Hougang Single Member Constituency

Hougang
Single Member Constituency
for the Parliament of Singapore
Region	northeastern Singapore
Electorate	24,555
Current constituency
Created	1988
Member(s)	Yaw Shin Leong
Number of members	1

Hougang Single Member Constituency (Hougang SMC) (Traditional Chinese: 後港單選區;Simplified Chinese: 后港单选区) is a Single Member Constituency whose borders roughly enclose the town of Hougang, located in the north-eastern area of Singapore. The boundary includes a portion of Hougang and is an opposition held seat with its Member of Parliament the Workers' Party's Yaw Shin Leong. The constituency was formed in 1988 and was held by the People's Action Party (PAP) until the 1991 general election, when the ruling party lost the seat to the Workers' Party. The seat is one of the two opposition seats of the Parliament of Singapore in the country. Despite Singapore's current dominant-party system, Hougang SMC has been difficult to recapture by the PAP since losing the constituency in 1991.

Low did not contest his seat in 2011's general election, choosing to head a GRC team at Aljunied Group Representation Constituency.

Members of Parliament

• Tang Guan Seng (1988 – 1991)
• Low Thia Khiang (1991 – 2011)
• Yaw Shin Leong (2011 –)

Electoral results

Elections in 2010s

General Election 2011: Hougang
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	WP	Yaw Shin Leong	14,850	64.8	+2.1
	PAP	Desmond Choo	8,065	35.2	-2.1
Majority			6,785	29.6	+4.2
Turnout			23,176	94.4	-0.6
	WP hold		Swing	+2.1

Elections in 2000s

General Election 2006: Hougang
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	WP	Low Thia Khiang	13,989	62.7	+7.7
	PAP	Eric Low Siak Meng	8,308	37.3	-7.7
Majority			5,681	25.4	+15.4
Turnout			22,574	95.0	-0.4
	WP hold		Swing	+7.7

General Election 2001: Hougang
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	WP	Low Thia Khiang	12,070	55.0	-3.0
	PAP	Eric Low Siak Meng	9,882	45.0	+3.0
Majority			2,188	10.0	-6.0
Turnout			22,247	95.4	-0.8
	WP hold		Swing	-3.0

Elections in 1990s

General Election 1997: Hougang
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	WP	Low Thia Khiang	13,458	58.0	+5.2
	PAP	Heng Chee How	9,736	42.0	-5.2
Majority			3,722	16.0	+10.4
Turnout			23,505	96.2	+0.4
	WP hold		Swing	+5.2

General Election 1991: Hougang
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	WP	Low Thia Khiang	10,621	52.8	+11.8
	PAP	Tang Guan Seng	9,487	47.2	-11.8
Majority			1,134	5.6	+23.6
Turnout			20,566	95.8	-0.4
	WP gain from PAP		Swing	+11.8

Elections in 1980s

General Election 1988: Hougang
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	PAP	Tang Guan Seng	11,983	59.0	N/A
	WP	Lim Chiu Liang	8,342	41.0	N/A
Majority			3,641	18.0	N/A
Turnout			20,873	96.2	N/A
	PAP win (new seat)

Reference

• 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