West Coast Group Representation Constituency

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West Coast Group Representation Constituency

The West Coast Group Representation Constituency is a five-member Group Representation Constituency (GRC) located in the western as well as the central area of Singapore. The five divisions consists: Ayer Rajah-Gek Poh, West Coast, Boon Lay, Nanyang and Telok Blangah managed by West Coast Town Council. West Coast GRC covers the areas of Ayer Rajah, Dover, Pasir Panjang, the south-western area, West Coast, Jurong, Jurong Island, Sentosa, Telok Blangah, Tuas and much of Singapore's southern & western territorial waters and offshore islands in the area. The current Members of Parliament for the constituency are Foo Mee Har, Desmond Lee, Ang Wei Neng and Rachel Ong from the People's Action Party (PAP) after the resignation of S. Iswaran.[1]

Quick Facts Region, Electorate ...
West Coast
Group Representation constituency
for the Parliament of Singapore
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RegionWest Region, Singapore
Electorate146,251
Current constituency
Created1997; 28 years ago (1997)
Seats5
PartyPeople's Action Party
Member(s)Foo Mee Har
Desmond Lee
Ang Wei Neng
Rachel Ong
Town CouncilWest Coast
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History

In January 2024, Iswaran resigned as a member of the PAP, Minister for Transport and his seat as Member of Parliament (MP) in the GRC after he was charged in the State Courts of Singapore with 27 charges relating to bribery and corruption.[2][3]

Following the 2025 Elections Boundary Review Committee's report, West Coast GRC with some of the Taman Jurong and Jurong West estates were merged into West Coast–Jurong West GRC. Telok Blangah and Dover estates were carved out to Tanjong Pagar GRC, and Harbourfront and Sentosa estates to Radin Mas SMC.[4][5][6]

Members of Parliament

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Election Division Members of Parliament Party
1997
  • Clementi
  • Pasir Panjang
  • Telok Blangah
  • West Coast
PAP
2001
  • Boon Lay
  • Clementi
  • Pioneer
  • Telok Blangah
  • West Coast
2006
  • Ayer Rajah-West Coast
  • Boon Lay
  • Clementi
  • Pioneer
  • Telok Blangah
2011
  • Ayer Rajah
  • Boon Lay
  • Clementi
  • Telok Blangah
  • West Coast
2015
  • Ayer Rajah
  • Boon Lay
  • Telok Blangah
  • West Coast
2020
  • Ayer Rajah-Gek Poh
  • Boon Lay
  • Nanyang
  • Telok Blangah
  • West Coast
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^ S. Iswaran resigned as Member of Parliament in 2024, after being charged with 27 counts of corruption and bribery. There is no replacement for the MP in West Coast.[7]

Electoral results

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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 1990s

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General Election 1997: West Coast GRC[8]
Party Candidate Votes %
PAP Bernard Chen
S. Iswaran
Lim Hng Kiang
Wan Soon Bee
48,275 70.14
WP Mike Chan
D'Cruz Anthony
John Gan Eng Guan
Ng Teck Siong
20,550 29.86
Majority 27,725 40.2
Turnout 70,587 95.4
PAP win (new seat)
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Elections in 2000s

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General Election 2001: West Coast GRC
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
PAP Ho Geok Choo
Arthur Fong
Cedric Foo
Lim Hng Kiang
S. Iswaran
Unopposed
Registered electors 110,779
PAP hold
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General Election 2006: West Coast GRC
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
PAP S. Iswaran
Ho Geok Choo
Arthur Fong
Cedric Foo
Lim Hng Kiang
Unopposed
Registered electors 137,739
PAP hold
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Elections in 2010s

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General Election 2011: West Coast GRC
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
PAP Foo Mee Har
Lawrence Wong
Arthur Fong
Lim Hng Kiang
S. Iswaran
72,563 66.66 N/A
RP Kenneth Jeyaretnam
Andy Zhu
Frankie Low
Kumar Appavoo
Haren Hu
36,443 33.34 N/A
Majority 36,120 33.2 N/A
Turnout 111,827 92.4 N/A
PAP hold Swing N/A
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General Election 2015: West Coast GRC
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
PAP Foo Mee Har
Patrick Tay
Lim Hng Kiang
S. Iswaran
71,091 78.57 Increase11.91
RP Kenneth Jeyaretnam
Andy Zhu
Darren Soh
Noraini Yunus
19,392 21.43 Decrease11.91
Majority 51,699 57.1 Increase23.9
Rejected ballots 2,415 1.83 -
Turnout 92,898 93.6 Increase1.2
PAP hold Swing Increase11.91
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Elections in 2020s

More information Party, Candidate ...
General Election 2020: West Coast GRC[9]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
PAP Foo Mee Har
Desmond Lee
Ang Wei Neng
Rachel Ong
S. Iswaran
71,658 51.68 Decrease26.89
PSP Tan Cheng Bock
Leong Mun Wai
Hazel Poa
Nadarajah Loganathan
Jeffrey Khoo
66,996 48.32 N/A
Majority 4,662 3.36 Decrease53.74
Rejected ballots 1,645 1.17 Decrease0.66
Turnout 140,299 95.8 Increase2.2
Registered electors 146,251
PAP hold Swing Decrease26.89
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