Marsiling–Yew Tee Group Representation Constituency

The Marsiling–Yew Tee Group Representation Constituency is a four-member group representation constituency (GRC) in the north and west of Singapore. It has four divisions: Limbang, Marsiling, Woodgrove, and Yew Tee, managed by Marsiling–Yew Tee Town Council. The current Members of Parliament (MPs) for the constituency are Lawrence Wong, Alex Yam, Hany Soh and Zaqy Mohamad from the governing People's Action Party (PAP).

Marsiling–Yew Tee
Group Representation constituency for the Parliament of Singapore
Region	North and West Regions, Singapore
Electorate	119,559
Current constituency
Created	24 July 2015; 10 years ago (2015-07-24)
Seats	4
Party	People's Action Party
Member(s)	Lawrence Wong Alex Yam Hany Soh Zaqy Mohamad
Town Council	Marsiling–Yew Tee
Created from	Chua Chu Kang GRC Sembawang GRC

History

2015: Creation of GRC

Prior to the 2015 general election, Marsiling–Yew Tee GRC was formed with four MPs from the existing GRCs of Chua Chu Kang and Sembawang. Led by Lawrence Wong, Minister for Culture, Community and Youth and MP for West Coast GRC, and Halimah Yacob, Speaker of Parliament and MP for Jurong GRC, the PAP defeated the Singapore Democratic Party (SDP) with 68.73% of the vote.^[1][2]

2017: Resignation of Halimah Yacob

On 7 August 2017, Halimah, the MP for the Marsiling division of the GRC, resigned as Speaker, an MP and a member of the PAP in order to contest in the presidential election in the same year.^[3]

The next day, Zaqy Mohamad, incumbent MP for Chua Chu Kang GRC, was appointed as the grassroots advisor^[a] for Halimah's Marsiling division.^[7] Halimah had been the sole minority MP for Marsiling–Yew Tee GRC prior to her resignation.^[8][b] When queried by Pritam Singh, Workers' Party (WP) MP for Aljunied GRC, on said status of Halimah, the government maintained that it was legal to forgo by-elections in GRCs.^[8] Justice Chua Lee Ming of the High Court dismissed a bid by Wong Souk Yee, the assistant treasurer of the SDP, to initiate a by-election.^[10] The bid was dismissed by the Court of Appeal upon appeal.^[11]

2020: PAP personnel changes

During the 2020 general election, Hany Soh, a political newcomer, became a PAP candidate for Marsiling–Yew Tee GRC; she was assigned to the Woodgrove division, replacing retiring incumbent Ong Teng Koon. Zaqy became a candidate for the constituency; he remained assigned to Marsiling, having served as a grassroots advisor there. Led again by Wong, the PAP team defeated the SDP with 63.18% of the vote.^[2][12]

2024: Becoming the Prime Minister's constituency

In 2024, Wong, the MP for the Limbang division of Marsiling–Yew Tee GRC, became the Prime Minister of Singapore.^[13]

2025: PAP entrenchment

During the 2025 general election, the unchanged PAP team was re-elected with 73.48% of the vote against the SDP, a swing in their favour of over 10% and the best PAP performance in the GRC since its creation.^[2][14][15]

Members of Parliament

Year	Division	Members of Parliament	Party
Formation
2015	Yew Tee Woodgrove Marsiling Limbang	Alex Yam Ong Teng Koon Halimah Yacob (2015-2017)[c] Lawrence Wong		PAP
2020		Alex Yam Hany Soh Zaqy Mohamad Lawrence Wong
2025

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 2010s

General Election 2015

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	PAP	Ong Teng Koon Lawrence Wong Alex Yam Halimah Yacob	68,485	68.73
	SDP	Wong Souk Yee John Tan Bryan Lim Damanhuri Abas	31,157	31.27
Majority			37,328	37.46
Total valid votes
Rejected ballots			2,134	2.0
Turnout			101,776	94.59
	PAP win (new seat)

Elections in 2020s

General Election 2020

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	PAP	Lawrence Wong Alex Yam Hany Soh Zaqy Mohamad	69,813	63.18	5.55
	SDP	Benjamin Pwee Bryan Lim Damanhuri Abas Khung Wai Yeen	40,690	36.82	5.55
Majority			29,123	26.36
Total valid votes			110,503	98.14
Rejected ballots			2,097	1.86
Turnout			112,600	96.18	1.59
Registered electors			117,077
	PAP hold		Swing	5.55

General Election 2025^[16]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	PAP	Lawrence Wong Alex Yam Hany Soh Zaqy Mohamad	81,143	73.48	10.30
	SDP	Jufri Salim Alec Tok Gigene Wong Ariffin Sha	29,281	26.52	10.30
Majority			51,862	46.96	20.60
Total valid votes			110,424	98.51	0.37
Rejected ballots			1,668	1.49	0.37
Turnout			112,092	93.75	2.43
Registered electors			119,559		2.12
	PAP hold		Swing	10.30

Notes

1. An individual appointed for "grassroots engagement and outreach" in a GRC division or single-member constituency (SMC) who, according to the People's Association (PA), has to be aligned with the "Government of the day"; in practice, they are a member of the PAP. They do not need to be the elected MP for the area.^[4][5][6][7]
2. Every team in a GRC is legally required to contain at least one minority (i.e. non-Chinese) candidate, either Malay or Indian/other (other being not Chinese, Malay or Indian). The mandatory minority category in a GRC is determined by the President. The number of GRCs requiring Malay candidates at a general election must be three-fifths of the total number of GRCs, or, if that is fractional, the next highest whole number.^[9]
3. Resigned from Parliament and the PAP to run for President. Zaqy replaced her as the grassroots advisor for Marsiling before being elected MP for Marsiling–Yew Tee GRC in his own right in 2020.