Tanjong Pagar Group Representation Constituency

Tanjong Pagar
Tanjong Pagar
Group Representation constituency; for the Parliament of Singapore
Region	Central Region, Singapore
Electorate	139,688
Current constituency
Created	1991; 34 years ago
Seats	5
Party	People's Action Party
Member(s)	Chan Chun Sing; Joan Pereira; Alvin Tan; Rachel Ong ; Foo Cexiang
Town Council	Tanjong Pagar
Created from	Tiong Bahru GRC; Tanjong Pagar SMC; Telok Blangah SMC; Kreta Ayer SMC;

The Tanjong Pagar Group Representation Constituency is a five-member Group Representation Constituency (GRC) in Central and Western Singapore. The five divisions consists: Buona Vista, Telok Blangah, Moulmein-Cairnhill, Tanjong Pagar-Tiong Bahru and Henderson-Dawson managed by Tanjong Pagar Town Council. The current Members of Parliament are Chan Chun Sing, Joan Pereira, Alvin Tan, Rachel Ong and Foo Cexiang from the People's Action Party (PAP).

History

This GRC came into formation in 1991, when it absorbed the Tiong Bahru GRC, Telok Blangah and Tanjong Pagar Single Member Constituencies (SMC). Since the formation of the GRC, the ward was notable for its repeated walkovers. The last walkover was in 2011 when Tanjong Pagar GRC became the only constituency to be uncontested following the disqualification of a team of independent candidates (which led by Ng Teck Siong) as they submitted their nomination papers 35 seconds late.^[1]

In 2025, the GRC absorbed Dover and Telok Blangah from West Coast GRC. To maintain as a five-member GRC, the electorate was reduced by carving out Queenstown ward to form a new Queenstown SMC.^[2]^[3] In the election of the same year, the PAP won with 81% of the vote.^[4]

Members of Parliament

Year	Division	Members of Parliament
1991	Radin Mas Tiong Bahru Tanjong Pagar Telok Blangah	S. Vasoo Koo Tsai Kee Lee Kuan Yew Lim Hng Kiang	PAP
1997	Buona Vista Leng Kee Queenstown Radin Mas Tiong Bahru Tanjong Pagar	Lim Swee Say Ow Chin Hock Chay Wai Chuen S. Vasoo Koo Tsai Kee Lee Kuan Yew
2001	Moulmein Queenstown Radin Mas Tanglin–Cairnhill Tiong Bahru Tanjong Pagar	Khaw Boon Wan Chay Wai Chuen Chong Weng Chiew Indranee Rajah Koo Tsai Kee Lee Kuan Yew
2006		Lui Tuck Yew Baey Yam Keng Sam Tan Indranee Rajah Koo Tsai Kee Lee Kuan Yew
2011	Buona Vista Kreta Ayer–Kim Seng Queenstown Tanglin–Cairnhill Tanjong Pagar–Tiong Bahru	Chan Chun Sing Lily Neo Chia Shi-Lu Indranee Rajah Lee Kuan Yew¹
2015	Buona Vista Henderson–Dawson Moulmein–Cairnhill Queenstown Tanjong Pagar–Tiong Bahru	Chan Chun Sing Joan Pereira Melvin Yong Chia Shi-Lu Indranee Rajah
2020		Chan Chun Sing Joan Pereira Alvin Tan Eric Chua Indranee Rajah
2025	Buona Vista Henderson–Dawson Moulmein–Cairnhill Tanjong Pagar–Tiong Bahru Telok Blangah	Chan Chun Sing Joan Pereira Alvin Tan Foo Cexiang Rachel Ong

^ Lee died on 23 March 2015 due to pneumonia. No by-elections were called as it was a GRC and Rajah served as a temporary MP for the ward until the general elections in September that year.

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 1991: Tanjong Pagar GRC
Party		Candidate	Votes
	PAP	S Vasoo Koo Tsai Kee Lee Kuan Yew Lim Hng Kiang	Unopposed
Registered electors			86,944
	PAP win (new seat)

General Election 1997: Tanjong Pagar GRC
Party		Candidate	Votes
	PAP	Lim Swee Say Ow Chin Hock Chay Wai Chuen S Vasoo Koo Tsai Kee Lee Kuan Yew	Unopposed
Registered electors			141,520
	PAP hold

Elections in 2000s

General Election 2001: Tanjong Pagar GRC
Party		Candidate	Votes
	PAP	Khaw Boon Wan Chay Wai Chuen Chong Weng Chiew Indranee Rajah Koo Tsai Kee Lee Kuan Yew	Unopposed
Registered electors			141,150
	PAP hold

General Election 2006: Tanjong Pagar GRC
Party		Candidate	Votes
	PAP	Lui Tuck Yew Baey Yam Keng Sam Tan Indranee Rajah Koo Tsai Kee Lee Kuan Yew	Unopposed
Registered electors			148,141
	PAP hold

Elections in 2010s

General Election 2011: Tanjong Pagar GRC
Party		Candidate	Votes
	PAP	Chan Chun Sing Lily Neo Chia Shi-Lu Indranee Rajah Lee Kuan Yew	Unopposed
Registered electors			139,771
	PAP hold

General Election 2015: Tanjong Pagar GRC
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	PAP	Chan Chun Sing Joan Pereira Melvin Yong Chia Shi-Lu Indranee Rajah	90,448	77.71	N/A
	SingFirst	Tan Jee Say Ang Yong Guan Melvyn Chiu Chirag Praful Desai Mohamad Fahmi Bin Ahmad Rais	25,943	22.29	N/A
Majority			64,505	55.42	N/A
Total valid votes			116,391	97.98
Rejected ballots			2,405	2.02	N/A
Turnout			118,796	90.86	N/A
Registered electors			130,752
	PAP hold		Swing	N/A

Elections in 2020s

General Election 2020
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	PAP	Chan Chun Sing Joan Pereira Alvin Tan Eric Chua Indranee Rajah	78,079	63.13	14.58
	PSP	Wendy Low Harish Pillay Michael Chua Abas Kasmani Terence Soon	45,609	36.87	N/A
Majority			32,470	26.26	29.16
Total valid votes			123,688	98.46
Rejected ballots			1,930	1.54	0.48
Turnout			125,618	93.30	2.44
Registered electors			134,642
	PAP hold		Swing	14.58

General Election 2025
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	PAP	Chan Chun Sing Joan Pereira Alvin Tan Rachel Ong Foo Cexiang	98,152	81.03	17.90
	PAR	Rickson Giauw Han Hui Hui Nadarajan Selvamani Prabu Ramachandran Soh Lian Chye	22,971	18.97	N/A
Majority			75,181	62.06	35.80
Total valid votes			121,123	97.07
Rejected ballots			3,651	2.93	1.39
Turnout			124,774	89.32	0.98
Registered electors			140,194
	PAP hold		Swing	17.90