Yio Chu Kang Single Member Constituency

The Yio Chu Kang Single Member Constituency is a single member constituency (SMC) in the north-eastern area of Singapore. It is managed by Ang Mo Kio Town Council. The current Member of Parliament (MP) is Yip Hon Weng from the People's Action Party (PAP).

History

Yio Chu Kang Constituency was created in 1980. At the election held in the same year, Lau Ping Sum from the PAP won with 87.53% of the vote. He would represent the constituency until 1991, when it was abolished and merged into Ang Mo Kio Group Representation Constituency (GRC).

In 1988, the constituency was renamed Yio Chu Kang Single Member Constituency with the creation of GRCs.

Yio Chu Kang SMC would not exist after the 1991 general election until it was reformed in 2006 from Ang Mo Kio GRC. At the election held in the same year, Seng Han Thong from the PAP won with 68.28% of the vote. The SMC was abolished for the second time after a single term.

For the 2020 general election, the SMC was reformed for the second time from Ang Mo Kio GRC. Yip Hon Weng from the PAP won with 60.82% of the vote against Kayla Low from the Progress Singapore Party (PSP). Yip won an improved 78.75% of the vote when he ran for reelection in 2025 against Michael Fang from the People's Alliance for Reform (PAR).

Member of Parliament

Year	Member	Party
Formation
1980	Lau Ping Sum	rowspan="3" bgcolor="Template:Party color" |	PAP
1984
1988
Constituency abolished (1991 – 2006)
2006	Seng Han Thong	bgcolor="Template:Party color" |	PAP
Constituency abolished (2011 – 2020)
2020	Yip Hon Weng	rowspan="2" bgcolor="Template:Party color" |	PAP
2025

Electoral results

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

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General Election 1980: Yio Chu Kang

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	win (new seat)

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General Election 1984: Yio Chu Kang

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Lau Ping Sum	11,977	76.7
	United People's Front	Munjeet Singh	3,647	23.3
Majority			8,330	53.40
Rejected ballots
Turnout			16,281	97.3
Registered electors			Template:Ifnumber
	hold		Swing	Decrease21.6

General Election 1988: Yio Chu Kang

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Lau Ping Sum	10,996	73.7
		Rasiah Thiagarajah	3,931	26.3
Majority			7,065	47.40
Turnout			15,376	96.2
	hold		Swing	Decrease3.0

Elections in 2000s

General Election 2006: Yio Chu Kang

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Seng Han Thong	15,726	68.28
		Yip Yew Weng	7,307	31.72
Majority			8,419	36.56
Turnout			23,524	93.8
	win (new seat)

Elections in 2020s

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General Election 2020

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
		Kayla Low		39.18
	win (new seat)

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General Election 2025

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Michael Fang	4,876	21.25
Majority			13,190	57.50
Rejected ballots			559	2.38	Increase0.71
Turnout			23,501	92.49
Registered electors			Template:Ifnumber
	hold		Swing	Increase17.93

See also

• Yio Chu Kang
• Yio Chu Kang MRT station

References

• 2020 General Election's result
• 1980 General Election's Result
• 1984 General Election's Result
• 1988 General Election's Result
• 2006 General Election's Result