Jalan Besar Group Representation Constituency
| Jalan Besar | |
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| Group Representation constituency for the Parliament of Singapore | |
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| Region | Central Region, Singapore |
| Electorate | 107,936 |
| Current constituency | |
| Created | 1988 |
| Seats | 4 |
| Party | Template:SG/PAP |
| Member(s) | Josephine Teo Heng Chee How Denise Phua Wan Rizal Wan Zakariah |
| Town Council | Jalan Besar |
| Created from | |
| Dissolved | 2011 |
| Dissolved to | |
| Reformed | 2015 |
| Reformed from | |
Jalan Besar Group Representation Constituency (Chinese: 惹兰勿刹集选区; Malay: Kawasan Undi Perwakilan Berkumpulan Jalan Besar; Tamil: ஜாலான் புசார் குழுத் தொகுதி) is a four-member Group Representation Constituency composed of several city suburbs surrounding the Central Area of Singapore. It is named after Jalan Besar, a street in Singapore that forms this GRC's centrepiece. The street itself is within the Kallang planning area, Kallang itself being part of this GRC. The GRC has four divisions consisting of Kampong Glam, Kolam Ayer, Kreta Ayer-Kim Seng and Whampoa.
This GRC encompasses several heritage areas, including Little India, Desker Road, Kolam Ayer and Crawford in the North. Kreta Ayer-Kim Seng itself includes the Singapore River, Chinatown and Bukit Ho Swee.
Jalan Besar GRC is being anchored by Manpower Minister and Second Minister of the Ministry of Home Affairs (Singapore) Ms Josephine Teo, co-led by Senior Minister of State Mr Heng Chee How.
History
Jalan Besar GRC was dissolved ahead of the 2011 elections and along with Moulmein from Tanjong Pagar GRC to form Moulmein–Kallang Group Representation Constituency while a majority of the Kreta Ayer–Kim Seng and Whampoa were redrawn into Tanjong Pagar GRC and as a SMC, respectively. However, its GRC were again reformed one parliamentary term later in 2015, where changes made from a majority of the GRC were reversed, while the Jalan Besar division was dissolved into other wards.
Jalan Besar GRC were headed by Lee Boon Yang from 1988 to 2009, Yaacob Ibrahim from 1997 to 2020 (with the exception of 2011 - 2015, being in Moulmein–Kallang GRC instead), Lily Neo from 2001 to 2020 (with the exception of 2011 - 2015, being in Tanjong Pagar GRC instead) and Denise Phua from 2006 to present time and Mr Heng Chee How part of the team since 2015 onwards where his Whampoa SMC is being merged back in that year General Election. Jalan Besar GRC has been contested by the opposition at every election, except 1991.
Jalan Besar GRC and Potong Pasir SMC are under the same Town Council, Jalan Besar Town Council.
In 2020, Yaacob Ibrahim and Lily Neo have stepped down and not contesting in the 2020 Singaporean general election, they have been succeeded by Josephine Teo Li Min who have transferred from Bishan-Toa Payoh GRC and Wan Rizal Wan Zakariah with Denise Phua and Heng Chee How.
Members of Parliament
| Election | Division | Incumbent | Party | |
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| 1988 |
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| 1991 |
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| 1997 |
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| 2001 |
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| 2006 | bgcolor=Template:People's Action Party/meta/color | | PAP | ||
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| 2015 |
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| 2020 | bgcolor=Template:People's Action Party/meta/color | | PAP | ||
^ Choo resigned before being charged and convicted in 1999 for cheating offences.[1] However, no by-election was called on the ground since it was a Group Representation Constituency, and the workload for the Whampoa ward was distributed among the rest of the team.
Candidates and results
Elections in 2020s
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| PAP | Josephine Teo Heng Chee How Denise Phua Wan Rizal Wan Zakariah |
64,631 | 65.36 |  2.37
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| PV | Lim Tean Leong Sze Hian Nor Azlan Sulaiman Michael Fang Amin |
34,261 | 34.64 | N/A | |
| Majority | 30,370 | 30.72 | |||
| Rejected ballots | 2,948 | 2.9 | |||
| Turnout | 101,840 | 94.5 | |||
| Registered electors | 107,720 | ||||
| PAP hold | Swing | 2.37
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Elections in 2010s
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| PAP | Yaacob Ibrahim Heng Chee How Denise Phua Lily Neo |
63,644 | 67.75 | N/A | |
| WP | Chan Sio Phing Frieda L Somasundaram Redzwan Hafidz Abdul Razak Adrian Sim Tian Hock |
30,302 | 32.25 | N/A | |
| Majority | 33,342 | 35.50 | − | ||
| Rejected ballots | 1,550 | 1.6 | - | ||
| Turnout | 95,496 | 93.1 | N/A | ||
| PAP win (new seat) | |||||
Elections in 2000s
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| PAP | Lee Boon Yang Yaacob Ibrahim Heng Chee How Lily Neo Denise Phua |
58,913 | 69.26 | 5.23
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| SDA | Cheo Chai Chen Sebastian Teo Reno Fong Muhammad Ali Aman Vincent Yeo Boon Keng |
26,151 | 30.74 |  5.23
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| Turnout | 85,064 | 91.50 | 0.05
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| PAP hold | Swing | 5.23
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| PAP | Lee Boon Yang Yaacob Ibrahim Heng Chee How Loh Meng See Lily Neo |
68,309 | 74.49 | 6.94
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| SDA | Desmond Lim Sin Kek Tong M Rahizan Reno Fong Ng Kee How |
23,391 | 25.51 | 6.94
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| Turnout | 91,700 | 91.45 | 0.84
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| PAP hold | Swing | 6.94
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Elections in 1990s
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| PAP | Lee Boon Yang Peh Chin Hua Choo Wee Khiang Yaacob Ibrahim |
44,840 | 67.55 | N/A | |
| SDP | Gandhi Ambalam Jufrie Mahmood David Chew Low Yong Nguan |
21,537 | 32.45 | N/A | |
| Turnout | 71,922 | 92.29 | N/A | ||
| PAP hold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| PAP | Lee Boon Yang Peh Chin Hua Choo Wee Khiang Zulkifli Mohammed |
Walkover | |||
| Turnout | 82,615 | N/A | N/A | ||
| PAP hold | Swing | ||||
Elections in 1980s
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| PAP | Lee Boon Yang Peh Chin Hua Sidek Bin Saniff |
31,604 | 62.68 | 0.1
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| WP | Marsh Edund Richard Mohamed Bin Idris Toh Keng Thong |
18,814 | 37.32 | ||
| Turnout | 50,418 | 91.77 | N/A | ||
| PAP win (new seat) | |||||
See also
References
- ^ "Former MP in trouble with the law again". TODAYonline. Retrieved December 14, 2011.[permanent dead link]
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