Jurong Group Representation Constituency (Traditional Chinese: 裕廊集選區;Simplified Chinese: 裕廊集选区) is a five-member Group Representation Constituency located in the western area of Singapore. The GRC consists a large section of Jurong, sections of Bukit Batok and Upper Bukit Timah. Most parts of Jurong West and the entire industrial estate is not located in the GRC, but in West Coast Group Representation Constituency. The subdivisions of the GRC are Bukit Batok, Bukit Batok East, Jurong Central, Taman Jurong and Jurong Spring. Yuhua division has been crafted out as a Single Member Constituency for the 2011 general election . The constituency was contested in the 2001 general election with the People's Action Party against the Singapore Democratic Party. The seat has always been held by the People's Action Party since its creation in 2001.

Jurong GRC was a hotly contested seat in the 2001 general election with SDP's secretary general Chee Soon Juan leading the opposition team.

Finance Minister Tharman Shanmugaratnam will be in charge of the team from Jurong GRC. In the general election in 2006, the GRC had a walkover on nomination day.

Members of Parliament

Election Yuhua Bukit Batok Ulu Pandan Bukit Timah Jurong
1997 Yuhua SMC
Bukit Batok SMC
Ulu Pandan SMC
Bukit Timah SMC
Jurong SMC
Formation
2001 Yu-Foo Yee Shoon Ong Chit Chung Lim Boon Heng Wang Kai Yuen R Ravindran
2001 Jurong GRC
Holland-Bukit Panjang GRC
Bukit Timah SMC
Jurong GRC

Candidates and results

General Election 1997: Jurong GRC
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
PAP R Ravindran
Lim Boon Heng
Ong Chit Chung
Wang Kai Yuen
Yu-Foo Yee Shoon
Walkover N/A
Turnout 118,248 94.8 N/A
PAP hold Swing N/A

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