# Jurong Group Representation Constituency

The Jurong Group Representation Constituency is a five-member Group Representation Constituency located in the western area of Singapore. The GRC consists of a large section of Jurong, sections of Bukit Batok and areas near Upper Bukit Timah Road. The five divisions of the GRC: Bukit Batok East, Jurong Central, Taman Jurong, Jurong Spring and Clementi managed by Jurong Town Council. The current MPs are Rahayu Mahzam, Tan Wu Meng, Xie Yao Quan and Shawn Huang from the People's Action Party (PAP) after the resignation of Tharman Shanmugaratnam.
Within the resignation of former Senior Minister Tharman Shanmugaratnam to run for the 2023 Presidential Elections, this GRC is currently not led by a cabinet minister until the next general election is called in 2025.

## History

In the 2011 general elections, the Jurong Central and Hong Kah division's population carved to form the new Jurong Spring division, while Yuhua became a SMC in return. In 2015, Bukit Batok was carved as a SMC while Clementi, a division under the West Coast GRC, was absorbed to the ward to maintain its five seats.
The constituency was first contested in the 2001 general election with the People's Action Party against the Singapore Democratic Party. In 2006, the PAP retained the constituency with a walkover in 2006. In 2008, Ong Chit Chung died from heart cancer. Following his death, a by-election was not called.
The PAP team was challenged in subsequent elections by the National Solidarity Party (2011), Singaporeans First (2015) and Red Dot United (2020); however, this GRC has always been held by the People's Action Party since its creation in 2001.
The ward was first led by the Lim Boon Heng until his retirement from politics in 2011. After Lim's retirement, Tharman Shanmugaratnam and Desmond Lee Ti-Seng have assumed leadership for Jurong GRC, but Lee was transferred to West Coast GRC in 2020 together with Ang Wei Neng. Ivan Lim was introduced on 24 June 2020 for the General Elections but withdrew 3 days later following allegations of his past behaviour. He was replaced by Xie Yao Quan.
In July 2023, Tharman stepped down from Parliament and all his positions in the government and resigned as a member of the PAP in order to stand as a candidate in the 2023 Singaporean presidential election.
This constituency will be dissolved in 2025. It will be replaced by Jurong East-Bukit Batok GRC, and will also absorb Hong Kah North, Yuhua and Bukit Batok SMCs. Jurong Central portion will be split into SMC, called Jurong Central SMC, and Jurong West / Taman Jurong will be under West Coast-Jurong West GRC. A few portion of the Bukit Timah Hill, will then move to Holland-Bukit Timah GRC.

## Members of Parliament

| Election | Division | Members of Parliament | Party |
| 2001 | Bukit Batok Bukit Batok East Jurong Central Taman Jurong Yuhua | Ong Chit Chung Halimah Yacob Lim Boon Heng Tharman Shanmugaratnam Yu-Foo Yee Shoon | PAP |
| 2006 | Bukit Batok Bukit Batok East Jurong Central Taman Jurong Yuhua | Ong Chit Chung (2001–2008) Halimah Yacob Lim Boon Heng Tharman Shanmugaratnam Grace Fu | PAP |
| 2011 | Bukit Batok Bukit Batok East Jurong Central Jurong Spring Taman Jurong | David Ong Halimah Yacob Ang Wei Neng Desmond Lee Tharman Shanmugaratnam | PAP |
| 2015 | Bukit Batok East Clementi Jurong Central Jurong Spring Taman Jurong | Rahayu Mahzam Tan Wu Meng Ang Wei Neng Desmond Lee Tharman Shanmugaratnam | PAP |
| 2020 | Bukit Batok East Clementi Jurong Central Jurong Spring Taman Jurong | Rahayu Mahzam Tan Wu Meng Xie Yao Quan Shawn Huang Tharman Shanmugaratnam (2020–2023) | PAP |
^ Ong died on 14 July 2008 due to a heart failure. However, no by-election was called since it was a Group Representation Constituency (GRC), and the workload for the Bukit Batok division was given to Halimah Yacob.

## 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 2000s

General Election 2001: Jurong GRC :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | PAP | Ong Chit Chung Halimah Yacob Lim Boon Heng Tharman Shanmugaratnam Yu-Foo Yee Shoon | 84,472 | 79.75% |
| | SDP | Chee Soon Juan Chee Siok Chin Gandhi s/o Karuppiah Ambalam Mohamed Isa Bin Abdul Aziz Vincent Yeo | 21,511 | 20.25% |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 115,113 | 94.8 |
| | PAP win (new seat) | PAP win (new seat) | PAP win (new seat) | PAP win (new seat) |
General Election 2006: Jurong GRC :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | PAP | Ong Chit Chung Halimah Yacob Lim Boon Heng Tharman Shanmugaratnam Grace Fu | Unopposed | Unopposed | Unopposed |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 116,573 | | |
| | PAP hold | PAP hold | PAP hold | PAP hold | PAP hold |

### Elections in 2010s

General Election 2011: Jurong GRC :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | PAP | David Ong Halimah Yacob Ang Wei Neng Desmond Lee Tharman Shanmugaratnam | 76,595 | 66.96 | N/A |
| | NSP | Abdul Rasheed Cristopher Neo Elvin Ong Ong Hock Siong Noraini Yunus | 37,786 | 33.07 | N/A |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 117,087 | 93.5 | N/A |
| | PAP hold | PAP hold | Swing | N/A | |
General Election 2015: Jurong GRC :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | PAP | Rahayu Mahzam Tan Wu Meng Ang Wei Neng Desmond Lee Tharman Shanmugaratnam | 95,080 | 79.28 | 12.32 |
| | SingFirst | Foo Ming Jin David Sukdeu Singh Tan Peng Ann Wong Chee Wai Wong Soon Hong | 24,848 | 20.72 | N/A |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 61,666 | 55.37 | N/A |
| Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | 2,432 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 122,360 | | |
| | PAP hold | PAP hold | Swing | N/A | |

### Elections in 2020s

General Election 2020: Jurong GRC :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | PAP | Rahayu Mahzam Tan Wu Meng Xie Yao Quan Shawn Huang Tharman Shanmugaratnam | 91,692 | 74.62 | 4.66 |
| | RDU | Michelle Lee Juen Ravi Philemon Nicholas Tang Liyana Dhamirah Alec Tok | 31,191 | 25.38 | N/A |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 60,501 | 49.24 | |
| Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | 2,517 | 2.01 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 125,400 | 95.55 | 1.79 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 131,234 | | |
| | PAP hold | PAP hold | Swing | 4.66 | |