Aljunied Group Representation Constituency
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Not to be confused with the smaller constituency with similar name of Aljunied Single Member Constituency
Aljunied Single Member Constituency
Aljunied Single Member Constituency is a defunct single member constituency in Aljunied, Singapore that was formed in 1959 and continued throughout till 1988 where it was one of the wards that form the Aljunied Group Representation Constituency.-Members of Parliament:*Suppiah Visva Lingam *Mohamad...

, which existed since the pre-independence era. This article is describing an present ward.


Aljunied Group Representation Constituency (Traditional Chinese
Traditional Chinese character
Traditional Chinese characters refers to Chinese characters in any character set which does not contain newly created characters or character substitutions performed after 1946. It most commonly refers to characters in the standardized character sets of Taiwan, of Hong Kong, or in the Kangxi...

: 阿裕尼集選區; Simplified Chinese
Simplified Chinese character
Simplified Chinese characters are standardized Chinese characters prescribed in the Xiandai Hanyu Tongyong Zibiao for use in Mainland China. Along with traditional Chinese characters, it is one of many standard character sets of the contemporary Chinese written language...

: 阿裕尼集选区) is a five-member group representation constituency
Group Representation Constituency
A Group Representation Constituency is a type of electoral division or constituency in Singapore, the Members of Parliament of which are voted into Parliament as a group...

 (GRC) in the north-eastern
North-East Region, Singapore
The North-East Region of Singapore is one of the five regions in the city-state. It includes seven urban planning areas. As its name implies, it is located in the north-eastern part of Singapore.The land area is about 13,810 hectares....

 region of Singapore
Singapore
Singapore , officially the Republic of Singapore, is a Southeast Asian city-state off the southern tip of the Malay Peninsula, north of the equator. An island country made up of 63 islands, it is separated from Malaysia by the Straits of Johor to its north and from Indonesia's Riau Islands by the...

. The GRC consists of a large part of Hougang
Hougang
Hougang is an urban planning area and a suburb in the north-eastern area of the city-state of Singapore. Under classification by the Urban Redevelopment Authority, the area is part of the North-East Region, an urban planning division. Hougang borders Sengkang in the north and Serangoon to its...

, Serangoon Gardens
Serangoon Gardens
Serangoon Gardens Estate is a residential estate in Singapore.The estate is well known for its food centres, tuition centers, presence of trend setters, and the food and beverage outlets.-History:...

, a portion of Bedok
Bedok
Bedok is a neighbourhood in the eastern part of Singapore. Bedok New Town is the fifth Housing and Development Board new town; its development started in April 1973 and continued over some 15 years....

 and Aljunied
Aljunied
Aljunied is a sub-urban area located in the eastern part of the city-state of Singapore. Named after Aljunied Road, it was formally agricultural land which has since been heavily urbanised and presently comprises a variety of landuses...

. Located within Aljunied GRC is an enclave single member constituency known as Hougang Single Member Constituency
Hougang Single Member Constituency
Hougang Single Member Constituency is a Single Member Constituency whose borders roughly enclose the town of Hougang, located in the north-eastern area of Singapore. The boundary includes a portion of Hougang and is an opposition held seat with its Member of Parliament the Workers' Party's Yaw...

 (SMC) which is currently manned by an opposition Member of Parliament
Members of the Singapore Parliament
The following is a historical list of members for the current and past ten Parliaments of Singapore:-See also:*1st Parliament of Singapore*2nd Parliament of Singapore*3rd Parliament of Singapore*4th Parliament of Singapore*5th Parliament of Singapore...

.

Aljunied GRC was formed in 1988 and was held by the People's Action Party
People's Action Party
The People's Action Party is the leading political party in Singapore. It has been the city-state's ruling political party since 1959....

 (PAP) till 2011. Currently, Aljunied GRC is led by the Secretary-General of the Workers' Party
Workers' Party of Singapore
The Workers' Party of Singapore is a centre-left opposition political party in Singapore. The party currently has six elected seats in Parliament, with the party's Secretary-General Low Thia Khiang, Chairman Sylvia Lim, Chen Show Mao, Muhamad Faisal Manap and Pritam Singh serving as Members of...

, Low Thia Khiang
Low Thia Khiang
Low Thia Khiang is a politician and businessman from Singapore. He is currently the leader of the opposition Workers' Party, and since 1991 has been a Member of Parliament representing the constituency of Hougang until 2011 where he contested and won in Aljunied GRC. He is in charge of the Bedok...

. This is the first time a Group Representation Constituency
Group Representation Constituency
A Group Representation Constituency is a type of electoral division or constituency in Singapore, the Members of Parliament of which are voted into Parliament as a group...

 has been won by a party other than the PAP since the introduction of the Group Representation Constituency concept in 1988
Singaporean general election, 1988
General elections were held in Singapore on 3 September 1988. The result was a victory for the People's Action Party, which won 80 of the 81 seats...

.

Members of Parliament

Election Aljunied
Aljunied
Aljunied is a sub-urban area located in the eastern part of the city-state of Singapore. Named after Aljunied Road, it was formally agricultural land which has since been heavily urbanised and presently comprises a variety of landuses...

-Kembangan
Kembangan
Kembangan may refer to:*In Singapore**Kembangan, Singapore, a residential area**Kembangan MRT Station, an MRT Station**Kampong Kembangan SMC, a former constituency*In Indonesia**Kembangan, Jakarta, a subdistrict of West Jakarta...

Kampong Ubi
Ubi, Singapore
Ubi Estate is a neighbourhood located at east-central Singapore. It lies within a somewhat rhombic piece of land bounded by Airport Road at the north, the Pan-Island Expressway at the south, Eunos Link at the east and Paya Lebar Road at the west. The area was formerly a Malay village known as...

Bedok Reservoir
Bedok Reservoir
Bedok Reservoir is a reservoir located in the eastern part of Singapore, to the north of Bedok New Town. The reservoir has a surface area of 880,000 m², and a capacity of 12.8 million m³. The mean depth of the reservoir is 9 m, with a maximum depth of 18.2 m...

-Punggol
Punggol
Punggol, or Ponggol, is a neighbourhood in northeastern Singapore. Presently, much of Punggol is undeveloped, although plans to turn the area into a residential new town under the "Punggol 21" initiative have begun to take place in the south-eastern parts of the area bordering neighbouring...

Paya Lebar
Paya Lebar
Paya Lebar is an area in the north-eastern part of Singapore. It is served by Paya Lebar Station, on the East West Line of Singapore's Mass Rapid Transit system. It is an urban planning area. The Singapore Post Centre is located there too....

Changi
Changi
Changi is an area at the eastern end of Singapore. It is now the site of Singapore Changi Airport/Changi Air Base, Changi Naval Base and is also home to Changi Prison, site of the former Japanese Prisoner of War Camp during World War II which held Allied prisoners captured in Singapore and Malaysia...

-Simei
Simei
Simei is a housing estate located in the eastern part of Singapore, situated next to Tampines New Town across the Pan-Island Expressway. The name Simei is pinyin for "four beauties" in Chinese. Initially, the roads in this area was named after the four great beauties in Chinese history...

Eunos Aljunied
Aljunied
Aljunied is a sub-urban area located in the eastern part of the city-state of Singapore. Named after Aljunied Road, it was formally agricultural land which has since been heavily urbanised and presently comprises a variety of landuses...

-Hougang
Hougang
Hougang is an urban planning area and a suburb in the north-eastern area of the city-state of Singapore. Under classification by the Urban Redevelopment Authority, the area is part of the North-East Region, an urban planning division. Hougang borders Sengkang in the north and Serangoon to its...

Serangoon
Serangoon
Serangoon is town situated in the central part of the city-state of Singapore, within the North-East Region. The Housing and Development Board housing estate of Serangoon New Town in Serangoon is one of the smaller new towns. Its town centre is known as Serangoon Central, and is the target of...

Kaki Bukit
Kaki Bukit
Kaki Bukit is a small town in Perlis, Malaysia. It has an estimated population of 3,000. Kaki Bukit is located 16 miles north of the state capital, Kangar and a few miles away from Padang Besar, the boundary of between Thailand and Malaysia.A place of interest in Kaki Bukit is Gua Kelam...

1984
Singaporean general election, 1984
General elections were held in Singapore on 22 December 1984. The result was a victory for the People's Action Party, which won 77 of the 79 seats, marking the first time since 1963 that they had not won every seat...

SMC
as Aljunied
SMC SMC
as Kampong Kembangan
SMC SMC
as Changi and Changkat
SMC SMC
as Serangoon Gardens
SMC
Formation
1988
Singaporean general election, 1988
General elections were held in Singapore on 3 September 1988. The result was a victory for the People's Action Party, which won 80 of the 81 seats...

Chin Harn Tong
as Aljunied
Wan Hussin B H Zoohri George Yeo Yong-Boon
as Kampong Kembangan
Kembangan
Kembangan may refer to:*In Singapore**Kembangan, Singapore, a residential area**Kembangan MRT Station, an MRT Station**Kampong Kembangan SMC, a former constituency*In Indonesia**Kembangan, Jakarta, a subdistrict of West Jakarta...

SMC As Changi and Changkat Eunos GRC SMC
as Serangoon Gardens
Serangoon Gardens
Serangoon Gardens Estate is a residential estate in Singapore.The estate is well known for its food centres, tuition centers, presence of trend setters, and the food and beverage outlets.-History:...

Eunos GRC
1991
Singaporean general election, 1991
General elections were held in Singapore on 31 August 1991. The result was a victory for the People's Action Party, which won 77 of the 81 seats...

Mohamad Maidin bin Packer Mohd Ker Sin Tze As Changi and Changkat South ward in Tampines GRC Thomson GRC
as Serangoon Gardens
1997 Toh See Kiat
as Aljunied
Marine Parade GRC David Lim Tik En Sidek B Saniff Marine Parade GRC East Coast GRC
2001 Ong Seh Hong George Yeo Yong-Boon
as Kembangan
Kembangan
Kembangan may refer to:*In Singapore**Kembangan, Singapore, a residential area**Kembangan MRT Station, an MRT Station**Kampong Kembangan SMC, a former constituency*In Indonesia**Kembangan, Jakarta, a subdistrict of West Jakarta...

-Punggol
Punggol
Punggol, or Ponggol, is a neighbourhood in northeastern Singapore. Presently, much of Punggol is undeveloped, although plans to turn the area into a residential new town under the "Punggol 21" initiative have begun to take place in the south-eastern parts of the area bordering neighbouring...

Cynthia Phua East Coast GRC Zainul Abidin Bin Mohamed Rasheed
Zainul Abidin bin Mohamed Rasheed
Zainul Abidin bin Mohamed Rasheed is a Singaporean politician and former Member of Parliament who last represented Aljunied GRC from 2001 to 2011.-Education:...

Yeo Guat Kwang
2006 Marine Parade GRC
as Kampong Ubi
Ubi, Singapore
Ubi Estate is a neighbourhood located at east-central Singapore. It lies within a somewhat rhombic piece of land bounded by Airport Road at the north, the Pan-Island Expressway at the south, Eunos Link at the east and Paya Lebar Road at the west. The area was formerly a Malay village known as...

-Kembangan
Kembangan
Kembangan may refer to:*In Singapore**Kembangan, Singapore, a residential area**Kembangan MRT Station, an MRT Station**Kampong Kembangan SMC, a former constituency*In Indonesia**Kembangan, Jakarta, a subdistrict of West Jakarta...

George Yeo Yong-Boon Lim Hwee Hua
Lim Hwee Hua
Lim Hwee Hua was a Singaporean politician, who was formerly the Minister in the Prime Minister’s Office and appointed concurrently as Second Minister for Finance and Second Minister for Transport.-Early career:...

Marine Parade GRC
2011 Low Thia Khiang
Low Thia Khiang
Low Thia Khiang is a politician and businessman from Singapore. He is currently the leader of the opposition Workers' Party, and since 1991 has been a Member of Parliament representing the constituency of Hougang until 2011 where he contested and won in Aljunied GRC. He is in charge of the Bedok...

Chen Show Mao
Chen Show Mao
Chen Show Mao, J.D. is a Singaporean politician and lawyer. He is a member of the opposition Workers' Party, and has been a Member of Parliament for the Aljunied Group Representation Constituency since 7 May 2011. He represents the Paya Lebar ward, replacing PAP's Cynthia Phua.-Personal...

Pritam Singh Ang Mo Kio GRC
as Ang Mo Kio
Ang Mo Kio
Ang Mo Kio(宏茂桥) is a heartland new town located in north central Singapore, and is generally within the North-East Region. It contains many of the common features of the island nation's neighbourhoods, e.g. hawker centres, wet markets and HDB housing blocks. Singapore's Prime Minister, Lee Hsien...

-Hougang
Hougang
Hougang is an urban planning area and a suburb in the north-eastern area of the city-state of Singapore. Under classification by the Urban Redevelopment Authority, the area is part of the North-East Region, an urban planning division. Hougang borders Sengkang in the north and Serangoon to its...

Sylvia Lim Swee Lian Muhamad Faisal Bin Abdul Manap

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