The East Coast Group Representation Constituency is a five-member Group Representation Constituency in the eastern area of

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. The areas of the Group Representation Constituency consists of locations such as

East Coast Park East Coast Park is a beach and a park encompassing Marine Parade, Bedok and Tampines, along the southeastern coast of Singapore. It was opened in the 1970s, after the Singapore government had completed reclaiming land off the coast at Katong ...

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, ...

, Changi, Simei,

Siglap Siglap is a neighbourhood located in Bedok in the East Region of Singapore. The area also encompasses the Frankel and Opera Estates and their names have sometimes been used interchangeably to refer to the approximate same area. The planning su ...

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 ...

Pasir Ris Pasir Ris is a planning area and residential town located in the East Region of Singapore. It is bordered by Tampines and Paya Lebar to the south, Sengkang to the southwest and Changi to the east. The planning area also shares riverine boun ...

Chai Chee Chai Chee (), also known as Kampong Chai Chee, is a housing estate located in the town of Bedok in Singapore. The estate was named after a village known as Kampong Chai Chee which formerly occupied the vicinity. It is served by two major namesake ...

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. The GRC also covers a large portion of Singapore's eastern territorial waters. The five divisions:

, Fengshan, Changi- Simei and Kampong Chai Chee. The current MPs are Heng Swee Keat,

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, Tan Kiat How, Cheryl Chan and Jessica Tan from the

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(PAP).

History

East Coast GRC was formed in

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as a six-member Group Representation Constituency. East Coast GRC was formed with a merger of

Bedok Group Representation Constituency Bedok Group Representation Constituency (Traditional Chinese: 勿洛集選區; Simplified Chinese: 勿洛集选区) is a defunct Group Representation Constituency in Bedok, Singapore that existed from 1988 to 1997. Members of Parliament Candida ...

and Eunos Group Representation Constituency. It was downsized from six members to five members following the redrawing of divisions into the Marine Parade GRC in 2006. Joo Chiat Single Member Constituency was formerly part of the GRC until 2001, and subsumed into Marine Parade GRC as of the 2015 elections. A large portion of the

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division and 60% of Kampong Chai Chee was transferred from East Coast GRC to Marine Parade GRC and saw the removal of Chew Heng Ching, Tan Soo Khoon and Lee Yock Suan due to the advanced age in 2006, followed by

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and

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in 2011. The offshore island of

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was transferred to Pasir Ris–Punggol GRC in 2015, while

Fengshan SMC Fengshan Single Member Constituency was a former single Member Constituency within Bedok, Singapore. The constituency was created in 1984 from parts of Bedok, Changi & Kampong Chai Chee constituencies. As the population in Bedok grew, the consti ...

was carved out and East Coast GRC was left with four members. East Coast GRC was increased in size to five after Fengshan SMC has been absorbed back into East Coast GRC for the 2020 general election. The

(PAP) won in a walkover in the

and 2001 general elections. It saw its first contest in the 2006 general election from the Workers' Party. This GRC is a perennial battleground between the two parties. In 2011 and 2015, the

received numerous close fights with the Worker's Party and won both times, though the results allowed Worker's Party candidates to enter parliament as Non-Constituency MPs both times. In October 2015,

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stepped down from his ministerial post after suffering from a mini stroke in May 2015. Prior to the 2020 general election,

and Lim Swee Say retired from politics. The resulting election saw the PAP retaining East Coast GRC, albeit with the second closest marginal result after West Coast GRC; Worker's Party candidates did not enter parliament as NCMPs this time as the offer was made to the Progress Singapore Party in West Coast GRC as the best performing losers.

Town Council

East Coast Town Council is operating under the East Coast GRC.

Members of Parliament

Electoral results

Elections in 1990s

Elections in 2000s

Elections in 2010s

Elections in 2020s

References

2020 General Election's result
{{Coord missing, Singapore Singaporean electoral divisions Bedok Changi Changi Bay North-Eastern Islands Pasir Ris Tampines