West Coast Group Representation Constituency

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The West Coast Group Representation Constituency is a five-member Group Representation Constituency (GRC) located in the western as well as the central area of Singapore. The five divisions consists: Ayer Rajah-Gek Poh, West Coast, Boon Lay, Nanyang and Telok Blangah managed by West Coast Town Council. West Coast GRC covers the areas of Ayer Rajah, Dover, Pasir Panjang, the south-western area, West Coast, Jurong, Jurong Island, Sentosa, Telok Blangah, Tuas and much of Singapore's southern & western territorial waters and offshore islands in the area. The current Members of Parliament for the constituency are Foo Mee Har, Desmond Lee, Ang Wei Neng, Rachel Ong from the People's Action Party (PAP). [1]

West Coast
Group Representation constituency
for the Parliament of Singapore
RegionWest Region, Singapore
Electorate146,251
Current constituency
Created1997; 27 years ago (1997)
Seats5
Party People's Action Party
Member(s)Foo Mee Har
Desmond Lee
Ang Wei Neng
Rachel Ong
Town CouncilWest Coast
Created from

Members of Parliament edit

ElectionDivisionMembers of ParliamentParty
1997
  • Clementi
  • Pasir Panjang
  • Telok Blangah
  • West Coast
PAP
2001
  • Boon Lay
  • Clementi
  • Pioneer
  • Telok Blangah
  • West Coast
2006
  • Ayer Rajah-West Coast
  • Boon Lay
  • Clementi
  • Pioneer
  • Telok Blangah
2011
  • Ayer Rajah
  • Boon Lay
  • Clementi
  • Telok Blangah
  • West Coast
2015
  • Ayer Rajah
  • Boon Lay
  • Telok Blangah
  • West Coast
2020
  • Ayer Rajah-Gek Poh
  • Boon Lay
  • Nanyang
  • Telok Blangah
  • West Coast

^ S. Iswaran resigned as Member of Parliament in 2024, after being charged with 27 counts of corruption and bribery.[2]

Electoral results edit

Note : Elections Department Singapore do not include rejected votes for calculation of candidate's vote share. Hence, the total of all candidates' vote share will be 100%.

Elections in 1990s edit

General Election 1997: West Coast GRC[3]
PartyCandidateVotes%
PAPBernard Chen
S Iswaran
Lim Hng Kiang
Wan Soon Bee
48,275 70.14
WPMike Chan
D'Cruz Anthony
John Gan Eng Guan
Ng Teck Siong
20,55029.86
Majority27,72540.2
Turnout70,58795.4
PAP win (new seat)

Elections in 2000s edit

General Election 2001: West Coast GRC
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
PAPMadeline Ho
Arthur Fong
Cedric Foo
Lim Hng Khiang
S Iswaran
Unopposed
Registered electors110,779
PAP hold
General Election 2006: West Coast GRC
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
PAPS Iswaran
Madeline Ho
Arthur Fong
Cedric Foo
Lim Hng Khiang
Unopposed
Registered electors137,739
PAP hold

Elections in 2010s edit

General Election 2011: West Coast GRC
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
PAPFoo Mee Har
Lawrence Wong
Arthur Jen Fong
Lim Hng Kiang
S Iswaran
72,563 66.66 N/A
RPKenneth Jeyaretnam
Andy Zhu
Frankie Low
Kumar Appavoo
Haren Hu
36,44333.34N/A
Majority36,12033.2N/A
Turnout111,82792.4N/A
PAP holdSwingN/A
General Election 2015: West Coast GRC
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
PAPFoo Mee Har
Patrick Tay
Lim Hng Kiang
S Iswaran
71,091 78.57 11.91
RPKenneth Jeyaretnam
Andy Zhu
Darren Soh
Noraini Yunus
19,39221.43 11.91
Majority51,69957.1 23.9
Rejected ballots2,4151.83-
Turnout92,89893.6 1.2
PAP holdSwing 11.91

Elections in 2020s edit

General Election 2020: West Coast GRC[4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
PAPFoo Mee Har
Desmond Lee
Ang Wei Neng
Rachel Ong
S Iswaran
71,658 51.68 26.89
PSPTan Cheng Bock
Leong Mun Wai
Hazel Poa
Nadarajah Loganathan
Jeffrey Khoo
66,99648.32N/A
Majority4,6623.36 53.74
Rejected ballots1,6451.17 0.66
Turnout140,29995.8 2.2
Registered electors146,251
PAP holdSwing 26.89

References edit

  1. ^ Ng, Kelly (30 June 2020). "GE2020: PAP's West Coast team led by ministers S Iswaran, Desmond Lee up against Tan Cheng Bock's PSP". Business Times. Retrieved 19 May 2021.
  2. ^ "Singapore Transport Minister S Iswaran charged with multiple offences including corruption". CNA. Retrieved 18 January 2024.
  3. ^ "1997 PARLIAMENTARY GENERAL ELECTION RESULTS". Retrieved 19 October 2020.
  4. ^ "Statement of Poll for the Electoral Division of West Coast" (PDF). Retrieved 19 October 2020.