Jurong Group Representation Constituency

Jurong
Group Representation Constituency for the Parliament of Singapore
Region	Southwestern Singapore
Electorate	130,498
Current constituency
Created	2001
Number of members	5
Member(s)	Ang Wei Neng Tharman Shanmugaratnam Desmond Lee Rahayu 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.

When the late Dr Ong Chit Chung died from heart failure in July 2008, Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong announced that there would be no by-elections to fill the position, as there are other MPs looking after the constituency as GRC. Dr Ong's seat for Bukit Batok was replaced by Mdm Halimah Yacob from the nearby Bukit Batok East ward, until the next election in 2011.

When Minister Lim Boon Heng retired from politics in 2011, both new MPs Desmond Lee and Ang Wei Neng assumed leadership for 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	Carved from Bukit Batok, Bukit Gombak and Bukit Timah	Carved Bukit Timah GRC as Jurong	Hong Kah GRC as Hong Kah South	West Coast GRC
Formation
2001	Yu-Foo Yee Shoon	Ong Chit Chung (2001-2008)	Lim Boon Heng	Halimah Bte Yacob	Tharman Shanmugaratnam	Carved from Jurong Central and Boon Lay
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

Areas of responsibility

• Bukit Batok East - Blk 2xx (part) of Bukit Batok, Toh Guan Estate, International Business Park, Palm Valley and Hoover Park ,Toh Guan Estate Blks 201-208, 265A-288E
• Clementi - Blocks 321-381 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 Jurong Lake, Chinese and Japanese Gardens and Science Centre

Candidates and results

Elections on 2010s

General Election 2015: Jurong GRC

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	PAP	Ang Wei Neng Tharman Shanmugaratnam Desmond Lee Rahayu Mahzam 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	Ang Wei Neng Tharman Shanmugaratnam Halimah Yacob Desmond Lee David Ong	76,595	66.96%	N/A
	NSP	Abdul Rasheed Cristopher Neo Elvin Ong Ong Hock Siong Noraini Yunus	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	Lim Boon Heng Tharman Shanmugaratnam Ong Chit Chung Halimah Yacob Grace Fu	Walkover
Turnout			116,573		N/A
	PAP hold		Swing

General Election 2001: Jurong GRC

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	PAP	Lim Boon Heng Yu-Foo Yee Shoon Ong Chit Chung Tharman Shanmugaratnam Halimah Yacob	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-Clementi Town Council

References

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