The Aljunied Group Representation Constituency is a five-member
group representation constituency (GRC) in the
north-eastern
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and eastern region of
Singapore
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. The GRC consists of five divisions: Eunos, Bedok Reservoir-Punggol, Kaki Bukit, Serangoon and Paya Lebar. The current MPs are
Pritam Singh,
Sylvia Lim,
Gerald Giam
Gerald Giam Yean Song ( zh, s=严燕松, p=Yán Yànsōng; born 1977) is a Singaporean politician. A member of the opposition Workers' Party (WP), he has been the Member of Parliament (MP) representing the Bedok Reservoir– Punggol division of ...
,
Leon Perera
Leon Perera (born 1970) is a Singaporean politician. A member of the opposition Workers' Party (WP), he has been the Member of Parliament (MP) representing the Serangoon division of Aljunied GRC since 2020.
Education
Perera was educated at the A ...
and
Muhamad Faisal Manap
Muhamad Faisal bin Abdul Manap ( Jawi: ; born 1975) is a Singaporean politician who has been serving as Vice-Chairman of the Worker's Party since 2016. He has been the Member of Parliament (MP) representing the Kaki Bukit division of Aljunied GR ...
from the
Worker's Party (WP).
History
Aljuined GRC consists of a large part of
Hougang
Hougang is a planning area and mature residential town located in the North-East Region of Singapore. The town is the most populous in the region, being home to 247,528 residents as of 2018. Hougang planning area is bordered by Sengkang to th ...
(excluding
Hougang SMC
The Hougang Single Member Constituency is a single member constituency (SMC) located in the north-eastern area of Singapore. Its current Member of Parliament is Dennis Tan Lip Fong of the Workers' Party (WP).
History
The constituency was f ...
),
Paya Lebar
Paya Lebar is a planning area located in the East Region of Singapore, bordered by Hougang to the west, Sengkang to the northwest, Tampines to the east, Bedok to the south and Pasir Ris to the north.
As part of the Singapore Urban Redevelopmen ...
,
Serangoon Gardens
Serangoon Garden Estate is a residential estate in the Serangoon district of the North-East Region of Singapore.
History
Serangoon Garden is one of the oldest estates on the island, and was built during the 1950s.
The estate was upgraded i ...
, the southern half of
Serangoon North
Serangoon North Village and Estate is a cluster of HDB apartment flats located north of Serangoon Central separated by Serangoon Gardens to the west and private housing estates to the east with Yio Chu Kang Road connecting the two areas. It is ...
as well as a portion of
Bedok
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and a very small section of
Tampines
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. It absorbed the Eunos and Kaki Bukit wards of
Eunos GRC
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as well as the Punggol East and Punggol South divisions of
Cheng San GRC
Cheng San Group Representation Constituency (Simplified Chinese: 静山集选区;Traditional Chinese: 靜山集選區) was a Group Representation Constituency (GRC) in the North-eastern region in Singapore. The GRC consisted of the eastern part ...
.
Aljunied GRC was formed in 1988 and won by the
People's Action Party
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(PAP). The
Workers' Party team which was led by then-WP leader
Low Thia Khiang
Low Thia Khiang (; born 5 September 1956) is a Singaporean former politician who served as Secretary-General of the Workers' Party (WP) between 2001 and 2018. He was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Hougang SMC between 1991 and 2011 and Aljun ...
sucessfully first won the GRC from the PAP in the
2011 general election, making it the first
GRC to be won by the opposition since the introduction of the GRC concept in
1988
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with the winning team with 54.72% of the votes against the
People's Action Party
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team led by
George Yeo
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Yeo served in the Singapore Army and ...
with 45.28%.
In the following
general election in 2015, the
Workers' Party which was led by then-WP leader
Low Thia Khiang
Low Thia Khiang (; born 5 September 1956) is a Singaporean former politician who served as Secretary-General of the Workers' Party (WP) between 2001 and 2018. He was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Hougang SMC between 1991 and 2011 and Aljun ...
managed to retain back the GRC, winning 50.96% of the vote against the
People's Action Party
The People's Action Party (abbreviation: PAP) is a major conservative centre-right political party in Singapore and is one of the three contemporary political parties represented in Parliament, alongside the opposition Workers' Party (WP) and ...
team including
Yeo Guat Kwang and four first-time candidates, who garnered a vote share of 49.04%.
Between 2011 and 2020, Aljunied GRC was led by
Low Thia Khiang
Low Thia Khiang (; born 5 September 1956) is a Singaporean former politician who served as Secretary-General of the Workers' Party (WP) between 2001 and 2018. He was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Hougang SMC between 1991 and 2011 and Aljun ...
; he was succeeded by
Pritam Singh as part of a leadership renewal process, but he still remains active in politics.
In the
2020 general election,
Low Thia Khiang
Low Thia Khiang (; born 5 September 1956) is a Singaporean former politician who served as Secretary-General of the Workers' Party (WP) between 2001 and 2018. He was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Hougang SMC between 1991 and 2011 and Aljun ...
and
Chen Show Mao
Chen Show Mao ( zh, s=陈硕茂, p=Chén Shuòmào; born 6 February 1961) is a Singaporean politician. A graduate of Harvard, Oxford and Stanford, Chen was formerly a corporate lawyer at Davis Polk & Wardwell.
He is a member of the oppositio ...
declined to run for re-election; the 2020 election saw the
Workers' Party which was led by WP leader
Pritam Singh retain back the GRC with 59.95% of the vote, a 9% swing from the previous election against the
People's Action Party
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team, who won 40.05%.
Members of Parliament
Electoral results
Elections in 1980s
Elections in 1990s
Elections in 2000s
Elections in 2010s
Elections in 2020s
See also
*
Aljunied SMC
References
{{Constituencies of Singapore
Singaporean electoral divisions
Bedok
Hougang
Paya Lebar
Serangoon
Tampines