The Aljunied Group Representation Constituency is a five-member group representation constituency (GRC) in the

north-eastern The points of the compass are a set of horizontal, radially arrayed compass directions (or azimuths) used in navigation and cartography. A compass rose is primarily composed of four cardinal directions—north, east, south, and west—each sep ...

and eastern region of

Singapore Singapore (), officially the Republic of Singapore, is a sovereign island country and city-state in maritime Southeast Asia. It lies about one degree of latitude () north of the equator, off the southern tip of the Malay Peninsula, bor ...

. 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 and Muhamad Faisal Manap from the Worker's Party (WP).

History

Aljuined GRC consists of a large part of Hougang (excluding Hougang SMC),

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 Redevelopme ...

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 in ...

, 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 Bedok () is a planning area and matured residential town located in the geographical region of Tanah Merah along the south-eastern coast of the East Region of Singapore. Bedok is bounded by five other planning areas: Paya Lebar to the north, ...

and a very small section of

Tampines Tampines () is the regional centre of the East Region of Singapore. With a population of 265,340 living across its five subzones, it is the second-most populous planning area in Singapore, according to the DOS Population Trends 2022. It is ...

. It absorbed the Eunos and Kaki Bukit wards of

Eunos GRC Eunos Group Representation Constituency ( Simplified Chinese: 友诺士集选区;Traditional Chinese: 友諾士集選區) is a defunct Group Representation Constituency (GRC) in the north-eastern region of Singapore. This GRC existed for the 1988 ...

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 par ...

. Aljunied GRC was formed in 1988 and won by 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). The Workers' Party team which was led by then-WP leader Low Thia Khiang 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

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with the winning team with 54.72% of the votes against the

team led by

George Yeo George Yeo Yong-Boon ( zh, s=杨荣文, p=Yáng Róngwén; born 13 September 1954) is a Singaporean former politician and brigadier-general who served as Minister for Foreign Affairs between 2004 and 2011. 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 managed to retain back the GRC, winning 50.96% of the vote against the

team including

Yeo Guat Kwang Yeo Guat Kwang ( zh, s=杨木光, p=Yáng Mùguāng; born 27 January 1961) is a former Singaporean politician. A former member of the governing People's Action Party (PAP), he was the Member of Parliament (MP) representing the Ang Mo Kio–Houg ...

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; 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 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

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

References

{{Constituencies of Singapore Singaporean electoral divisions Bedok Hougang Paya Lebar Serangoon Tampines