Hong Kah Group Representation Constituency (Traditional Chinese: 豐加集選區;Simplified Chinese: 丰加集选区) was a five-member Group Representation Constituency located in the western area of Singapore. The constituency covered the areas of Bukit Batok, Choa Chu Kang, Upper Bukit Timah, Jurong West and Lim Chu Kang. Hong Kah GRC was formed in 1988 and dissolved in 2011 and had always been held by the People's Action Party.
It was divided into five sub-areas namely, Bukit Gombak, Hong Kah, Keat Hong, Nanyang and Yew Tee. In 2001, Bukit Gombak SMC was absorbed into the GRC with the town council being Hong Kah Town Council.
It was a huge constituency in terms of land area and covers the entire north-western region of Singapore and its territorial waters in the Straits of Johor.
Hong Kah GRC was led by former Cabinet Minister Yeo Cheow Tong.
It was then the only GRC that did not have a Cabinet Minister among its MPs when Yeo had stepped down as a minister right after 2006 general election. (See Yeo Cheow Tong for more information.)
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In the Singapore general election, 2011, Hong Kah GRC is dissolved. Hong Kah North of the constituency is crafted out as a new Single-Member-Constituency while Bukit Gombak, Keat Hong, Nanyang and Yew Tee wards merged with then-Chua Chu Kang SMC to form the new Chua Chu Kang Group Representation Constituency.
| Election | Hong Kah | Hong Kah North | Hong Kah South | Hong Kah West | Hong Kah East | Yew Tee | Nanyang | Keat Hong | Bukit Gombak |
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| 1984 | SMC | Crafted from Hong Kah SMC, Yuhua SMC and Bukit Batok SMC | Crafted from Bukit Batok SMC | ||||||
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| 1988 | A Nasser Kamaruddin as Hong Kah Central |
Yeo Cheow Tong | John Chen | Crafted from Hong Kah South | SMC | ||||
| 1991 | Yeo Cheow Tong | Harun Abdul Ghani | Kenneth Chen Koon Lap | John Chen | Crafted from Hong Kah and Hong Kah South | Crafted from Chua Chu Kang SMC | Crafted from Hong Kah West | Crafted from Chua Chu Kang SMC | |
| 1997 | Dissolved into Hong Kah East and Hong Kah West | John Chen | Dissolved into Hong Kah East ward and Jurong SMC | Harun Abdul Ghani | Kenneth Chen Koon Lap | Yeo Cheow Tong | Peter Chen | ||
| 2001 | Amy Khor | Absorbed into then-newly-created Jurong GRC (Jurong West/East Ave1 areas). This explains why there are places there, which names contain 'Hong Kah' in them [Example: Hong Kah Point, Hong Kah Secondary School, etc.] | John Chen | Ahmad Khalis | Ang Mong Seng | ||||
| 2006 | Alvin Yeo Khirn Hai | Zaqy Mohamad | |||||||
| Dissolution | |||||||||
| 2011 | Hong Kah North SMC | Chua Chu Kang GRC | |||||||
| Election | Seats | Voters | Party | Candidate(s) | Votes | Votes % | |
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| Singapore general election, 1988 | 3 | 67,431 | PAP | A Nasser Kamaruddin John Chen Yeo Cheow Tong |
Walkover | Walkover | |
| Singapore general election, 1991 | 4 | 64,712 | PAP | Harun Abdul Ghani John Chen Kenneth Chen Koon Lap Yeo Chow Tong |
Walkover | Walkover | |
| Singapore general election, 1997 | 5 | 125,452 | PAP | Harun Abdul Ghani John Chen Kenneth Chen Peter Chen Yeo Cheow Tong |
82,182 | 69.00 | |
| NSP | Patrick Kee Steve Chia Tan Chee Kien Wong Wee Nam Yadzeth Bin Hairis |
36,920 | 31.00 | ||||
| Singapore general election, 2001 | 5 | 129,073 | PAP | Ahmad Khalis Amy Khor Ang Mong Seng John Chen Yeo Cheow Tong |
96,450 | 79.74 | |
| SDP | Cheo Chai Chen Bryan Lim Boon Heng Lim Tung Hee Sarry Bin Hassan Wong Hong Toy |
24,513 | 20.26 | ||||
| Singapore general election, 2006 | 5 | 144,677 | PAP | Alvin Yeo Khirn Hai Amy Khor Ang Mong Seng Yeo Cheow Tong Zaqy B Mohamad |
Walkover | Walkover | |
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