Sembawang Group Representation Constituency

The Sembawang Group Representation Constituency is a five-member Group Representation Constituency (GRC) located in the northern area of Singapore. The GRC consists: Sembawang Central, Naval Base, Woodlands, Admiralty and Canberra divisions managed by Sembawang Town Council. It also encompasses a section of Singapore's northern territorial waters in the Straits of Johor. The current MPs are Gabriel Lam, Mariam Jaafar, Ng Shi Xuan, Ong Ye Kung and Vikram Nair from the People's Action Party (PAP).

Sembawang
Group Representation constituency for the Parliament of Singapore
Region	North Region, Singapore
Electorate	134,157
Current constituency
Created	1988; 37 years ago (1988)
Seats	5
Party	People's Action Party
Member(s)	Gabriel Lam Mariam Jaafar Ng Shi Xuan Ong Ye Kung Vikram Nair
Town Council	Sembawang
Created from	Sembawang SMC Nee Soon SMC Bukit Panjang SMC

History

In 2025, Sembawang West was carved out of the GRC to form a new Sembawang West Single Member Constituency (SMC) for the 2025 general election in order to reduce the number of voters in the GRC.^[1][2]

In the 2025 elections, the National Solidarity Party (NSP) and the Singapore Democratic Party (SDP) were in talks hoping to avert a three-cornered fight in the constituency.^[3] However, on 12 April, both parties were unable to come to an agreement as NSP rejected SDP's proposal for NSP to instead contest in Holland–Bukit Timah.^[4]

Due to Sembawang West ward being carved out of the GRC, incumbent MP for the ward, Poh, left the GRC team to contest the Sembawang West SMC.^[5]

Members of Parliament

Election	Division	Members of Parliament	Party
1988	Chong Pang Nee Soon East Sembawang	K. Shanmugam Charles Chong Tony Tan		PAP
1991	Bukit Panjang Chong Pang Nee Soon East Sembawang	Lee Yiok Seng K. Shanmugam Ho Peng Kee Tony Tan
1997	Bukit Panjang Chong Pang Marsiling Nee Soon East Sembawang Woodlands	Teo Ho Pin K. Shanmugam Hawazi Daipi Ho Peng Kee Tony Tan Chin Tet Yung
2001	Admiralty Canberra Chong Pang Marsiling Sembawang Woodlands	Maliki Osman Warren Lee K. Shanmugam Hawazi Daipi Tony Tan Chin Tet Yung
2006		Maliki Osman Lim Wee Kiak K. Shanmugam Hawazi Daipi Khaw Boon Wan Ellen Lee
2011	Admiralty Marsiling Sembawang Woodlands Woodgrove	Vikram Nair Hawazi Daipi Khaw Boon Wan Ellen Lee Ong Teng Koon
2015	Admiralty Canberra Gambas Sembawang Woodlands	Vikram Nair Lim Wee Kiak Ong Ye Kung Khaw Boon Wan Amrin Amin
2020	Admiralty Canberra Sembawang Central Sembawang West Woodlands	Vikram Nair Lim Wee Kiak Ong Ye Kung Poh Li San Mariam Jaafar
2025	Admiralty Canberra Naval Base Sembawang Central Woodlands	Vikram Nair Gabriel Lam Ng Shi Xuan Ong Ye Kung Mariam Jaafar

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: Sembawang GRC

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	PAP	K Shanmugam Charles Chong Tony Tan	36,154	70.1%
	United People's Front	Harbans Singh Ang Bee Lian Kasim bin Ibrahim	15,436	29.9%
Turnout			53,596	96.3	N/A
	PAP win (new seat)

Elections in 1990s

General Election 1991: Sembawang GRC

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	PAP	Lee Yiok Seng K Shanmugam Ho Peng Kee Tony Tan	Walkover
Turnout			117,951		N/A
	PAP hold		Swing	N/A

General Election 1997: Sembawang GRC

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	PAP	Teo Ho Pin K Shanmugam Hawazi Daipi Tony Tan Ho Peng Kee Chin Tet Yung	Walkover
Turnout			154,402		N/A
	PAP hold		Swing	N/A

Elections in 2000s

General Election 2001: Sembawang GRC

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	PAP	Mohd Maliki Osman Warren Lee K Shanmugam Tony Tan Hawazi Daipi Chin Tet Yung	Walkover
Turnout			166,137		N/A
	PAP hold		Swing	N/A

General Election 2006: Sembawang GRC

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	PAP	Mohd Maliki Osman Lim Wee Kiak K Shanmugam Hawazi Daipi Khaw Boon Wan Ellen Lee	130,170	76.70	N/A
	SDP	Chee Siok Chin Christopher Neo Ting Wei Francis Yong Chu Leong Gerald Sng Choon Guan Mohd Isa Abdul Aziz Narayanasamy Gogelavany	39,537	23.30	N/A
Turnout			175,194	94.8	N/A
	PAP hold		Swing	N/A

Elections in 2010s

General Election 2011: Sembawang GRC

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	PAP	Vikram Nair Hawazi Daipi Khaw Boon Wan Ellen Lee Ong Teng Koon	84,252	63.90	12.8
	SDP	John Tan James Gomez Mohd Isa Aziz Sadasivam Veriyah Jarrod Luo	47,605	36.10	12.8
Turnout			135,148	94.87	0.07
	PAP hold		Swing	12.8

General Election 2015: Sembawang GRC

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	PAP	Vikram Nair Lim Wee Kiak Ong Ye Kung Khaw Boon Wan Amrin Amin	96,639	72.28%	8.38
	NSP	Spencer Ng Abdul Rasheed S/O Y Abdul Kuthus Kevryn Lim Yadzeth Bin Haris Eugene Yeo	37,067	27.72%	N/A
Majority			59,572	44.5	16.7
Rejected ballots			3,796	2.76	0.32
Turnout			137,502	95.04	0.17
	PAP hold		Swing	8.38

Elections in 2020s

General Election 2020^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	PAP	Vikram Nair Lim Wee Kiak Ong Ye Kung Poh Li San Mariam Jaafar	94,176	67.29	4.99
	NSP	Spencer Ng Sathin Ravindran Ivan Yeo Tiong Boon Sebastian Teo Yadzeth Hairis	45,778	32.71	4.99
Majority			48,398	34.58	9.92
Total valid votes			139,954	97.94	0.70
Rejected ballots			2,948	2.06	0.70
Turnout			142,902	96.64	1.60
Registered electors			147,786
	PAP hold		Swing	4.99

General Election 2025^[7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	PAP	Ong Ye Kung Mariam Jaafar Gabriel Lam Vikram Nair Ng Shi Xuan	84,159	67.76	0.47
	SDP	Damanhuri Abas James Gomez Bryan Lim Surayah Akbar Alfred Tan	37,157	29.92	N/A
	NSP	Raiyan Chia Lee Wei Spencer Ng Verina Ong Yadzeth Hairis	2,878	2.32	30.39
Majority			47,002	37.84	3.26
Total valid votes			124,194	98.53	0.59
Rejected ballots			1,848	1.47	0.59
Turnout			126,042	93.95	2.69
Registered electors			134,157		9.22
	PAP hold		Swing	0.47