Sembawang West Single Member Constituency (SMC) is a Single Member Constituency (SMC) for the

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. Located in the North Region, Singapore, it was established in 2025 after being split from

Sembawang Group Representation Constituency The Sembawang Group Representation Constituency is a five-member Group Representation Constituency (GRC) located in the North Region, Singapore, northern area of Singapore. The GRC has five divisions: Sembawang Central, Naval Base, Woodlands, Ad ...

(GRC). The current Member of Parliament (MP) is Poh Li San from the

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(PAP).

History

Sembawang West SMC was established for the 2025 general election by carving out the majority of the Sembawang West ward of Sembawang GRC, in order to reduce the number of voters in the GRC. At the time of establishment, there were 24,153 registered voters within the SMC. After the SMC was formed,

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's secretary-general

Chee Soon Juan Chee Soon Juan (born 20 July 1962) is a Singaporean politician, activist, and former lecturer who was appointed Secretary-General of the Singapore Democratic Party (SDP) in 1993. Prior to entering politics in 1992, Chee was a lecturer at th ...

said he would contest the SMC as Bukit Batok SMC, where he had previously contested, had been absorbed into the newly established Jurong East–Bukit Batok GRC. The National Solidarity Party initially intended to contest the SMC but eventually announced on 20 April that it would not contest there to avoid a three-way fight. On 22 April, Poh Li San, the incumbent MP for the Sembawang West ward, announced her candidacy for the SMC. She proceeded to defeat Chee with 53% of the vote.

Member of Parliament

Elections

Elections in 2020s

References

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