Kebun Baru Single Member Constituency

The Kebun Baru Single Member Constituency is a single member constituency in Ang Mo Kio, Singapore. It is managed by Ang Mo Kio Town Council. The current Member of Parliament for the constituency is People's Action Party (PAP) Henry Kwek.

Kebun Baru
Single Member constituency for the Parliament of Singapore
Region	North-East Region, Singapore
Electorate	22,653
Current constituency
Created	1980; 44 years ago (1980)
Seats	1
Party	People's Action Party
Member(s)	Henry Kwek
Town Council	Ang Mo Kio
Created from	Ang Mo Kio SMC
Merged	1991
Merged to	Ang Mo Kio GRC
Reformed	2020
Reformed from	Nee Soon GRC

History

The original Kebun Baru SMC was carved from the now-defunct Ang Mo Kio Single Member Constituency in 1980. It was helmed by Lim Boon Heng throughout its first 11 years of existence. It was absorbed into the new Ang Mo Kio Group Representation Constituency (GRC) prior to the 1991 general election.

Following the release of the Electoral Boundaries Review Committee's report on 13 March 2020, it was announced that, Kebun Baru SMC, would be re-introduced for the 2020 general election.^[1] The constituency was carved out of Nee Soon GRC, where the constituency is transferred to in 2015.^[2]

In the 2020 general election, People's Action Party's (PAP) Henry Kwek defeated Progress Singapore Party's Kumaran Pillai with a vote count of 62.97% vs 37.03%, which made Kwek the MP for Kebun Baru.

Members of Parliament

Election	Member	Party
1980	Lim Boon Heng		PAP
1984
1988
Constituency abolished (1991 – 2020)
2020	Henry Kwek		PAP

Electoral results

Note : Elections Department Singapore do not include rejected votes for calculation of candidate's vote share. Hence, the total of all candidates' vote share will be 100%.

Elections in 1980s

General Election 1980: Kebun Baru^[3][4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	PAP	Lim Boon Heng	13,632	82.83
	DPP	Lim Tiong Hock	1,883	11.44
	UPF	Jantan B Taib	943	5.73
Majority			11,749	71.39
Registered electors			17,709
Total valid votes			16,458	96.99
Rejected ballots			511	3.01
Turnout			16,969	95.82
	PAP win (new seat)

General Election 1984: Kebun Baru^[5][6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	PAP	Lim Boon Heng	12,311	75.84	6.99
	UPF	Harbans Singh	3,921	24.16	N/A
Majority			8.390	51.68	19.71
Registered electors			17,542		0.94
Total valid votes			16,232	95.77	1.22
Rejected ballots			717	4.23	1.22
Turnout			16,949	96.62	0.8
	PAP hold		Swing	6.99

General Election 1988: Kebun Baru^[7][8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	PAP	Lim Boon Heng	15,734	75.36	0.48
	NSP	Mohamed Affendy bin Abdul Rahim	5,145	24.64	N/A
Majority			10,589	50.72	0.96
Registered electors			22,515		28.35
Total valid votes			20,879	97.37	1.6
Rejected ballots			564	2.63	1.6
Turnout			21,443	95.24	1.38
	PAP hold		Swing	0.48

Elections in 2020s

General Election 2020: Kebun Baru^[9][10]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	PAP	Henry Kwek	13,309	62.92
	PSP	Kumaran Pillai	7,842	37.08
Majority			5,467	25.85
Registered electors			22,623
Total valid votes			21,151	98.20
Rejected ballots			387	1.80
Turnout			21,538	95.20
	PAP win (new seat)

References

1. "Key changes to the electoral boundaries: What you need to know". CNA. Archived from the original on 31 January 2021. Retrieved 13 March 2020.
2. "Singapore GE: Kebun Baru to return as SMC after nearly 30 years".
3. "ELD | 1980 Parliamentary General Election Results". www.eld.gov.sg. Retrieved 19 July 2021.
4. "Singapore Parliamentary General Election 1980 > Kebun Baru". www.singapore-elections.com. Archived from the original on 13 May 2016. Retrieved 19 July 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
5. "ELD | 1984 Parliamentary General Election Results". www.eld.gov.sg. Retrieved 19 July 2021.
6. "Singapore Parliamentary General Election 1984 > Kebun Baru". www.singapore-elections.com. Archived from the original on 11 May 2021. Retrieved 19 July 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
7. "ELD | 1988 Parliamentary General Election Results". www.eld.gov.sg. Retrieved 19 July 2021.
8. "Singapore Parliamentary General Election 1988 > Kebun Baru". www.singapore-elections.com. Archived from the original on 19 July 2021. Retrieved 19 July 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
9. "ELD | 2020 Parliamentary General Election Results". www.eld.gov.sg. Retrieved 19 July 2021.
10. "Singapore Parliamentary General Election 2020 > Kebun Baru". www.singapore-elections.com. Archived from the original on 21 May 2021. Retrieved 19 July 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)