Fengshan Single Member Constituency

History

First existence (1984–1991)

Fengshan Constituency was created prior to the 1984 general election from parts of the constituencies of Bedok, Changi and Kampong Chai Chee. Arthur Beng from the governing People's Action Party (PAP) defeated Chng Chin Siah from the Singapore United Front (SUF) with 65.13% of the vote.

During the 1988 general election, the constituency was renamed Fengshan Single Member Constituency with the creation of group representation constituencies (GRCs). Beng won reelection with a decreased 57.92% of the vote in a rematch against Chng, who had since joined the Workers' Party (WP).

Prior to the 1991 general election, Fengshan SMC was abolished and merged to Bedok GRC.

Second existence (2015–2020)

Prior to the 2015 general election, Fengshan SMC was reformed from East Coast GRC, which it had previously belonged to as a division. In the election, PAP candidate Cheryl Chan defeated Dennis Tan, WP candidate and fellow newcomer, with 57.5% of the vote. Having obtained the second-best result among defeated opposition candidates, Tan accepted the second of three non-constituency MP (NCMP) seats offered after the election.

In the leadup to the 2020 general election, Fengshan SMC was reabsorbed to East Coast GRC, which gained a seat in Parliament to become a five-member GRC.

Member of Parliament

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

Elections in 2010s

References

References

1. (8 December 1984). "Chance to plan together".
2. "ELD {{!}} 1984 Parliamentary General Election Results".
3. (15 June 1988). "13 GRCs for next general election". The Straits Times.
4. "ELD {{!}} 1988 Parliamentary General Election Results".
5. (10 August 1991). "21 single-member wards, 15 GRCs for next election". The Straits Times.
6. "Battleground Singapore: Who's standing where". The Straits Times.
7. (12 September 2015). "GE2015: PAP's Cheryl Chan wins Fengshan SMC with 57.5 per cent of votes". The Straits Times.
8. (16 September 2015). "GE2015: WP's Lee Li Lian, Dennis Tan and Leon Perera declared Non-Constituency MPs". The Straits Times.
9. "Singapore GE: East Coast and West Coast GRCs, hot seats tipped to draw opposition leaders, to be expanded to 5 MPs". The Straits Times.