Jurong Group Representation Constituency

Not to be confused with the defunct Jurong Single Member Constituency.

The Jurong Group Representation Constituency was a five-member Group Representation Constituency located in the western area of Singapore. The GRC consisted of a large section of Jurong, sections of Bukit Batok and areas near Upper Bukit Timah Road. The five divisions of the GRC: Bukit Batok East, Jurong Central, Taman Jurong, Jurong Spring and Clementi managed by Jurong Town Council. ^[1]

Jurong
Former Group Representation constituency for the Parliament of Singapore
Region	West Region, Singapore
Electorate	131,234
Former constituency
Created	2001; 24 years ago (2001)
Abolished	2025; 0 years ago (2025)
Seats	5
Member(s)	Constituency Abolished
Town Council	Jurong–Clementi
Created from	Bukit Timah GRC Hong Kah GRC
Replaced by	Jurong East-Bukit Batok GRC (Bukit Batok, Bukit Batok East, Clementi) West Coast-Jurong West GRC (Jurong Spring, Taman Jurong) Jurong Central SMC Holland-Bukit Timah GRC (Bukit Timah Hill District)

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 2015, Bukit Batok 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 Singapore Democratic Party. In 2006, the PAP retained the constituency with a walkover in 2006. In 2008, Ong Chit Chung died from heart cancer.^[2] Following his death, a by-election was not called.^[3]

The PAP team was challenged in subsequent elections by the National Solidarity Party (2011), Singaporeans First (2015) and Red Dot United (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 Lim Boon Heng until his retirement from politics in 2011. After Lim's retirement, Tharman Shanmugaratnam and Desmond Lee Ti-Seng have assumed leadership for Jurong GRC, but Lee was transferred to West Coast GRC in 2020 together with 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.^[4] He was replaced by Xie Yao Quan.

In July 2023, Tharman stepped down from Parliament and all his positions in the government and resigned as a member of the PAP in order to stand as a candidate in the 2023 presidential election.^[5]

The constituency was dissolved in the 2025 general election. Its area will be split among Jurong East-Bukit Batok GRC, Jurong Central SMC, and West Coast-Jurong West GRC, with a portion near Bukit Timah Hill being absorbed into Holland-Bukit Timah GRC.

Members of Parliament

Election	Division	Members of Parliament	Party
2001	Bukit Batok Bukit Batok East Jurong Central Taman Jurong Yuhua	Ong Chit Chung Halimah Yacob Lim Boon Heng Tharman Shanmugaratnam Yu-Foo Yee Shoon		PAP
2006		Ong Chit Chung (2001–2008)1 Halimah Yacob Lim Boon Heng Tharman Shanmugaratnam Grace Fu
2011	Bukit Batok Bukit Batok East Jurong Central Jurong Spring Taman Jurong	David Ong Halimah Yacob Ang Wei Neng Desmond Lee Tharman Shanmugaratnam
2015	Bukit Batok East Clementi Jurong Central Jurong Spring Taman Jurong	Rahayu Mahzam Tan Wu Meng Ang Wei Neng Desmond Lee Tharman Shanmugaratnam
2020	Bukit Batok East Clementi Jurong Central Jurong Spring-Bukit Timah Hill District Taman Jurong	Rahayu Mahzam Tan Wu Meng Xie Yao Quan Shawn Huang Tharman Shanmugaratnam (2020–2023)2

^ Ong died on 14 July 2008 due to a heart failure. However, no by-election was called since it was a Group Representation Constituency (GRC), and the workload for the Bukit Batok division was given to Halimah Yacob.

^ Tharman Shanmugaratnam resigned as Member of Parliament in 2023 to contest in the 2023 presidential election. However, no by-election was called for this GRC as Shawn Huang took over the workload for Taman Jurong, the Jurong Spring part was then taken over by Hamid Razak.

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 2000s

General Election 2001: Jurong GRC

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	PAP	Ong Chit Chung Halimah Yacob Lim Boon Heng Tharman Shanmugaratnam Yu-Foo Yee Shoon	84,472	79.75%
	SDP	Chee Soon Juan Chee Siok Chin Gandhi s/o Karuppiah Ambalam Mohamed Isa Bin Abdul Aziz Vincent Yeo	21,511	20.25%
Turnout			115,113	94.8
	PAP win (new seat)

General Election 2006: Jurong GRC

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	PAP	Ong Chit Chung Halimah Yacob Lim Boon Heng Tharman Shanmugaratnam Grace Fu	Unopposed
Registered electors			116,573
	PAP hold

Elections in 2010s

General Election 2011: Jurong GRC

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	PAP	David Ong Halimah Yacob Ang Wei Neng Desmond Lee Tharman Shanmugaratnam	76,595	66.96	N/A
	NSP	Abdul Rasheed Cristopher Neo Elvin Ong Ong Hock Siong Noraini Yunus	37,786	33.07	N/A
Turnout			117,087	93.5	N/A
	PAP hold		Swing	N/A

General Election 2015: Jurong GRC

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	PAP	Rahayu Mahzam Tan Wu Meng Ang Wei Neng Desmond Lee Tharman Shanmugaratnam	95,080	79.28	12.32
	SingFirst	Foo Ming Jin David Sukdeu Singh Tan Peng Ann Wong Chee Wai Wong Soon Hong	24,848	20.72	N/A
Majority			61,666	55.37	N/A
Rejected ballots			2,432
Turnout			122,360
	PAP hold		Swing	N/A

Elections in 2020s

General Election 2020: Jurong GRC

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	PAP	Rahayu Mahzam Tan Wu Meng Xie Yao Quan Shawn Huang Tharman Shanmugaratnam	91,692	74.62	4.66
	RDU	Michelle Lee Juen Ravi Philemon Nicholas Tang Liyana Dhamirah Alec Tok	31,191	25.38	N/A
Majority			60,501	49.24
Rejected ballots			2,517	2.01
Turnout			125,400	95.55	1.79
Registered electors			131,234
	PAP hold		Swing	4.66