Marine Parade Group Representation Constituency
Marine Parade | |
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Former Group Representation constituency for the Parliament of Singapore | |
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Region | Central, North-East and East Regions, Singapore |
Electorate | 139,738 |
Former constituency | |
Created | 1988 |
Abolished | 2025 |
Seats | 5 |
Member(s) | Constituency Abolished |
Town Council | Marine Parade |
Created from | |
Replaced by | Marine Parade–Braddell Heights GRC |
The Marine Parade Group Representation Constituency was a five-member Group Representation Constituency (GRC) located in the central, eastern and north-eastern areas of Singapore. The constituency consisted of a section of Bedok, Chai Chee, Geylang, Kaki Bukit, Kallang, Kembangan, Marine Parade, Mountbatten, Ubi, Serangoon and Hougang. There were a total of 5 divisions in this GRC: Marine Parade, Geylang Serai, Braddell Heights, Joo Chiat and Kembangan-Chai Chee managed by Marine Parade Town Council.
History
[edit]Creation
[edit]Marine Parade GRC was formed in 1988 and was won by the People's Action Party (PAP) against the Singapore Justice Party (SJP) with 73.8% against the 26.2% earned by the latter. The PAP helmed by then-PM Goh Chok Tong won in a rematch in 1991 with a much higher vote with 77.25% of the vote. In the 1992 by-election, Lim Chee Onn retired and was replaced by Teo Chee Hean. The PAP won with 72.9% of the vote against the SDP team led by future Secretary-General Chee Soon Juan and the NSP and SJP which lost their deposits. Afterwards from 1997 to 2006, the GRC was uncontested. In the 2011 general elections, the GRC compromising of then-Senior Minister Goh Chok Tong, incumbent MPs, Seah Kian Peng and Fatimah Lateef with two new candidates Tan Chuan-Jin and Tin Pei Ling. The PAP team won the elections with 56.65% of the votes against the National Solidarity Party led by Cheo Chai Chen. It was the second-worst performing GRC after East Coast GRC. In the 2015 general elections, the Workers' Party led by ex-NCMP Yee Jenn Jong started contesting Marine Parade GRC after Joo Chiat SMC was absorbed into the GRC with the MacPherson ward being carved out as a SMC.[1] Edwin Tong joined the team after the Moulmein-Kallang GRC division was dissolved.[2] The PAP team led by anchor minister Tan Chuan-Jin proceded to defeat the WP team with 64.1% of the vote.[3]
2020 election
[edit]On 17 July 2023, Tan Chuan-Jin resigned from Parliament and as member of the PAP due to "propriety and personal conduct".[4]
Dissolution
[edit]In 2025, the Chai Chee HDB estates and Siglap private estates from the GRC are carved out to be merged into East Coast GRC. The remainder of the GRC will be merged with MacPherson Single Member Constituency (SMC), a portion of Mountbatten SMC, and also a portion of Potong Pasir SMC into Marine Parade-Braddell Heights GRC.[5][6]
Members of Parliament
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1988 |
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1991 |
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1992 |
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1997 |
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2001 |
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2011 |
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2015 |
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Constituency abolished (2025) |
^ Tan Chuan Jin resigned as Member of Parliament in 2023 due to an affair with party member Cheng Li Hui. MP Edwin Tong will be the grassroots adviser not the MP for Kembangan - Chai Chee division.
Electoral results
[edit]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
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
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PAP | Choo Wee Khiang Othman Haron Eusofe Goh Chok Tong | 41,325 | 73.81 | ||
SJP | A R Suib M Ramasamy Theng Chin Eng | 14,660 | 26.19 | ||
Majority | 26,665 | 47.62 | |||
Total valid votes | 55,985 | ||||
Rejected ballots | |||||
Turnout | |||||
Registered electors | 62,385 | ||||
PAP win (new seat) |
Elections in 1990s
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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PAP | Lim Chee Onn Othman Haron Eusofe Goh Chok Tong Matthias Yao | 51,685 | 77.25% | ![]() | |
SJP | Aminuddin Bin Ami Rajasekaran K S M Suib Bin Abdul Rahman Theng Chin Eng | 15,222 | 22.75% | ![]() | |
Turnout | 66,907 | 90.38% | ![]() | ||
PAP hold | Swing | ![]() |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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PAP | Teo Chee Hean Othman Haron Eusofe Goh Chok Tong Matthias Yao | 48,965 | 72.94% | ![]() | |
SDP | Chee Soon Juan Low Yong Nguan Md Shariff bin Yahya Ashleigh Seow Chuan-Hock | 16,447 | 24.50% | N/A | |
NSP | Ken Sunn Sarry bin Hassan Tan Chee Kien Yong Choon Poh | 950 | 1.42% | N/A | |
SJP | A R Suib Lim Teong Howe Theng Chin Eng Yen Kim Khooi | 764 | 1.14% | ![]() | |
Turnout | 67,126 | 90.72% | ![]() | ||
PAP hold | Swing | ![]() |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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PAP | Goh Choon Kang Othaman Haron Eusofe Mohammed Maidin bin Packer Mohd Goh Chok Tong Yap Giau Cheng Eugene Lim Hwee Hua | Unopposed | |||
Turnout | Walkover | ||||
PAP hold | Swing |
Elections in 2000s
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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PAP | R Ravindran Othaman Haron Eusofe Mohammed Maidin bin Packer Mohd Goh Chok Tong Andy Gan Lai Chiang Lim Hwee Hua | Unopposed | |||
Turnout | Walkover | ||||
PAP hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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PAP | Seah Kian Peng Fatimah Lateef Muhammad Faishal Ibrahim Ong Seh Hong Goh Chok Tong Lim Biow Chuan | Unopposed | |||
Turnout | Walkover | ||||
PAP hold | Swing |
Elections in 2010s
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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PAP | Seah Kian Peng Fatimah Lateef Tan Chuan-Jin Tin Pei Ling Goh Chok Tong | 78,286 | 56.65 | ![]() | |
NSP | Cheo Chai Chen Nicole Seah Spencer Ng Abdul Salim Harun Ivan Yeo | 59,926 | 43.35 | ![]() | |
Majority | 18,360 | 13.30 | |||
Total valid votes | 138,212 | ||||
Rejected ballots | |||||
Turnout | |||||
Registered electors | 154,451 | ||||
PAP hold | Swing | ![]() |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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PAP | Seah Kian Peng Fatimah Lateef Edwin Tong Tan Chuan-Jin Goh Chok Tong | 85,138 | 64.07 | ![]() | |
WP | Yee Jenn Jong He Ting Ru Dylan Ng Firuz Khan Terence Tan | 47,753 | 35.93 | N/A | |
Majority | 37,385 | 28.14 | |||
Total valid votes | 132,891 | 98.75 | |||
Rejected ballots | 1,682 | 1.25 | |||
Turnout | 134,573 | 92.02 | |||
Registered electors | 146,244 | ||||
PAP hold | Swing | ![]() |
Elections in 2020s
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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PAP | Seah Kian Peng Fahmi Aliman Edwin Tong Tan Chuan-Jin Tan See Leng | 75,203 | 57.74 | ![]() | |
WP | Yee Jenn Jong Ron Tan Nathaniel Koh Fadli Fawzi Muhammad Azhar Bin Abdul Latip | 55,047 | 42.26 | ![]() | |
Majority | 20,156 | 15.48 | |||
Total valid votes | 130,250 | 98.65 | |||
Rejected ballots | 1,789 | 1.35 | |||
Turnout | 132,039 | 94.57 | ![]() | ||
Registered electors | 139,622 | ||||
PAP hold | Swing | ![]() |
References
[edit]- ^ "Workers' Party to field candidates in Marine Parade GRC & MacPherson SMC". mothership.sg. Retrieved 2 July 2025.
- ^ "GE2015: PAP unveils its slate for Marine Parade GRC". The Straits Times. 26 August 2015. ISSN 0585-3923. Retrieved 2 July 2025.
- ^ "GE2015: PAP wins Marine Parade GRC with 64.1 per cent of votes". The Straits Times. 12 September 2015. ISSN 0585-3923. Retrieved 2 July 2025.
- ^ "Speaker Tan Chuan-Jin, MP Cheng Li Hui resign over 'propriety and personal conduct'". CNA. Archived from the original on 17 July 2023. Retrieved 17 July 2023.
- ^ Ang, Hwee Min (11 March 2025). "GE2025: Major boundary changes to West Coast, East Coast and Marine Parade GRCs". CNA. Retrieved 12 March 2025.
- ^ Koh, Fabian (11 March 2025). "GE2025: Extensive changes to electoral boundaries due to population shifts; only 5 GRCs, 4 SMCs left intact". CNA. Retrieved 11 March 2025.