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Sembawang Group Representation Constituency

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4-560: Nee Soon SMC The Sembawang Group Representation Constituency is a five-member Group Representation Constituency (GRC) located in the northern area of Singapore . The GRC consists: Sembawang Central, Sembawang West, Woodlands , Admiralty and Canberra divisions managed by Sembawang Town Council. It also encompasses a section of Singapore's northern territorial waters in the Straits of Johor . The current MPs are Vikram Nair , Lim Wee Kiak , Ong Ye Kung , Poh Li San and Mariam Jaafar from

8-560: The People's Action Party (PAP). 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%. Nee Soon Constituency Nee Soon Constituency was a single member constituency in the northern area in Singapore that was created in 1959 general elections and ceased to exist prior to 1988 general elections . Nee Soon

12-599: The portion in Yishun Central being renamed Nee Soon Central SMC where former opposition MP Cheo Chai Chen made his debut there. The remainder of this constituency was carved into 2 sub-divisions of Chong Pang and Nee Soon East . The latter ward was a part of Sembawang GRC until the 2001 general elections which saw the Workers' Party contest there. Note : Elections Department Singapore do not include rejected votes for calculation of candidate's vote share. Hence,

16-469: Was one of the rural areas in the north of Singapore . At its inception in 1959, there were only 8,694 voters even including present-day Ang Mo Kio town, whereas wards nearer to the city centre such as Kreta Ayer had 14,173 voters in a much smaller area. This ward was finally dissolved prior to the 1988 general elections , with most of the ward forming Nee Soon South SMC consisting of Khatib and Yio Chu Kang (near Yio Chu Kang MRT station ), and

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