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Bishan–Toa Payoh Group Representation Constituency

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Bishan–Toa Payoh
Group Representation constituency
for the Parliament of Singapore
RegionCentral Region, Singapore
Electorate101,366
Current constituency
Created1997; 27 years ago (1997)
Seats4
PartyPeople's Action Party
Member(s)Chong Kee Hiong
Chee Hong Tat
Ng Eng Hen
Saktiandi Supaat
Town CouncilBishan–Toa Payoh
Created from

The Bishan–Toa Payoh Group Representation Constituency (GRC) is a four-member Group Representation Constituency located in the central region of Singapore. The GRC consists the entire areas of Bishan, Singapore (excluding Bishan North), the majority of Toa Payoh, parts of Thomson, Singapore managed by Bishan-Toa Payoh Town Council. There are four divisions of the GRC: Bishan East, Toa Payoh West, Toa Payoh East and Toa Payoh Central. The current Member of Parliament (MP) are Chong Kee Hiong, Chee Hong Tat, Ng Eng Hen and Saktiandi Supaat, from the People's Action Party (PAP).

History

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The GRC was formed in 1997 with Wong Kan Seng, Ho Tat Kin, Leong Horn Kee, Ibrahim Othman, Davinder Singh, a team from PAP, as the incumbent MPs. The first election was uncontested. Ho and Ibrahim retired from politics during the 2001 Singaporean general election with Zainudin Nordin and Ng Eng Hen replacing them. The GRC was uncontested again. In 2006, Leong and Davinder retired from politics and was replaced with Hri Kumar Nair and Josephine Teo. The GRC was uncontested for the third time.

During the 2011 Singaporean general election, Chiam See Tong of Singapore People's Party (SPP) fielded a team to contest in the GRC. The PAP fielded its existing team with Wong Kan Seng leading the team won and managed to retain the GRC with the results of 56.93%.

The GRC's boundaries remained intact since its formation until 2015 when it was expanded in size to include Balestier, MacRitchie Reservoir and Novena. 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.

Before the 2015 Singaporean general election, Wong, Nair and Zainudin retired from politics with the latter two for personal reasons. SPP contested the GRC against the PAP team with Ng Eng Hen leading the team. The PAP team won the elections consecutively for the second time with the results of 73.59%.

During the 2020 Singaporean general election, Balestier and Novena was subsumed into the neighbouring Jalan Besar GRC. Some residential areas in Potong Pasir were absorbed into Toa Payoh East. Bishan North ward was carved out and was absorbed into the new Marymount SMC. The GRC was reduced to four.

The SPP contested the GRC again and only managed to gain 32.74% of the votes while the PAP team won the elections again for third time consecutively with the results of 67.26%.

Members of Parliament

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Election Division Incumbent Party
Formation
1997
  • Bishan East
  • Bishan North
  • Thomson
  • Toa Payoh Central
  • Toa Payoh East
PAP
2001
2006
2011
  • Bishan East
  • Bishan North
  • Thomson
  • Toa Payoh Central
  • Toa Payoh East
2015
  • Bishan East
  • Bishan North
  • Toa Payoh West
  • Toa Payoh Central
  • Toa Payoh East
2020
  • Bishan East
  • Toa Payoh West
  • Toa Payoh Central
  • Toa Payoh East

Electoral results

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Elections in 1990s

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General Election 1997: Bishan–Toa Payoh GRC
Party Candidate Votes %
PAP Wong Kan Seng
Ibrahim Othman
Leong Horn Kee
Ho Tat Kin
Davinder Singh
Unopposed
Registered electors 122,256
PAP win (new seat)

Elections in 2000s

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General Election 2001: Bishan–Toa Payoh GRC
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
PAP Wong Kan Seng
Zainudin Nordin
Leong Horn Kee
Ng Eng Hen
Davinder Singh
Unopposed
Registered electors 114,621
PAP hold
General Election 2006: Bishan–Toa Payoh GRC
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
PAP Wong Kan Seng
Zainudin Nordin
Hri Kumar
Ng Eng Hen
Josephine Teo
Unopposed
Registered electors 115,323
PAP hold

Elections in 2010s

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General Election 2011: Bishan–Toa Payoh GRC
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
PAP Wong Kan Seng
Josephine Teo
Hri Kumar
Ng Eng Hen
Zainudin Nordin
62,385 56.93 N/A
SPP Chiam See Tong
Benjamin Pwee
Wilfred Leung
Jimmy Lee
Mohamad Hamim Bin Aliyas
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 Chong Kee Hiong
Josephine Teo
Chee Hong Tat
Ng Eng Hen
Saktiandi Supaat
86,514 73.59 Increase16.66
SPP Benjamin Pwee
Law Kim Hwee
Bryan Long
Mohamad Abdillah Bin Zamzuri
Mohamad Hamim Bin Aliyas
31,049 26.41 Decrease16.66
Majority 55,465 47.18 Increase33.32
Rejected ballots 2,411 2.01 -
Turnout 119,974 92.31 Increase1.11
PAP hold Swing Increase16.66

Elections in 2020s

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General Election 2020: Bishan–Toa Payoh GRC
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
PAP Chong Kee Hiong
Chee Hong Tat
Ng Eng Hen
Saktiandi Supaat
62,853 67.26 Decrease6.33
SPP Steve Chia
Williamson Lee
Melvyn Chiu
Osman Sulaiman
30,594 32.74 Increase6.33
Majority 32,259 34.52
Rejected ballots 2,043 2.14
Turnout 95,490 94.20 Increase1.89
Registered electors 101,366
PAP hold Swing Decrease6.33

References

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