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.
Election | Yuhua | Bukit Batok | Ulu Pandan | Bukit Timah | Jurong | |
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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 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 |