The Jalan Kayu Single Member Constituency 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 ...

(SMC) for the

Parliament of Singapore The Parliament of Singapore is the unicameralism, unicameral legislature of the Singapore, Republic of Singapore, which governs the country alongside the President of Singapore. Largely based upon the Westminster system, the Parliament is made ...

. It is managed by Jalan Kayu Town Council. Located in the North-East Region, it was established in 2025 after being split from

Ang Mo Kio Group Representation Constituency The Ang Mo Kio Group Representation Constituency is a five-member Group Representation Constituency (GRC) in the North-East Region of Singapore. It has 5 wards: Teck Ghee, Buangkok–Fernvale South, Seletar–Serangoon, Cheng San and Ang Mo ...

(GRC) and was first contested at the general election that occurred in the same year. The current Member of Parliament (MP) is

Ng Chee Meng } (born 8 August 1968) is a Singaporean politician, union leader and former lieutenant-general who has been serving as Secretary-General of the National Trades Union Congress (NTUC) since 2018 and as a Member of Parliament (MP) for Jalan Kayu ...

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).

History

Jalan Kayu SMC was established for the 2025 general election, in order to reduce the number of voters in

(GRC), which had the most electors out of all GRCs. At establishment, Jalan Kayu SMC had 29,565 registered voters. The PAP announced that

would contest the newly established SMC. He had previously been a cabinet minister and MP for

Pasir Ris–Punggol GRC Pasil (, also Romanized as Pasīl; also known as Pasīr) is a village in Sepiddasht Rural District, Papi District, Khorramabad County, Lorestan Province, Iran Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran (IRI) and also known as Persia, ...

but was defeated by the

Workers' Party Workers' Party is a name used by several political parties throughout the world. The name has been used by both organisations on the left and right of the political spectrum. It is currently used by followers of Marxism, Marxism–Leninism, Maoism ...

(WP) when running for

Sengkang GRC The Sengkang Group Representation Constituency is a four-member Group Representation Constituency (GRC) in the north-eastern region of Singapore. It was created from Punggol East Single Member Constituency (SMC), Sengkang West SMC and the then- ...

in 2020. The WP announced

Andre Low Andre Low Wu Yang (, born 1991) is a Singaporean politician. A member of the Workers' Party (WP), he has been serving as a Non-constituency Member of Parliament (NCMP) for the 15th Parliament of Singapore since 19 May 2025. Early life and e ...

as their candidate for the constituency on nomination day. Ng would eventually defeat Low with 51.47% of the votes to 48.53%, a margin of just 809 votes, the narrowest PAP victory in the election. As the best-performing defeated opposition candidate, he was offered a seat as a Non-constituency Member of Parliament (NCMP), which he accepted. After the election, it was announced that Jalan Kayu SMC would have its own town council, a situation last seen in 2011 with Potong Pasir SMC.

Constituency profile

Jalan Kayu SMC consists of most of the half of Sengkang New Town west of

Sungei Punggol Sungei Punggol ( Malay for Punggol River; Chinese: 榜鵝河; Pinyin: Bǎng'é Hé) is a river located within the North-East Region in Singapore. Geography Other than Punggol New Town, the river flows through 7 other towns in the late 1990s a ...

, the entire planning area of

Seletar Seletar ( ) is an area located in the north-east of Singapore. Its name can also refer to the Seletar Planning Area (as defined by the Urban Redevelopment Authority), situated in the North-East Region of Singapore. The place name was derived fro ...

, and uninhabited parts of the planning areas of

Ang Mo Kio Ang Mo Kio () is a planning area and residential town situated in the Central Region of Singapore. Located approximately north of the Downtown Core district, Ang Mo Kio is the 4th most populated planning area in the North-East region and ra ...

and

Yishun Yishun ( ), formerly known as Nee Soon, is a New towns of Singapore, residential town located in the northeastern corner of the North Region, Singapore, North Region of Singapore, bordering Simpang and Sembawang to the north, Mandai to the we ...

. It is served by the western half of the West Loop of the

Sengkang LRT line The Sengkang LRT line (SKLRT) is a elevated automated guideway transit line in Sengkang, Singapore. The driverless system consists of 14 stations on two loops, with Sengkang station serving as the interchange for both loops and linking the ...

Members of Parliament

Electoral results

Elections in 2020s

References

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