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Sengkang Group Representation Constituency

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Sengkang Group Representation Constituency
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The Sengkang Group Representation Constituency is a four-member Group Representation Constituency (GRC) in the north-eastern region of Singapore. It consists of four divisions: Buangkok, Anchorvale, Compassvale and Rivervale, which are managed by Sengkang Town Council. The current Members of Parliament (MPs) for the GRC are He Ting Ru, Jamus Lim, Abdul Muhaimin and Louis Chua from the Workers' Party (WP).

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Sengkang GRC consists of the residential parts of the planning area of Sengkang east of Sungei Punggol.

The constituency is served by the MRT stations of Buangkok and Sengkang, the latter of which is also the centre of the Sengkang LRT line. It is also served by the entire East Loop of the LRT and the eastern half of the West Loop.

History

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Creation

Sengkang GRC was created in 2020 from the bulk of Sengkang West SMC, the entire Punggol East SMC and the Sengkang Central ward of the Pasir Ris–Punggol GRC.[1][2][3]

In the 2020 general election, the WP team of He Ting Ru, Raeesah Khan, Jamus Lim and Louis Chua won the GRC, marking the second opposition victory in a GRC since the introduction of GRCs in 1988. The WP won with 52.12% of the vote, defeating Ng Chee Meng and his team representing the governing People's Action Party (PAP), which garnered 47.88%.[4] It was also the first time the opposition won a newly created GRC.[5]

MP resignation

After winning the consistency, the WP divided the GRC into Buangkok, Anchorvale, Compassvale and Rivervale divisions.[6] On 30 November 2021, Raeesah Khan resigned as a Member of Parliament after making unsubstantiated allegations against the police in Parliament on three occasions.[7] After her resignation, the workload for the Compassvale division was distributed among the other MPs in Sengkang GRC. At the same time, then-sitting MP Faisal Manap from Aljunied GRC became an advisor for Compassvale until the 2025 general election.[8]

2025 general election

On 27 March 2022, the PAP team for the GRC was revamped with Lam Pin Min remaining; Ng Chee Meng, Amrin Amin and Raymond Lye were replaced with Elmie Nekmat, Theodora Lai Xi Yi, and Ling Weihong.[9] Ling was later replaced by Marcus Loh in October 2023,[10] who was himself replaced by Bernadette Giam in January 2025.[11] After the appointment of Giam, the PAP confirmed their final lineup for the 2025 general election.[12] Prior to the 2025 general election, the WP announced that Abdul Muhaimin, a senior property manager at Aljunied–Hougang Town Council (AHTC), would be contesting the GRC alongside the incumbent MPs.[13] Despite a national swing towards the PAP, the WP ended up retaining the GRC with 56.32% of the vote to the PAP's 43.68%, a positive swing of over 4%.[14]

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Members of Parliament

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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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Notes

  1. Khan resigned from Parliament in 2021 after her allegations against the police.

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