West Coast Group Representation Constituency
The West Coast Group Representation Constituency is a five-member Group Representation Constituency located in the western area of Singapore. The GRC is divided into five divisions and is a constituency held by the People's Action Party. The five divisions are Ayer Rajah-Gek Poh, West Coast, Boon Lay, Nanyang and Telok Blangah. West Coast GRC covers the areas of Ayer Rajah, Dover, Pasir Panjang, the south-western area, West Coast, Jurong, Jurong Island, Sentosa, Telok Blangah, Tuas and much of Singapore's southern & western territorial waters and offshore islands in the area.
Group Representation Constituency for the Parliament of Singapore | |
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Region | West Region, Singapore |
Electorate | 146,251 |
Current constituency | |
Created | 1997 |
Seats | 5 |
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Member(s) | S Iswaran Desmond Lee Ti-Seng Foo Mee Har Rachel Ong Sin Yen Ang Wei Neng |
Town Council | West Coast |
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As of the 2020 general election, West Coast GRC is led by 2 full ministers, with Communications and Information Minister S Iswaran (also the minister overseeing Trade Relations and Cyber Security matters) continuing to lead the PAP team where he has been an MP for West Coast District since entering politics, and this team of MPs during present days also includes National Development Minister & Minister appointed for Social Service Integration in the Ministry of Social and Family Development (Singapore) Desmond Lee takes charge as well.
History
The constituency was a four-member GRC in 1997 and was expanded to five, when the constituency was redrawn to include the areas of the now defunct Boon Lay Single Member Constituency and the Jurong area of Bukit Timah Group Representation Constituency. In 2006, West Coast again absorbed Ayer Rajah Single Member Constituency and merged with Minister of State's S Iswaran's West Coast seat to form the Ayer Rajah-West Coast division. In 2011, Cedric Foo's Pioneer ward was crafted out a single member constituency, while the Jurong Industrial, Jurong Island and Tuas had been absorbed into Ayer Rajah's constituency. In 2015, the GRC was downsized to four members after the Clementi division was transferred to the nearby Jurong GRC. The constituency was increased to five seats ahead of the 2020, after the Nanyang division of Chua Chu Kang GRC and the Jurong West section of Hong Kah North SMC were merged into the constituency.
The constituency faced a contest against the Workers' Party in the 1997 general election. The constituency received walkovers in the 2001 and 2006 general elections. A team of Reform Party of Singapore, led by secretary-general Kenneth Jeyaretnam, challenged the PAP in the 2011 elections, and again in 2015.
Former Minister for Trade and Industry Lim Hng Kiang was the anchor minister of the GRC until his retirement from the cabinet in 2018. In 2011, the GRC was led by Lim and S Iswaran. Regarded as a test bed for new PAP candidates, from 2011 to 2015, Lawrence Wong was the semi-anchor minister of West Coast GRC, before moving to Marsiling–Yew Tee GRC. From 2015 to 2020, Patrick Tay was also the MP for Boon Lay before moving to Pioneer to replace retiring Cedric Foo. In 2020, Desmond Lee was moved to the constituency from Jurong Spring. This GRC was the most marginal constituency in the 2020 general election, won by the PAP with just 51.68% of the votes over the PSP.
West Coast GRC's town council head office is located at Clementi.
Members of Parliament
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Candidates and Results
Elections in 2020s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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PAP | S Iswaran Desmond Lee Ti-Seng Foo Mee Har Rachel Ong Sin Yen Ang Wei Neng |
71,658 | 51.68 | ![]() | |
PSP | Tan Cheng Bock Hazel Poa Nadarajah Loganathan Jeffrey Khoo Leong Mun Wai |
66,996 | 48.32 | N/A | |
Majority | 4,662 | 3.36 | ![]() | ||
Rejected ballots | 1,645 | 1.17 | ![]() | ||
Turnout | 140,299 | 95.8 | ![]() | ||
Registered electors | 146,251 | ||||
PAP hold | Swing | ![]() |
Elections in 2010s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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PAP | S Iswaran Lim Hng Kiang Foo Mee Har Patrick Tay |
71,091 | 78.57 | ![]() | |
RP | Kenneth Jeyaretnam Andy Zhu Darren Soh Noraini Yunus |
19,392 | 21.43 | ![]() | |
Majority | 51,699 | 57.1 | ![]() | ||
Rejected ballots | 2,415 | 1.83 | - | ||
Turnout | 92,898 | 93.6 | ![]() | ||
PAP hold | Swing | ![]() |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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PAP | S Iswaran Lim Hng Kiang Arthur Jen Fong Lawrence Wong Foo Mee Har |
72,563 | 66.66 | N/A | |
RP | Kenneth Jeyaretnam Andy Zhu Frankie Low Kumar Appavoo Haren Hu |
36,443 | 33.34 | N/A | |
Majority | 36,120 | 33.2 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 111,827 | 92.4 | N/A | ||
PAP hold | Swing | N/A |
Elections in 2000s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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PAP | S Iswaran Lim Hng Khiang Cedric Foo Arthur Fong Madeline Ho |
N/A | Walkover | ||
Turnout | 137,739 | N/A | |||
PAP hold | Swing | N/A |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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PAP | S Iswaran Lim Hng Khiang Cedric Foo Arthur Fong Madeline Ho |
N/A | Walkover | ||
Turnout | 110,779 | N/A | |||
PAP hold | Swing | N/A |
Elections in 1990s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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PAP | S Iswaran Lim Hng Kiang Bernard Chen Wan Soon Bee |
48,275 | 70.14 | N/A | |
WP | Mike Chan D'Cruz Anthony John Gan Eng Guan Ng Teck Siong |
20,550 | 29.86 | N/A | |
Majority | 27,725 | 40.2 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 70,587 | 95.4 | N/A | ||
PAP win (new seat) |