Tampines Group Representation Constituency

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The Tampines Group Representation Constituency is a five-member Group Representation Constituency (GRC) in the eastern region of Singapore. The GRC encompasses Tampines and is managed by the Tampines Town Council, with five divisions: Tampines East, Tampines West, Tampines Central, Tampines North and Tampines Boulevard. The current members of Parliament are Baey Yam Keng, Masagos Zulkifli, Koh Poh Koon, David Neo and Charlene Chen from the People's Action Party (PAP).

History

Prior to 2020

From 1988 till 2020, the GRC was contested in every election in a two way fight by various opposition parties except for the 1997 general election when it was a walkover for the PAP.^[1] In both the 2015 and 2020 general elections, the PAP had more votes shares in Tampines GRC than PAP's national vote share with 72.06% against 69.9% and 66.41% against 61.2% respectively.^[1]

2020 election

On 17 July 2023, it was revealed by Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong that Cheng, who was not married, had an extramarital affair with fellow MP and Speaker of Parliament Tan Chuan-Jin since at least November 2020.^[2] This prompted their resignations from Parliament and the PAP on the same day.^[3] Masagos became the grassroots adviser for Tampines East division to cover the seat vacated by Cheng.^[4]

2025 election

In the leadup to the 2025 general election, the incumbent PAP was expected to be challenged by the Workers' Party (WP), the National Solidarity Party (NSP) and the People's Power Party (PPP) in a four way fight, although the WP was touted as being the only serious challenger to the PAP.^[5] On 11 March, the Electoral Boundaries Review Committee (EBRC) released their report on the boundaries changes for the 2025 general election.^[6] Tampines Changkat ward was carved out to form a standalone Single Member Constituency (SMC) while small parts of Aljunied GRC were absorbed into Tampines GRC for the election. The changes were intended to keep the number of voters in the GRC consistent while still electing five MPs.^[7]^[8] It also saw the first four-cornered contest in a constituency since 1997.^[9]

The PAP ended up retaining the GRC with 52% of the votes, a negative swing of over 14%, being its narrowest GRC victory in the election. The WP received more than 47% of the votes, while the NSP and PPP collectively got less than 1%. It was the PAP's toughest contest in the constituency since its creation in 1988.^[10] By virtue of having the second highest defeated vote percentage for the opposition, after Jalan Kayu SMC, which was contested by the WP's Andre Low, two Non-constituency Member of Parliament (NCMP) seats was offered, one to Low and the other to a member of the WP slate that contested in Tampines GRC.^[11] On 19 May, the Elections Department announced that the WP had nominated Eileen Chong, along with Low, for the NCMP seats to the 15th Parliament.^[12]

Constituency profile

Tampines GRC encompasses a significant part of the Tampines planning area, but with differences including excluding areas such as Simei and Tanah Merah. It is a densely populated and mature residential town with a developed town centre and integrated transport infrastructure. MRT stations include Tampines West, Tampines (and its bus interchange) and Tampines East, with Tampines North still under construction. The GRC also includes significant commercial and retail developments such as Tampines Mall, Century Square and Our Tampines Hub. As of the last general election, the GRC geographically borders Pasir Ris–Changi GRC to the north, Aljunied GRC to the west and Tampines Changkat SMC to the south. Tampines is predominantly characterised by high-density public housing developments and a middle-income population.^[13]

Members of Parliament

Year	Division	Members of Parliament	Party
Formation
1988	Tampines East Tampines West Tampines Changkat	Mah Bow Tan Yatiman Yusof Aline Wong	rowspan="9" bgcolor="Template:Party color" \|	PAP
1991	Tampines East Tampines West Tampines Changkat Changkat South	Mah Bow Tan Yatiman Yusof Aline Wong Chng Hee Kok
1997	Tampines East Tampines West Tampines Central Tampines Changkat	Mah Bow Tan Yatiman Yusof Sin Boon Ann Aline Wong
2001	Tampines North Tampines East Tampines West Tampines Central Tampines Changkat	Ong Kian Min Mah Bow Tan Yatiman Yusof Sin Boon Ann Irene Ng
2006		Ong Kian Min Mah Bow Tan Masagos Zulkifli Sin Boon Ann Irene Ng
2011		Baey Yam Keng Mah Bow Tan Masagos Zulkifli Heng Swee Keat Irene Ng
2015		Baey Yam Keng Cheng Li Hui Masagos Zulkifli Heng Swee Keat Desmond Choo
2020		Baey Yam Keng Cheng Li Hui (2020-2023) Masagos Zulkifli Koh Poh Koon Desmond Choo
2025	Tampines North Tampines East Tampines West Tampines Central Tampines Boulevard	David Neo Charlene Chen Masagos Zulkifli Koh Poh Koon Baey Yam Keng

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Electoral results

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Elections in 1980s

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