Yio Chu Kang Single Member Constituency

Yio Chu Kang
Yio Chu Kang
Single Member Constituency; for the Parliament of Singapore
Region	North-East Region, Singapore
Electorate	26,005
Current constituency
Created	1980
Seats	1
Party	People's Action Party
Member(s)	Yip Hon Weng
Town Council	Ang Mo Kio
Merged	1991, 2011
Merged to	Ang Mo Kio GRC
Reformed	2006, 2020
Reformed from	Ang Mo Kio GRC

The Yio Chu Kang Single Member Constituency is a single member constituency (SMC) in the north-eastern area, Singapore. The current Member of Parliament for the constituency is Yip Hon Weng of the People's Action Party (PAP).

History

In 1980, the constituency was formed and was known as Yio Chu Kang Constituency. In 1988, after electoral reforms, it was known as Yio Chu Kang Single Member Constituency.

In 1991, it was merged into Ang Mo Kio Group Representation Constituency (GRC) and was carved out as a SMC in 2006. This lasted only one electoral term as it was merged back to Ang Mo Kio GRC again in 2011.

In 2020, the constituency was reformed again as a SMC.

Town council

Yio Chu Kang SMC, alongside Kebun Baru SMC and Ang Mo Kio GRC, is managed by the Ang Mo Kio Town Council.

Members of Parliament

Constituency abolished (1991 – 2006)
Election	Member	Party
1980	Lau Ping Sum		PAP
1984
1988
2006	Seng Han Thong		PAP
Constituency abolished (2011 – 2020)
2020	Yip Hon Weng		PAP

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 1980s

General Election 1980: Yio Chu Kang
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	PAP	Lau Ping Sum	11,607	87.5	N/A
	United People's Front	Piaro Lachhu S.	1,653	12.5	N/A
Majority			9,954	75.00	N/A
Turnout			13,640	97.3	N/A
	PAP win (new seat)

General Election 1984: Yio Chu Kang
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	PAP	Lau Ping Sum	11,977	76.7	10.8
	United People's Front	Munjeet Singh	3,647	23.3	10.8
Majority			8,330	53.40	21.6
Turnout			16,281	97.3	0
	PAP hold		Swing	21.6

General Election 1988: Yio Chu Kang
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	PAP	Lau Ping Sum	10,996	73.7	3.0
	NSP	Rasiah Thiagarajah	3,931	26.3	26.3
Majority			7,065	47.40	21.6
Turnout			15,376	96.2	1.1
	PAP hold		Swing	3.0

Elections in 2000s

General Election 2006: Yio Chu Kang
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	PAP	Seng Han Thong	15,726	68.28	N/A
	SDA	Yip Yew Weng	7,307	31.72	N/A
Majority			8,419	36.56	N/A
Turnout			23,524	93.8	N/A
	PAP win (new seat)

Elections in 2020s

General Election 2020: Yio Chu Kang
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	PAP	Yip Hon Weng	14,756	60.83	N/A
	PSP	Kayla Low	9,500	39.17	N/A
Majority			5,256	21.66
Rejected ballots			413	1.67
Turnout			24,669	94.86	N/A
Registered electors			26,005
	PAP win (new seat)

References

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