GE 2015 Results – Singapore General Election  

 

GRC / SMC in Singapore	GE 2015 Results – 11 Sep 2015
Aljunied GRC	WP		PAP
	69,929	50.95%	67,317	49.05%
Ang Mo Kio GRC	PAP		RP
	135,115	78.63%	36,711	21.37%
Bukit Batok SMC	PAP		SDP		IND
	18,204	72.99%	6,585	26.40%	150	0.60%
Bukit Panjang SMC	PAP		SDP
	21,935	68.38%	10,143	31.62%
Bishan-Toa Payoh GRC	PAP		SPP
	86,514	73.59%	31,049	26.41%
Chua Chu Kang GRC	PAP		PPP
	84,731	76.89%	25,460	23.11%
East Coast GRC	PAP		WP
	54,981	60.73%	35,547	39.27%
Fengshan SMC	PAP		WP
	12,398	57.52%	9,158	42.48%
Hougang SMC	WP		PAP
	13,012	57.69%	9,543	42.31%
Hong Kah North SMC	PAP		SPP
	19,612	74.76%	6,621	25.24%
Holland-Bukit Timah GRC	PAP		SDP
	62,630	66.62%	31,380	33.38%
Jalan Besar GRC	PAP		WP
	63,561	67.73%	30,283	32.27%
Jurong GRC	PAP		SF
	95,080	79.28%	30,283	20.72%
Marine Parade GRC	PAP		WP
	84,939	64.07%	47,629	35.93%
Mountbatten SMC	PAP		SPP
	15,290	71.84%	5,992	28.16%
MacPherson SMC	PAP		WP
	17,227	65.58%	8,826	33.60%
Marsiling-Yew Tee GRC	PAP		SDP
	68,485	68.73%	31,157	31.27%
Nee Soon GRC	PAP		WP
	82,197	66.83%	40,796	33.17%
Punggol East SMC	PAP		WP
	16,957	51.76%	15,801	48.24%
Pioneer SMC	PAP		NSP
	17,994	76.34%	5,578	23.66%
Pasir Ris-Punggol GRC	PAP		SDA
	125,021	72.89%	46,508	27.11%
Potong Pasir SMC	PAP		SPP
	10,581	66.41%	5,353	33.59%
Radin Mas SMC	PAP		RP		IND
	20,230	77.25%	3,329	12.71%	2629	10.04%
Sembawang GRC	PAP		NSP
	96,639	72.28%	37,067	27.72%
Sengkang West SMC	PAP		WP
	17,564	62.11%	10,716	37.89%
Tampines GRC	PAP		NSP
	95,202	72.06%	36,920	27.94%
Tanjong Pagar GRC	PAP		SF
	90,448	77.71%	25,943	22.29%
West Coast GRC	PAP		RP
	71,091	78.57%	19,392	21.43%
Yuhua SMC	PAP		SDP
	15,298	73.54%	5,505	26.46%

Source: eld.gov.sg (for illustration and sharing purpose only)

 

What Is A Group Representation Constituency (GRC) And A Single Member Constituency (SMC) in Singapore ?

Some of the Singaporeans may not be fully aware what do Constituencies in Singapore mean? They are electoral divisions which may be represented by single or multiple seats in the Parliament of Singapore. GRC scheme was primarily implemented to consider minority representation in Parliament: at least one of the MPs in a GRC must be a member of the Malay, Indian or another minority community of Singapore. In addition, it was economical for town councils, which manage public housing estates, to handle larger constituencies. Single Member Constituencies (SMCs) are single-seat constituencies but GRCs have between four and five seats in Parliament.

Possible Reasons For GE 2015 Results In This Singapore General Election

To summarise the GE 2015 results, People’s Action Party (PAP) won 83 seats out of the contested 89 seats. Workers’ Party (WP) won the remaining 6 seats from Aljunied GRC and Hougang SMC. This is the strongest ever mandate given by Singapore voters to the PAP government since 2001. The strong wins by the PAP government may be attributed to the following reasons:

• Unforgettable memories of how Singaporeans reacted as one united people to the passing away of Mr. Lee Kuan Yew on 23 March 2015.
• SG 50 Jubilee Celebrations and Best Ever NDP 2015 reminded Singapore voters that the success of Singapore should not be taken granted for.
• PM Lee’s call for Singaporeans to vote for a government and not an individual candidate worked well.
• Post 2011 Reflections by the PAP government and their decisive actions to address the key concerns of Singaporeans over key domestic issues such as rising property prices, housing issues and foreign manpower issues.
• First time ever of all the 89 constituents being contested by various opposition parties created underlying fear in Singapore voters that the PAP might be weaken and disunited due to the increasing political divide.
• Global and regional issues are tough to manage and PAP can be the next elected ruling party to continue their efforts to mitigate and overcome such real risks.

What’s next after GE 2015?

With the PAP garnering the majority of GE 2015 votes (i.e. 69.9%) with much better improvements as compared to GE 2011, our first question may come into our mind if there is any further review of the current  property cooling measures as well as the existing housing policies to better serve Singaporeans’ needs. If the prediction comes true for an upcoming global currency crisis in 2016, I hope the government can review to lift our existing tough property cooling measures probably in late 2016 or in 2017 so as to boost the local property market and property investment singapore sentiments.