Tampines Group Representation Constituency

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Tampines
Group Representation constituency
for the Parliament of Singapore
Tampines GRC locator map.svg
Region East Region, Singapore
Electorate151,708
Current constituency
Created1988;36 years ago (1988)
Seats5
Party PAP logo variation.svg People's Action Party
Member(s) Baey Yam Keng
Masagos Zulkifli
Koh Poh Koon
Desmond Choo
Town CouncilTampines
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The Tampines Group Representation Constituency is a five-member Group Representation Constituency (GRC) in the eastern region of Singapore. The GRC encompasses Tampines with five divisions: Tampines East, Tampines West, Tampines Central, Tampines North and Tampines Changkat managed by Tampines Town Council. The current MPs are Baey Yam Keng, Masagos Zulkifli, Koh Poh Koon and Desmond Choo from the People's Action Party (PAP).

Contents

Members of Parliament

Election Division Members of ParliamentParty
1988
  • Tampines East
  • Tampines West
  • Tampines Changkat
PAP
1991
  • Tampines East
  • Tampines West
  • Tampines Changkat
  • Changkat South
1997
  • Tampines East
  • Tampines West
  • Tampines Central
  • Tampines Changkat
2001
  • Tampines North
  • Tampines East
  • Tampines West
  • Tampines Central
  • Tampines Changkat
2006
2011
2015
2020

^ Cheng Li Hui resigned as Member of Parliament in 2023 due to an extramarital affair with party member. However, no by-election was called on the ground since it was a Group Representation Constituency, and the workload for the ward was distributed to Masagos Zulkifli. [1]

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 2020s

General Election 2020: Tampines GRC
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
PAP Baey Yam Keng
Cheng Li Hui
Masagos Zulkifli
Koh Poh Koon
Desmond Choo
94,56166.41Decrease2.svg5.65
NSP Reno Fong
Mohammad Rizwan Mohammad
Yeo Ren-Yuan
Choong Hon Heng
Vincent Ng
47,81933.59Increase2.svg5.65
Majority46,74232.82
Rejected ballots3,5162.41
Turnout 145,89696.17Increase2.svg1.58
Registered electors 151,708
PAP hold Swing Decrease2.svg5.65

Elections in 2010s

General Election 2015: Tampines GRC
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
PAP Baey Yam Keng
Cheng Li Hui
Masagos Zulkifli
Heng Swee Keat
Desmond Choo
95,20272.06Increase2.svg14.84
NSP Lim Tean
Sebastian Teo
Reno Fong
Nor Lella Mardilla Muhd
Choong Hon Heng
36,92027.94Decrease2.svg14.84
Majority58,28244.12Increase2.svg29.68
Rejected ballots3,6382.68Increase2.svg0.32
Turnout 135,76094.59Decrease2.svg0.1
PAP hold Swing Increase2.svg14.84
General Election 2011: Tampines GRC
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
PAP Baey Yam Keng
Mah Bow Tan
Masagos Zulkifli
Heng Swee Keat
Irene Ng
72,72857.22Decrease2.svg11.29
NSP Goh Meng Seng
Raymond Lim
Gilbert Goh
Syafarin Sarif
Reno Fong
54,38142.78Increase2.svg11.29
Turnout 130,18494.7Decrease2.svg0.7
PAP hold Swing Decrease2.svg11.29

Elections in 2000s

General Election 2006: Tampines GRC
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
PAP Ong Kian Min
Mah Bow Tan
Masagos Zulkifli
Sin Boon Ann
Irene Ng
80,37668.51%Decrease2.svg4.83
SDA Abdul Rahman Mohamad
Lim Tung Hee Arthero
Ng Say Eng
Ong Hock Siong
Tan Lead Shake
36,94831.49%Increase2.svg4.83
Turnout 120,41695.4Increase2.svg0.1
PAP hold Swing Decrease2.svg4.83
General Election 2001: Tampines GRC
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
PAP Ong Kian Min
Mah Bow Tan
Yatiman Yusof
Sin Boon Ann
Irene Ng
85,91573.34%N/A
SDA Sebastian Teo
Foo Kok Wah
Neo Ting Wei
Abdul Rahim
Yip Yew Weng
31,23126.66%N/A
Turnout 119,47995.3N/A
PAP hold Swing N/A

Elections in 1990s

General Election 1997: Tampines GRC
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
PAP Mah Bow Tan
Yatiman Yusof
Sin Boon Ann
Aline Wong
Walkover
Turnout 154,402N/A
PAP hold Swing N/A
General Election 1991: Tampines GRC
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
PAP Mah Bow Tan
Yatiman bin Yusof
Aline Wong
Chng Hee Kok
38,84459.5Decrease2.svg1.5
NSP Ken Sunn
Rasiah Thiagarajah
Ong Seng Kwe
Sarry bin Hassan
26,45740.5Increase2.svg1.5
Turnout 117,95196.4-
PAP hold Swing Decrease2.svg1.5

Elections in 1980s

General Election 1988: Tampines GRC
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
PAP Mah Bow Tan
Yatiman bin Yusof
Aline Wong
37,21661.0%N/A
NSP Lim Ah Yong
Chan Yeng Cheong
Abdul Malik bin Ali
23,79639.0%N/A
Turnout 65,14896.4N/A
PAP win (new seat)

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