Sengkang Group Representation Constituency
| Sengkang | |
|---|---|
| Group Representation constituency for the Parliament of Singapore | |
 | |
| Region | North-East Region, Singapore |
| Electorate | 120,166 |
| Current constituency | |
| Created | 13 March 2020 |
| Seats | 4 |
| Party | Workers' Party |
| Member(s) | He Ting Ru Jamus Lim Louis Chua |
| Town Council | Sengkang |
| Created from | |
The Sengkang Group Representation Constituency is a four-member Group Representation Constituency (GRC) in the north-eastern region of Singapore. It consists of Punggol East SMC, Sengkang West SMC and what was previously the Sengkang Central ward of the Pasir Ris–Punggol GRC. Sengkang GRC consists of four divisions: Anchorvale, Rivervale, Buangkok, and Compassvale managed by Sengkang Town Council. The current Members of Parliament are He Ting Ru, Jamus Lim and Louis Chua from the Workers' Party (WP) after the resignation of Raeesah Khan.
History
[edit]Before the 2020 general election, Sengkang GRC was formed by merging the bulk of Sengkang West SMC with Punggol East SMC and the Sengkang Central ward of the Pasir Ris–Punggol GRC.[1] [2][3] Punggol East SMC would become the Sengkang East ward while Sengkang Central was to be split into Sengkang Central ward and Sengkang North ward.[4]
The WP team, led by He Ting Ru, won the GRC in the 2020 general election, marking only the second time the opposition won a GRC since the introduction of the GRC scheme in 1988. The WP team won with 52.12% against the People's Action Party (PAP) team, led by Ng Chee Meng, which garnered 47.88% of votes.[5]
WP adjusted the wards, splitting Sengkang Central into two wards, Buangkok (south) and Compassvale (north), renaming Sengkang East as Rivervale, and renaming Sengkang West as Anchorvale. The PAP branches retained the old names, making this the only GRC in which the WP and the PAP named the wards differently.[6]
On 30 November 2021, Raeesah Khan resigned as a Member of Parliament after making unsubstantiated allegations in Parliament on three occasions.[7] After Khan's resignation, the workload for the Compassvale division was distributed among the other MPs in Sengkang GRC.
Members of Parliament
[edit]| Election | Division | Members of Parliament | Party | |
| 2020[8] |
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WP | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Electoral results
[edit]Note: Elections Department Singapore does not include rejected votes for calculation of candidate's vote share. Hence, the total of all candidates' vote share will be 100%.
Elections in 2020s
[edit]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| WP | He Ting Ru Jamus Lim Raeesah Khan Louis Chua |
60,217 | 52.12 | N/A | |
| PAP | Ng Chee Meng Lam Pin Min Amrin Amin Raymond Lye |
55,319 | 47.88 | N/A | |
| Majority | 4,898 | 4.24 | |||
| Rejected ballots | 1,194 | 1.02 | |||
| Turnout | 116,730 | 97.14 | N/A | ||
| Registered electors | 120,166 | ||||
| WP win (new seat) | |||||
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Lai, Linette (13 March 2020). "Singapore GE: New Sengkang GRC to be formed; includes single-seat wards of Punggol East and Sengkang West". The Straits Times. Retrieved 13 March 2020.
- ^ "More electoral divisions, no 6-member GRCs in coming election: EBRC report". CNA. Retrieved 2020-07-10.
- ^ hermesauto (2020-03-13). "Singapore GE: New electoral boundaries announced; 14 SMCs, 17 GRCs in next election". The Straits Times. Retrieved 2020-07-10.
- ^ "Singapore GE2020: PAP's Sengkang GRC team promises new town council, more amenities". The Straits Times. July 2, 2020.
- ^ Parliamentary Elections Act – Statement of the Poll after Counting the ballots for Electoral Division of Sengkang (PDF) (Notification 1442). Republic of Singapore Government Gazette. 2020. Retrieved 17 July 2022.
- ^ "WP share contact details for Sengkang MPs-elect in Telegram blast". mothership.sg.
- ^ "Raeesah Khan resigns from The Workers' Party, effectively resigns as MP". CNA. 30 November 2021.
- ^ Lee, Jeremy (19 July 2020). "Sengkang GRC Team's Areas Of Responsibility Revealed By WP, Jamus Lim Will Serve Anchorvale". MS News. Archived from the original on 19 July 2020.
