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Punggol Group Representation Constituency
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The Punggol Group Representation Constituency[a] is a four-member Group Representation Constituency (GRC) in the north-eastern region of Singapore. It consists of 4 divisions: Punggol West, Punggol North, Punggol Coast, and Punggol Shore, managed by Punggol Town Council.[2] The current Members of Parliament are Gan Kim Yong, Janil Puthucheary, Sun Xueling and Yeo Wan Ling from the People's Action Party (PAP).
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History
Prior to the 2025 general election, Punggol GRC was formed by merging the entirety of Punggol West Single Member Constituency (SMC) with the Punggol Coast and Punggol Shore wards of the defunct Pasir Ris–Punggol GRC. This was ostensibly done due to population growth in Punggol, as well as a need to better reflect the geographical location of the town.[3][4]
On Nomination Day, Gan Kim Yong, the previous "anchor minister" (a full Cabinet minister leading the PAP team)[5] in Chua Chu Kang GRC, where he had been expected to stay, was deployed to Punggol GRC to lead the PAP team in a surprise move against a "strong" challenge from the Workers' Party (WP) led by lawyer Harpreet Singh Nehal.[6] After the PAP won with 55% of the vote, the Singaporean mainstream media attributed the defeat of one of the WP's perceivedly strongest slates in the general election to Gan's position and importance as deputy prime minister, as well as a sense of geopolitical uncertainty.[7][8] Before the election, political analysts had predicted that Punggol GRC would be vulnerable for the PAP to a repeat WP victory, as seen with the then-new Sengkang GRC in the 2020 general election.[9]
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Constituency profile
Punggol GRC includes key transport infrastructure such as the Punggol and Punggol Coast MRT stations, along with the entire Punggol LRT line, which together serve the town's residential and commercial areas. The constituency is home to the campus of the Singapore Institute of Technology (SIT), a major tertiary institution. Other notable landmarks within the GRC include Coney Island, a designated nature reserve, as well as Waterway Point shopping centre, Marina Country Club and the integrated community hub One Punggol, which also houses the Punggol Regional Library.[9] The Punggol Regional Sports Centre and new residential developments such as Northshore, which have been constructed as part of the town's expansion since the late 2010s and early 2020s, are also in the GRC.
The GRC has a relatively high proportion of young voters, with over half of its more than 120,000 voters estimated to be aged between 21 and 45 as of the 2025 general election.[9]
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Members of Parliament
Electoral results
Note: Elections Department Singapore does not include rejected votes for calculation of candidate's vote share. Hence, the total of all candidates' vote share will be 100%.
Elections in 2020s
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See also
Notes
References
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