Tampines Group Representation Constituency

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Tampines
Group Representation constituency
for the Parliament of Singapore
RegionEast Region, Singapore
Electorate151,708
Current constituency
Created1988; 36 years ago (1988)
Seats5
Party People's Action Party
Member(s)Baey Yam Keng
Masagos Zulkifli
Koh Poh Koon
Desmond Choo
Town CouncilTampines
Created from

The Tampines Group Representation Constituency is a five-member Group Representation Constituency (GRC) in the eastern region of Singapore. The GRC encompasses Tampines with five divisions: Tampines East, Tampines West, Tampines Central, Tampines North and Tampines Changkat managed by Tampines Town Council. The current MPs are Baey Yam Keng, Masagos Zulkifli, Koh Poh Koon and Desmond Choo from the People's Action Party (PAP).

Members of Parliament[edit]

Election Division Members of Parliament Party
1988
  • Tampines East
  • Tampines West
  • Tampines Changkat
PAP
1991
  • Tampines East
  • Tampines West
  • Tampines Changkat
  • Changkat South
1997
  • Tampines East
  • Tampines West
  • Tampines Central
  • Tampines Changkat
2001
  • Tampines North
  • Tampines East
  • Tampines West
  • Tampines Central
  • Tampines Changkat
2006
2011
2015
2020

^ Cheng Li Hui resigned her post and from the People's Action Party on 17 July 2023 due to an extramarital affair with Marine Parade GRC Tan Chuan-Jin. However, no by-election was called on the ground since it was a Group Representation Constituency, and the workload for the ward was distributed to Masagos Zulkifli.[1]

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 2020s[edit]

General Election 2020: Tampines GRC
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
PAP Baey Yam Keng
Cheng Li Hui
Masagos Zulkifli
Koh Poh Koon
Desmond Choo
94,561 66.41 Decrease5.65
NSP Reno Fong
Mohammad Rizwan Mohammad
Yeo Ren-Yuan
Choong Hon Heng
Vincent Ng
47,819 33.59 Increase5.65
Majority 46,742 32.82
Rejected ballots 3,516 2.41
Turnout 145,896 96.17 Increase1.58
Registered electors 151,708
PAP hold Swing Decrease5.65

Elections in 2010s[edit]

General Election 2015: Tampines GRC
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
PAP Baey Yam Keng
Cheng Li Hui
Masagos Zulkifli
Heng Swee Keat
Desmond Choo
95,202 72.06 Increase14.84
NSP Lim Tean
Sebastian Teo
Reno Fong
Nor Lella Mardilla Muhd
Choong Hon Heng
36,920 27.94 Decrease14.84
Majority 58,282 44.12 Increase29.68
Rejected ballots 3,638 2.68 Increase0.32
Turnout 135,760 94.59 Decrease0.1
PAP hold Swing Increase14.84
General Election 2011: Tampines GRC
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
PAP Baey Yam Keng
Mah Bow Tan
Masagos Zulkifli
Heng Swee Keat
Irene Ng
72,728 57.22 Decrease11.29
NSP Goh Meng Seng
Raymond Lim
Gilbert Goh
Syafarin Sarif
Reno Fong
54,381 42.78 Increase11.29
Turnout 130,184 94.7 Decrease0.7
PAP hold Swing Decrease11.29

Elections in 2000s[edit]

General Election 2006: Tampines GRC
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
PAP Ong Kian Min
Mah Bow Tan
Masagos Zulkifli
Sin Boon Ann
Irene Ng
80,376 68.51% Decrease4.83
SDA Abdul Rahman Mohamad
Lim Tung Hee Arthero
Ng Say Eng
Ong Hock Siong
Tan Lead Shake
36,948 31.49% Increase4.83
Turnout 120,416 95.4 Increase0.1
PAP hold Swing Decrease4.83
General Election 2001: Tampines GRC
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
PAP Ong Kian Min
Mah Bow Tan
Yatiman Yusof
Sin Boon Ann
Irene Ng
85,915 73.34% N/A
SDA Sebastian Teo
Foo Kok Wah
Neo Ting Wei
Abdul Rahim
Yip Yew Weng
31,231 26.66% N/A
Turnout 119,479 95.3 N/A
PAP hold Swing N/A

Elections in 1990s[edit]

General Election 1997: Tampines GRC
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
PAP Mah Bow Tan
Yatiman Yusof
Sin Boon Ann
Aline Wong
Walkover
Turnout 154,402 N/A
PAP hold Swing N/A
General Election 1991: Tampines GRC
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
PAP Mah Bow Tan
Yatiman bin Yusof
Aline Wong
Chng Hee Kok
38,844 59.5 Decrease1.5
NSP Ken Sunn
Rasiah Thiagarajah
Ong Seng Kwe
Sarry bin Hassan
26,457 40.5 Increase1.5
Turnout 117,951 96.4 -
PAP hold Swing Decrease1.5

Elections in 1980s[edit]

General Election 1988: Tampines GRC
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
PAP Mah Bow Tan
Yatiman bin Yusof
Aline Wong
37,216 61.0% N/A
NSP Lim Ah Yong
Chan Yeng Cheong
Abdul Malik bin Ali
23,796 39.0% N/A
Turnout 65,148 96.4 N/A
PAP win (new seat)

References[edit]

  1. ^ siti_aishah_sulaiman (2023-07-17). "PMO | Statement by PM Lee Hsien Loong on MP Cheng Li Hui's resignation". Prime Minister's Office Singapore. Retrieved 2023-07-17.