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The Jurong Group Representation Constituency was a five-member group representation constituency (GRC) in western Singapore. At abolition, it had five divisions: Bukit Batok East, Clementi, Jurong Central, Jurong Spring and Taman Jurong, managed by Jurong–Clementi Town Council.[1]
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2001–2011: Creation and first three elections
Jurong GRC was created prior to the 2001 general election with five seats in Parliament. It comprised the majority of the defunct Bukit Timah GRC, as well as parts of Hong Kah GRC and the defunct Bukit Gombak Single Member Constituency (SMC).[2] The governing People's Action Party (PAP) defeated the Singapore Democratic Party (SDP) with 79.75% of the vote.[3]
During the 2006 general election, the PAP team for Jurong GRC won unopposed.[4] During the 2011 general election, it defeated the National Solidarity Party (NSP) with 66.96% of the vote.[5]
2008: Death of Ong Chit Chung
In 2008, a by-election was not called in Jurong GRC after incumbent MP Ong Chit Chung died of heart cancer.[6][7]
2015 general election
During the 2015 general election, Jurong GRC lost its Bukit Batok division, which became Bukit Batok SMC; in return, it absorbed the Clementi division of West Coast GRC, maintaining its five seats.[8][9] Led by Tharman Shanmugaratnam, the PAP defeated Singaporeans First (SingFirst) with 79.29% of the vote.[10][11]
2020 general election
During the 2020 general election, Desmond Lee and Ang Wei Neng, both incumbents for Jurong GRC, were redeployed to West Coast GRC.[12] Xie Yao Quan was nominated as a PAP candidate for the former constituency, replacing Ivan Lim, a general manager at Keppel, who had withdrawn 3 days after his electoral introduction. Lim had been accused online of past arrogance and elitism, as well as involvement in Keppel's then-active bribery case in Brazil.[13] Led again by Tharman, the PAP team for Jurong GRC defeated Red Dot United (RDU), a party formed three weeks before the election, with 74.61% of the vote.[10][11]
2023: Resignation of Tharman Shanmugaratnam
In July 2023, to stand as a candidate in the presidential election in the same year, Tharman resigned from Parliament, his ministerial positions and the PAP.[14]
2025: Abolition
Jurong GRC was dissolved prior to the 2025 general election. 2,776 voters were absorbed into Holland–Bukit Timah GRC; the remaining majority of the electorate was split between Jurong East–Bukit Batok GRC, Jurong Central SMC, and West Coast–Jurong West GRC.[15]
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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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