Tampines Group Representation Constituency

Tampines
Group Representation Constituency for the Parliament of Singapore
Region	Northeastern Singapore
Electorate	143,518
Current constituency
Created	1988
Number of members	5
Member(s)	Heng Swee Keat Masagos Zulkifli Baey Yam Keng Desmond Choo Cheng Li Hui
Town Council	Tampines

Not to be confused with the defunct pre-independence era ward called Tampines Single Member Constituency that existed from 1959 to 1988. This article is describing a present ward in Tampines.

Tampines Group Representation Constituency (Chinese: 淡滨尼集选区; Malay: Kawasan Undi Perwakilan Berkumpulan Tampines; Tamil: தெம்பனிஸ் குழுத்தொகுதி) is a five-member Group Representation Constituency (GRC) in the eastern region of Singapore. The GRC encompasses Tampines with five sub-constituencies, namely Tampines East, Tampines West, Tampines Central, Tampines North and Tampines Changkat. The electoral boundaries were remained intact with the last change happened during the 2001 elections.

Tampines GRC is led by Finance Minister Heng Swee Keat and Environment and Water Resources Minister (and Minister in-charge of Muslim Affairs) Masagos Zulkifli. Previously, ex-Minister for National Development Mah Bow Tan was the anchor minister until he stepped down from the cabinet following the 2011 general elections and retired from politics in 2015.

Tampines GRC has faced a contest in every general election except 1997, in which the National Solidarity Party was disqualified. In the 2001 and 2006 general elections, the PAP's opponent was the Singapore Democratic Alliance (due to a merger with National Solidarity Party until 2007).

On May 2016, Finance Minister Heng Swee Keat was incapacitated due to a stroke that he suffered. His condition is currently reported to be stable but he remained in the hospital's intensive care unit until 25 June 2016. The four other Members of Parliament for Tampines GRC are taking care of his Tampines Central ward and former Tampines Central MP, Sin Boon Ann has returned to help.

Members of Parliament

Election	Tampines North	Tampines East	Tampines West	Tampines Central	Tampines Changkat	Changkat South
1984	Carved from Tampines				SMC as Changkat
Formation
1988	Eunos GRC	Mah Bow Tan	Yatiman Bin Yusof		Aline Wong as Changkat	Carved from Changkat
1991						Chng Hee Hock
1997	Pasir Ris GRC as Pasir Ris South			Sin Boon Ann		Absorbed into Changkat
2001	Ong Kian Min				Irene Ng
2006			Masagos Zulkifli
2011	Baey Yam Keng			Heng Swee Keat
2015		Cheng Li Hui			Desmond Choo

Areas of responsibility

• Tampines North - Tampines (Blks 4xx), Tampines North Estate (Blks 6xx), Tampines Eco Green
• Tampines East - Tampines (Blks 201-271, 371-394 and 5xx), The Tampines Trilliant, Citylife@Tampines, Tampines Councourse, Tampines Regional Centre/MRT/Bus Interchange, Tampines Mall/1/Century Square
• Tampines West - Tampines (Blks 140-166, 801-829, 887-899 and 9xx, Tampines Street 85/86; excluding Temasek Polytechnic)
• Tampines Central- Tampines (Blks 7xx & 829-886), Our Tampines Hub, United World College of SEA (East Campus)
• Tampines Changkat- Tampines (Blks 101-114, 124-127, 136-139, 272-299B, 301-367), Treasure at Tampines

Candidates and results

Elections in 2010s

General Election 2015: Tampines GRC

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	PAP	Heng Swee Keat Masagos Zulkifli Desmond Choo Baey Yam Keng Cheng Li Hui	95,202	72.06	+14.84
	NSP	Lim Tean Sebastian Teo Reno Fong Nor Lella Mardilla Muhd Choong Hon Heng	36,920	27.94	-14.84
Majority			58,282	44.11	+29.68
Rejected ballots			3,638	2.68	+0.32
Turnout			135,760	94.6	-0.1
	PAP hold		Swing	+14.84

General Election 2011: Tampines GRC

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	PAP	Heng Swee Keat Mah Bow Tan Masagos Zulkifli Irene Ng Baey Yam Keng	72,728	57.22	-11.29
	NSP	Goh Meng Seng Raymond Lim Peng Ann Gilbert Goh Keah Wah Syafarin Sarif Reno Fong Chin Leong	54,381	42.78	+11.29
Turnout			130,184	94.7	-0.7
	PAP hold		Swing	-11.29

Elections in 2000s (decade)

General Election 2006: Tampines GRC

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	PAP	Sin Boon Ann Mah Bow Tan Masagos Zulkifli Irene Ng Ong Kian Min	80,376	68.51%	-4.83
	SDA	Abdul Rahman Mohamad Lim Tung Hee Arthero Ng Say Eng Ong Hock Siong Tan Lead Shake	36,948	31.49%	+4.83
Turnout			120,416	95.4	+0.1
	PAP hold		Swing	-4.83

General Election 2001: Tampines GRC

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	PAP	Sin Boon Ann Mah Bow Tan Yatiman Yusof Irene Ng Ong Kian Min	85,915	73.34%	N/A
	SDA	Sebastian Teo Foo Kok Wah Neo Ting Wei Abdul Rahim Yip Yew Weng	31,231	26.66%	N/A
Turnout			119,479	95.3	N/A
	PAP hold		Swing	N/A

Elections in 1990s

General Election 1997: Tampines GRC

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	PAP	Sin Boon Ann Mah Bow Tan Yatiman Yusof Aline Wong	Walkover
Turnout			154,402		N/A
	PAP hold		Swing	N/A

General Election 1991: Tampines GRC

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	PAP	Mah Bow Tan Yatiman bin Yusof Aline Wong Chng Hee Kok	38,844	59.5	-1.5
	NSP	Ken Sunn Rasiah Thiagarajah Ong Seng Kwe Sarry bin Hassan	26,457	40.5	+1.5
Turnout			117,951	96.4	-
	PAP hold		Swing	-1.5

Elections in 1980s

General Election 1988: Tampines GRC

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	PAP	Mah Bow Tan Yatiman bin Yusof Aline Wong	37,216	61.0%	N/A
	NSP	Lim Ah Yong Chan Yeng Cheong Abdul Malik bin Ali	23,796	39.0%	N/A
Turnout			65,148	96.4	N/A
	PAP win (new seat)

See also

• Mah Bow Tan
• Tampines
• Tampines SMC

References

• 2011 General Election's result
• 2006 General Election's result
• 2001 General Election's result
• 1997 General Election's result
• 1991 General Election's result
• 1988 General Election's result