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Aljunied Group Representation Constituency

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Aljunied
Group Representation constituency for the Parliament of Singapore
Region	North-East and East Regions, Singapore
Electorate	151,007
Current constituency
Created	1988; 36 years ago (1988)
Seats	5
Party	Workers' Party
Member(s)	Gerald Giam Pritam Singh Faisal Manap Sylvia Lim
Town Council	Aljunied–Hougang
Created from	Aljunied SMC Kampong Kembangan SMC Kampong Ubi SMC Eunos SMC Kaki Bukit SMC Paya Lebar SMC Cheng San GRC Eunos GRC Marine Parade GRC

The Aljunied Group Representation Constituency is a five-member group representation constituency (GRC) in the north-eastern and eastern region of Singapore. It consists of a large part of Hougang (excluding Hougang SMC), Paya Lebar, Serangoon Gardens, the southern half of Serangoon North as well as a portion of Bedok and a very small section of Tampines managed by the Aljuined-Hougang Town Council. The GRC consists of five divisions: Eunos, Bedok Reservoir-Punggol, Kaki Bukit, Serangoon and Paya Lebar. The current members of parliament are Gerald Giam, Pritam Singh, Muhamad Faisal Manap and Sylvia Lim from the Worker's Party (WP).

History[edit]

Aljunied GRC was formed in 1988 and was won by the People's Action Party (PAP). The WP team, led by WP leader Low Thia Khiang, made a historic breakthrough when the WP team won the election for the GRC with 54.72% of the votes during the 2011 general election, making it the first GRC to be won by the opposition since the introduction of the GRC in 1988.

In the following general election in 2015, WP managed to retain the GRC with 50.96% of the votes. Between 2011 and 2020, Aljunied GRC was led by Low.

In the 2020 general election, Low and Chen Show Mao declined to run for re-election; the 2020 election saw the WP team, led by WP leader Pritam Singh, retained the GRC with 59.95% of the vote, a 9% swing from the previous election.

In July 2023, a video surfaced that allegedly showed Leon Perera holding hands intimately with fellow WP member Nicole Seah. On 19 July, WP secretary-general Pritam Singh revealed that Leon Perera and Nicole Seah began an affair some time after the 2020 general elections, which had ended before the video surfaced. Leon Perera resigned as a Member of Parliament on 19 July 2023.

After Leon Perera resignation, the workload for the Serangoon division was distributed among the other MPs in Aljuined GRC.

Members of Parliament[edit]

Electoral results[edit]

Elections in 1980s[edit]

Elections in 1990s[edit]

Elections in 2000s[edit]

Elections in 2010s[edit]

General Election 2011: Aljunied GRC^[7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	WP	Low Thia Khiang Sylvia Lim Chen Show Mao Pritam Singh Muhamad Faisal bin Abdul Manap	72,289	54.72	10.81
	PAP	George Yeo Lim Hwee Hua Zainul Abidin bin Mohammed Rasheed Cynthia Phua Ong Ye Kung	59,829	45.28	10.81
Majority			12,460	9.44	2.74
Rejected ballots			1,788	1.34	0.41
Turnout			133,906	93.54	0.04
Registered electors			143,148
	WP gain from PAP		Swing	10.81

General Election 2015: Aljunied GRC^[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	WP	Low Thia Khiang Pritam Singh Sylvia Lim Muhamad Faisal Manap Chen Show Mao	70,050	50.96	3.76
	PAP	Yeo Guat Kwang Victor Lye Chua Eng Leong Shamsul Kamar Murali Pillai	67,424	49.04	3.76
Majority			2,626	1.92	7.52
Rejected ballots			1,638	1.18	0.16
Turnout			139,112	93.90	0.36
Registered electors			148,142
	WP hold		Swing	3.76

Elections in 2020s[edit]

General Election 2020: Aljunied GRC^[9]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	WP	Gerald Giam Pritam Singh Muhamad Faisal Manap Sylvia Lim Leon Perera	85,815	59.95	8.99
	PAP	Victor Lye Alex Yeo Chan Hui Yuh Chua Eng Leong Shamsul Kamar	57,330	40.05	8.99
Majority			28,485	19.90	17.98
Rejected ballots			1,582	1.09	0.09
Turnout			144,727	95.96	2.06
Registered electors			150,821
	WP hold		Swing	8.99

See also[edit]

• Aljunied SMC

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