Sembawang Group Representation Constituency
The Sembawang Group Representation Constituency is a five-member group representation constituency in northern Singapore. It has five divisions: Admiralty, Canberra, Naval Base, Sembawang Central and Woodlands, managed by Sembawang Town Council. The current Members of Parliament for the constituency are Gabriel Lam, Mariam Jaafar, Ng Shi Xuan, Ong Ye Kung and Vikram Nair from the governing People's Action Party.
History
Creation
From its creation until the 2006 general elections, the GRC was always uncontested. In the 2006 general elections, the Singapore Democratic Party led by Chee Soon Juan's sister Chee Siok Chin contested in the GRC against the PAP team led by Khaw Boon Wan in which the PAP team won with 76.7% against the SDP's 23.3%. In the 2011 general election, the PAP won against the SDP team led by former Workers' Party Aljunied GRC candidate James Gomez with a reduced majority of 63.9%. In the 2015 general elections, although the SDP did not contest in the GRC, the National Solidarity Party contested and the PAP won against the NSP with 72.3% of the vote. Prior to the 2020 general election, Khaw and Lim Wee Kiak retired, Amrin Amin moved to contest in Sengkang [Group Representation Constituency|Sengkang GRC] unsuccessfully and Ong Ye Kung became the anchor minister for the PAP Sembawang GRC team. The PAP team proceeded to win with 67.3% of the vote.2025 general election
For the 2025 general election, the majority of the residential area of Sembawang West ward was carved out of the GRC to form a new Sembawang West Single Member Constituency in order to reduce the number of voters in the GRC.In the same year, the National [Solidarity Party (Singapore)|National Solidarity Party] and the Singapore Democratic Party entered talks hoping to avert a three-cornered fight in the GRC. However, on 12 April, both parties were unable to come to an agreement as NSP rejected SDP's proposal for NSP to instead contest in Holland–Bukit Timah.
Due to the creation of Sembawang West SMC, Poh Li San, left the GRC team to stand for reelection alone. A reconfigured PAP team defeated SDP with 67.75% of the vote to the SDP's 29.93%, while the NSP lost their deposit with 2.32% of the vote.