Marine Parade Group Representation Constituency
- Not to be confused with the defunct and smaller Marine Parade Single Member Constituency (Marine Parade SMC) that existed from 1976 to 1984.
Marine Parade Group Representation Constituency (Traditional Chinese: 馬林百列集選區; Simplified Chinese: 马林百列集选区, Wade-Giles: Ma2 lin4 pai3 lieh4 chi1 hsüuan3 ch'ü1) is a six-member Group Representation Constituency located in the central, eastern and north-eastern areas of Singapore. The constituency consists of a section of Bedok, Chai Chee, Geylang, Kaki Bukit, Kallang, Kembangan, Marine Parade, Mountbatten, Ubi and a part of Serangoon. Serangoon Gardens was part of the constituency until 2006 when it was moved to Aljunied Group Representation Constituency. On 2011, it minuses off Kaki Bukit portion and in return, MacPherson ward was absorbed and exchanged.
Marine Parade GRC is led by Emeritus Senior Minister and former prime minister Goh Chok Tong.
Before the creation of Marine Parade GRC, he had been the Member of Parliament for the Marine Parade single-seat constituency since being first elected in 1976. The GRC saw its fiercest contest in the general election in 2011 where National Solidarity Party candidates led by Nicole Seah managed to get over 43% of the vote despite walkovers in the previous three general elections. Before 2011, it remained uncontested after the 1992 by-election which saw a four-way contest involving the National Solidarity Party, Singapore Democratic Party and Singapore Justice Party (now part of the Singapore Democratic Alliance).
Members of Parliament
| Election | Joo Chiat | Geylang Serai | Marine Parade | MacPherson | Kembangan-Chai Chee | Braddell Heights | Mountbatten | Serangoon | Kaki Bukit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1984 | SMC | SMC | SMC | SMC | SMC as Kampong Ubi |
SMC | SMC | SMC as Serangoon Gardens |
SMC |
| Formation | |||||||||
| 1988 | Choo Wee Kiang | Othman Haron Eusofe | Goh Chok Tong | SMC | Aljunied GRC as Kampong Ubi |
SMC | SMC | SMC as Serangoon Gardens |
SMC |
| 1991 | Lim Chee Onn | Matthias Yao | Thomson GRC as Serangoon Gardens |
Eunos GRC | |||||
| 1992 | Teo Chee Hean | ||||||||
| 1997 | East Coast GRC | SMC | Mohamad Maidin bin Packer Mohd as Kampong Ubi |
Goh Choon Kang | Yap Giau Keng Eugene | Lim Hwee Hua | East Coast GRC | ||
| 2001 | SMC | R Ravindran | Andy Gan Lai Chiang | ||||||
| 2006 | Fatimah Lateef | Ong Seh Hong as Kampong Ubi-Kembangan | Seah Kian Peng | Lim Biow Chuan | Aljunied GRC | Muhammad Faishal Ibrahim | |||
| 2011 | Tin Pei Ling | Tan Chuan-Jin | SMC | Aljunied GRC | |||||
| 2016 | |||||||||
Areas of Responsibility
- Marine Parade: Marine Parade Estate and Joo Chiat
- Kembangan-Chai Chee: Chai Chee, Kembangan, Changi Road, Eunos
- Geylang Serai: Geylang Serai, Haig Rd, Eunos,Upper Aljunied Rd,Upper Paya Lebar Estate,Tai Seng,Ubi
- MacPherson: Aljunied, MacPherson Estate
- Braddell Heights: Serangoon Central, Serangoon Sommerville,Lor Lew Lian
Candidates and results
Elections in 1980s
| General Election 1988: Marine Parade GRC | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| PAP | Choo Wee Khiang Goh Chok Tong Othman Haron Eusofe |
41,325 | 73.81% | ||
| SJP | A R Suib M Ramasamy Theng Chin Eng |
14,660 | 26.19% | ||
| Turnout | 55,985 | 89.09% | |||
| PAP win (new seat) | |||||
Elections in 1990s
| General Election 1991: Marine Parade GRC | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| PAP | Goh Chok Tong Lim Chee Onn Matthias Yao Othman Haron Eusofe |
51,685 | 77.25% | +3.44% | |
| SJP | Aminuddin Bin Ami Rajasekaran K S M Suib Bin Abdul Rahman Theng Chin Eng |
15,222 | 22.75% | -3.44% | |
| Turnout | 66,907 | 90.38% | +1.28% | ||
| PAP hold | Swing | ||||
| By-Election 1992: Marine Parade GRC | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| PAP | Goh Chok Tong Lim Chee Onn Matthias Yao Othman Haron Eusofe |
48,965 | 72.94% | -4.31% | |
| SDP | Chee Soon Juan Low Yong Nguan Md Shariff bin Yahya Ashleigh Seow Chuan-Hock |
16447 | 24.50% | ||
| SJP | A R Suib Lim Teong Howe Theng Chin Eng Yen Kim Khooi |
764 | 1.14% | -21.61% | |
| NSP | Ken Sunn Sarry bin Hassan Tan Chee Kien Yong Choon Poh |
950 | 1.42% | ||
| Turnout | 67,126 | 90.72% | +0.34% | ||
| PAP hold | Swing | -4.31% | |||
| General Election 1997: Marine Parade GRC | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| PAP | Goh Choon Kang Goh Chok Tong Lim Hwee Hwa Mohamad Maidin bin Packer Mohd Othman Haron Eusofe Yap Giau Cheng Eugene |
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| Turnout | Walkover | ||||
| PAP hold | Swing | ||||
Elections in 2000s
| General Election 2001: Marine Parade GRC | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| PAP | Andy Gan Lai Chiang Goh Chok Tong Lim Hwee Hua Mohamad Maidin bin Packer Mohd Othman Haron Eusofe R Ravindran |
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| Turnout | Walkover | ||||
| PAP hold | Swing | ||||
| General Election 2006: Marine Parade GRC | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| PAP | Fatimah Lateef Goh Chok Tong Lim Biow Chuan Muhammad Faishal Ibrahim Ong Seh Hong Seah Kian Peng |
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| Turnout | Walkover | ||||
| PAP hold | Swing | ||||
Elections in 2010s
| General Election 2011: Marine Parade GRC | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| PAP | Goh Chok Tong Seah Kian Peng Fatimah Lateef Tan Chuan-Jin Tin Pei Ling |
78,286 | 56.65% | -16.29% | |
| NSP | Cheo Chai Chen Nicole Seah Abdul Salim Harun Spencer Ng Ivan Yeo |
59,926 | 43.35% | +43.35% | |
| Turnout | 138,812 | 89.87 | |||
| PAP hold | Swing | ||||
See also
- Marine Parade SMC
- Goh Chok Tong
References
- 2011 General Election's result
- 2006 General Election's result
- 2001 General Election's result
- 1997 General Election's result
- 1992 By-Election's result
- 1991 General Election's result
- 1988 General Election's result
