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 GRC was a hotly contested seat in the 2001 general election with SDP's secretary general Chee Soon Juan leading the opposition team.
Mr Lim Boon Heng who is the Minister in the Prime Minister's Office currently leads the Jurong GRC. 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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