Marine Parade Group Representation Constituency

Marine Parade
Group Representation Constituency for the Parliament of Singapore
Region	Southeastern Singapore
Electorate	146,244
Current constituency
Created	1988
Number of members	5
Member(s)	Goh Chok Tong Tan Chuan-Jin Seah Kian Peng Fatimah Lateef Edwin Tong
Town Council	Marine Parade

Not to be confused with the defunct and smaller Marine Parade Single Member Constituency (Marine Parade SMC) that existed from 1976 to 1984.

Marine Parade Group Representation Constituency (Chinese: 马林百列集选区; Malay: Kawasan Undi Perwakilan Berkumpulan Marine Parade; Tamil: மரீன் பரேட் குழுத்தொகுதி) is a five-member Group Representation Constituency located in the central, eastern and north-eastern areas of Singapore. The constituency consists of a section of Bedok, Chai Chee, Geylang, Kaki Bukit, Kallang, Kembangan, Marine Parade, Mountbatten, Ubi and a part of Serangoon. Serangoon Gardens was part of the constituency until 2006 when it was moved to Aljunied Group Representation Constituency. In 2011, it carved out Kaki Bukit portion and in return, MacPherson ward was absorbed and was exchanged. In 2015, the MacPherson ward was carved out to become a Single Member Constituency, while Joo Chiat reabsorbs back to this GRC, after over 18 years.

Marine Parade GRC is currently both led by former prime minister ESM Goh Chok Tong and Minister for Social and Family Development Tan Chuan Jin.

Before the creation of Marine Parade GRC, he had been the Member of Parliament for the Marine Parade single-seat constituency since being first elected in 1976. The GRC saw its fiercest contest in the general election in 2011 where National Solidarity Party candidates led by Nicole Seah managed to get over 43% of the vote despite walkovers in the previous three general elections. Before 2011, it remained uncontested after the 1992 by-election which saw a four-way contest involving the National Solidarity Party, Singapore Democratic Party and Singapore Justice Party (now part of the Singapore Democratic Alliance).

Members of Parliament

Election	Joo Chiat	Geylang Serai	Marine Parade	MacPherson	Kembangan-Chai Chee	Braddell Heights	Mountbatten	Serangoon	Kaki Bukit
1984	SMC	SMC	SMC	SMC	SMC as Kampong Ubi	SMC	SMC	SMC as Serangoon Gardens	SMC
Formation
1988	Choo Wee Khiang	Othman Haron Eusofe	Goh Chok Tong	SMC	Aljunied GRC as Kampong Ubi and kampong kembangan	SMC	SMC	SMC as Serangoon Gardens	SMC
1991	Lim Chee Onn			Matthias Yao				Thomson GRC (Serangoon Gardens)	Eunos GRC
1992	Teo Chee Hean
1997	East Coast GRC			SMC	Mohamad Maidin bin Packer Mohd as Kampong Ubi	Goh Choon Kang	Yap Giau Keng Eugene	Lim Hwee Hua	East Coast GRC
2001	SMC					R Ravindran	Andy Gan Lai Chiang
2006		Fatimah Lateef			Ong Seh Hong as Kampong Ubi-Kembangan	Seah Kian Peng	Lim Biow Chuan	Aljunied GRC	Muhammad Faishal Ibrahim
2011				Tin Pei Ling	Tan Chuan-Jin		SMC		Aljunied GRC
2015	Edwin Tong Chun Fai			SMC

Areas of Responsibility

• Marine Parade: The entire Marine Parade Estate and Joo Chait
• Kembangan-Chai Chee: Kembangan, Chai Chee, Kampong Ubi, Geylang Serai Market
• Geylang Serai: Haig Road, Tai Seng, Joo Seng, Geylang Serai and Eunos Crescent
• Braddell Heights: Sommerville, Lorong Lew Lian, Serangoon Avenues 1-3, Nex Mall, Bartley Estate, Lorong Chuan
• Joo Chiat: Frankel Avenue, Telok Kurau, Opera Estate, Siglap

Candidates and results

Elections in 1980s

General Election 1988: Marine Parade GRC

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	PAP	Goh Chok Tong Choo Wee Khiang Othman Haron Eusofe	41,325	73.81%
	SJP	A R Suib M Ramasamy Theng Chin Eng	14,660	26.19%
Turnout			55,985	89.09%
	PAP win (new seat)

Elections in 1990s

General Election 1991: Marine Parade GRC

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	PAP	Goh Chok Tong Othman Haron Eusofe Matthias Yao Lim Chee Onn	51,685	77.25%	+3.44%
	SJP	Aminuddin Bin Ami Rajasekaran K S M Suib Bin Abdul Rahman Theng Chin Eng	15,222	22.75%	-3.44%
Turnout			66,907	90.38%	+1.28%
	PAP hold		Swing

By-Election 1992: Marine Parade GRC

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	PAP	Goh Chok Tong Othman Haron Eusofe Matthias Yao Teo Chee Hean	48,965	72.94%	-4.31%
	SDP	Chee Soon Juan Low Yong Nguan Md Shariff bin Yahya Ashleigh Seow Chuan-Hock	16,447	24.50%
	NSP	Ken Sunn Sarry bin Hassan Tan Chee Kien Yong Choon Poh	950	1.42%
	SJP	A R Suib Lim Teong Howe Theng Chin Eng Yen Kim Khooi	764	1.14%	-21.61%
Turnout			67,126	90.72%	+0.34%
	PAP hold		Swing	-4.31%

General Election 1997: Marine Parade GRC

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	PAP	Goh Chock Tong Othaman Haron Eusofe Lim Hwee Hua Goh Choon Kang Mohammed Maidin bin Packer Mohd Yap Giau Cheng Eugene
Turnout			Walkover
	PAP hold		Swing

Elections in 2000s

General Election 2001: Marine Parade GRC

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	PAP	Andy Gan Lai Chiang Goh Chok Tong Lim Hwee Hua Mohamad Maidin bin Packer Mohd Othman Haron Eusofe R Ravindran
Turnout			Walkover
	PAP hold		Swing

General Election 2006: Marine Parade GRC

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	PAP	Fatimah Lateef Goh Chok Tong Lim Biow Chuan Muhammad Faishal Ibrahim Ong Seh Hong Seah Kian Peng
Turnout			Walkover
	PAP hold		Swing

Elections in 2010s

General Election 2011: Marine Parade GRC

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	PAP	Goh Chok Tong Tan Chuan-Jin Fatimah Lateef Seah Kian Ping Tin Pei Ling	78,286	56.65%	-16.29%
	NSP	Cheo Chai Chen Nicole Seah Abdul Salim Harun Spencer Ng Ivan Yeo	59,926	43.35%	+43.35%
Turnout			138,812	89.87
	PAP hold		Swing

General Election 2015: Marine Parade GRC

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	PAP	Goh Chok Tong Tan Chuan-Jin Fatimah Lateef Seah Kian Ping Edwin Tong	84,939	64.07%	+7.42%
	WP	Firuz Khan He Ting Ru Ng Foo Eng dylan Terence Tan li-zhen Yee Jenn Jong	47,629	35.93%	N/A
Rejected ballots			1,682	1.15%
Turnout			146,244	92.7%	+2.83%
	PAP hold		Swing	+7.42%

See also

• Marine Parade SMC
• Goh Chok Tong

References

• 2011 General Election's result
• 2006 General Election's result
• 2001 General Election's result
• 1997 General Election's result
• 1992 By-Election's result
• 1991 General Election's result
• 1988 General Election's result