Bedok Group Representation Constituency

Not to be confused with Bedok Single Member Constituency or Ulu Bedok Single Member Constituency.

Bedok Group Representation Constituency (Traditional Chinese: 勿洛集選區;Simplified Chinese: 勿洛集选区) is a defunct Group Representation Constituency in Bedok, Singapore that existed from 1988 to 1997. The last Members of Parliament (MPs) are S Jayakumar, Tan Soo Khoon, Arthur Beng and Abdullah Tarmugi from the People's Action Party (PAP).

Bedok
Group Representation constituency for the Parliament of Singapore
Current constituency
Created	1988; 37 years ago (1988)
Seats	4
Party	People's Action Party
Created from	Bedok SMC Kampong Chai Chee SMC Tanah Merah SMC Fengshan SMC Siglap SMC
Replaced by	East Coast GRC

History

Bedok GRC was established in 1988 following the establishment of Group representation constituency (GRC) and Single Member Consituency (SMC).^[1]

In 1997, the GRC was merged into East Coast GRC to form a six MP GRC.^[2][3]

Members of Parliament

Year	Division	Members of Parliament	Party
Formation
1988	Bedok Kampong Chai Chee Tanah Merah	S Jayakumar Hong Hai Ibrahim Othman		PAP
1991	Bedok Fengshan Tanah Merah Siglap	S Jayakumar Tan Soo Khoon Arthur Beng Abdullah Tarmugi
Constituency abolished (1997)

Electoral results

Note : Elections Department Singapore do not include rejected votes for calculation of candidate's vote share. Hence, the total of all candidates' vote share will be 100%.

Elections in 1980s

General Election 1988^[4][5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	PAP	S Jayakumar Hong Hai Ibrahim Othman	28,266	54.92
	WP	Gertrude De Gracias Sarawathy Murugason Seow Khee Leng	23,203	45.08
Majority			5,063	9.84
Total valid votes			51,469	98.05
Rejected ballots			1,024	1.95
Turnout			52,493	95.50
Registered electors			54,969
	PAP win (new seat)

Elections in 1990s

General Election 1991^[6][7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	PAP	S Jayakumar Abdullah Tarmugi Tan Soo Khoon Arthur Beng Kian Lam	49,109	61.98	7.06
	WP	Balakrishnan Ananthan Sim Say Chuan Lim Chiu Liang Tan Soo Phuan	30,121	38.02	7.06
Majority			18,988	23.96	14.12
Total valid votes			79,230	97.20	0.85
Rejected ballots			2,276	2.80	0.85
Turnout			81,506	94.51	0.99
Registered electors			86,246		56.90
	PAP hold		Swing	7.06

See also

• Bedok SMC
• Ulu Bedok SMC