Pasir Ris–Punggol Group Representation Constituency

Pasir Ris–Punggol
Pasir Ris–Punggol
Group Representation constituency; for the Parliament of Singapore
Region	East and North-East Regions, Singapore
Electorate	166,587
Current constituency
Created	2001; 23 years ago
Seats	5
Party	People's Action Party
Member(s)	Sharael Taha ; Desmond Tan ; Teo Chee Hean ; Yeo Wan Ling ; Janil Puthucheary
Town Council	Pasir Ris–Punggol
Created from	Pasir Ris GRC; Cheng San GRC;

The Pasir Ris–Punggol Group Representation Constituency is a five-member Group Representation Constituency (GRC) in the north-eastern region of Singapore. The constituency currently consists of Pasir Ris and parts of the Punggol town area. The GRC comprises 5 constituencies: Pasir Ris Central, Pasir Ris East, Pasir Ris West, Punggol Shore as well as Punggol Coast managed by Pasir Ris—Punggol Town Council. The current MPs are Sharael Taha, Desmond Tan, Teo Chee Hean, Yeo Wan Ling and Janil Puthucheary from the People's Action Party (PAP).

History

Its first contest happened in 2006 with the opponent being Singapore Democratic Alliance. For the 2011 general election, the incumbent People's Action Party announced that their team would be led by Teo Chee Hean, and include then-Senior Parliamentary Secretary Teo Ser Luck, Penny Low, as well as new candidates Janil Puthucheary, Gan Thiam Poh and Zainal Sapari.^[1] In the 2015 general election, Penny Low retired from politics and new candidates Ng Chee Meng and Sun Xueling joined the team.^[2]

In the 2020 general election, the GRC was reduced to five members, with a newly formed constituency called Punggol West SMC carved out from the boundaries of Pasir-Ris Punggol GRC and Sengkang Central ward carved out to become part of the new Sengkang GRC, the Tampines retail park (part of the Pasir Ris area) was also redrawn into Tampines GRC.^[3]^[4]

Members of Parliament

Election	Division	Members of Parliament
2001	Pasir Ris East Pasir Ris West Punggol North Punggol South Punggol Central	Ahmad bin Mohd Magad Teo Chee Hean Penny Low Charles Chong You Fook Michael Lim Chun Leng	PAP
2006	Pasir Ris East Pasir Ris West Punggol North Punggol South Punggol Central Punggol East	Ahmad bin Mohd Magad Teo Chee Hean Penny Low Teo Ser Luck Charles Chong You Fook Michael Palmer
2011	Pasir Ris East Pasir Ris West Punggol North Punggol South Punggol Central Punggol West	Zainal bin Sapari Teo Chee Hean Penny Low Gan Thiam Poh Teo Ser Luck Janil Puthucheary
2015	Pasir Ris East Pasir Ris West Punggol North Sengkang Central Punggol West Punggol Coast	Zainal bin Sapari Teo Chee Hean Ng Chee Meng Teo Ser Luck Sun Xueling Janil Puthucheary
2020	Pasir Ris East Pasir Ris Central Pasir Ris West Punggol Shore Punggol Coast	Sharael Taha Desmond Tan Kok Ming Teo Chee Hean Yeo Wan Ling Janil Puthucheary

Electoral results

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 2020s

General Election 2020: Pasir Ris–Punggol GRC
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	PAP	Sharael Taha Desmond Tan Teo Chee Hean Yeo Wan Ling Janil Puthucheary	100,772	64.15	8.74
	SDA	Desmond Lim Abu Mohamed Harminder Pal Singh Kelvin Ong Soon Huat Kuswadi Atnawi	37,179	23.67	3.44
	PV	Jireh Lim Prabu Ramachandran Mohamed Nassir Ismail Gilbert Goh Keow Wah Vigneswari Ramachandran	19,127	12.18	N/A
Majority			44,466	28.30
Rejected ballots			3,392	2.11
Turnout			160,470	96.33	1.96
Registered electors			166,587
	PAP hold		Swing	8.74

Elections in 2010s

General Election 2015: Pasir Ris–Punggol GRC
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	PAP	Zainal Sapari Teo Chee Hean Ng Chee Meng Teo Ser Luck Sun Xueling Janil Puthucheary	125,021	72.89	8.10
	SDA	Desmond Lim Harminder Pal Singh Abu Mohammed Arthero Lim Ong Teik Seng Wong Way Weng	46,508	27.11	8.10
Majority			78,513	45.78	16.2
Rejected ballots			5,310	3.00	-
Turnout			176,839	94.37	0.13
	PAP hold		Swing	8.10

General Election 2011: Pasir Ris–Punggol GRC
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	PAP	Zainal Sapari Teo Chee Hean Penny Low Gan Thiam Poh Teo Ser Luck Janil Puthucheary	100,493	64.79	3.91
	SDA	Harminder Pal Singh Sidney Soon Mohd Shafni Ahmad Tan Keng Hong Jeffrey Lim Patrick Lee Song Juan	54,601	35.21	3.91
Turnout			159,639	94.5	−0.3
	PAP hold		Swing	3.91

Elections in 2000s

General Election 2006: Pasir Ris–Punggol GRC
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	PAP	Ahmad bin Mohd Magad Teo Chee Hean Penny Low Charles Chong Michael Palmer	113,322	68.70	N/A
	SDA	Desmond Lim Ishark Bin Haroun Lineker Lee Hock Huat Mohamad Hamim Bin Aliyas Ong Beng Soon Elvin Yen Kim Khooi	51,618	31.30	N/A
Turnout			169,172	94.8	N/A
	PAP hold		Swing	N/A

General Election 2001: Pasir Ris–Punggol GRC
Party		Candidate	Votes	±%
	PAP	Ahmad bin Mohd Magad Teo Chee Hean Penny Low Michael Lim Charles Chong	Unopposed
Turnout			134,151	N/A
	PAP win (new seat)

References

^ Ramesh, S (19 April 2011). "GE: PAP announces election line-up". Channel NewsAsia. Retrieved 21 April 2011.
^ Chew, Hui Min (22 August 2015). "PAP introduces 2 new faces in Pasir Ris–Punggol team: Ex-defence chief Ng Chee Meng, Sun Xueling". The Straits Times. Retrieved 19 February 2020.
^ Sim, Royston (13 March 2020). "Singapore GE: New electoral boundaries announced; 14 SMCs, 17 GRCs in next election". The Straits Times. Retrieved 13 March 2020.
^ "More electoral divisions, no 6-member GRCs in coming election: EBRC report". CNA. 13 March 2020. Retrieved 13 March 2020.

[1] Ramesh, S (19 April 2011). "GE: PAP announces election line-up". Channel NewsAsia. Retrieved 21 April 2011.

[2] Chew, Hui Min (22 August 2015). "PAP introduces 2 new faces in Pasir Ris–Punggol team: Ex-defence chief Ng Chee Meng, Sun Xueling". The Straits Times. Retrieved 19 February 2020.

[3] Sim, Royston (13 March 2020). "Singapore GE: New electoral boundaries announced; 14 SMCs, 17 GRCs in next election". The Straits Times. Retrieved 13 March 2020.

[4] "More electoral divisions, no 6-member GRCs in coming election: EBRC report". CNA. 13 March 2020. Retrieved 13 March 2020.

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