The Tanjong Pagar Group Representation Constituency is a five-member Group Representation Constituency (GRC) in

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Singapore. The five divisions consists:

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, Queenstown, Moulmein-Cairnhill,

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and Henderson-Dawson. The current Members of Parliament are

Indranee Rajah Indranee Thurai Rajah ( ta, இந்திராணி ராஜா; born 1963) is a Singaporean politician who has been serving as Minister in the Prime Minister's Office and Second Minister for Finance since 2018, Second Minister for Nat ...

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Joan Pereira Joan Cheng Sim Pereira (born 1967) is a Singaporean politician and businesswoman. A member of the governing People's Action Party (PAP), she has been the Member of Parliament (MP) representing the Henderson–Dawson division of Tanjong Pagar GRC ...

Eric Chua Eric Chua Swee Leong ( zh, s=蔡瑞隆, p=Cài Ruìlóng; born 1979) is a Singaporean politician who has been serving as Senior Parliamentary Secretary for Culture, Community and Youth and Senior Parliamentary Secretary for Social and Family D ...

and Alvin Tan from the

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(PAP).

History

This GRC came into formation in 1991, when it absorbed the Tiong Bahru GRC, Telok Blangah SMC and

Tanjong Pagar SMC Tanjong Pagar Single Member Constituency was a single member constituency (SMC) in Tanjong Pagar, Singapore. The constituency was formed in 1955 and was abolished in 1991. It was one of the longest-surviving constituencies since the pre-independ ...

. Since the formation of the GRC, the ward was notable for its repeated

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s. The last walkover was in

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when Tanjong Pagar GRC became the only constituency to be uncontested following the disqualification of a team of independent candidates (which led by Ng Teck Siong) as they submitted their nomination papers 35 seconds late.

Town Council

Tanjong Pajar GRC is managed by the Tanjong Pajar Town Council.

Members of Parliament

Lee died on 23 March 2015 due to

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. No by-elections were called as it was a GRC and Rajah served as a temporary MP for the ward until the general elections in September that year.

Electoral results

Elections in 1990s

Elections in 2000s

Elections in 2010s

Elections in 2020s

References

External links

2020 General Election's result
{{Constituencies of Singapore Singaporean electoral divisions Bishan, Singapore Bukit Merah Bukit Timah Kallang Novena, Singapore Orchard, Singapore Outram, Singapore Queenstown, Singapore Rochor Tanglin River Valley, Singapore Singapore River