Tanjong Pagar Group Representation Constituency

Tanjong Pagar
Tanjong Pagar
Group Representation constituency; for the Parliament of Singapore
Region	Central Region, Singapore
Electorate	134,642
Current constituency
Created	1991; 33 years ago
Seats	5
Party	Template:SG/PAP
Member(s)	Chan Chun Sing; Indranee Rajah; Joan Pereira; Eric Chua; Alvin Tan
Town Council	Tanjong Pagar
Created from	Tiong Bahru GRC; Tanjong Pagar SMC; Telok Blangah SMC; Kreta Ayer SMC;

The Tanjong Pagar Group Representation Constituency is a five-member Group Representation Constituency (GRC) in Central and Western Singapore. The five divisions consists: Buona Vista, Queenstown, Moulmein-Cairnhill, Tanjong Pagar-Tiong Bahru and Henderson-Dawson. The current Members of Parliament are Indranee Rajah, Chan Chun Sing, Joan Pereira, Eric Chua and Alvin Tan from the People's Action Party (PAP).

History

This GRC came into formation in 1991, when it absorbed the Tiong Bahru GRC, Telok Blangah SMC and Tanjong Pagar SMC. Since the formation of the GRC, the ward was notable for its repeated walkovers. The last walkover was in 2011 when Tanjong Pagar GRC became the only constituency to be uncontested following the disqualification of a team of independent candidates (which led by Ng Teck Siong) as they submitted their nomination papers 35 seconds late.^[1]

Town Council

Tanjong Pajar GRC is managed by the Tanjong Pajar Town Council.

Members of Parliament

Year	Division	Members of Parliament	Party
1991	Radin Mas Tiong Bahru Tanjong Pagar Telok Blangah	S Vasoo Koo Tsai Kee Lee Kuan Yew Lim Hng Kiang		PAP
1997	Buona Vista Leng Kee Queenstown Radin Mas Tiong Bahru Tanjong Pagar	Lim Swee Say Ow Chin Hock Chay Wai Chuen S Vasoo Koo Tsai Kee Lee Kuan Yew
2001	Moulmein Queenstown Radin Mas Tanglin–Cairnhill Tiong Bahru Tanjong Pagar	Khaw Boon Wan Chay Wai Chuen Chong Weng Chiew Indranee Rajah Koo Tsai Kee Lee Kuan Yew
2006		Lui Tuck Yew Baey Yam Keng Sam Tan Chin Siong Indranee Rajah Koo Tsai Kee Lee Kuan Yew
2011	Buona Vista Kreta Ayer–Kim Seng Queenstown Tanglin–Cairnhill Tanjong Pagar–Tiong Bahru	Chan Chun Sing Lily Neo Chia Shi-Lu Indranee Rajah Lee Kuan Yew¹
2015	Buona Vista Henderson–Dawson Moulmein–Cairnhill Queenstown Tanjong Pagar–Tiong Bahru	Chan Chun Sing Joan Pereira Melvin Yong Chia Shi-Lu Indranee Rajah
2020		Chan Chun Sing Joan Pereira Alvin Tan Sheng Hui Eric Chua Swee Leong Indranee Rajah

^ Lee died on 23 March 2015 due to pneumonia. No by-elections were called as it was a GRC and Rajah served as a temporary MP for the ward until the general elections in September that year.

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 1990s

General Election 1991: Tanjong Pagar GRC
Party		Candidate	Votes
	PAP	Lee Kuan Yew S Vasoo Koo Tsai Kee Lim Hng Kiang	Unopposed
Registered electors			86,944
	PAP win (new seat)

General Election 1997: Tanjong Pagar GRC
Party		Candidate	Votes
	PAP	Lee Kuan Yew Ow Chin Hock S Vasoo Chay Wai Chuen Koo Tsai Kee Lim Swee Say	Unopposed
Registered electors			141,520
	PAP hold

Elections in 2000s

General Election 2001: Tanjong Pagar GRC
Party		Candidate	Votes
	PAP	Lee Kuan Yew Chay Wai Chuen Koo Tsai Kee Khaw Boon Wan Indranee Rajah Chong Weng Chiew	Unopposed
Registered electors			141,150
	PAP hold

General Election 2006: Tanjong Pagar GRC
Party		Candidate	Votes
	PAP	Lee Kuan Yew Koo Tsai Kee Indranee Rajah Lui Tuck Yew Baey Yam Keng Sam Tan	Unopposed
Registered electors			148,141
	PAP hold

Elections in 2010s

General Election 2011: Tanjong Pagar GRC
Party		Candidate	Votes
	PAP	Lee Kuan Yew Lily Neo Indranee Rajah Chan Chun Sing Chia Shi-Lu	Unopposed
Registered electors			139,771
	PAP hold

General Election 2015: Tanjong Pagar GRC
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	PAP	Chan Chun Sing Indranee Rajah Chia Shi-Lu Joan Pereira Melvin Yong	90,448	77.71	N/A
	SingFirst	Tan Jee Say Ang Yong Guan Melvyn Chiu Chirag Praful Desai Mohamad Fahmi Bin Ahmad Rais	25,943	22.29	N/A
Majority			64,505	55.42	N/A
Registered electors			130,752
Rejected ballots			2,405	2.02	N/A
Turnout			118,796	90.86	N/A
	PAP hold		Swing	N/A

Elections in 2020s

General Election 2020: Tanjong Pagar GRC
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	PAP	Chan Chun Sing Indranee Rajah Joan Pereira Eric Chua Swee Leong Alvin Tan Sheng Hui	78,079	63.13	14.58
	PSP	Wendy Low Harish Pillay Michael Chua Abas Kasmani Terence Soon	45,609	36.87	N/A
Majority			32,470	26.26
Registered electors			134,642
Rejected ballots			1,930	1.54
Turnout			125,618	93.30	2.44
	PAP hold		Swing	14.58

References

^ Chua, Lee Hoong (28 April 2011). "Singapore heads to history-making polls on May 7". The Straits Times. Retrieved 9 May 2011.

External links

[1] Chua, Lee Hoong (28 April 2011). "Singapore heads to history-making polls on May 7". The Straits Times. Retrieved 9 May 2011.

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