Kebun Baru Single Member Constituency
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| Kebun Baru | |
|---|---|
| Single Member constituency for the Parliament of Singapore | |
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| Region | North-East Region, Singapore |
| Electorate | 22,653 |
| Current constituency | |
| Created | 1980 |
| Seats | 1 |
| Party |  People's Action Party |
| Member(s) | Henry Kwek |
| Town Council | Ang Mo Kio |
| Created from | Ang Mo Kio SMC |
| Merged | 1991 |
| Merged to | Ang Mo Kio GRC |
| Reformed | 2020 |
| Reformed from | Nee Soon GRC |
The Kebun Baru Single Member Constituency is a single member constituency in Ang Mo Kio, Singapore. It is managed by Ang Mo Kio Town Council. The current Member of Parliament for the constituency is People's Action Party (PAP) Henry Kwek.
History
[edit]The original Kebun Baru SMC was carved from the now-defunct Ang Mo Kio Single Member Constituency in 1980. It was helmed by Lim Boon Heng throughout its first 11 years of existence. It was absorbed into the new Ang Mo Kio Group Representation Constituency (GRC) prior to the 1991 general election.
Following the release of the Electoral Boundaries Review Committee's report on 13 March 2020, it was announced that, Kebun Baru SMC, would be re-introduced for the 2020 general election.[1] The constituency was carved out of Nee Soon GRC, where the constituency is transferred to in 2015.[2]
In the 2020 general election, People's Action Party's (PAP) Henry Kwek defeated Progress Singapore Party's Kumaran Pillai with a vote count of 62.97% vs 37.03%, which made Kwek the MP for Kebun Baru.
Members of Parliament
[edit]| Election | Member | Party | |
| 1980 | Lim Boon Heng | PAP | |
| 1984 | |||
| 1988 | |||
| Constituency abolished (1991 – 2020) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | Henry Kwek | PAP | |
Electoral results
[edit]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 1980s
[edit]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PAP | Lim Boon Heng | 13,632 | 82.83 | ||
| DPP | Lim Tiong Hock | 1,883 | 11.44 | ||
| UPF | Jantan B Taib | 943 | 5.73 | ||
| Majority | 11,749 | 71.39 | |||
| Registered electors | 17,709 | ||||
| Total valid votes | 16,458 | 96.99 | |||
| Rejected ballots | 511 | 3.01 | |||
| Turnout | 16,969 | 95.82 | |||
| PAP win (new seat) | |||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PAP | Lim Boon Heng | 12,311 | 75.84 |  6.99
| |
| UPF | Harbans Singh | 3,921 | 24.16 | N/A | |
| Majority | 8.390 | 51.68 | 19.71
| ||
| Registered electors | 17,542 | 0.94
| |||
| Total valid votes | 16,232 | 95.77 | 1.22
| ||
| Rejected ballots | 717 | 4.23 |  1.22
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| Turnout | 16,949 | 96.62 | 0.8
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| PAP hold | Swing | 6.99
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PAP | Lim Boon Heng | 15,734 | 75.36 | 0.48
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| NSP | Mohamed Affendy bin Abdul Rahim | 5,145 | 24.64 | N/A | |
| Majority | 10,589 | 50.72 | 0.96
| ||
| Registered electors | 22,515 | 28.35
| |||
| Total valid votes | 20,879 | 97.37 | 1.6
| ||
| Rejected ballots | 564 | 2.63 | 1.6
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| Turnout | 21,443 | 95.24 | 1.38
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| PAP hold | Swing | 0.48
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Elections in 2020s
[edit]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PAP | Henry Kwek | 13,309 | 62.92 | ||
| PSP | Kumaran Pillai | 7,842 | 37.08 | ||
| Majority | 5,467 | 25.85 | |||
| Registered electors | 22,623 | ||||
| Total valid votes | 21,151 | 98.20 | |||
| Rejected ballots | 387 | 1.80 | |||
| Turnout | 21,538 | 95.20 | |||
| PAP win (new seat) | |||||
References
[edit]- ^ "Key changes to the electoral boundaries: What you need to know". CNA. Retrieved 13 March 2020.
- ^ "Singapore GE: Kebun Baru to return as SMC after nearly 30 years".
- ^ "ELD | 1980 Parliamentary General Election Results". www.eld.gov.sg. Retrieved 19 July 2021.
- ^ "Singapore Parliamentary General Election 1980 > Kebun Baru". www.singapore-elections.com. Retrieved 19 July 2021.
- ^ "ELD | 1984 Parliamentary General Election Results". www.eld.gov.sg. Retrieved 19 July 2021.
- ^ "Singapore Parliamentary General Election 1984 > Kebun Baru". www.singapore-elections.com. Retrieved 19 July 2021.
- ^ "ELD | 1988 Parliamentary General Election Results". www.eld.gov.sg. Retrieved 19 July 2021.
- ^ "Singapore Parliamentary General Election 1988 > Kebun Baru". www.singapore-elections.com. Retrieved 19 July 2021.
- ^ "ELD | 2020 Parliamentary General Election Results". www.eld.gov.sg. Retrieved 19 July 2021.
- ^ "Singapore Parliamentary General Election 2020 > Kebun Baru". www.singapore-elections.com. Retrieved 19 July 2021.
