Jurong Group Representation Constituency
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Jurong Group Representation Constituency (Chinese: 裕廊集选区) is a five-member Group Representation Constituency located in the western area of Singapore. The GRC consists a large section of Jurong, sections of Bukit Batok and Upper Bukit Timah. Most parts of Jurong West and the entire industrial estate is not located in the GRC, but in West Coast Group Representation Constituency. The subdivisions of the GRC are Bukit Batok, Bukit Batok East, Jurong Central, Taman Jurong and Yuhua. 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.
Jurong was a hotly contested seat in the 2001 general election with SDP's secretary general Chee Soon Juan leading the opposition team. Ever since its creation, the People's Action Party Lim Boon Heng who is the Minister for Prime Minister's Office leads the team in every election. In the general election in 2006, the GRC had a walkover on nomination day.
[edit] Members of Parliament
- Halimah Bte Yacob - Bukit Batok East (2001 – )
- Lim Boon Heng - Jurong Central (2001 – )
- Ong Chit Chung - Bukit Batok (2001 – )
- Tharman Shanmugaratnam - Taman Jurong (2001 – )
- Yu-Foo Yee Shoon - Yuhua (2001 – 2006)
- Grace Fu Hai Yien - Yuhua (2006 – )
[edit] Candidates and results
| Election | Seats | Voters | Party | Candidate(s) | Votes | Votes (%) | |
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| Singapore general election, 2001 | 5 | 115,113 | PAP |  |
Halimah Bte Yacob Lim Boon Heng Ong Chit Chung Tharman Shanmugaratnam Yu-Foo Yee Shoon |
84,472 | 79.75 |
| SDP |  |
Chee Soon Juan Chee Siok Chin Ghandi s/o Karuppiah Ambalam Mohamed Isa Bin Abdul Aziz Yeo Boon Keng Vincent |
21,511 | 20.25 | |||
| Singapore general election, 2006 | 5 | 116,573 | PAP | |
Grace Fu Hai Yien Halimah Bte Yacob Lim Boon Heng Ong Chit Chung Tharman Shanmugaratnam |
Walkover | Walkover |
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| Group Representation Constituencies (GRCs)
Aljunied (5) | Ang Mo Kio (6) | Bishan-Toa Payoh (5) | East Coast (5) | Holland-Bukit Timah (5) | Hong Kah (5) | Jalan Besar (5) | Jurong (5) | Marine Parade (6) | Pasir Ris-Punggol (6) | Sembawang (6) | Tampines (5) | Tanjong Pagar (6) | West Coast (5) |
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| Single Member Constitutencies (SMCs)
Bukit Panjang | Chua Chu Kang | Hougang | Joo Chiat | MacPherson | Nee Soon Central | Nee Soon East | Potong Pasir | Yio Chu Kang |
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| Former or defunct constituencies Cheng San (5)
Alexandra | Aljunied | Ang Mo Kio | Anson | Ayer Rajah | Bedok | Bedok (4) | Bo Wen | Boon Lay | Boon Teck | Braddell Heights | Bras Basah | Brickworks | Brickworks (4) | Bukit Batok | Bukit Gombak | Bukit Ho Swee | Bukit Merah | Bukit Timah | Bukit Timah (5) | Buona Vista | Cairnhill | Changi | Changkat | Cheng San | Cheng San (5) | Chong Boon | Clementi | Crawford | Delta | Eunos | Eunos (4) | Farrer Park | Fengshan | Geylang East | Geylang Serai | Geylang West | Havelock | Henderson | Holland-Bukit Panjang (5) | Hong Kah | Hong Lim | Jalan Besar | Jalan Kayu | Jurong | Kaki Bukit | Kallang | Kampong Chai Chee | Kampong Glam | Kampong Glam (4) | Kampong Kapor | Kampong Kembangan | Kampong Ubi | Katong | Kebun Baru | Khe Bong | Kim Keat | Kim Seng | Kolam Ayer | Kreta Ayer | Kreta Ayer-Tanglin (4) | Kuo Chuan | Leng Kee | Marine Parade | Moulmien | Mountbatten | Nee Soon | Nee Soon South | Pasir Panjang | Pasir Panjang (3) | Pasir Ris (4) | Paya Lebar | Punggol | Punggol-Tampines | Queenstown | Radin Mas | River Valley | Rochore | Seletar | Sembawang | Sepoy Lines | Serangoon Gardens | Siglap | Stamford | Southern Islands | Tampines | Tanah Merah | Tanglin | Tanjong Pagar | Teck Ghee | Telok Ayer | Telok Blangah | Thomson | Thomson (4) | Tiong Bahru (3) | Toa Payoh | Toa Payoh (3) | Ulu Bedok | Ulu Pandan | Upper Serangoon | West Coast | Whampoa | Yuhua
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