The Pasir Ris–Punggol Group Representation Constituency is a five-member
Group Representation Constituency (GRC) in the
north-eastern
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region of
Singapore. The constituency currently consists of
Pasir Ris and parts of the
Punggol town area. The GRC comprises 5 constituencies:
Pasir Ris Central
Pasir Ris is a Planning Areas of Singapore, planning area and New towns of Singapore, residential town located in the East Region, Singapore, East Region of Singapore. It is bordered by Tampines and Paya Lebar to the south, Sengkang to the sout ...
, Pasir Ris East,
Pasir Ris West
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 bound ...
, Punggol Shore as well as Punggol Coast. The current MPs are
Teo Chee Hean,
Janil Puthucheary,
Mohamed Sharael Taha
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,
Yeo Wan Ling and
Desmond Tan from the
People's Action Party (PAP).
History
Its first contest happened in 2006 with the opponent being
Singapore Democratic Alliance. For the
2011 general election, the incumbent
People's Action Party announced that their team would be led by Teo Chee Hean, and include then-Senior Parliamentary Secretary
Teo Ser Luck,
Penny Low, as well as new candidates
Janil Puthucheary,
Gan Thiam Poh and
Zainal Sapari. In the
2015 general election, Penny Low retired from politics and new candidates
Ng Chee Meng and
Sun Xueling joined the team.
In the
2020 general election
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, the GRC was reduced to five members, with a newly formed constituency called
Punggol West SMC carved out from the boundaries of Pasir-Ris Punggol GRC and Sengkang Central ward carved out to become part of the new
Sengkang GRC, the
Tampines retail park (part of the Pasir Ris area) was also redrawn into
Tampines GRC.
Members of Parliament
Electoral results
Elections in 2020s
Elections in 2010s
Elections in 2000s
References
2011 General Election's result
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Singaporean electoral divisions
Hougang
Pasir Ris
Paya Lebar
Punggol
Sengkang