The Jurong Group Representation Constituency is a five-member Group Representation Constituency located in the

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area of

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. The GRC consists of a large section of

Jurong Jurong () is a major geographical region located at the south-westernmost point of the West Region of Singapore. Although mostly vaguely defined, the region's extent roughly covers the planning areas of Jurong East, Jurong West, Boon Lay, and ...

, sections of

Bukit Batok Bukit Batok, often abbreviated as Bt Batok, is a planning area and matured residential town located along the eastern boundary of the West Region of Singapore. Bukit Batok statistically ranks in as the 25th largest, the 12th most populous and ...

and areas near

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. The five divisions of the GRC:

Bukit Batok East Bukit Batok, often abbreviated as Bt Batok, is a planning area and matured residential town located along the eastern boundary of the West Region of Singapore. Bukit Batok statistically ranks in as the 25th largest, the 12th most populous an ...

, Jurong Central,

Taman Jurong Taman Jurong is a residential precinct in Jurong West, Singapore. It is one of the oldest residential precincts in Singapore and a division of Jurong GRC, with the area's HDB flats under the management of Jurong-Clementi Town Council and Tharma ...

Jurong Spring Hong Kah is a residential precinct in Jurong West, Singapore. It is bounded by the Pan Island Expressway, PIE, Corporation Road, Jurong Canal Drive, Jurong East Avenue 1 and Jurong Town Hall Road. It is named after the former 'Hong Kah Village'. ...

and

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. The current MPs are

Tharman Shanmugaratnam Tharman Shanmugaratnam (Tamil: தர்மன் சண்முகரத்தினம்; born 25 February 1957) is a Singaporean politician and economist who has been serving as Senior Minister of Singapore since 2019 and has also been Co ...

, Tan Wu Meng,

Rahayu Mahzam Rahayu binte Mahzam ( Jawi: رحايو مهزم; born 1980) is a Singaporean politician who has been serving as Senior Parliamentary Secretary for Health and Senior Parliamentary Secretary for Law concurrently since 2022. A member of the govern ...

, Shawn Huang and Xie Yao Quan from 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 ...

(PAP).

History

In the 2011 general elections, the Jurong Central and Hong Kah division's population carved to form the new Jurong Spring division, while Yuhua became a SMC in return. In

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was carved as a SMC while

, a division under the

West Coast GRC The West Coast Group Representation Constituency is a five-member Group Representation Constituency (GRC) located in the western area of Singapore. The five divisions consists: Ayer Rajah-Gek Poh, West Coast, Boon Lay, Nanyang and Telok Blangah ...

, was absorbed to the ward to maintain its five seats. The constituency was first contested in the 2001 general election with the

against the

Singapore Democratic Party The Singapore Democratic Party (abbreviation: SDP) is a politcal party in Singapore. The party was founded on 6 August 1980 by Chiam See Tong. During the 1991 general election, Ling How Doong and Cheo Chai Chen won Bukit Gombak SMC and Nee ...

. The ward won a

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in 2006 before facing another contest with the National Solidarity Party (2011),

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(2015) and

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(2020); however, this GRC has always been held by the

since its creation in 2001. The ward was first led by the Minister

Lim Boon Heng Lim Boon Heng (; born 18 November 1947) is a Singaporean former politician. A former member of the governing People's Action Party (PAP), he was a Member of Parliament (MP) between 1980 and 2011, and had served in the Cabinet between 2001 and 20 ...

until his retirement from politics in 2011. After his retirement, Senior Minister

and Minister Desmond Lee Ti-Seng have assumed leadership for Jurong GRC, but Lee was transferred to

in 2020 together with three term MP

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. Ivan Lim was introduced on 24 June 2020 for the General Elections but withdrew 3 days later following allegations of his past behaviour. He was replaced by Xie Yao Quan.

Town Council

Jurong–Clementi Town Council is operating under the

Yuhua SMC The Yuhua Single Member Constituency is a single member constituency (SMC) located in the western area of Singapore. The ward covers the area of Yuhua and Parts of the Jurong Gateway District. The current Member of Parliament is Grace Fu of th ...

Bukit Batok SMC Bukit Batok Single Member Constituency (SMC) is a single member constituency in Bukit Batok of Singapore. It used to exist from 1972 to 1988 as Bukit Batok Constituency and was renamed as Bukit Batok Single Member Constituency (SMC) as part of ...

& Jurong GRC.

Members of Parliament

Ong died on 14 July 2008 due to a heart failure. Following his death, Prime Minister

Lee Hsien Loong Lee Hsien Loong (; born 10 February 1952) is a Singaporean politician and former brigadier-general who has been serving as Prime Minister of Singapore and Secretary-General of the People's Action Party since 2004. He has been the Member of Par ...

announced that there would be no

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to fill the position since it was a GRC. His seat (Bukit Batok) was temporary replaced by

Halimah Yacob Halimah Yacob (Jawi script: ; born 23 August 1954) is a Singaporean politician and former lawyer who has been serving as the eighth president of Singapore since 2017. Prior to her presidency, she was the country's Speaker of the Parliament of S ...

from the nearby Bukit Batok East ward until the next election in 2011, where he was succeeded by

David Ong David Ong Kim Huat ( zh, s=王金发, p=Wáng Jīnfā; born 19 May 1961) is a Singaporean former politician who has served as a Member of Parliament (MP) for Jurong Group Representation Constituency (GRC) (Bukit Batok), Adviser to Jurong GRC Gr ...

Electoral results

Elections in 2000s

Elections in 2010s

Elections in 2020s

References

2020 General Election's result

External links

Bukit Batok Division WebsiteTaman Jurong Community WebsiteJurong-Clementi Town Council
{{Constituencies of Singapore Singaporean electoral divisions Bukit Batok Bukit Timah Jurong East Jurong West