The Marine Parade Group Representation Constituency was a five-member
Group Representation Constituency
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(GRC) located in the
central,
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and
north-eastern
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areas of
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. The constituency consisted of a section of
Bedok
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,
Chai Chee,
Geylang
Geylang () is a planning area and township located on the eastern fringe of the Central Region of Singapore, bordering Hougang and Toa Payoh in the north, Marine Parade in the south, Bedok in the east, and Kallang in the west.
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,
Kaki Bukit
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,
Kallang
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,
Kembangan,
Marine Parade
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,
Mountbatten
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,
Ubi,
Serangoon
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and
Hougang
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. There were a total of 5 divisions in this GRC:
Marine Parade
Marine Parade is a planning area and residential estate located on the eastern fringe of the Central Region of Singapore. Straddling the tip of the southeastern coast of Pulau Ujong, Marine Parade serves as a buffer between the Central and ...
,
Geylang Serai, Braddell Heights,
Joo Chiat
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and Kembangan-Chai Chee managed by Marine Parade Town Council.
History
On 17 July 2023, Tan Chuan-Jin resigned from Parliament and as member of the PAP due to "propriety and personal conduct".
In 2025, the Chai Chee HDB estates and Siglap private estates from the GRC are carved out to be merged into
East Coast GRC
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. The remainder of the GRC will be merged with
MacPherson Single Member Constituency
The MacPherson Single Member Constituency was a single member constituency (SMC) located in the central area of Singapore. At abolition, it was managed by Marine Parade Town Council.
History
MacPherson Constituency was created for the 1968 ge ...
(SMC), a portion of
Mountbatten SMC, and also a portion of
Potong Pasir SMC
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into
Marine Parade-Braddell Heights GRC.
Members of Parliament
Tan Chuan Jin
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resigned as Member of Parliament in 2023 due to an affair with party member
Cheng Li Hui. MP
Edwin Tong
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will be the grassroots adviser not the MP for Kembangan - Chai Chee division.
Electoral results
Elections in 1980s
Elections in 1990s
Elections in 2000s
Elections in 2010s
Elections in 2020s
References
2020 General Election's result
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Singaporean electoral divisions
Bedok
Geylang
Hougang
Kallang
Marina East
Marine Parade
Serangoon
Toa Payoh