Jalan Besar Group Representation Constituency

Jalan Besar
Group Representation Constituency for the Parliament of Singapore

Region	Central Singapore
Electorate	102,540
Current constituency
Created	1988
Number of members	4
Member(s)	Yaacob Ibrahim Heng Chee How Denise Phua Lily Neo
Town Council	Jalan Besar

Not to be confused with the smaller ward that existed since pre-independence era named as Jalan Besar Single Member Constituency, which is also where the ex-minister Lee Boon Yang made his debut.

Jalan Besar Group Representation Constituency (Chinese: 惹兰勿刹集选区; Malay: Kawasan Undi Perwakilan Berkumpulan Jalan Besar; Tamil: ஜாலான் புசார் குழுத் தொகுதி) is a four-member Group Representation Constituency, and therefore an electoral district composed of several city suburbs surrounding the Central Area of Singapore, of which the street Jalan Besar it is named after and forms its centrepiece. The street itself is within the Kallang planning area, Kallang itself being part of the Jalan Basar Group Representation Constituency. The GRC has four divisions, namely Kampong Glam, Kolam Ayer, Kreta Ayer-Kim Seng and Whampoa.

Several heritage areas such as Little India, colourful Desker Road, Kolam Ayer and Crawford, these of which border the Kallang River is located in the GRC. Kreta Ayer-Kim Seng itself includes the Singapore River, Chinatown and Bukit Ho Swee whose Member of Parliament is Lily Neo. Whampoa which covers Balestier Road and Whampoa whose MP is Heng Chee How. These areas are relatively older compared to many of the newer suburbs of Singapore.

Jalan Besar GRC is headed by Minister for Communications and Information Yaacob Ibrahim. Lee Boon Yang was the previous anchor minister for the original Jalan Besar GRC,

Jalan Besar GRC is a favourite GRC to be contested by the opposition at every election, with the exception in 1991 GE.

Members of Parliament

Election	Jalan Besar	Geylang West	Kolam Ayer	Kallang	Kampong Glam	Kreta Ayer-Kim Seng	Whampoa
1984	SMC	SMC	SMC	SMC	SMC	As Kreta Ayer SMC and Kim Seng SMC separately	SMC
Formation
1988	Lee Boon Yang	Peh Chin Hua	Sidek Bin Saniff
1991			Zulkifli bin Mohamed	Choo Wee Khiang	Kampong Glam GRC	Kim Seng absorbed by Kampong Glam GRC, while Kreta Ayer remained as SMC	Dissolved into Kallang & possibly Moulmein (Kampong Glam GRC)
1997			Yaacob Ibrahim	Ward dissolved and absorbed into Koalm Ayer,Jalan Besar And Kampong Glam wards	Kreta Ayer-Tanglin GRC as Kreta Ayer and Kim Seng	Choo Wee Khiang
2001		Dissolved and absorbed intoJalan Besar wards			Loh Meng See	Lily Neo	Heng Chee How
2006		Dissolved and absorbed intoJalan Besar wards			Denise Phua Lay Peng	Lily Neo	Heng Chee How
Dissolution
2011	Together with Moulmein from Tanjong Pagar GRC, new Moulmein-Kallang GRC was formed.					Tanjong Pagar GRC	SMC
Reformation
2015	Dissolved and merged into Kolam Ayer, Kampong Glam and Whampoa ward	Dissolved and absorbed into Kolam Ayer Ward	Yaacob Ibrahim	Ward Dissolved into Kolam Ayer Ward	Denise Phua Lay Peng	Lily Neo	Heng Chee How

Notes: Choo Wee Khiang resigned his MP position before being charged and convicted on 1999 for cheating offences.^[1] Since he was in a GRC team, no by-election was called on the grounds of the workload could be distributed among the remaining team members.

Dissolution

On Singaporean general election, 2011, Jalan Besar GRC ceased to exist and its services transferred to three constituencies:

Kolam Ayer, Jalan Besar, and Kampong Glam divisions became Moulmein-Kallang Group Representation Constituency
Kreta Ayer-Kim Seng division was transferred to Tanjong Pagar Group Representation Constituency
Whampoa division was evolved into the single-member constituency known as Whampoa Single Member Constituency.

It was reformed in 2015 to replace Moulmein-Kallang GRC which is only temporary for one term.

Electoral map

Kampong Glam - Kampong Glam, Crawford(part) Beach Road, BrasBasah,Bugis, City Hall, Bencoolen, Kent Road (Blocks 51 to 54),race course/permual road (Blks 681-685,677-678) King George's Avenue,Lavender, Marina Centre (incl. Suntec City and Singapore Flyer), North of Singapore River(Part),Rowell Court, Kelantan Count.
Kolam Ayer - ,Geylang Bahru, Bendemeer Road ( kallang river), St George's Road, Sims Place, Sims Drive and Sims Vista,kallang bahru, the river vista@kallang.
Kreta Ayer-Kim Seng - Havelock Road, Jalan Bukit Ho Swee, Indus Road, Beo Crescent, Kreta Ayer, Chinatown, People's Park, Maxwell Road, Ministry of National Development (MND) Building, Marina Bay Sands, Hong Lim Complex, Boat Quay, Clarke Quay (south of Singapore river), Marina Bay Downtown, Raffles Place, Marina Barrage, Marina Bay, Gardens by the Bay and Marina South Pier and Singapore River (Part)
Whampoa - Jalan Rajah, Jalan Tenteram, Whampoa HDB Estate, Lorong Limau, Towner Road, McNair Road, Bendemeer,Bendemeer Shopping Mall,the city view@Boon keng and Boon Keng.

Candidates and results

Elections in 1980s

General Election 1988: Jalan Besar GRC
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	PAP	Lee Boon Yang Peh Chin Hua Sidei Bin Snaiff	31,604	62.68	N/A
	WP	Marsh Edund Richard Mohamed Bin Idris Toh Keng Thong	18,814	37.32	N/A
Turnout			50,418	91.77	N/A
	PAP win (new seat)

Elections in 1990s

General Election 1991: Jalan Besar GRC
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	PAP	Lee Boon Yang Peh Chin Hua Choo Wee Khiang Zulkifli Mohammed	Walkover
Turnout			82,615	N/A	N/A
	PAP hold		Swing

General Election 1997: Jalan Besar GRC
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	PAP	Lee Boon Yang Peh Chin Hua Choo Wee Khiang Yaacob Ibrahim	44,840	67.55	N/A
	SDP	Gandhi Ambalam Jufrie Mahmood David Chew Low Yong Nguan	21,537	32.45	N/A
Turnout			71,922	92.29	N/A
	PAP hold		Swing

Elections in 2000s

General Election 2001: Jalan Besar GRC
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	PAP	Lee Boon Yang Yaacob Ibrahim Heng Chee How Loh Meng See Lily Neo	68,309	74.49	+6.94
	SDA	Desmond Lim Sin Kek Tong M Rahizan Reno Fong Ng Kee How	23,391	25.51	-6.94
Turnout			91,700	91.45	-0.84
	PAP hold		Swing

General Election 2006: Jalan Besar GRC
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	PAP	Lee Boon Yang Yaacob Ibrahim Heng Chee How Lily Neo Denise Phua	58,913	69.26	-5.23
	SDA	Cheo Chai Chen Sebastian Teo Reno Fong Muhammad Ali Aman Vincent Yeo Boon Keng	26,151	30.74	+5.23
Turnout			85,064	91.50	+0.05
	PAP hold		Swing

Elections in 2010s

General Election 2015: Jalan Besar GRC
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	PAP	Yaacob Ibrahim Heng Chee How Denise Phua Lily Neo	63,561	67.73	N/A
	WP	Chan Sio Phing Frieda L Somasundaram Redzwan Hafidz Abdul Razak Adrian Sim Tian Hock	30,283	32.27	N/A
Majority			33,278	35.46
Rejected ballots			1,549	1.62
Turnout			95,393	93.03	N/A
	PAP win (new seat)

References

↑ "Former MP in trouble with the law again". TODAYonline. Retrieved December 14, 2011.

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