Tanjong Pagar Group Representation Constituency

History

Tanjong Pagar GRC was created prior to the 1991 general election from Tiong Bahru GRC and the single-member constituencies (SMCs) of Telok Blangah and Tanjong Pagar. It was assigned four MPs, as with all GRCs at that election.

In 1997, Tanjong Pagar GRC absorbed parts of Brickworks GRC, having six MPs in the process.

The GRC was notable for its repeated walkovers since its formation, with the last being in the 2011 general election. That year, the five-member Tanjong Pagar GRC was the only constituency to be uncontested; a team of independent candidates had been disqualified for submitting their nomination papers late.

In the 2015 general election, a team from Singaporeans First (SingFirst), led by Ang Yong Guan and Tan Jee Say, contested the GRC in the first contest the PAP faced there. The PAP team, led by anchor minister Chan Chun Sing, won 77.71% of the vote.

In the 2020 general election, the Progress Singapore Party (PSP) contested the GRC; the PAP team, led by Chan and Indranee Rajah, won 63.1% of the vote.

Prior to the 2025 general election, Tanjong Pagar GRC absorbed the Dover and Telok Blangah estates of the defunct West Coast GRC. To maintain the former as a five-member GRC, its electorate was reduced by carving out the Queenstown division to form a new Queenstown SMC. Indranee left to lead the PAP team for Pasir Ris–Changi GRC. In the election, the PAP won 81.02% of the vote against the People's Alliance for Reform (PAR), the best result for the former in a GRC since the creation of GRCs in 1988.

Members 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 1990s

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| reg. electors=141,520}}

Elections in 2000s

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Baey Yam Keng Sam Tan Indranee Rajah Koo Tsai Kee Lee Kuan Yew | reg. electors= 148,141

Elections in 2010s

|reg. electors= 130,752

Elections in 2020s

Notes

References

References

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8. Koh, Fabian. (22 April 2025). "GE2025: Nomination Day surprises await? PAP withholds line-ups for 5 constituencies including East Coast, Punggol GRCs".
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12. Koh, Fabian. (11 March 2025). "GE2025: Extensive changes to electoral boundaries due to population shifts; only 5 GRCs, 4 SMCs left intact".
13. (21 April 2025). "GE2025: Indranee Rajah to helm PAP’s Pasir Ris-Changi GRC team, Teo Chee Hean will not contest there". The Straits Times.
14. (4 May 2025). "GE2025: Strong showing for PAP as it wins Tanjong Pagar, Radin Mas and Queenstown". The Straits Times.
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