Jalan Besar Group Representation Constituency

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Jalan Besar
Group representation constituency
for the Parliament of Singapore
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RegionCentral Region, Singapore
Electorate106,342
Current constituency
Created1988; 38 years ago (1988)
Seats4
PartyPeople's Action Party
MemberTemplate:Pluralize from textDenise Phua
Josephine Teo
Shawn Loh
Wan Rizal
Town CouncilJalan Besar
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Dissolved2011
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Reformed2015
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Jalan Besar Group Representation Constituency is a four-member group representation constituency (GRC) in central Singapore. It has four divisions: Kreta Ayer–Kim Seng, Kolam Ayer, Whampoa, and Kampong Glam, managed by Jalan Besar Town Council.[1] The current Members of Parliament (MPs) for the constituency are Denise Phua, Josephine Teo, Shawn Loh and Wan Rizal from the governing People's Action Party (PAP).

History

Creation and first existence (1988–2011)

Jalan Besar GRC was created prior to the 1988 general election with three MPs. Led by Lee Boon Yang, the PAP team defeated the Workers' Party (WP) with 62.68% of the vote.[2][3]

Prior to the 1991 general election, the GRC was expanded to have four MPs; the PAP won unopposed.[4][5]

During the 1997 general election, the four-member PAP team, again led by Lee, defeated the Singapore Democratic Party (SDP) with 67.55% of the vote.[6]

During the 2001 general election, the five-member PAP team defeated the Singapore Democratic Alliance (SDA) with 74.49% of the vote.[7]

During the 2006 general election, the five-member PAP team defeated the SDA with 69.26% of the vote.[8]

Jalan Besar GRC was dissolved ahead of the 2011 general election in favour of Moulmein–Kallang GRC and Whampoa Single Member Constituency (SMC). The Kreta Ayer–Kim Seng division was redrawn into Tanjong Pagar GRC.[9]

Corruption by and resignation of Choo Wee Khiang

In 1999, Choo Wee Khiang was charged with cheating for issuing a false invoice from his company in November 1990 to Wong See Kee, his brother-in-law. Choo resigned from the PAP and Parliament before pleading guilty in court to a charge which was reduced from aggravated to simple cheating.[10] Under Singaporean law at the time, an MP would lose their seat if they were sentenced to at least one year's imprisonment or a fine of more than S$2,000.[11] Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong said that Choo had done "the right thing" in resigning before pleading guilty in court.[12] Choo was sentenced to two weeks' jail and fined $10,000.[13][14]

Second existence (2015–present)

Prior to the 2015 general election, Jalan Besar GRC was reformed with four MPs after one parliamentary term, covering areas it had encompassed before its abolition in 2011.[9] Led by Yaacob Ibrahim, the PAP team defeated the WP with 67.75% of the vote.[15][16]

Prior to the 2020 general election, Yaacob and Lily Neo retired from politics; Josephine Teo was redeployed from Bishan–Toa Payoh GRC to lead the PAP team for Jalan Besar GRC. The PAP team defeated Lim Tean and his Peoples Voice (PV) party with 65.36% of the vote.[17][18]

In the 2025 general election, the PAP announced that Heng Chee How, incumbent MP for Jalan Besar GRC, would be replaced by Shawn Loh as a candidate for the GRC.[19] The PAP team defeated the People's Alliance for Reform (PAR), a political coalition, with 75.21% of the vote.[18]

Members of Parliament

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Election Division Members of Parliament Party
Formation
1988
  • Geylang West
  • Jalan Besar
  • Kolam Ayer
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1991
  • Geylang West
  • Jalan Besar
  • Kallang
  • Kolam Ayer
1997
  • Geylang West
  • Jalan Besar
  • Kolam Ayer
  • Whampoa
2001
  • Jalan Besar
  • Kampong Glam
  • Kolam Ayer
  • Kreta Ayer - Kim Seng
  • Whampoa
2006
Constituency abolished (2011–2015)
2015
  • Kampong Glam
  • Kolam Ayer
  • Kreta Ayer - Kim Seng
  • Whampoa
 rowspan="3" bgcolor="Template:Party color" | PAP
2020
2025

Electoral results

Note: The Elections Department does not include rejected votes when calculating the vote shares of candidates. Hence, all candidates' vote shares will total to 100% at any given election (may not appear so in multi-way contests due to rounding).

Elections in 1980s

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General Election 1988: Jalan Besar GRC[21]
Party Candidate Votes %
Script error: No such module "Political party". Peh Chin Hua
Lee Boon Yang
Sidek Saniff 		31,604 62.68
Script error: No such module "Political party". Marsh Edund Richard
Mohamed Bin Idris
Toh Keng Thong 		18,814 37.32
Majority 12,790 25.37
Turnout 50,418 91.77
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Elections in 1990s

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General Election 1991: Jalan Besar GRC[22]
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Registered electors 82,615
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General Election 1997: Jalan Besar GRC[23]
Party Candidate Votes % Page Template:Tooltip/styles.css has no content.Template:Encodefirst
Script error: No such module "Political party". Choo Wee Khiang
Lee Boon Yang
Peh Chin Hua
Yaacob Ibrahim 		44,840 67.55 N/A
Script error: No such module "Political party". David Chew
Gandhi Ambalam
Jufrie Mahmood
Low Yong Nguan 		21,537 32.45
Majority 23,303 35.10 N/A
Registered electors 71,922 N/A
Turnout 66,377 92.29 N/A
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Elections in 2000s

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General Election 2001: Jalan Besar GRC
Party Candidate Votes % Page Template:Tooltip/styles.css has no content.Template:Encodefirst
Script error: No such module "Political party". Heng Chee How
Lee Boon Yang
Loh Meng See
Lily Neo
Yaacob Ibrahim 		68,309 74.49 Increase6.94
Script error: No such module "Political party". Desmond Lim
M Rahizan
Ng Kee How
Reno Fong
Sin Kek Tong 		23,391 25.51 N/A
Majority 44,918 48.98 Increase13.88
Registered electors 100,268 Increase39.41
Turnout 91,700 91.45 Decrease0.84
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General Election 2006: Jalan Besar GRC[25]
Party Candidate Votes % Page Template:Tooltip/styles.css has no content.Template:Encodefirst
Script error: No such module "Political party". Denise Phua
Heng Chee How
Lee Boon Yang
Lily Neo
Yaacob Ibrahim 		58,913 69.26 Decrease5.23
Script error: No such module "Political party". Cheo Chai Chen
Muhammad Ali Aman
Reno Fong
Sebastian Teo
Vincent Yeo 		26,151 30.74 Increase5.23
Majority 32,762 38.51 Decrease10.47
Registered electors 93,025 Decrease7.22
Turnout 85,064 91.50 Increase0.05
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Elections in 2010s

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General Election 2015[26]
Party Candidate Votes %
Script error: No such module "Political party". Denise Phua
Heng Chee How
Lily Neo
Yaacob Ibrahim 		63,644 67.75
Script error: No such module "Political party". Adrian Sim
Frieda Chan
L Somasundaram
Redzwan Hafidz Abdul Razak 		30,302 32.25
Majority 33,342 35.50
Rejected ballots 1,550 1.6
Turnout 95,496 93.1
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Elections in 2020s

General Election 2020[27][28]
Party Candidate Votes % Page Template:Tooltip/styles.css has no content.Template:Encodefirst
Script error: No such module "Political party". Denise Phua
Heng Chee How
Josephine Teo
Wan Rizal 		64,631 65.36 Decrease2.37
Script error: No such module "Political party". Lim Tean
Leong Sze Hian
Michael Fang Amin
Nor Azlan Sulaiman 		34,261 34.64 N/A
Majority 30,370 30.72 Decrease4.78
Total valid votes 98,892 97.11
Rejected ballots 2,948 2.89 Increase1.29
Turnout 101,840 94.54
Registered electors 107,720 Increase5.05
Script error: No such module "Political party". hold Swing Decrease2.37
General Election 2025[29]
Party Candidate Votes % Page Template:Tooltip/styles.css has no content.Template:Encodefirst
Script error: No such module "Political party". Denise Phua
Josephine Teo
Shawn Loh
Wan Rizal 		70,602 75.21 Increase9.85
Script error: No such module "Political party". Chiu Shin Kong
Mohamad Hamim Aliyas
Sarina Abu Hassan
Vigneswari V Ramachandran 		23,267 24.79 N/A
Majority 47,335 50.42 Increase19.70
Total valid votes 93,869 96.56 Decrease0.55
Rejected ballots 3,349 3.44 Increase0.55
Turnout 97,218 91.42 Decrease3.12
Registered electors 106,342 Decrease1.28
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See also

Notes

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  1. ^ Choo resigned before being charged and convicted in 1999 for cheating offences.[20]

References

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