Bukit Gombak Single Member Constituency (SMC) is a

single member constituency A single-member district or constituency is an electoral district represented by a single officeholder. It contrasts with a multi-member district, which is represented by multiple officeholders. In some countries, such as Australia and India ...

in the

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area in

Singapore Singapore, officially the Republic of Singapore, is an island country and city-state in Southeast Asia. The country's territory comprises one main island, 63 satellite islands and islets, and one outlying islet. It is about one degree ...

. The seat consists of the area surrounding

Bukit Gombak MRT station Bukit Gombak MRT station is an above-ground Mass Rapid Transit (Singapore), Mass Rapid Transit (MRT) station on the North South MRT line, North South line in Bukit Batok, Singapore. Located at the junction of Bukit Batok West Avenue 5 and Bukit B ...

and a few private housing estates such as the Hillview area. It was first formed in 1988 from parts of Bukit Batok SMC and was reinstated in

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after being separated from

Chua Chu Kang GRC The Chua Chu Kang Group Representation Constituency is a four-member Group Representation Constituency located in the western area of Singapore. The GRC has four wards: Chua Chu Kang, Tengah, Keat Hong and Brickland. Only a small portion of t ...

. The current Members of Parliament is Low Yen Ling from the

People's Action Party The People's Action Party (PAP) is a major Conservatism, conservative political party in Singapore and is the governing contemporary political party represented in the Parliament of Singapore, followed by the opposition Workers' Party of Singap ...

(PAP).

Electoral history

The SMC was first formed in 1988 with PAP candidate

Seet Ai Mee Seet Ai Mee (; born 31 March 1943) is a former Singaporean politician. A member of the country's governing People's Action Party (PAP), she served as a Member of Parliament (MP) for the Bukit Gombak Single Member Constituency (SMC) from 1988 ...

and

Singapore Democratic Party The Singapore Democratic Party (SDP) is a social liberal political party in Singapore. Founded in 1980 by Chiam See Tong, the party gained its first seat in 6th Parliament of Singapore, Parliament in 1984 Singaporean general election, 1984 when ...

's candidate

Ling How Doong Ling How Doong (; 1934 – 30 April 2021) was a Singaporean politician and lawyer. A former member of the opposition Singapore Democratic Party (SDP), he served as the Parliament of Singapore, Member of Parliament (MP) for Bukit Gombak Single Me ...

contesting it. During the election campaign, Seet washed her hands after shaking hands with a fishmonger while campaigning in a market, which drew negative publicity.. Ling challenged Seet again in the 1991 general election. During an election rally,

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, in an attempt to defend Seet in the handwashing incident, said that she had a habit of washing her hands regularly and had not done so out of disrespect. His comments were reported in the media and reignited the incident. Seet eventually lost the contest to Ling with 48.6 percent share of the votes, a drop of almost 5 percent. Goh bringing up the handwashing incident was thought to have contributed to Seet's defeat. In an interview with ''

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'' in 2011, Seet said that she had in fact washed her hands because she had also shaken hands with pork sellers and wanted to clean her hands before meeting Muslim residents. She added that she wished Goh Chok Tong had clarified this with her before making his comments at the election rally. During the

2001 Singaporean general election General elections were held in Singapore on 3 November 2001. President S.R. Nathan dissolved parliament on 18 October 2001 on the advice of Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong. The ruling People's Action Party (PAP) won 82 of the 84 elected seats in ...

, Bukit Gombak SMC was absorbed as a ward into

Hong Kah Group Representation Constituency Hong Kah Group Representation Constituency was a defunct five-member Group Representation Constituency located in the West Region, Singapore, western area of Singapore. The constituency covered the areas of Bukit Batok, Choa Chu Kang, Upper Buk ...

(GRC). In 2025, the SMC was recreated with the Bukit Gombak and Hillview estates. The recreation is due to population growth in

Tengah ''Tengah'' is an Indonesian and Malay word meaning "Central". It can be found in topography, e.g. * Jawa Tengah * Kalimantan Tengah * Papua Tengah * Sulawesi Tengah * Tengah Islands or Central Archipelago. * Tengah, Singapore * Tengah Air Base ...

and to keep the electorate small enough such that the GRC remains a four-member GRC.

Member of Parliament

Electoral results

Elections in 1980s

Elections in 1990s

Elections in 2020s

References

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