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The Aljunied Group Representation Constituency is a five-member group representation constituency (GRC) in the north-eastern and eastern region of Singapore. It consists of a large part of Hougang (excluding Hougang SMC), Paya Lebar, Serangoon Gardens, the southern half of Serangoon North as well as a portion of Bedok and a very small section of Tampines managed by the Aljuined-Hougang Town Council. The GRC consists of five divisions: Eunos, Bedok Reservoir-Punggol, Kaki Bukit, Serangoon and Paya Lebar. The current members of parliament are Gerald Giam, Pritam Singh, Muhamad Faisal Manap and Sylvia Lim from the Worker's Party (WP).
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Aljunied | |
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Group Representation constituency for the Parliament of Singapore | |
Region | North-East and East Regions, Singapore |
Electorate | 151,007 |
Current constituency | |
Created | 1988 |
Seats | 5 |
Party | Workers' Party |
Member(s) | Gerald Giam Pritam Singh Faisal Manap Sylvia Lim |
Town Council | Aljunied–Hougang |
Created from |
Aljunied GRC was formed in 1988 and was won by the People's Action Party (PAP). The WP team, led by WP leader Low Thia Khiang, made a historic breakthrough when the WP team won the election for the GRC with 54.72% of the votes during the 2011 general election, making it the first GRC to be won by the opposition since the introduction of the GRC in 1988.
In the following general election in 2015, WP managed to retain the GRC with 50.96% of the votes. Between 2011 and 2020, Aljunied GRC was led by Low.
In the 2020 general election, Low and Chen Show Mao declined to run for re-election; the 2020 election saw the WP team, led by WP leader Pritam Singh, retained the GRC with 59.95% of the vote, a 9% swing from the previous election.
In July 2023, a video surfaced that allegedly showed Leon Perera holding hands intimately with fellow WP member Nicole Seah. On 19 July, WP secretary-general Pritam Singh revealed that Leon Perera and Nicole Seah began an affair some time after the 2020 general elections, which had ended before the video surfaced. Leon Perera resigned as a Member of Parliament on 19 July 2023.
After Perera's resignation, the workload for the Serangoon division was distributed among the other MPs in Aljunied GRC.
Year | Party | Aljunied (till 2001) Aljunied-Kembangan (till 2006) Serangoon |
Kampong Kembangan (till 2001) Kembangan-Punggol (till 2006) Bedok Reservoir-Punggol |
Kampong Ubi (till 1997) Changi-Simei (till 2001) Aljunied-Hougang (till 2011) Kaki Bukit |
Paya Lebar | Eunos | |
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1988 | PAP | Chin Harn Tong | George Yeo | Wan Hussin B H Zoorhi | 3-Member GRC | ||
1991 | Mohamad Maidin bin Packer Mohd | Ker Sin Tze | 4-Member GRC | ||||
1997 | Toh See Kiat | David Lim Tik En | Sidek Saniff | ||||
2001 | Ong Seh Hong | Yeo Guat Kwang | Cynthia Phua | Zainul Abidin | |||
2006 | Lim Hwee Hua | ||||||
2011 | WP | Sylvia Lim | Low Thia Khiang | Faisal Manap | Chen Show Mao | Pritam Singh | |
2015 | |||||||
2020 | Leon Perera (resigned 2023) |
Gerald Giam | Sylvia Lim |
Candidate | Party | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
George Yeo Chin Harn Tong Wan Hussin B H Zoohri | PAP | 34,020 | 56.33 | |
Jufrie Mahmood Neo Choon Aik Ashleigh Seow | SDP | 26,375 | 43.67 | |
Total | 60,395 | 100.00 | ||
Valid votes | 60,395 | 98.06 | ||
Invalid/blank votes | 1,197 | 1.94 | ||
Total votes | 61,592 | 100.00 | ||
Registered voters/turnout | 65,351 | 94.25 | ||
Majority | 7,645 | 12.66 | ||
PAP win new seats |
Candidate | Party | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
George Yeo Chin Harn Tong Mohamad Maidin bin Packer Mohd Ker Sin Tze | PAP | |||
Total | ||||
Registered voters/turnout | 94,490 | – | ||
PAP hold |
Candidate | Party | Votes | % | +/– | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
George Yeo Ker Sin Tze Sidek Saniff Toh See Kiat David Lim Tik En | PAP | 64,299 | 67.02 | 10.69 | |
Aziz Ibrahim Kwan Yue Keng S. Kunalen Tay Hoon Wong Hong Toy | SDP | 31,645 | 32.98 | 10.69 | |
Total | 95,944 | 100.00 | – | ||
Valid votes | 95,944 | 97.00 | |||
Invalid/blank votes | 2,971 | 3.00 | |||
Total votes | 98,915 | 100.00 | |||
Registered voters/turnout | 103,466 | 95.60 | |||
Majority | 32,654 | 34.04 | 21.38 | ||
PAP hold | Swing | 10.69 |
Candidate | Party | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
George Yeo Yeo Guat Kwang Cynthia Phua Zainul Abidin Ong Seh Hong | PAP | |||
Total | ||||
Registered voters/turnout | 125,115 | – | ||
PAP hold |
Candidate | Party | Votes | % | +/– | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
George Yeo Yeo Guat Kwang Cynthia Phua Zainul Abidin Lim Hwee Hua | PAP | 74,843 | 56.09 | 10.93 | |
Goh Meng Seng James Gomez Sylvia Lim Mohd Rahizan bin Yaacob Tan Wui-Hua | WP | 58,593 | 43.91 | ||
Total | 133,436 | 100.00 | – | ||
Valid votes | 133,436 | 98.25 | |||
Invalid/blank votes | 2,381 | 1.75 | |||
Total votes | 135,817 | 100.00 | |||
Registered voters/turnout | 145,141 | 93.58 | |||
Majority | 16,250 | 12.18 | 21.86 | ||
PAP hold | Swing | 10.93 |
Candidate | Party | Votes | % | +/– | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Low Thia Khiang Sylvia Lim Chen Show Mao Pritam Singh Faisal Manap | WP | 72,289 | 54.72 | 10.81 | |
George Yeo Cynthia Phua Zainul Abidin Lim Hwee Hua Ong Ye Kung | PAP | 59,829 | 45.28 | 10.81 | |
Total | 132,118 | 100.00 | – | ||
Valid votes | 132,118 | 98.66 | |||
Invalid/blank votes | 1,788 | 1.34 | |||
Total votes | 133,906 | 100.00 | |||
Registered voters/turnout | 143,148 | 93.54 | |||
Majority | 12,460 | 9.44 | 2.74 | ||
WP gain from PAP | Swing | 10.81 |
Candidate | Party | Votes | % | +/– | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Low Thia Khiang Sylvia Lim Chen Show Mao Pritam Singh Faisal Manap | WP | 70,050 | 50.96 | 3.76 | |
Yeo Guat Kwang Murali Pillai Victor Lye Shamsul Kamar Chua Eng Leong | PAP | 67,424 | 49.04 | 3.76 | |
Total | 137,474 | 100.00 | – | ||
Valid votes | 137,474 | 98.82 | |||
Invalid/blank votes | 1,638 | 1.18 | |||
Total votes | 139,112 | 100.00 | |||
Registered voters/turnout | 148,142 | 93.90 | |||
Majority | 2,626 | 1.92 | 7.52 | ||
WP hold | Swing | 3.76 |
Candidate | Party | Votes | % | +/– | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Pritam Singh Sylvia Lim Faisal Manap Leon Perera Gerald Giam | WP | 85,815 | 59.95 | 8.99 | |
Victor Lye Shamsul Kamar Chua Eng Leong Chan Hui Yuh Alex Yeo | PAP | 57,330 | 40.05 | 8.99 | |
Total | 143,145 | 100.00 | – | ||
Valid votes | 143,145 | 98.91 | |||
Invalid/blank votes | 1,582 | 1.09 | |||
Total votes | 144,727 | 100.00 | |||
Registered voters/turnout | 150,821 | 95.96 | |||
Majority | 28,485 | 19.9 | 17.98 | ||
WP hold | Swing | 8.99 |
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