The Jurong Group Representation Constituency is a five-member Group Representation Constituency located in the western area of

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. The GRC consists of a large section of

Jurong Jurong () is a major geographical region located at the south-westernmost point of the West Region of Singapore. Although mostly vaguely defined, the region's extent roughly covers the planning areas of Jurong East, Jurong West, Boon Lay, a ...

, sections of

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and areas near

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. The five divisions of the GRC:

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, Jurong Central, Taman Jurong,

Jurong Spring Hong Kah is a residential precinct in Jurong West, Singapore. It is bounded by the PIE, Corporation Road, Jurong Canal Drive, Jurong East Avenue 1 and Jurong Town Hall Road. It is named after the former 'Hong Kah Village'. The precinct's HDB fla ...

and Clementi. The current MPs are

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, Shawn Huang and

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from the People's Action Party (PAP).

History

In the 2011 general elections, the Jurong Central and Hong Kah division's population carved to form the new Jurong Spring division, while Yuhua became a SMC in return. In

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was carved as a SMC while Clementi, a division under the West Coast GRC, was absorbed to the ward to maintain its five seats. The constituency was first contested in the 2001 general election with the People's Action Party against the

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. The ward won a

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in 2006 before facing another contest with the National Solidarity Party (2011),

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(2015) and

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(2020); however, this GRC has always been held by the People's Action Party since its creation in 2001. The ward was first led by the Minister Lim Boon Heng until his retirement from politics in 2011. After his retirement, Senior Minister

and Minister Desmond Lee Ti-Seng have assumed leadership for Jurong GRC, but Lee was transferred to West Coast GRC in 2020 together with three term MP Ang Wei Neng. Ivan Lim was introduced on 24 June 2020 for the General Elections but withdrew 3 days later following allegations of his past behaviour. He was replaced by

Town Council

Jurong–Clementi Town Council is operating under the Yuhua SMC, Bukit Batok SMC & Jurong GRC.

Members of Parliament

Ong died on 14 July 2008 due to a heart failure. Following his death, Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong announced that there would be no by-elections to fill the position since it was a GRC. His seat (Bukit Batok) was temporary replaced by Halimah Yacob from the nearby Bukit Batok East ward until the next election in 2011, where he was succeeded by David Ong.

Electoral results

Elections in 2000s

Elections in 2010s

Elections in 2020s

References

2020 General Election's result

External links

Bukit Batok Division WebsiteTaman Jurong Community WebsiteJurong-Clementi Town Council
{{Constituencies of Singapore Singaporean electoral divisions Bukit Batok Bukit Timah Jurong East Jurong West