East Coast Group Representation Constituency

East Coast Malay: Kawasan Undi Perwakilan Berkumpulan Pantai Timur Chinese: 东海岸集选区 Tamil: ஈஸ்ட் கோஸ்ட் குழுத்தொகுதி
Group Representation Constituency for the Parliament of Singapore
Region	East and North-East Regions, Singapore
Electorate	121,772
Current constituency
Created	1997
Seats	5
Party	People's Action Party
Member(s)	Heng Swee Keat Maliki Osman Tan Kiat How Cheryl Chan Wei Ling Jessica Tan Soon Neo
Town Council	East Coast–Fengshan
Created from	Bedok GRC (1997) Eunos GRC (1997) Marine Parade GRC (1997) Fengshan SMC (2020)

The East Coast Group Representation Constituency is a five-member Group Representation Constituency in the eastern area of Singapore. The areas of the Group Representation Constituency consists of locations such as East Coast Park, Bedok, Changi, Simei, Siglap, Tampines, Pasir Ris, Chai Chee, Changi Airport and the offshore islands of Pulau Tekong, Pulau Ubin and Pedra Branca.^[1] The GRC also covers a large portion of Singapore's eastern territorial waters and ITE College East. The five divisions are Bedok, Siglap, Fengshan, Changi-Simei and Kampong Chai Chee.

East Coast GRC is led by Deputy Prime Minister Heng Swee Keat. He co-leads with Maliki Osman, Minister in the Prime Minister’s Office, Second Minister of Foreign Affairs and Second Minister of Education.

History

East Coast GRC was formed in 1997 as a six-member Group Representation Constituency. East Coast GRC was formed with a merger of Bedok Group Representation Constituency and Eunos Group Representation Constituency.

Joo Chiat Single Member Constituency was formerly part of the GRC until 2001, and subsumed into Marine Parade GRC as of the 2015 elections. A large portion of the Kaki Bukit division and 60% of Kampong Chai Chee was transferred from East Coast GRC to Marine Parade GRC and saw the removal of Chew Heng Ching, Tan Soo Khoon and Lee Yock Suan due to the advanced age in 2006, followed by S Jayakumar and Abdullah Tarmugi in 2011. It was downsized from six members to five members following the redrawing of divisions into the Marine Parade GRC in 2006. The offshore island of Coney Island was transferred to Pasir Ris–Punggol GRC in 2015, while Fengshan SMC was carved out and East Coast GRC was left with four members. East Coast GRC was increased in size to five after Fengshan SMC has been absorbed back into East Coast GRC for the 2020 general election.

The People's Action Party (PAP) won in a walkover in the 1997 and 2001 general elections. It saw its first contest in the 2006 general election from the Workers' Party. This GRC is a perennial battleground between the two parties. In 2011 and 2015, the PAP received numerous close fights with the WP and won both times, though the results allowed WP candidates to enter parliament as Non-Constituency MPs both times.

In October 2015, Kampong Chai Chee MP, Lee Yi Shyan stepped down from his ministerial post after suffering from a mini stroke in May 2015. Prior to the 2020 general election, Lee Yi Shyan and Lim Swee Say retired and were succeeded by Tan Kiat How and Deputy Prime Minister Heng Swee Keat, the latter who was transferred from Tampines GRC. The resulting election saw the PAP retaining East Coast GRC, albeit with the second closest marginal result after West Coast GRC; WP candidates did not enter parliament as NCMPs this time as the offer was made to the Progress Singapore Party in West Coast as the best performing losers.

East Coast GRC is the only GRC that is managing it's town council with no other constituencies and named as East Coast Town Council.

Members of Parliament

Candidates and results

Elections in 2020s

General Election 2020: East Coast GRC

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	PAP	Heng Swee Keat Maliki Osman Tan Kiat How Cheryl Chan Wei Ling Jessica Tan Soon Neo	61,144	53.39	6.72
	WP	Nicole Seah Xue Ling Kenneth Foo Seck Guan Abdul Shariff Aboo Kassim Terence Tan Li-Chern Dylan Ng Foo Eng	53,375	46.61	6.72
Majority			7,769	6.78
Rejected ballots			1,393	1.20
Turnout			114,519	94.96	2.61
Registered electors			121,772
	PAP hold		Swing	6.72

As Fengshan merged with East Coast GRC, the notional result in 2015 with the two constituencies' 2015 votes combined is PAP 60.11%, WP 39.89%. Therefore, there was a swing of 6.72% to WP from the 2015 election.

Elections in 2010s

General Election 2015: East Coast GRC

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	PAP	Lim Swee Say Lee Yi Shyan Maliki Osman Jessica Tan	54,981	60.73	5.9
	WP	Leon Perera Daniel Goh Pei Siong Gerald Giam Mohamed Fairoz Bin Shariff	35,547	39.27	5.9
Majority			19,434	21.4	11.8
Rejected ballots			1,008	1.02	-
Turnout			99,118		-
	PAP hold		Swing	5.9

General Election 2011: East Coast GRC

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	PAP	Lim Swee Say Raymond Lim Maliki Osman Lee Yi Shyan Jessica Tan	59,992	54.8	9.1
	WP	Gerald Giam Png Eng Huat Mohd Fazli Talip Eric Tan Heng Chong Glenda Han	49,429	45.2	9.1
Majority			10,563	9.6	N/A
Turnout			111,269	92.5	N/A
	PAP hold		Swing	9.1

Elections in 2000s

Elections in 1990s

References

• 2020 General Election's result
• 2015 General Election's result
• 2011 General Election's result
• 2006 General Election's result
• 2001 General Election's result
• 1997 General Election's result
• 1991 General Election's result
• 1988 General Election's result