# East Coast Group Representation Constituency

The East Coast Group Representation Constituency is a five-member Group Representation Constituency in the eastern area of Singapore. The areas of the Group Representation Constituency consists of locations such as East Coast Park, Bedok, Changi (only Changi South, Singapore Expo and Changi Business Park), Simei, Siglap, Joo Chiat and Chai Chee. The GRC also covers a large portion of Singapore's eastern territorial waters. The five divisions: Bedok, Siglap, Fengshan, Changi-Simei and Kampong Chai Chee managed by East Coast Town Council. The current MPs are from the People's Action Party (PAP) Heng Swee Keat, Jessica Tan, Cheryl Chan, Tan Kiat How and Maliki Osman.

## 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. It was downsized from six members to five members following the redrawing of divisions into the Marine Parade GRC in 2006.
Joo Chiat Single Member Constituency was formerly part of the GRC until 2001, and subsumed into Marine Parade GRC as of the 2015 elections. 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.
The offshore island of Coney Island was transferred to Pasir Ris–Punggol GRC in 2015, while Fengshan SMC was carved out and East Coast GRC was left with four members. East Coast GRC was increased in size to five after Fengshan SMC has been absorbed back into East Coast GRC for the 2020 general election.
The People's Action Party (PAP) won in a walkover in the 1997 and 2001 general elections. It saw its first contest in the 2006 general election from the Workers' Party. This GRC is a perennial battleground between the two parties. In 2011 and 2015, the People's Action Party received numerous close fights with the Workers' Party and won both times, though the results allowed Workers' Party candidates to enter parliament as Non-Constituency MPs both times.
In October 2015, Lee Yi Shyan stepped down from his ministerial post after suffering from a mini stroke in May 2015. Prior to the 2020 general election, Lee Yi Shyan and Lim Swee Say retired from politics.
The resulting election saw the PAP retaining East Coast GRC, albeit with the second closest marginal result after West Coast GRC.
In 2025, Loyang and Flora estates in the GRC moved to newly created Pasir Ris-Changi GRC. To maintain as a five-member GRC, the GRC took over Chai Chee HDB estates and Siglap private estates from Marine Parade GRC.

## Members of Parliament

| Election | Division | Incumbent | Party |
| 1997 | Bedok Fengshan Joo Chiat Kaki Bukit Kampong Chai Chee Siglap | S. Jayakumar Chng Hee Kok Chan Soo Sen Chew Heng Ching Tan Soo Khoon Abdullah Tarmugi | PAP |
| 2001 | Bedok Changi-Simei Fengshan Kaki Bukit Kampong Chai Chee Siglap | S. Jayakumar Lee Yock Suan Raymond Lim Chew Heng Ching Tan Soo Khoon Abdullah Tarmugi | PAP |
| 2006 | Bedok Changi-Simei Fengshan Kampong Chai Chee Siglap | S. Jayakumar Jessica Tan Raymond Lim Lee Yi Shyan Abdullah Tarmugi | PAP |
| 2011 | Bedok Changi-Simei Fengshan Kampong Chai Chee Siglap | Lim Swee Say Jessica Tan Raymond Lim Lee Yi Shyan Maliki Osman | PAP |
| 2015 | Bedok Changi-Simei Kampong Chai Chee Siglap | Lim Swee Say Jessica Tan Lee Yi Shyan Maliki Osman | PAP |
| 2020 | Bedok Changi-Simei Fengshan Kampong Chai Chee Siglap | Heng Swee Keat Jessica Tan Cheryl Chan Tan Kiat How Maliki Osman | PAP |
| 2025 | | | |

## Electoral results

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 1990s

General Election 1997: East Coast GRC :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | PAP | S Jayakumar Chng Hee Kok Chan Soo Sen Chew Heng Ching Tan Soo Khoon Abdullah Tarmugi | Unopposed | Unopposed |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 142,201 | |
| | PAP win (new seat) | PAP win (new seat) | PAP win (new seat) | PAP win (new seat) |

### Elections in 2000s

General Election 2001: East Coast GRC :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | PAP | S Jayakumar Lee Yock Suan Raymond Lim Chew Heng Ching Tan Soo Khoon Abdullah Tarmugi | Unopposed | Unopposed | Unopposed |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 144,012 | | |
| | PAP hold | PAP hold | PAP hold | PAP hold | PAP hold |
General Election 2006: East Coast GRC :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | PAP | S Jayakumar Jessica Tan Raymond Lim Lee Yi Shyan Abdullah Tarmugi | 66,931 | 63.9 | N/A |
| | WP | Abdul Rahim Abdul Rahman Brandon Siow Chia Ti Lik Eric Tan Perry Tong | 37,873 | 36.1 | N/A |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 107,028 | 91.7 | N/A |
| | PAP hold | PAP hold | PAP hold | PAP hold | PAP hold |

### Elections in 2010s

General Election 2011: East Coast GRC :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | PAP | Lim Swee Say Jessica Tan Raymond Lim Lee Yi Shyan Maliki Osman | 59,992 | 54.8 | 9.1 |
| | WP | Png Eng Huat Gerald Giam Mohd Fazli Talip Eric Tan Glenda Han | 49,429 | 45.2 | 9.1 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 10,563 | 9.6 | N/A |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 111,269 | 92.5 | N/A |
| | PAP hold | PAP hold | Swing | 9.1 | |
General Election 2015: East Coast GRC :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | PAP | Lim Swee Say Jessica Tan Lee Yi Shyan Maliki Osman | 54,981 | 60.73 | 5.9 |
| | WP | Daniel Goh Gerald Giam Leon Perera Mohamed Fairoz Bin Shariff | 35,547 | 39.27 | 5.9 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 19,434 | 21.4 | 11.8 |
| Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | 1,008 | 1.02 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 99,118 | | − |
| | PAP hold | PAP hold | Swing | 5.9 | |

### Elections in 2020s

General Election 2020: East Coast GRC :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | PAP | Heng Swee Keat Jessica Tan Cheryl Chan Tan Kiat How Maliki Osman | 61,144 | 53.39 | 7.34 |
| | WP | Nicole Seah Kenneth Foo Abdul Shariff Aboo Kassim Terence Tan Dylan Ng | 53,375 | 46.61 | 7.34 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 7,769 | 6.78 | |
| Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | 1,393 | 1.20 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 114,519 | 94.96 | 2.61 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 121,772 | | |
| | PAP hold | PAP hold | Swing | 7.34 | |