Yio Chu Kang Single Member Constituency

The Yio Chu Kang Single Member Constituency is a single member constituency (SMC) in the north-eastern area of Singapore. It is managed by Ang Mo Kio Town Council. The current Member of Parliament (MP) is Yip Hon Weng from the People's Action Party (PAP).

Yio Chu Kang
Single Member constituency for the Parliament of Singapore
Region	North-East Region, Singapore
Electorate	25,410
Current constituency
Created	1980; 45 years ago (1980)
Seats	1
Party	People's Action Party
Member(s)	Yip Hon Weng
Town Council	Ang Mo Kio
Merged	1991, 2011
Merged to	Ang Mo Kio GRC
Reformed	2006, 2020
Reformed from	Ang Mo Kio GRC

History

Yio Chu Kang Constituency was created in 1980. At the election held in the same year, Lau Ping Sum from the PAP won with 87.53% of the vote.^[1] He would represent the constituency until 1991, when it was abolished and merged into Ang Mo Kio Group Representation Constituency (GRC).

In 1988, the constituency was renamed Yio Chu Kang Single Member Constituency with the creation of GRCs.

Yio Chu Kang SMC would not exist after the 1991 general election until it was reformed in 2006 from Ang Mo Kio GRC. At the election held in the same year, Seng Han Thong from the PAP won with 68.28% of the vote.^[2] The SMC was abolished for the second time after a single term.

For the 2020 general election, the SMC was reformed for the second time from Ang Mo Kio GRC. Yip Hon Weng from the PAP won with 60.82% of the vote against Kayla Low from the Progress Singapore Party (PSP).^[3] Yip won an improved 78.75% of the vote when he ran for reelection in 2025 against Michael Fang from the People's Alliance for Reform (PAR).^[4]

Member of Parliament

Year	Member	Party
Formation
1980	Lau Ping Sum		PAP
1984
1988
Constituency abolished (1991 – 2006)
2006	Seng Han Thong		PAP
Constituency abolished (2011 – 2020)
2020	Yip Hon Weng		PAP
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 1980s

General Election 1980: Yio Chu Kang

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	PAP	Lau Ping Sum	11,607	87.5
	United People's Front	Piaro Lachhu S.	1,653	12.5
Majority			9,954	75.00
Total valid votes
Rejected ballots
Turnout			13,640	97.3
Registered electors
	PAP win (new seat)

General Election 1984: Yio Chu Kang

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	PAP	Lau Ping Sum	11,977	76.7	10.8
	United People's Front	Munjeet Singh	3,647	23.3	10.8
Majority			8,330	53.40	21.6
Total valid votes
Rejected ballots
Turnout			16,281	97.3
Registered electors
	PAP hold		Swing	21.6

General Election 1988: Yio Chu Kang

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	PAP	Lau Ping Sum	10,996	73.7	3.0
	NSP	Rasiah Thiagarajah	3,931	26.3	26.3
Majority			7,065	47.40	21.6
Turnout			15,376	96.2	1.1
	PAP hold		Swing	3.0

Elections in 2000s

General Election 2006: Yio Chu Kang

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	PAP	Seng Han Thong	15,726	68.28	N/A
	SDA	Yip Yew Weng	7,307	31.72	N/A
Majority			8,419	36.56	N/A
Turnout			23,524	93.8	N/A
	PAP win (new seat)

Elections in 2020s

General Election 2020

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	PAP	Yip Hon Weng	14,775	60.82
	PSP	Kayla Low	9,519	39.18
Majority			5,256	21.64
Total valid votes			24,294	98.33
Rejected ballots			413	1.67
Turnout			24,707	95.17
Registered electors			25,962
	PAP win (new seat)

General Election 2025^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	PAP	Yip Hon Weng	18,066	78.75	17.93
	PAR	Michael Fang	4,876	21.25	N/A
Majority			13,190	57.50	35.86
Total valid votes			22,942	97.62	0.71
Rejected ballots			559	2.38	0.71
Turnout			23,501	92.49	2.68
Registered electors			25,410		2.13
	PAP hold		Swing	17.93

See also

• Yio Chu Kang
• Yio Chu Kang MRT station