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Jalan Besar Group Representation Constituency
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Jalan Besar Group Representation Constituency is a four-member group representation constituency (GRC) in central Singapore. It has four divisions: Kreta Ayer–Kim Seng, Kolam Ayer, Whampoa, and Kampong Glam, managed by Jalan Besar Town Council.[1] The current Members of Parliament (MPs) for the constituency are Josephine Teo, Denise Phua, Wan Rizal and Shawn Loh from the governing People's Action Party (PAP).
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Jalan Besar GRC was created prior to the 1988 general election with three MPs. Led by Lee Boon Yang, the PAP team defeated the Workers' Party (WP) with 62.68% of the vote.[2][3]
Prior to the 1991 general election, the GRC was expanded to have four MPs; the PAP won unopposed.[4][5]
During the 1997 general election, the four-member PAP team, again led by Lee, defeated the Singapore Democratic Party (SDP) with 67.55% of the vote.[6]
In 1999, Choo Wee Khiang was charged with cheating for issuing a false invoice from his company in November 1990 to Wong See Kee, his brother-in-law. Choo resigned from the PAP and Parliament before pleading guilty in court to a charge which was reduced from aggravated to simple cheating.[7] Under Singaporean law at the time, an MP would lose their seat if sentenced to at least one year's imprisonment or a fine of more than S$2,000.[8] Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong said that Choo had done "the right thing" in resigning before pleading guilty in court.[9] Choo was sentenced to two weeks' jail and fined $10,000.[10][11]
During the 2001 general election, the five-member PAP team defeated the Singapore Democratic Alliance (SDA) with 74.49% of the vote.[12]
During the 2006 general election, the five-member PAP team defeated the SDA with 69.26% of the vote.[13]
Jalan Besar GRC was dissolved ahead of the 2011 general election in favour of Moulmein–Kallang GRC and Whampoa Single Member Constituency (SMC). The Kreta Ayer–Kim Seng division was redrawn into Tanjong Pagar GRC.[14]
However, GRC were again reformed one parliamentary term later in 2015 Singaporean general election,[15] where changes made from a majority of the GRC were reversed, while the Jalan Besar division was dissolved into other wards.
In 2015 Singaporean general election, the four-member PAP team led by Yaacob Ibrahim won the election with 67.75% of the votes while WP got 32.25% of the votes.
In 2020 general election, Yaacob Ibrahim and Lily Neo retired from politics, and the four-member PAP team now led by Josephine Teo won the election with 65.36% of the votes while the Peoples Voice led by Lim Tean obtained 34.64% of the votes.
On 17 April 2025, PAP announced Heng Chee How was to be replaced by Shawn Loh in the PAP team to contest the GRC for the 2025 general election.[16]
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^ Choo resigned before being charged and convicted in 1999 for cheating offences.[17] However, no by-election was called on the ground since it was a Group Representation Constituency, and the workload for the Whampoa ward was distributed among the rest of the team.
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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%.
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