The Chua Chu Kang Group Representation Constituency is a four-member
Group Representation Constituency located in the
western
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area of
Singapore
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. There are four divisions of the GRC: Choa Chu Kang, Bukit Gombak, Keat Hong and Brickland. Military installations constitute a large part of the constituency, including most of the
SAFTI Live Firing Area, Ama Keng and Neo Tiew military training areas and
Murai Urban training facility
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. The current MPs are
Gan Kim Yong
Gan Kim Yong ( zh, s=颜金勇, p=Yán Jīnyǒng; born 9 February 1959) is a Singaporean politician who has been serving as Minister for Trade and Industry since 2021. A member of the governing People's Action Party, he has been the Member of P ...
,
Low Yen Ling
Low Yen Ling ( zh, s=刘燕玲, p=Liú Yànlíng; born 1974) is a Singaporean politician who has been serving as Mayor of South West District since 2014, Minister of State for Culture, Community and Youth and Minister of State for Trade and Indu ...
,
Don Wee
Don Wee Boon Hong ( zh, s=黄文鸿, p=Huáng Wénhóng; born 1976) is a Singaporean politician and accountant. A member of the governing People's Action Party (PAP), he has been the Member of Parliament (MP) representing the Brickland division ...
and
Zhulkarnain Abdul Rahim
Zhulkarnain bin Abdul Rahim ( Jawi: ذو القرنين عبدالرحيم; born 1980) is a Singaporean politician and lawyer. A member of the governing People's Action Party (PAP), he has been the Member of Parliament (MP) representing the Kea ...
from the
People's Action Party
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(PAP).
History
Between 1988 and 2011, at the time Chua Chu Kang GRC was formerly called
Hong Kah GRC,
Chua Chu Kang SMC was one of the oldest surviving constituencies in Singapore and the only one to have both remained intact and existed before Singapore's independence, existed since 1959 when Singapore gained full self-governance from its colonial British Government.
In 2001,
Bukit Gombak SMC
Bukit Gombak Single Member Constituency (SMC) was a Single Member Constituency, single member constituency in the West Region, Singapore, western area in Singapore. The seat consisted of Bukit Gombak New Town with is made up of Bukit Gombak MRT ...
was absorbed into the former
Hong Kah GRC with the town council being Hong Kah Town Council. In 2015,
Yew Tee
Yew Tee is a residential area in the West Region of Singapore. Yew Tee is a cluster of Housing and Development Board flats and private condominums, As a relatively new estate, a large proportion of its residents are young families and middle in ...
was absorbed into the newly created
Marsiling–Yew Tee GRC.
The 2011 elections saw the reformation of both wards with every ward of Hong Kah GRC and Chua Chu Kang being merged into Chua Chu Kang GRC, with the exception of
Hong Kah North ward that had been crafted out to become an SMC.
In 2020, the rest of Tengah were moved from Chua Chu Kang GRC to Hong Kah North SMC and all of the Nanyang were shifted to
West Coast GRC
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. The Western Water Catchment, Ama Keng, Wrexham, Poyan, Sarimbun, Lim Chu Kang and Murai were shifted from Nanyang to the newly formed Brickland division.
Town Council
Chua Chu Kang Town Council are operating with the
Hong Kah North SMC
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The People's Action Party (abbrevia ...
and the Chua Chu Kang GRC.
Members of Parliament
Electoral results
Elections in 2010s
Elections in 2020s
See also
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Chua Chu Kang SMC
References
External links
2020 General Election's result{{Constituencies of Singapore
Singaporean electoral divisions
Bukit Batok
Choa Chu Kang
Jurong West
Lim Chu Kang
Sungei Kadut
Tengah
Western Water Catchment