East Coast Group Representation Constituency

The East Coast Group Representation Constituency is a five-member Group Representation Constituency in the eastern area of Singapore. The areas of the Group Representation Constituency consists of East Coast Park, Bedok, Changi-Simei, Siglap, Tampines, Pasir Ris, Kampong Chai Chee, Changi Airport and the offshore islands of Pulau Tekong, Pulau Ubin and Pedra Branca.[1] The GRC also covers a large portion of Singapore's eastern territorial waters.

Group Representation Constituency
for the Parliament of Singapore
RegionEast and North-East Regions, Singapore
Electorate121,772
Current constituency
Created1997 (1997)
Seats5
Party People's Action Party
Member(s)Heng Swee Keat
Maliki Osman
Tan Kiat How
Cheryl Chan Wei Ling
Jessica Tan Soon Neo
Town CouncilEast Coast–Fengshan
Created from

East Coast GRC is led by Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister Heng Swee Keat with Second Minister for Foreign Affairs and Education Maliki Osman.

History

East Coast GRC was formed in 1997 as a six-member Group Representation Constituency. East Coast GRC was formed with a merger of Bedok Group Representation Constituency and Eunos Group Representation Constituency.

Joo Chiat Single Member Constituency was formerly part of the GRC until 2001, and subsumed into Marine Parade GRC as of the 2015 elections. A large portion of the Kaki Bukit division and 60% of Kampong Chai Chee was transferred from East Coast GRC to Marine Parade GRC and saw the removal of Chew Heng Ching, Tan Soo Khoon and Lee Yock Suan due to the advanced age in 2006, followed by S Jayakumar and Abdullah Tarmugi in 2011. It was downsized from six members to five members following the redrawing of divisions into the Marine Parade GRC in 2006. The offshore island of Coney Island was transferred to Pasir Ris–Punggol GRC in 2015, while Fengshan SMC was carved out and East Coast GRC was left with four members. East Coast GRC was increased in size to five after Fengshan SMC has been absorbed back into East Coast GRC for the 2020 general election.

The People's Action Party won in a walkover in the 1997 and 2001 general elections. It saw its first contest in the 2006 general election from the Workers' Party. This GRC is a perennial battleground in general elections. In 2011 and 2015, the PAP received numerous close fights with the Workers' Party but the former won in both elections in the end, though the results allowed WP candidates to enter parliament as Non-Constituency MPs both times. In 2020, East Coast GRC was the second smallest margin GRC to be won by the PAP. However, WP candidates did not enter parliament as NCMPs this time as the result in West Coast GRC was closer.

Members of Parliament
Election Division IncumbentParty
1991 PAP
Formation
1997
  • Bedok
  • Fengshan
  • Joo Chiat
  • Kaki Bukit
  • Kampong Chai Chee
  • Siglap
 PAP
2001
  • Bedok
  • Changi-Simei
  • Fengshan
  • Kaki Bukit
  • Kampong Chai Chee
  • Siglap
 PAP
2006
  • Bedok
  • Changi-Simei
  • Fengshan
  • Kampong Chai Chee
  • Siglap
 PAP
2011 PAP
2015
  • Bedok
  • Changi-Simei
  • Kampong Chai Chee
  • Siglap
 PAP
2020
  • Bedok
  • Changi-Simei
  • Fengshan
  • Kampong Chai Chee
  • Siglap
 PAP

Candidates and results

Elections in 2020s
General Election 2020: East Coast GRC
Party Candidate Votes % ±
PAP Heng Swee Keat
Maliki Osman
Tan Kiat How
Cheryl Chan Wei Ling
Jessica Tan Soon Neo		 61,144 53.39 6.72
WP Kenneth Foo Seck Guan
Abdul Shariff Aboo Kassim
Terence Tan Li-Chern
Dylan Ng Foo Eng
Nicole Seah Xue Ling		 53,375 46.61 6.72
Majority 7,769 6.78
Rejected ballots 1,393 1.20
Turnout 115,912 94.96 2.61
Registered electors 121,772
PAP hold Swing 6.72

As Fengshan merged with East Coast GRC, the notional result in 2015 with the two constituencies' 2015 votes combined is PAP 60.11%, WP 39.89%. Therefore, there was a swing of 6.72% to WP from the 2015 election.

Elections in 2010s
General Election 2015: East Coast GRC
Party Candidate Votes % ±
PAP Lim Swee Say
Lee Yi Shyan
Maliki Osman
Jessica Tan		 54,981 60.73 5.9
WP Leon Perera
Daniel Goh Pei Siong
Gerald Giam
Mohamed Fairoz Bin Shariff		 35,547 39.27 5.9
Majority 19,434 21.4 11.8
Rejected ballots 1,008 1.02 -
Turnout 99,118 -
PAP hold Swing 5.9
General Election 2011: East Coast GRC
Party Candidate Votes % ±
PAP Lim Swee Say
Raymond Lim
Maliki Osman
Lee Yi Shyan
Jessica Tan		 59,992 54.8 9.1
WP Gerald Giam
Png Eng Huat
Mohd Fazli Talip
Eric Tan Heng Chong
Glenda Han		 49,429 45.2 9.1
Majority 10,563 9.6 N/A
Turnout 111,269 92.5 N/A
PAP hold Swing 9.1

Elections in 2000s
General Election 2006: East Coast GRC
Party Candidate Votes % ±
PAP S Jayakumar
Raymond Lim
Abdullah Tarmugi
Lee Yi Shyan
Jessica Tan		 66,931 63.9
WP Abdul Rahim Abdul Rahman
Brandon Siow Wei-Min
Chia Ti Lik
Eric Tan Heng Chong
Perry Tong Tzee Kwang		 37,873 36.1
Turnout 107,028 91.7
PAP hold Swing N/A
General Election 2001: East Coast GRC
Party Candidate Votes %
PAP S Jayakumar
Raymond Lim
Lee Yock Suan
Abdullah Tarmugi
Tan Soo Khoon
Chew Heng Ching		 Walkover
Turnout 144,012 N/A
PAP hold

Elections in 1990s
General Election 1997: East Coast GRC
Party Candidate Votes %
PAP S Jayakumar
Ch'ng Hee Kok
Tan Soo Khoon
Abdullah Tarmugi
Chew Heng Ching
Chan Soo Sen		 Walkover
Turnout 142,201 N/A
PAP win (new seat)

References
  1. Lai, Linette (1 February 2019). "Registers of electors to be updated, Pedra Branca included under East Coast electoral division". The Straits Times. Retrieved 14 November 2019.

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