Marine Parade Group Representation Constituency

Not to be confused with the defunct Marine Parade Single Member Constituency that existed from 1976 to 1984.

The Marine Parade Group Representation Constituency was a five-member Group Representation Constituency (GRC) located in the central, eastern and north-eastern areas of Singapore. The constituency consisted of a section of Bedok, Chai Chee, Geylang, Kaki Bukit, Kallang, Kembangan, Marine Parade, Mountbatten, Ubi, Serangoon and Hougang. There were a total of 5 divisions in this GRC: Marine Parade, Geylang Serai, Braddell Heights, Joo Chiat and Kembangan-Chai Chee managed by Marine Parade Town Council.

Marine Parade
Former Group Representation constituency for the Parliament of Singapore
Region	Central, North-East and East Regions, Singapore
Electorate	139,738
Former constituency
Created	1988; 37 years ago (1988)
Abolished	2025; 0 years ago (2025)
Seats	5
Member(s)	Constituency Abolished
Town Council	Marine Parade
Created from	Joo Chiat SMC Geylang Serai SMC Marine Parade SMC Braddell Heights SMC
Replaced by	Marine Parade–Braddell Heights GRC

History

Creation

Marine Parade GRC was formed in 1988 and was won by the People's Action Party (PAP) against the Singapore Justice Party (SJP) with 73.8% against the 26.2% earned by the latter. The PAP helmed by then-PM Goh Chok Tong won in a rematch in 1991 with a much higher vote with 77.25% of the vote. In the 1992 by-election, Lim Chee Onn retired and was replaced by Teo Chee Hean. The PAP won with 72.9% of the vote against the SDP team led by future Secretary-General Chee Soon Juan and the NSP and SJP which lost their deposits. Afterwards from 1997 to 2006, the GRC was uncontested. In the 2011 general elections, the GRC compromising of then-Senior Minister Goh Chok Tong, incumbent MPs, Seah Kian Peng and Fatimah Lateef with two new candidates Tan Chuan-Jin and Tin Pei Ling. The PAP team won the elections with 56.65% of the votes against the National Solidarity Party led by Cheo Chai Chen. It was the second-worst performing GRC after East Coast GRC. In the 2015 general elections, the Workers' Party led by ex-NCMP Yee Jenn Jong started contesting Marine Parade GRC after Joo Chiat SMC was absorbed into the GRC with the MacPherson ward being carved out as a SMC.^[1] Edwin Tong joined the team after the Moulmein-Kallang GRC division was dissolved.^[2] The PAP team led by anchor minister Tan Chuan-Jin proceded to defeat the WP team with 64.1% of the vote.^[3]

2020 election

On 17 July 2023, Tan Chuan-Jin resigned from Parliament and as member of the PAP due to "propriety and personal conduct".^[4]

Dissolution

In 2025, the Chai Chee HDB estates and Siglap private estates from the GRC are carved out to be merged into East Coast GRC. The remainder of the GRC will be merged with MacPherson Single Member Constituency (SMC), a portion of Mountbatten SMC, and also a portion of Potong Pasir SMC into Marine Parade-Braddell Heights GRC.^[5][6]

Members of Parliament

Election	Division	Members of Parliament	Party
Formation
1988	Joo Chiat Geylang Serai Marine Parade	Choo Wee Khiang Othman Haron Eusofe Goh Chok Tong		PAP
1991	Joo Chiat Geylang Serai Marine Parade MacPherson	Lim Chee Onn Othman Haron Eusofe Goh Chok Tong Matthias Yao
1992	Joo Chiat Geylang Serai Marine Parade MacPherson	Teo Chee Hean Othman Haron Eusofe Goh Chok Tong Matthias Yao
1997	Braddell Heights Geylang Serai Kampong Ubi Marine Parade Mountbatten Serangoon	Goh Choon Kang Othman Haron Eusofe Mohamad Maidin bin Packer Mohd Goh Chok Tong Yap Giau Cheng Eugene Lim Hwee Hua
2001		R Ravindran Othman Haron Eusofe Mohamad Maidin bin Packer Mohd Goh Chok Tong Andy Gan Lai Chiang Lim Hwee Hua
2006	Braddell Heights Geylang Serai Kaki Bukit Kampong Ubi - Kembangan Marine Parade Mountbatten	Seah Kian Peng Fatimah Lateef Muhammad Faishal Ibrahim Ong Seh Hong Goh Chok Tong Lim Biow Chuan
2011	Braddell Heights Geylang Serai Kembangan - Chai Chee MacPherson Marine Parade	Seah Kian Peng Fatimah Lateef Tan Chuan-Jin Tin Pei Ling Goh Chok Tong
2015	Braddell Heights Geylang Serai Joo Chiat Kembangan - Chai Chee Marine Parade	Seah Kian Peng Fatimah Lateef Edwin Tong Tan Chuan-Jin Goh Chok Tong
2020		Seah Kian Peng Fahmi Aliman Edwin Tong Tan Chuan-Jin (2020–2023) Tan See Leng
Constituency abolished (2025)

^ Tan Chuan Jin resigned as Member of Parliament in 2023 due to an affair with party member Cheng Li Hui. MP Edwin Tong will be the grassroots adviser not the MP for Kembangan - Chai Chee division.

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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	PAP	Choo Wee Khiang Othman Haron Eusofe Goh Chok Tong	41,325	73.81
	SJP	A R Suib M Ramasamy Theng Chin Eng	14,660	26.19
Majority			26,665	47.62
Total valid votes			55,985
Rejected ballots
Turnout
Registered electors			62,385
	PAP win (new seat)

Elections in 1990s

General Election 1991: Marine Parade GRC

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	PAP	Lim Chee Onn Othman Haron Eusofe Goh Chok Tong Matthias Yao	51,685	77.25%	3.44%
	SJP	Aminuddin Bin Ami Rajasekaran K S M Suib Bin Abdul Rahman Theng Chin Eng	15,222	22.75%	3.44%
Turnout			66,907	90.38%	1.28%
	PAP hold		Swing	3.44

By-Election 1992: Marine Parade GRC

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	PAP	Teo Chee Hean Othman Haron Eusofe Goh Chok Tong Matthias Yao	48,965	72.94%	4.31%
	SDP	Chee Soon Juan Low Yong Nguan Md Shariff bin Yahya Ashleigh Seow Chuan-Hock	16,447	24.50%	N/A
	NSP	Ken Sunn Sarry bin Hassan Tan Chee Kien Yong Choon Poh	950	1.42%	N/A
	SJP	A R Suib Lim Teong Howe Theng Chin Eng Yen Kim Khooi	764	1.14%	21.61%
Turnout			67,126	90.72%	0.34%
	PAP hold		Swing	4.31%

General Election 1997: Marine Parade GRC

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	PAP	Goh Choon Kang Othaman Haron Eusofe Mohammed Maidin bin Packer Mohd Goh Chok Tong Yap Giau Cheng Eugene Lim Hwee Hua	Unopposed
Turnout			Walkover
	PAP hold		Swing

Elections in 2000s

General Election 2001: Marine Parade GRC

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	PAP	R Ravindran Othaman Haron Eusofe Mohammed Maidin bin Packer Mohd Goh Chok Tong Andy Gan Lai Chiang Lim Hwee Hua	Unopposed
Turnout			Walkover
	PAP hold		Swing

General Election 2006: Marine Parade GRC

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	PAP	Seah Kian Peng Fatimah Lateef Muhammad Faishal Ibrahim Ong Seh Hong Goh Chok Tong Lim Biow Chuan	Unopposed
Turnout			Walkover
	PAP hold		Swing

Elections in 2010s

General Election 2011

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	PAP	Seah Kian Peng Fatimah Lateef Tan Chuan-Jin Tin Pei Ling Goh Chok Tong	78,286	56.65	16.29
	NSP	Cheo Chai Chen Nicole Seah Spencer Ng Abdul Salim Harun Ivan Yeo	59,926	43.35	43.35
Majority			18,360	13.30
Total valid votes			138,212
Rejected ballots
Turnout
Registered electors			154,451
	PAP hold		Swing	16.29

General Election 2015

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	PAP	Seah Kian Peng Fatimah Lateef Edwin Tong Tan Chuan-Jin Goh Chok Tong	85,138	64.07	7.42
	WP	Yee Jenn Jong He Ting Ru Dylan Ng Firuz Khan Terence Tan	47,753	35.93	N/A
Majority			37,385	28.14
Total valid votes			132,891	98.75
Rejected ballots			1,682	1.25
Turnout			134,573	92.02
Registered electors			146,244
	PAP hold		Swing	7.42

Elections in 2020s

General Election 2020

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	PAP	Seah Kian Peng Fahmi Aliman Edwin Tong Tan Chuan-Jin Tan See Leng	75,203	57.74	6.33
	WP	Yee Jenn Jong Ron Tan Nathaniel Koh Fadli Fawzi Muhammad Azhar Bin Abdul Latip	55,047	42.26	6.33
Majority			20,156	15.48
Total valid votes			130,250	98.65
Rejected ballots			1,789	1.35
Turnout			132,039	94.57	1.87
Registered electors			139,622
	PAP hold		Swing	6.33