West Coast | |
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Group Representation constituency for the Parliament of Singapore | |
Region | West Region, Singapore |
Electorate | 146,251 |
Current constituency | |
Created | 1997 |
Seats | 5 |
Party | People's Action Party |
Member(s) | Foo Mee Har Desmond Lee Ang Wei Neng Rachel Ong S. Iswaran |
Town Council | West Coast |
Created from |
The West Coast Group Representation Constituency is a five-member Group Representation Constituency (GRC) located in the western as well as the central area of Singapore. The five divisions consists: 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. The current Members of Parliament for the constituency are Foo Mee Har, Desmond Lee, Ang Wei Neng, Rachel Ong and S. Iswaran from the People's Action Party (PAP). [1]
Members of Parliament
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1997 |
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2020 |
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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 1990s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
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PAP | Bernard Chen S Iswaran Lim Hng Kiang Wan Soon Bee |
48,275 | 70.14 | ||
WP | Mike Chan D'Cruz Anthony John Gan Eng Guan Ng Teck Siong |
20,550 | 29.86 | ||
Majority | 27,725 | 40.2 | |||
Turnout | 70,587 | 95.4 | |||
PAP win (new seat) |
Elections in 2000s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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PAP | Madeline Ho Arthur Fong Cedric Foo Lim Hng Khiang S Iswaran |
Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 110,779 | ||||
PAP hold | |||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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PAP | S Iswaran Madeline Ho Arthur Fong Cedric Foo Lim Hng Khiang |
Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 137,739 | ||||
PAP hold | |||||
Elections in 2010s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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PAP | Foo Mee Har Lawrence Wong Arthur Jen Fong Lim Hng Kiang S Iswaran |
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 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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PAP | Foo Mee Har Patrick Tay Lim Hng Kiang S Iswaran |
71,091 | 78.57 | 11.91 | |
RP | Kenneth Jeyaretnam Andy Zhu Darren Soh Noraini Yunus |
19,392 | 21.43 | 11.91 | |
Majority | 51,699 | 57.1 | 23.9 | ||
Rejected ballots | 2,415 | 1.83 | - | ||
Turnout | 92,898 | 93.6 | 1.2 | ||
PAP hold | Swing | 11.91 | |||
Elections in 2020s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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PAP | Foo Mee Har Desmond Lee Ang Wei Neng Rachel Ong S Iswaran |
71,658 | 51.68 | 26.89 | |
PSP | Tan Cheng Bock Leong Mun Wai Hazel Poa Nadarajah Loganathan Jeffrey Khoo |
66,996 | 48.32 | N/A | |
Majority | 4,662 | 3.36 | 53.74 | ||
Rejected ballots | 1,645 | 1.17 | 0.66 | ||
Turnout | 140,299 | 95.8 | 2.2 | ||
Registered electors | 146,251 | ||||
PAP hold | Swing | 26.89 | |||
References
- ↑ Ng, Kelly (30 June 2020). "GE2020: PAP's West Coast team led by ministers S Iswaran, Desmond Lee up against Tan Cheng Bock's PSP". Business Times. Retrieved 19 May 2021.
- ↑ "1997 PARLIAMENTARY GENERAL ELECTION RESULTS". Retrieved 19 October 2020.
- ↑ "Statement of Poll for the Electoral Division of West Coast" (PDF). Retrieved 19 October 2020.