Jurong Group Representation Constituency

Not to be confused with the pre-indepence era ward in Jurong and Tuas areas called as Jurong Single Member Constituency which was formed prior to 1959 general elections by craving out from a portion of the then defunct Bukit Timah SMC which lasted until prior to 1997 general elections when that ward was absorbed into the then defunct Bukit Timah GRC.

Jurong Group Representation Constituency (Traditional Chinese: 裕廊集選區;Simplified Chinese: 裕廊集选区) is a five-member Group Representation Constituency located in the western area of Singapore. The GRC consists a large section of Jurong, sections of Bukit Batok and Upper Bukit Timah. Most parts of Jurong West and the entire industrial estate is not located in the GRC, but in West Coast Group Representation Constituency. The subdivisions of the GRC are Bukit Batok, Bukit Batok East, Jurong Central, Taman Jurong and Jurong Spring. Yuhua division has been crafted out as a Single Member Constituency for the 2011 general election . The constituency was contested in the 2001 general election with the People's Action Party against the Singapore Democratic Party. The seat has always been held by the People's Action Party since its creation in 2001.

Jurong GRC was a hotly contested seat in the 2001 general election with SDP's secretary general Chee Soon Juan leading the opposition team.

Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister and Minister for Manpower Tharman Shanmugaratnam currently leads Jurong GRC.

Members of Parliament

Election	Yuhua	Bukit Batok	Jurong Central	Bukit Batok East	Taman Jurong	Jurong Spring
1997	Bukit Timah GRC		Hong Kah GRC as 'Hong Kah East' and 'Hong Kah South' wards	Carved from Bukit Batok and parts Bukit Gombak	Bukit Timah GRC as Jurong	Hong Kah GRC as 'Hong Kah East' and 'Hong Kah South' wards
Formation
2001	Yu-Foo Yee Shoon	Ong Chit Chung	Lim Boon Heng	Halimah Bte Yacob	Tharman Shanmugaratnam
2006	Grace Fu Hai Yien	Ong Chit Chung	Lim Boon Heng
2011	Yuhua SMC	David Ong	Desmond Lee			Ang Wei Neng

Dr Ong Chit Chung died on July 14, 2008 during his term as Member of Parliament. The cause of his death is still unconfirmed / not released to the media.^[1]^[2]

Candidates and results

Elections on 2010s

General Election 2011: Jurong GRC
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	PAP	Halimah Bte Yacob Ang Wei Neng Desmond Lee Tharman Shanmugaratnam David Ong	76,595	66.96%	N/A
	NSP	Christopher Neo Elvin Ong Abdul Rasheed Noraini Yunus Ong Hock Siong	37,786	33.07%	N/A
Turnout			117,087	93.5	N/A
	PAP hold		Swing	N/A

Elections in 2000s

General Election 2006: Jurong GRC
Party		Candidate	Votes	±%
	PAP	Grace Fu Hai Yien Halimah Bte Yacob Lim Boon Heng Ong Chit Chung Tharman Shanmugaratnam	Walkover
Turnout			116,573	N/A
	PAP hold		Swing

General Election 2001: Jurong GRC
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	PAP	Halimah Bte Yacob Lim Boon Heng Ong Chit Chung Tharman Shanmugaratnam Yu-Foo Yee Shoon	84,472	79.75%	N/A
	SDP	Chee Soon Juan Chee Siok Chin Ghandi s/o Karuppiah Ambalam Mohamed Isa Bin Abdul Aziz Yeo Boon Keng Vincent	21,511	20.25%	N/A
Turnout			115,113	94.8	N/A
	PAP win (new seat)

External links

References

[1] ttp://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/singaporelocalnews/view/360201/1/.html

[2] ttp://www.straitstimes.com/Latest%2BNews/Singapore/STIStory_257601.html?vgnmr=1

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