan Wu Meng Ang Wei Neng Desmond Lee Ti-Seng Tharman Shanmugaratnam
2020		Rahayu Binte Mahzam Tan Wu Meng Xie Yao Quan Shawn Huang Wei Zhong Tharman Shanmugaratnam (2020–2023)²

^ Ong died on 14 July 2008 due to a heart failure. However, no by-election was called since it was a Group Representation Constituency (GRC), and the workload for the Bukit Batok division was given to Halimah Yacob.

^ Tharman Shanmugaratnam resigned as Member of Parliament in 2023 to contest in the 2023 presidential election. However, no by-election was called on the ground since it was a Group Representation Constituency, the workload for the ward was distributed among the rest of the team.

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%.