West Coast Group Representation Constituency

West Coast
Group Representation Constituency
for the Parliament of Singapore
Region Southwestern Singapore
Electorate 99,300
Current constituency
Created 1997
Number of members 4
Member(s) S Iswaran
Lim Hng Kiang
Foo Mee Har
Patrick Tay Teck Guan
Town Council West Coast

West Coast Group Representation Constituency (Chinese: 西海岸集选区; Malay: Kawasan Undi Perwakilan Berkumpulan West Coast; Tamil: வெஸ்ட் கோஸ்ட் குழுத்தொகுதி) is a four-member Group Representation Constituency located in the western area of Singapore. The GRC is divided into four divisions and is a constituency held by the People's Action Party. The four divisions are Ayer Rajah, West Coast, Boon Lay, and Telok Blangah. West Coast GRC covers the areas of Ayer Rajah, Dover, Pasir Panjang, the south-western area, West Coast, Jurong, Jurong Island, Sentosa, Telok Blangah, Tuas and much of Singapore's southern & western territorial waters of the country.

Formed in 1997, West Coast GRC is led by Minister for Trade and Industry(Industry) S Iswaran. The constituency faced a contest against the Workers' Party in the 1997 general election. Since then, the constituency has received walkovers in the 2001 and 2006 general elections.

The constituency was a four-member GRC in 1997 and was expanded to five, when it was expanded to include the areas of the now defunct Boon Lay Single Member Constituency and the Jurong area of Bukit Timah Group Representation Constituency. In 2006, West Coast again absorbed Ayer Rajah Single Member Constituency and merged with Minister of State's S Iswaran's West Coast seat to form the Ayer Rajah-West Coast division. Cedric Foo's Pioneer ward was crafted out a single member constituency after the 2011 election.

Five candidates of the Reform Party of Singapore, including Kenneth Jeyaretnam, have challenged the People's Action Party incumbents in this GRC for the first time in the General Election 2011.

In 2015, West Coast GRC was downsized to four members, and it was contested again by candidates from the Reform Party during the 2015 general election.

West Coast GRC's capital and town council head office are located at Clementi.

Members of Parliament

Election Ayer Rajah Boon Lay Clementi Pioneer Telok Blangah West Coast Pasir Panjang
1991 SMC SMC Brickworks GRC Tanjong Pagar GRC Brickworks GRC
as Brickworks & West Coast
Formation
1997 SMC
 SMC Bernard Chen Tien Lap Carved from Jurong from Bukit Timah GRC Lim Hng Kiang S Iswaran Wan Soon Bee
2001 Ho Geok Choo Madeleine Arthur Jen Fong Cedric Foo Absorbed into West Coast, Telok Blangah & Clementi
2006 Merged into West Coast
as Ayer Rajah-West Coast		 S Iswaran
as Ayer Rajah-West Coast
2011 Foo Mee Har Lawrence Wong SMC S Iswaran
2015 Patrick Tay Teck Guan Jurong GRC

Areas of responsibility

Candidates and Results

Elections in 2010s

General Election 2015: West Coast GRC
Party Candidate Votes % ±
PAP S Iswaran
Lim Hng Kiang
Foo Mee Har
Patrick Tay		 71,091 78.57 +11.91
Reform Kenneth Jeyaretnam
Andy Zhu
Darran Soh
Noraini Yunus		 19,392 21.43 -11.91
Majority 51,699 57.1
Rejected ballots 2,415 1.83
Turnout 92,898 93.6
PAP hold Swing +23.9
General Election 2011: West Coast GRC
Party Candidate Votes % ±
PAP S Iswaran
Lim Hng Kiang
Arthur Jen Fong
Lawrence Wong
Foo Mee Har		 72,563 66.66
Reform Kenneth Jeyaretnam
Andy Zhu
Frankie Low
Kumar Appavoo
Haren Hu		 36,443 33.34 N/A
Majority 36,120 33.2
Turnout 111,827 92.4
PAP hold Swing N/A

Elections in 2000s

General Election 2006: West Coast GRC
Party Candidate Votes % ±
PAP S Iswaran
Lim Hng Khiang
Cedric Foo
Arthur Fong
Madeline Ho		 N/A Walkover
Turnout 137,739 N/A
PAP hold Swing N/A
General Election 2001: West Coast GRC
Party Candidate Votes % ±
PAP S Iswaran
Lim Hng Khiang
Cedric Foo
Arthur Fong
Madeline Ho		 N/A Walkover
Turnout 110,779 N/A
PAP hold Swing N/A

Elections in 1990s

General Election 1997: West Coast GRC
Party Candidate Votes % ±
PAP S Iswaran
Lim Hng Kiang
Bernard Chen
Wan Soon Bee		 48,275 70.14
WP Mike Chan
D'Cruz Anthony
John Gan Eng Guan
Ng Teck Siong		 20,550 29.86 N/A
Majority 27,725 40.2
Turnout 70,587 95.4
PAP win (new seat)

References

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