The Tanjong Pagar Group Representation Constituency is a five-member
Group Representation Constituency (GRC) in
Central and
Western
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Singapore. The five divisions consists:
Buona Vista,
Queenstown, Moulmein-Cairnhill,
Tanjong Pagar
Tanjong Pagar (New Rumi Spelling, alternatively spelled ''Tanjung Pagar'') is a historic district located within the Central Business District in Singapore, straddling the Outram, Singapore, Outram Planning Area and the Downtown Core under the ...
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Tiong Bahru
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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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Chan Chun Sing
Chan Chun Sing ( zh, s=陈振声, p=Chén Zhènshēng; born 9 October 1969) is a Singaporean politician and former major-general who has been serving as Minister for Education since 2021 and Minister-in-charge of Public Service since 2018. A m ...
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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 ...
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Eric Chua and
Alvin Tan from the
People's Action Party
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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. Since the formation of the GRC, the ward was notable for its repeated
walkover
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s. The last walkover was in
2011 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
pneumonia
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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
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