Pasir Ris Group Representation Constituency

Pasir Ris Group Representation Constituency was a defunct four-member Group Representation Constituency (GRC) that was located in the eastern part of Singapore at Pasir Ris. It had only existed once in 1997 general election. This GRC was created from the wards of Pasir Ris and parts of Tampines North from the defunct Eunos GRC.

History

A PAP team led by Teo Chee Hean won the contest for Pasir Ris GRC during the 1997 general election. The GRC was split into Pasir Ris Loyang, Pasir Ris Elias, Pasir Ris Central, Pasir Ris South divisions by the PAP.^[1]

In 2001 General Election, this GRC absorbed 3 wards in Punggol areas, while 3 of the 4 existing member wards in Pasir Ris were consolidated into 2 wards. With such enlargement, this GRC was renamed into Pasir Ris–Punggol GRC and expanded to a 5 members GRC. Since then, it again expanded to 6 members GRC during 2006 General Election until the 2020 General Election.

Members of Parliament

Year	Division	Members of Parliament	Party
Formation
1997	Pasir Ris Loyang Pasir Ris Elias Pasir Ris Central Pasir Ris South	Teo Chee Hean Charles Chong Ahmad Magad Ong Kian Min		PAP
Constituency abolished (2001)

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 1990s

General Election 1997^[2][3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	PAP	Teo Chee Hean Charles Chong Ahmad Magad Ong Kian Min	56,907	70.86
	WP	Abdul Rahim bin Abdul Rahman Balakrishnan Ananthan Sim Say Chuan Lim Chiu Liang	23,404	29.14
Majority			33,503	41.72
Total valid votes			80,311	97.10
Rejected ballots			2,397	2.90
Turnout			82,708	96.3
Registered electors			85,908
	PAP win (new seat)

See also

• Pasir Ris–Punggol GRC