Yio Chu Kang Single Member Constituency

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Yio Chu Kang
Single Member constituency
for the Parliament of Singapore
Yio Chu Kang SMC locator map.svg
Region North-East Region, Singapore
Electorate26,005
Current constituency
Created1980;43 years ago (1980)
Seats1
Party PAP logo variation.svg People's Action Party
Member(s) Yip Hon Weng
Town CouncilAng Mo Kio
Merged1991, 2011
Merged to Ang Mo Kio GRC
Reformed2006, 2020
Reformed from Ang Mo Kio GRC

The Yio Chu Kang Single Member Constituency is a single member constituency (SMC) in the north-eastern area, Singapore. The current Member of Parliament is Yip Hon Weng of the People's Action Party (PAP).

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Members of Parliament

Election MemberParty
1980Lau Ping Sum PAP
1984
1988
Constituency abolished (1991–2006)
2006 Seng Han Thong PAP
Constituency abolished (2011–2020)
2020 Yip Hon Weng PAP

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 1980s

General Election 1980: Yio Chu Kang
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
PAP Lau Ping Sum11,60787.5N/A
United People's FrontPiaro Lachhu S.1,65312.5N/A
Majority9,95475.00N/A
Turnout 13,64097.3N/A
PAP win (new seat)
General Election 1984: Yio Chu Kang
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
PAP Lau Ping Sum11,97776.7Decrease2.svg10.8
United People's FrontMunjeet Singh3,64723.3Increase2.svg10.8
Majority8,33053.40Decrease2.svg21.6
Turnout 16,28197.30
PAP hold Swing Decrease2.svg21.6
General Election 1988: Yio Chu Kang
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
PAP Lau Ping Sum10,99673.7Decrease2.svg3.0
NSP Rasiah Thiagarajah3,93126.3Increase2.svg26.3
Majority7,06547.40Decrease2.svg21.6
Turnout 15,37696.2Decrease2.svg1.1
PAP hold Swing Decrease2.svg3.0

Elections in 2000s

General Election 2006: Yio Chu Kang
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
PAP Seng Han Thong 15,72668.28N/A
SDA Yip Yew Weng7,30731.72N/A
Majority8,41936.56N/A
Turnout 23,52493.8N/A
PAP win (new seat)

Elections in 2020s

General Election 2020: Yio Chu Kang
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
PAP Yip Hon Weng 14,75660.83N/A
PSP Kayla Low9,50039.17N/A
Majority5,25621.66
Rejected ballots4131.67
Turnout 24,66994.86N/A
Registered electors 26,005
PAP win (new seat)

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