Fengshan Single Member Constituency
| Fengshan | |
|---|---|
| Former single-member constituency for the Parliament of Singapore | |
 | |
| Region | East Region, Singapore |
| Electorate | 23,733 |
| Former constituency | |
| Created | 1984 |
| Abolished | 2020 |
| Member | Constituency abolished |
| Town Council | East Coast–Fengshan |
| Merged | 1991, 2020 |
| Merged to | Bedok GRC (1991) East Coast GRC (2020) |
| Reformed | 2015 |
| Reformed from | East Coast GRC |
Fengshan Single Member Constituency was a former single-member constituency (SMC) in eastern Singapore. At abolition, it was managed by East Coast–Fengshan Town Council.
History
[edit]First existence (1984–1991)
[edit]Fengshan Constituency was created prior to the 1984 general election from parts of the constituencies of Bedok, Changi and Kampong Chai Chee.[1] 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.[2]
During the 1988 general election, the constituency was renamed Fengshan Single Member Constituency with the creation of group representation constituencies (GRCs).[3] Beng won reelection with a decreased 57.92% of the vote in a rematch against Chng, who had since joined the Workers' Party (WP).[4]
Prior to the 1991 general election, Fengshan SMC was abolished and merged to Bedok GRC.[5]
Second existence (2015–2020)
[edit]Prior to the 2015 general election, Fengshan SMC was reformed from East Coast GRC, which it had previously belonged to as a division.[6] In the election, PAP candidate Cheryl Chan defeated Dennis Tan, WP candidate and fellow newcomer, with 57.5% of the vote.[7] 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.[8]
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.[9]
Member of Parliament
[edit]| Year | Member | Party | |
| Formation | |||
| 1984 | Arthur Beng | PAP | |
| 1988 | |||
| Constituency abolished (1991) | |||
| 2015 | Cheryl Chan | PAP | |
| Constituency abolished (2020) | |||
Electoral results
[edit]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
[edit]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| PAP | Arthur Beng | 11,216 | 65.13 | |
| SUF | Chng Chin Siah | 6,605 | 34.87 | |
| Turnout | 17,737 | 96.4 | ||
| PAP win (new seat) | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PAP | Arthur Beng | 9,507 | 57.92 |  7.21
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| WP | Chng Chin Siah | 6,907 | 42.08 | N/A | |
| Turnout | 16,764 | 96.4 | 
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| PAP hold | Swing | 7.21
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Elections in 2010s
[edit]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PAP | Cheryl Chan | 12,417 | 57.50 | ||
| WP | Dennis Tan | 9,176 | 42.50 | ||
| Majority | 3241 | 15.00 | |||
| Rejected ballots | 290 | 1.35 | |||
| Turnout | 21,883 | 93.25 | |||
| PAP win (new seat) | |||||
References
[edit]- ^ "Chance to plan together". The Straits Times. 8 December 1984. Retrieved 13 October 2025 – via NewspaperSG.
- ^ "ELD | 1984 Parliamentary General Election Results". www.eld.gov.sg. Retrieved 13 October 2025.
- ^ "13 GRCs for next general election". The Straits Times. 15 June 1988. p. 1 – via NewspaperSG.
- ^ "ELD | 1988 Parliamentary General Election Results". www.eld.gov.sg. Retrieved 13 October 2025.
- ^ "21 single-member wards, 15 GRCs for next election". The Straits Times. 10 August 1991. Retrieved 13 October 2025 – via NewspaperSG.
- ^ "Battleground Singapore: Who's standing where". The Straits Times. Archived from the original on 25 April 2018. Retrieved 13 October 2025.
- ^ "GE2015: PAP's Cheryl Chan wins Fengshan SMC with 57.5 per cent of votes". The Straits Times. 12 September 2015. Archived from the original on 27 September 2025. Retrieved 13 October 2025.
- ^ "GE2015: WP's Lee Li Lian, Dennis Tan and Leon Perera declared Non-Constituency MPs". The Straits Times. 16 September 2015. ISSN 0585-3923. Archived from the original on 1 March 2025. Retrieved 5 July 2025.
- ^ "Singapore GE: East Coast and West Coast GRCs, hot seats tipped to draw opposition leaders, to be expanded to 5 MPs". The Straits Times. Archived from the original on 7 December 2022. Retrieved 13 October 2025.
