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[2] In the 2020 general election, the GRC was reduced to five members, with a newly formed constituency called Punggol West SMC carved out from the boundaries of Pasir-Ris Punggol GRC and Sengkang Central ward carved out to become part of the new Sengkang GRC, the Tampines retail park (part of the Pasir Ris area) was also redrawn into Tampines GRC.
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In 2001 General Election, this GRC had absorbed 3 wards in Punggol areas, while 3 of the existing 4 member wards in Pasir Ris was consolidated into 2 wards. With such enlargement, this GRC was renamed into Pasir Ris–Punggol GRC and expands to a 5 members GRC. Since then, it has again further expanded to 6 members GRC on 2006 General Election ...
Marine Parade GRC: 6 Malay 155,149 53 Braddell Heights Geylang Serai Kaki Bukit Kampong Ubi–Kembangan Marine Parade Mountbatten Pasir Ris–Punggol GRC: 6 Malay 178,443 63 Pasir Ris East Pasir Ris West Punggol Central Punggol East Punggol North Punggol South Sembawang GRC: 6 Indian or other 184,804 57 Admiralty Canberra Chong Pang Marsiling ...
In the 1997 Singaporean general election, the Cheng San GRC was contested by the PAP and the Workers' Party of Singapore (WP). The final results were close, with the PAP winning with 53,553 votes (54.8%) to the WP's 44,132 votes (45.2%). Cheng San GRC had since dissolved thereafter following the 2001 General Elections.
Holland–Bukit Timah GRC: Bukit Panjang SMC: Jalan Besar Jalan Besar GRC: Potong Pasir SMC: Jurong–Clementi Jurong GRC: Bukit Batok SMC: Yuhua SMC: Marine Parade Marine Parade GRC: MacPherson SMC: Mountbatten SMC: Marsiling–Yew Tee Marsiling–Yew Tee GRC: Nee Soon Nee Soon GRC: Pasir Ris–Punggol Pasir Ris–Punggol GRC: Punggol West SMC ...
The seat for Punggol East SMC was transferred from Pasir Ris-Punggol town council to Aljunied-Hougang town council (renaming it to Aljunied-Hougang-Punggol East) as a result of the 2013 by-election held 26 January 2013, and Sembawang-Nee Soon town council was hived into separate town councils based on boundaries for the respective GRCs and ...
The GRC scheme has also been criticized for raising the bar for the opposition in elections. First, opposition parties may find it harder to find competent candidates, including minority candidates, to form teams to contest GRCs. Goh Chok Tong has acknowledged that the GRC scheme benefits the PAP as they can put together stronger teams. [54]