Jurong Group Representation Constituency

Jurong
Group Representation Constituency for the Parliament of Singapore
Jurong Group Representation Constituency
Region	Southwestern Singapore
Electorate	130,498
Current constituency
Created	2001
Number of members	5
Member(s)	Tharman Shanmugaratnam Ang Wei Neng Desmond Lee Rahayun Mahzam Tan Wu Meng
Town Council	Jurong-Clementi

Not to be confused with the pre-independence era ward in Jurong called, Jurong Single Member Constituency, which lasted between the 1959 general elections and the 1997 general elections.

Jurong Group Representation Constituency (Chinese: 裕廊集选区; Malay: Kawasan Undi Perwakilan Berkumpulan Jurong; Tamil: ஜூரோங் குழுத்தொகுதி) is a five-member Group Representation Constituency located in the western area of Singapore. The GRC consists of a large section of Jurong, sections of Bukit Batok and areas near Upper Bukit Timah Road. The subdivisions of the GRC are Bukit Batok East, Jurong Central, Taman Jurong and parts of Hong Kah. Yuhua and Bukit Batok divisions had been crafted out as Single Member Constituencies for the 2011 general elections and 2015 general elections respectively. The constituency was contested in the 2001 general election with the People's Action Party against the Singapore Democratic Party. The seat has always been held by the People's Action Party since its creation in 2001.

The electoral boundaries have been redrawn before the 2015 General Elections. In the 2015 General Election, the re-organised subdivisions of the GRC are Clementi, Bukit Batok East, Jurong Central, Jurong Spring and Taman Jurong.

Jurong GRC was a hotly contested seat in the 2001 general election with SDP leading the opposition team.

Deputy Prime Minister Tharman Shanmugaratnam currently leads Jurong GRC.

Members of Parliament

Election	Yuhua	Bukit Batok	Jurong Central	Bukit Batok East	Taman Jurong	Jurong Spring	Clementi
1997	Bukit Timah GRC		Hong Kah GRC as 'Hong Kah East' and 'Hong Kah South' wards	Carved from Bukit Batok and parts of Bukit Gombak and Bukit Timah	Bukit Timah GRC as Jurong	Hong Kah GRC as 'Hong Kah South' ward	West Coast GRC
Formation
2001	Yu-Foo Yee Shoon	Ong Chit Chung	Lim Boon Heng	Halimah Bte Yacob	Tharman Shanmugaratnam
2006	Grace Fu Hai Yien
2011	Yuhua SMC	David Ong Kim Huat	Ang Wei Neng			Desmond Lee
2015		SMC		Rahayu Binte Mahzam			Tan Wu Meng

Dr Ong Chit Chung died on July 14, 2008 during his term as Member of Parliament.

Areas of responsibility

• Bukit Batok East - Blk 2xx (part) of Bukit Batok ,Toh Guan Estate ,International Business Park, , Beauty World(part), Palm Valley and Hoover Park ,Jurong east -toh guan estate Blks 201-208,265A-288E
• Clementi - Blocks 321-367 and 4xx of Clementi New Town, Clementi Mall and Faber Heights
• Jurong Central - part of blk 3xx of Jurong East (north of jurong east ave 1),some parts of Blk 4xx of Jurong West
• Jurong Spring - Blk 5xx and some parts of Blk 4xx of Jurong West
• Taman Jurong - Blk 1xx and 3xx of Taman Jurong Estate , Yuan Ching Road and Chinese and Japanese Gardens ,Science centre ,jurong lake

Candidates and results

Elections on 2010s

General Election 2015: Jurong GRC

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	PAP	Ang Wei Neng Desmond Lee Rahayu Binte Mahzam Tharman Shanmugaratnam Tan Wu Meng	95,080	79.28	12.32
	SingFirst	Foo Ming Jin David Sukdeu Singh Tan Peng Ann Wong Chee Wai Wong Soon Hong	24,848	20.72	N/A
Majority			61,666	55.37	N/A
Rejected ballots			2,432
Turnout			122,360
	PAP hold		Swing	N/A

General Election 2011: Jurong GRC

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	PAP	Halimah Bte Yacob Ang Wei Neng Desmond Lee Tharman Shanmugaratnam David Ong	76,595	66.96%	N/A
	NSP	Christopher Neo Ting Wei Elvin Ong beng soon Abdul Rasheed Noraini Yunus Ong Hock Siong	37,786	33.07%	N/A
Turnout			117,087	93.5	N/A
	PAP hold		Swing	N/A

Elections in 2000s

General Election 2006: Jurong GRC

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	PAP	Grace Fu Hai Yien Halimah Bte Yacob Lim Boon Heng Ong Chit Chung Tharman Shanmugaratnam	Walkover
Turnout			116,573		N/A
	PAP hold		Swing

General Election 2001: Jurong GRC

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	PAP	Halimah Bte Yacob Lim Boon Heng Ong Chit Chung Tharman Shanmugaratnam Yu-Foo Yee Shoon	84,472	79.75%	N/A
	SDP	Chee Soon Juan Chee Siok Chin Gandhi s/o Karuppiah Ambalam Mohamed Isa Bin Abdul Aziz Yeo Boon Keng Vincent	21,511	20.25%	N/A
Turnout			115,113	94.8	N/A
	PAP win (new seat)

See also

• Jurong SMC

External links

• Bukit Batok Division Website
• Taman Jurong Community Website
• Jurong Town Council

References

• 2011 General Election's result
• 2006 General Election's result
• 2001 General Election's result