Nee Soon Group Representation Constituency
| Nee Soon | |
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Group Representation Constituency for the Parliament of Singapore | |
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| Region | Northwestern Singapore |
| Electorate | 148,290 |
| Current constituency | |
| Created | 2011 |
| Number of members | 5 |
| Member(s) |
K. Shanmugam Kwek Hian Chuan Henry Lee Bee Wah Muhammad Faishal Ibrahim Ng Kok Kwang Louis |
| Town Council | Nee Soon |
Not to be confused with another ward with similar name that existed since pre-independence era until prior to 1988 general elections called Nee Soon constituency.
Nee Soon Group Representation Constituency (Chinese: 义顺集选区; Malay: Kawasan Undi Perwakilan Berkumpulan Nee Soon; Tamil: நீ சூன் குழுத் தொகுதி) is a five-member Group Representation Constituency (GRC) in the north region of Singapore. The GRC includes Yishun Housing Estate, private residential areas along Sembawang Road and part of Sembawang.
The GRC is formed during 2011 election, which absorb former Nee Soon Central SMC, Nee Soon East SMC and 2 divisions from Sembawang GRC (Canberra and Chong Pang Division) and a division from Ang Mo Kio GRC(Nee Soon South).In 2015,Canberra returns to Sembawang GRC and The GRC absorb Kebun Baru from Ang Mo Kio Group Representation Group Constituency.
Nee Soon GRC is currently led by Law Minister and Minister of Home Affairs K. Shanmugam.
Operational responsibility
- Chong Pang - Blk 1xx and partial Blk 2xx in Yishun
- Nee Soon Central - Blk 6xx, 7xx and 9xx of Yishun
- Nee Soon East - Blk 2xx and partial 3xx of Yishun
- Nee Soon South - Blk 5xx & 8xx of Yishun and partial Blk 7xx in Yishun and Springleaf Estate
- Kebun Baru - Blk 1xx (some) and 244 to 260 of Ang Mo Kio and Sembawang Hills Estate
Members of Parliament
| Election | Canberra | Chong Pang | Nee Soon Central | Nee Soon East | Nee Soon South | Kebun Baru |
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| 2006 | Sembawang GRC | SMC | SMC | Ang Mo Kio GRC | ||
| Formation | ||||||
| 2011 | Lim Wee Kiak | K Shanmugam | Faishal Ibrahim | Patrick Tay | Lee Bee Wah | Ang Mo Kio GRC |
| 2015 | Sembawang GRC | Ng Kok Kwang Louis | Henry Kwek | |||
Candidates and Results
Elections in 2010s
| General Election 2015: Nee Soon GRC | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| PAP | K. Shanmugam Henry Kwek Lee Bee Wah Muhammad Faishal Ibrahim Ng Kok Kwang Louis |
82,197 | 66.83 |  8.43 | |
| WP | Foo Seck Guan Gurmit Singh S/O Sadhu Singh Koh Tiong Yee Cheryl Denise Loh Xiu Wen Ron Tan Jun Yen |
40,796 | 33.17 |  8.43 | |
| Majority | 41,401 | 33.66 | 11.34 | ||
| Rejected ballots | 1,682 | 1.25 | |||
| Turnout | 134,250 | 94.28 | 0.52 | ||
| PAP hold | Swing | 11.34 |
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| General Election 2011: Nee Soon GRC | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| PAP | K. Shanmugam Lee Bee Wah Lim Wee Kiak Muhammad Faishal Ibrahim Patrick Tay Teck Guan |
80,740 | 58.40 | ||
| WP | Poh Lee Guan John Yam Angela Faye Oon Watson Chong Cham Weng Sanjeev Kamalasanan |
57,523 | 41.60 | ||
| Turnout | 140,604 | 94.80 | N/A | ||
| PAP win (new seat) | |||||
