East Coast Group Representation Constituency

East Coast
Group Representation Constituency for the Parliament of Singapore
East Coast Group Representation Constituency
Region	Southeastern Singapore
Electorate	99,118
Current constituency
Created	1997
Number of members	4
Member(s)	Lim Swee Say Lee Yi Shyan Jessica Tan Mohd Maliki Osman
Town Council	East Coast-Fengshan

East Coast Group Representation Constituency (Chinese: 东海岸集选区; Malay: Kawasan Undi Perwakilan Berkumpulan East Coast; Tamil: ஈஸ்ட் கோஸ்ட் குழுத்தொகுதி) is a four-member Group Representation Constituency in the eastern area of Singapore. The areas of the Group Representation Constituency consists of East Coast, Bedok, Changi-Simei, Siglap, Kampong Chai Chee and offshore islands of Pulau Tekong and Pulau Ubin. Singapore Changi International Airport is located in this constituency. Offshore island of Coney Island, transferred to Pasir Ris-Punggol GRC in 2015.

The GRC also covers a large portion of Singapore's eastern territorial waters.

East Coast GRC is led by Minister for Manpower Lim Swee Say, who was also once Minister in the Prime Minister's Office.

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 when it was carved out to form a new Single Member Constituency.

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 People's Action Party was uncontested in the 1997 and 2001 general elections and saw its first contest in the 2006 general election from the Workers' Party. In 2011 and 2015, the party has received numerous close fight with the Workers' Party but in the end People's Action Party wins. In the 2015 general election, Fengshan SMC was carved out from the constituency, leaving it with four members.

Members of Parliament

Election	Bedok	Fengshan	Kampong Chai Chee	Siglap	Joo Chiat	Kaki Bukit	Changi-Simei
1991	Bedok GRC				Marine Parade GRC	Eunos GRC
Formation
1997	Shunmugam Jayakumar	Chng Hee Hok	Tan Soo Khoon	Abdullah Tarmugi	Chan Soo Sen	Chew Heng Ching	Aljunied GRC
2001		Raymond Lim Siang Keat			SMC		Lee Yock Suan
2006			Lee Yi Shyan			Marine Parade GRC	Jessica Tan Soon Neo
2011	Lim Swee Say			Maliki Osman		Aljunied GRC
2015		SMC			Marine Parade GRC

Areas of responsibility

• Bedok - Blocks 1 to 65 Bedok South,Lucky Heights
• Changi-Simei - All blocks in Simei, Upper Changi Road
• Kampong Chai Chee - Blocks 2xx, 4xx, 130 - 140 Bedok and bedok reservoir view Longvale HDB ,
• Siglap - Kew Crescent, Stratford Ria Court, Eastwood, UE BizHub East, Flora Road,upper changi road north, changi airport, changi village, Pulau Ubin, Pulau Tekong.

Candidates and results

Elections in the 2010s

General Election 2015: East Coast GRC

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	PAP	Lim Swee Say Jessica Tan Soon Neo Lee Yi Shyan Mohd Maliki Osman	54,981	60.7%	+5.9%
	WP	Gerald Giam Daniel Goh Pei Siong Mohamed Fairoz Bin Shariff Leon Perera	35,547	39.3%	-5.9%
Majority			19,434	21.4%
Rejected ballots
Turnout
	PAP hold		Swing

General Election 2011: East Coast GRC

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	PAP	Lim Swee Say Jessica Tan Soon Neo Lee Yi Shyan Raymond Lim Siang Keat Mohd Maliki Osman	59,992	54.8	-9.1
	WP	Glenda Han Gerald Giam Mohd Fazli Talip Eric Tan Heng Chong Png Eng Huat	49,429	45.2	+9.1
Majority			10,563	9.6
Turnout			111,269	92.5
	PAP hold		Swing	-9.1

Elections in the 2000s

General Election 2006: East Coast GRC

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	PAP	Abdullah Tarmugi Jessica Tan Soon Neo Lee Yi Shyan Raymond Lim Siang Keat Shunmugam Jayakumar	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	Abdullah Tarmugi Chew Heng Ching Lee Yock Suan Raymond Lim Siang Keat Shunmugam Jayakumar Tan Soo Khoon	Walkover
Turnout			144,012	N/A
	PAP hold		Swing	N/A

Elections in the 1990s

General Election 1997: East Coast GRC

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	PAP	Abdullah Tarmugi Chan Soo Sen Chew Heng Ching Chng Hee Kok Shunmugam Jayakumar Tan Soo Khoon	Walkover
Turnout			142,201	N/A
	PAP win (new seat)

References

• 1997 General Election's Result
• 2001 General Election's Result
• 2006 General Election's Result
• 2011 General Election's Result