Marymount Single Member Constituency

The Marymount Single Member Constituency is a single member constituency (SMC) located in the central area of Singapore formed in 2020. The current Member of Parliament (MP) is Gan Siow Huang of the People's Action Party (PAP).[1]

Marymount
Single Member Constituency
for the Parliament of Singapore
RegionCentral Region, Singapore
Electorate23,444
Current constituency
Created2020 (2020)
Seats1
Party People's Action Party
Member(s)Gan Siow Huang
Town CouncilBishan–Toa Payoh
Created fromBishan–Toa Payoh GRC

History

Marymount is a new SMC carved out as a new electoral boundary and used to be part of the Bishan-Toa Payoh GRC. Marymount SMC includes Bishan North, Sin Ming and Shunfu estate from Bishan East-Thomson division were also carved into the new constituency which will reduce the size of the Bishan-Toa Payoh GRC from five to four seats.

Josephine Teo the previous MP for Bishan North declined that she will contest the SMC in the 2020 Singapore general election. PAP's new candidate Gan Siow Huang defeated Progress Singapore Party (PSP) candidate Ang Yong Guan with a vote count of 55.04% vs 44.96% in the 2020 Singapore general election which made her the MP of the new constituency.

Town council

Marymount SMC is managed by the Bishan-Toa Payoh Town Council.

Members of Parliament
Election MemberParty
2020 Gan Siow HuangPAP

Elections

Note : Elections Department Singapore do not include rejected votes for calculation of candidate's vote share. Hence, the total of all candidates' vote share will be 100%.

Elections in 2020s
General Election 2020: Marymount[2][3]
Party Candidate Votes %
PAP Gan Siow Huang 12,143 55.04
PSP Ang Yong Guan 9,918 44.96
Majority 2,225 10.08
Registered electors 23,444
Valid ballots 22,061 98.64
Rejected ballots 305 1.36
Turnout 22,366 95.40
PAP win (new seat)

References
  1. Sim, Royston (13 March 2020). "Singapore GE: New electoral boundaries announced; 14 SMCs, 17 GRCs in next election". The Straits Times. Retrieved 13 March 2020.
  2. "ELD | 2020 Parliamentary General Election Results". www.eld.gov.sg. Retrieved 2021-07-19.
  3. "Singapore Parliamentary General Election 2020 > Marymount". www.singapore-elections.com. Retrieved 2021-07-19.
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