Tanjong Pagar Group Representation Constituency

Tanjong Pagar
Group Representation Constituency for the Parliament of Singapore

Region	Central Singapore
Electorate	130,752
Current constituency
Created	1991
Number of members	5
Member(s)	Indranee Rajah Chan Chun Sing Chia Shi-Lu Joan Pereira Melvin Yong Yik Chye
Town Council	Tanjong Pagar

Not to be confused with the now-defunct Tanjong Pagar Single Member Constituency, where the first Prime Minister of Singapore Lee Kuan Yew made his debut into politics

Tanjong Pagar Group Representation Constituency (Chinese: 丹戎巴葛集选区; Malay: Kawasan Undi Perwakilan Berkumpulan Tanjong Pagar; Tamil: தஞ்சோங் பகார் குழுத்தொகுதி) is currently a five-member Group Representation Constituency (GRC) in Central and Western Singapore, consisting of the Buona Vista, Queenstown, Moulmein-Cairnhill, Tanjong Pagar-Tiong Bahru and Henderson-Dawson electoral wards. Geographically, this GRC consists of the areas of Tanjong Pagar, Queenstown, Tiong Bahru, Tanglin, Orchard Road, Bukit Merah, Buona Vista and Pek Kio.

Prior to his passing on 23 March 2015, Tanjong Pagar GRC had been led by founding Prime Minister and former Senior Minister and Minister Mentor Lee Kuan Yew. Mr Lee retired from the Cabinet in 2011, but remained the leading Member of Parliament (MP) for his Tanjong Pagar-Tiong Bahru ward. Mr Lee had been the MP there well before this GRC came into formation and absorbed the ward in 1991, after which his People's Action Party was repeatedly returned to power unopposed there in every general election until 2011. After Mr Lee passed away, this GRC received its first ever contest from the Singaporeans First, whose candidates included Tan Jee Say and Ang Yong Guan.

Tanjong Pagar GRC is now co-led by Senior Minister of State for Finance and Law Indranee Rajah, as well as Minister in Prime Minister's Office Chan Chun Sing.

History

The GRCs had previously changed divisions as follows:

1991 - Absorbed all of the Tiong Bahru GRC, Tanjong Pagar SMC and Telok Blangah SMC
1997 - Absorbed Brickworks GRC (Queenstown & Brickworks), Buona Vista SMC and Leng Kee SMC & split off Telok Blangah into West Coast GRC
2001 - Absorbed Kreta Ayer-Tanglin GRC (Tanglin-Cairnhill & Moulmein) & split off Buona Vista into the new Holland-Bukit Panjang GRC
2006 - No change except shrinking parts of Holland-Bukit Panjang GRC transferred to Tanjong Pagar GRC.
2011 - Absorbed Holland-Bukit Timah GRC (Buona Vista) & Jalan Besar GRC (Kreta Ayer-Kim Seng), split off Moulmein part into Moulmein-Kallang GRC and Radin Mas part into Radin Mas SMC. Tiong Bahru was merged into Tanjong Pagar.
2015 - A swap between Moulmein-Kallang GRC/Jalan Besar GRC and Tanjong Pagar GRC. In return, Moulmein goes back to Tanjong Pagar GRC while Kreta Ayer-Kim Seng relocates back to Jalan Besar GRC.

Previous Members of Parliament for the GRCs usually cut their teeth of the constituencies and became ministers before moving on to the new GRC:

1991 - 1997: Lim Hng Kiang (became West Coast GRC)
1997 - 2001: Lim Swee Say (became East Coast GRC)
2001 - 2006: Khaw Boon Wan (became Sembawang GRC)
2006 - 2011: Lui Tuck Yew (became Moulmein-Kallang GRC)

In GE 2011, a group of independents led by Ng Teck Siong were disqualified from contesting Tanjong Pagar GRC against the PAP team as they submitted nomination papers 35 seconds late.^[1]

Members of Parliament

Election	Radin Mas	Tiong Bahru	Tanjong Pagar-Tiong Bahru	Telok Blangah	Buona Vista	Leng Kee	Queenstown	Moulmein-Cairnhill	Henderson-Dawson	Kreta Ayer-Kim Seng
1988	Tiong Bahru GRC as Henderson, Radin Mas & Tiong Bahru		SMC as Tanjong Pagar	SMC	SMC	SMC	Brickworks GRC	SMC as Moulmein	SMC as Tanglin and Cairnhill	SMC as Kreta Ayer and Kim Seng
Formation								SMC as Moulmein	SMC as Tanglin and Cairnhill	SMC as Kreta Ayer and Kim Seng
1991	S Vasoo	Koo Tsai Kee	Lee Kuan Yew as tanjong pagar	Lim Hng Kiang				Kampong Glam GRC as Moulmein	Cairnhill was absorbed into Kampong Glam GRC, while Tanglin remained as SMC	Kim Seng carved into Kampong Glam GRC, while Kreta Ayer remained as Kreta Ayer SMC
1997	S Vasoo			West Coast GRC	Lim Swee Say	Ow Chin Hock	Chay Wai Chuen	Kreta Ayer-Tanglin GRC as Moulmein, Tanglin, Kreta Ayer and Kim Seng
2001	Chong Weng Chiew				Holland-Bukit Panjang GRC	Absorbed into Queenstown	Chay Wai Chuen	Khaw Boon Wan as Moulmein	Indranee Thurai Rajah as Tanglin-Cairnhill	Jalan Besar GRC
2006	Sam Tan Chin Siong				Holland-Bukit Timah GRC		Baey Yam Keng	Lui Tuck Yew as Moulmein		Jalan Besar GRC
2011	SMC	Merged with Tanjong Pagar as Tanjong Pagar-Tiong Bahru	Lee Kuan Yew		Chan Chun Sing		Chia Shi Lu	Moulmein-Kallang GRC as Moulmein		Lily Neo
2015	SMC	Merged with Tanjong Pagar as Tanjong Pagar-Tiong Bahru	Indranee Rajah		Chan Chun Sing		Chia Shi Lu	Melvin Yong	Joan Pereira	Jalan Besar GRC

Note: Lee Kuan Yew died on 23 March 2015. He had served as a MP for the constituency for 60 years. His Meet-the-People Sessions (MPS) were conducted by Koo Tsai Kee from 1991 to 2011 and Indranee Thurai Rajah since 2011. His seat in parliament has been replaced by Indranee Thurai Rajah while she was also replaced by Joan Pereira in her Tanglin-Cairnhill (now called Henderson-Dawson) ward.

Candidates and results

Elections in 2010s

General Election 2015: Tanjong Pagar GRC
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	PAP	Indernee Rajah Chan Chun Sing Chia Shi-Lu Joan Pereira Melvin Yong	90,448	77.71	N/A
	SingFirst	Tan Jee Say Ang Yong Guan Chirag Praful Desai Chiu Weng Hoe Melvyn Mohamad Fahmi Bin Ahmad Rais	25,943	22.29	N/A
Majority			64,505	55.42	N/A
Rejected ballots			2,405	2.02	N/A
Turnout			118,796	90.86	N/A
Registered electors			130,752
	PAP hold		Swing	N/A

General Election 2011: Tanjong Pagar GRC
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	PAP	Lee Kuan Yew Lily Neo Indranee Rajah Chan Chun Sing Chia Shi-Lu	Walkover
Turnout			139,771	N/A	N/A
	PAP hold		Swing	N/A

Elections in 2000s

General Election 2006: Tanjong Pagar GRC
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	PAP	Lee Kuan Yew Koo Tsai Kee Indernee Rajah Lui Tuck Yew Baey Yam Keng Sam Tan	Walkover
Turnout			148,141	N/A	N/A
	PAP hold		Swing	N/A

General Election 2001: Tanjong Pagar GRC
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	PAP	Lee Kuan Yew Chay Wai Chuen Koo Tsai Kee Khaw Boon Wan Indranee Rajah Chong Weng Chiew	Walkover
Turnout			141,150	N/A	N/A
	PAP hold		Swing	N/A

Elections in 1990s

General Election 1997: Tanjong Pagar GRC
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	PAP	Lee Kuan Yew Ow Chin Hock S Vasoo Chay Wai Chuen Koo Tsai Kee Lim Swee Say	Walkover
Turnout			141,520	N/A	N/A
	PAP hold		Swing	N/A

General Election 1991: Tanjong Pagar GRC
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	PAP	Lee Kuan Yew S Vasoo Koo Tsai Kee Lim Hng Kiang	Walkover
Turnout			86,944	N/A	N/A
	PAP win (new seat)

References

↑ Chua, Lee Hoong (28 April 2011). "Singapore heads to history-making polls on May 7". Straits Times. Retrieved 9 May 2011.

Constituencies of Singapore

Group Representation
Constituencies (GRCs)

Single Member
Constitutencies (SMCs)

Former or
defunct constituencies

GRCs	Bedok (4) Brickworks (4) Bukit Timah (5) Cheng San (5) Eunos (4) Holland-Bukit Panjang (5) Hong Kah (5) Kampong Glam (4) Kreta Ayer-Tanglin (4) Moulmein-Kallang (4) Pasir Panjang (3) Pasir Ris (4) Thomson (4) Tiong Bahru (3) Toa Payoh (4)

SMCs	Alexandra Aljunied Ang Mo Kio Anson Ayer Rajah Bedok Bo Wen Boon Lay Boon Teck Braddell Heights Bras Basah Brickworks Bukit Gombak Bukit Ho Swee Bukit Merah Bukit Timah Buona Vista Cairnhill Changi Changkat Cheng San Chong Boon Chua Chu Kang Clementi Crawford Delta Eunos Farrer Park Geylang East Geylang Serai Geylang West Havelock Henderson Hong Kah Hong Lim Jalan Besar Jalan Kayu Joo Chiat Jurong Kaki Bukit Kallang Kampong Chai Chee Kampong Glam Kampong Kapor Kampong Kembangan Kampong Ubi Katong Kebun Baru Khe Bong Kim Keat Kim Seng Kolam Ayer Kreta Ayer Kuo Chuan Leng Kee Marine Parade Moulmein Nee Soon Nee Soon Central Nee Soon East Nee Soon South Pasir Panjang Paya Lebar Punggol Punggol-Tampines Queenstown River Valley Rochore Seletar Sembawang Sepoy Lines Serangoon Gardens Siglap Southern Islands Stamford Tampines Tanah Merah Tanglin Tanjong Pagar Teck Ghee Telok Ayer Telok Blangah Thomson Tiong Bahru Toa Payoh Ulu Bedok Ulu Pandan Upper Serangoon West Coast Whampoa Yio Chu Kang

Numbers in parentheses indicate the number of representatives assigned.

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