Bishan–Toa Payoh Group Representation Constituency

Bishan–Toa Payoh
Bishan–Toa Payoh
Group Representation constituency; for the Parliament of Singapore
Region	Central Region, Singapore
Electorate	101,366
Current constituency
Created	1997; 27 years ago
Seats	4
Party	Template:SG/PAP
Member(s)	Ng Eng Hen; Chee Hong Tat; Saktiandi Supaat; Chong Kee Hiong
Town Council	Bishan–Toa Payoh
Created from	Thomson GRC; Toa Payoh GRC;

Bishan–Toa Payoh Group Representation Constituency (Chinese: 碧山-大巴窑集选区; Template:Lang-ms; Template:Lang-ta) is a four-member Group Representation Constituency (GRC) located in the central region of Singapore. The GRC consists the entire areas of Bishan, Singapore, the majority of Toa Payoh, parts of Thomson, Singapore. The four divisions of the GRC are Bishan East-Sin Ming, Toa Payoh West-Thomson, Toa Payoh East and Toa Payoh Central.

The GRC was formed in 1997 by merging the Bishan East, Bishan North, Serangoon Gardens and Thomson divisions of the Thomson Group Representation Constituency with that of the Kuo Chuan, Boon Teck and Toa Payoh divisions of Toa Payoh Group Representation Constituency. The remaining Serangoon Gardens Division was split between three GRCs, namely Aljunied, Ang Mo Kio and Marine Parade.

Bishan–Toa Payoh GRC is currently headed by Minister for Defence Dr Ng Eng Hen and Senior Minister of State Chee Hong Tat.

History

Both the Thomson and Toa Payoh GRCs were uncontested since the 1991 General Elections but in 2001, Ibrahim Othman, Leong Horn Kee and Hong Tat Kin retired from political service, they were succeeded by Ng Eng Hen, Hri Kumar Nair & Zainudin Nordin succeeded him. In 2006, Davinder Singh retired from political service, he was succeeded by Josephine Teo Li Min. The Bishan–Toa Payoh GRC enjoying the same situation from 1997 until 2011 with former Deputy Prime Minister of Singapore, Wong Kan Seng leading the team until 2011 with the first contest is with Singapore People's Party led by former opposition leader Chiam See Tong with results of 56.93% to 43.07% . Its boundaries also remained intact throughout its existence until 2015 when it was expanded in size to include Balestier, MacRitchie Reservoir and Novena.

In 11 September 2015, when Wong Kan Seng retired from political service after 31 years, Hri Kumar Nair quit running for political office just before the 2015, citing his wife’s diagnosis of lymphoma in 2012 as a factor and Zainudin Nordin quit running for political office citing wanting to spend more time with his family. They were succeeded by Chong Kee Hiong, Chee Hong Tat and Saktiandi Supaat. In 2015 Singaporean general election, the second contest with the Singapore People's Party led by Benjamin Pwee with results of 73.59% to 26.41%. In 2020, the third contest is with Singapore People's Party led by former opposition leader Steve Chia with the results of 67.26% to 32.74% and Bishan North where Josephine Teo was managing was carved into Marymount Single Member Constituency and reducing the size to four seats, while and she was transferred to Jalan Besar GRC. Balestier and Novena was subsumed into the neighbouring Jalan Besar GRC and in return, Blocks 210 to 224 from the former opposition constituency of Potong Pasir were absorbed into Toa Payoh East.

The westernmost portion of Bishan–Toa Payoh GRC consists of part of the Central Catchment Nature Reserve which is shared with Holland–Bukit Timah GRC and Kebun Baru SMC.

Bishan-Toa Payoh GRC and Marymount SMC are under the same town council, Bishan-Toa Payoh Town Council.

Election	Division	Incumbent	Party
Formation
1997	Bishan East Bishan-Toa Payoh North Thomson Toa Payoh Central Toa Payoh East	Wong Kan Seng Ho Tat Kin Leong Horn Kee Ibrahim Othman Davinder Singh	bgcolor=Template:People's Action Party/meta/color \|	PAP
2001		Wong Kan Seng Zainudin Nordin Leong Horn Kee Ng Eng Hen Davinder Singh	bgcolor=Template:People's Action Party/meta/color \|	PAP
2006	Bishan East Bishan-Toa Payoh North Thomson Toa Payoh Central Toa Payoh East	Wong Kan Seng Zainudin Nordin Hri Kumar Ng Eng Hen Josephine Teo Li Min	bgcolor=Template:People's Action Party/meta/color \|	PAP
2011	Bishan East Bishan North Thomson Toa Payoh Central Toa Payoh East	Wong Kan Seng Josephine Teo Li Min Hri Kumar Ng Eng Hen Zainudin Nordin	bgcolor=Template:People's Action Party/meta/color \|	PAP
2015	Bishan East Bishan North Toa Payoh West Toa Payoh Central Toa Payoh East	Chong Kee Hiong Josephine Teo Li Min Chee Hong Tat Ng Eng Hen Saktiandi Supaat	bgcolor=Template:People's Action Party/meta/color \|	PAP
2020	Bishan East Toa Payoh West Toa Payoh Central Toa Payoh East	Chong Kee Hiong Chee Hong Tat Ng Eng Hen Saktiandi Supaat	bgcolor=Template:People's Action Party/meta/color \|	PAP

General Election 1997: Bishan–Toa Payoh GRC
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	PAP	Davinder Singh Ho Tat Kin Ibrahim Othman Leong Horn Kee Wong Kan Seng	N/A	Walkover
Turnout			122,256		N/A
	PAP win (new seat)

General Election 2001: Bishan–Toa Payoh GRC
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	PAP	Davinder Singh Leong Horn Kee Ng Eng Hen Wong Kan Seng Zainudin Nordin	N/A	Walkover
Turnout			114,621		N/A
	PAP hold		Swing	N/A

General Election 2006: Bishan–Toa Payoh GRC
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	PAP	Hri Kumar Josephine Teo Li Min Ng Eng Hen Wong Kan Seng Zainudin Nordin	N/A	Walkover
Turnout			115,323		N/A
	PAP hold		Swing	N/A

General Election 2011: Bishan–Toa Payoh GRC
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	PAP	Hri Kumar Josephine Teo Li Min Ng Eng Hen Wong Kan Seng Zainudin Nordin	62,385	56.93	N/A
	SPP	Chiam See Tong Mohamad Hamim Bin Aliyas Benjamin Pwee Wilfred Leung Jimmy Lee	47,205	43.07	N/A
Majority			12,180	13.86	N/A
Turnout			111,677	91.2	N/A
	PAP hold		Swing	N/A

General Election 2015: Bishan–Toa Payoh GRC
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	PAP	Ng Eng Hen Josephine Teo Li Min Chee Hong Tat Saktiandi Supaat Chong Kee Hiong	86,514	73.59	16.66
	SPP	Benjamin Pwee Mohammed Hamim Aliyas Law Kim Hwee Bryan Long Mohamad Abdillah Zamzuri	31,049	26.41	16.66
Majority			55,465	47.18	33.32
Rejected ballots			2,411	2.01	-
Turnout			119,974	92.31	1.11
	PAP hold		Swing	16.66

General Election 2020: Bishan–Toa Payoh GRC
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	PAP	Ng Eng Hen Chee Hong Tat Saktiandi Supaat Chong Kee Hiong	62,853	67.26	6.33
	SPP	Steve Chia Osman Sulaiman Melvyn Chiu Williamson Lee	30,594	32.74	6.33
Majority			32,259	34.52
Rejected ballots			2,043	2.14
Turnout			95,490	94.20	1.89
Registered electors			101,366
	PAP hold		Swing	6.33