East Coast Group Representation Constituency

East Coast
Group Representation Constituency for the Parliament of Singapore

Region	Southeastern Singapore
Electorate	99,118
Current constituency
Created	1997
Number of members	4
Member(s)	Lim Swee Say Maliki Osman Lee Yi Shyan Jessica Tan
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.

Election	Bedok	Fengshan	Kampong Chai Chee	Siglap	Joo Chiat	Kaki Bukit	Changi-Simei
1991	Bedok GRC				Marine Parade GRC	Eunos GRC	As Chanket South Ward in Tampines 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	Tan Soo Khoon		SMC	Chew Heng Ching	Lee Yock Suan
2006			Lee Yi Shyan			Marine Parade GRC	Jessica Tan Soon Neo
2011	Lim Swee Say			Maliki Osman		Aljunied GRC
2015	Lim Swee Say	SMC		Maliki Osman	Marine Parade GRC	Aljunied GRC

Bedok - Blocks 1 to 65 Bedok South,Lucky Heights AND BAYSHORE
Changi-Simei - All blocks in Simei, Upper Changi Road
Kampong Chai Chee - Blocks 2xx, 4xx, 130 - 140 Bedok and Longvale HDB .
Siglap - Kew Crescent, Stratford Ria Court, Eastwood, UE BizHub East, Flora Road, Pulau Ubin, Pulau Tekong ,Changi Village,Changi Airport

General Election 2015: East Coast GRC
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	PAP	Lim Swee Say Lee Yi Shyan Maliki Osman Jessica Tan	54,981	60.7%	+5.9%
	WP	Leon Perera Daniel Goh Pei Siong Gerald Giam Mohamed Fairoz Bin Shariff	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 Raymond Lim Maliki Osman Lee Yi Shyan Jessica Tan	59,992	54.8	-9.1
	WP	Gerald Giam Png Eng Huat Mohd Fazli Talip Eric Tan Heng Chong Glenda Han	49,429	45.2	+9.1
Majority			10,563	9.6
Turnout			111,269	92.5
	PAP hold		Swing	-9.1

General Election 2006: East Coast GRC
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	PAP	S Jayakumar Raymond Lim Abdullah Tarmugi Lee Yi Shyan Jessica Tan	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	S Jayakumar Raymond Lim Lee Yock Suan Abdullah Tarmugi Tan Soo Khoon Chew Heng Ching	Walkover
Turnout			144,012	N/A
	PAP hold		Swing	N/A

General Election 1997: East Coast GRC
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	PAP	S Jayakumar Ch'ng Hee Kok Tan Soo Khoon Abdulah Tarmugi Chew Heng Ching Chan Soo Sen	Walkover
Turnout			142,201	N/A
	PAP win (new seat)

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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