East Coast Group Representation Constituency


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 East Coast Park, Bedok, Changi-Simei, Siglap, Tampines, Pasir Ris, Kampong Chai Chee, Changi Airport and the offshore islands of Pulau Tekong, Pulau Ubin and Pedra Branca. The GRC also covers a large portion of Singapore's eastern territorial waters.
East Coast GRC is helmed by the Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister Heng Swee Keat together with Minister in Prime Minister's Office and Second Minister for Foreign Affairs and Education Maliki Osman.

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 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 in general elections. In 2011 and 2015, the PAP received numerous close fights with the Workers' Party but the former won in both elections in the end, though the results allowed WP candidates to enter parliament as Non-Constituency MPs both times. In 2020, East Coast GRC was the second closest GRC. However, WP candidates did not enter parliament as NCMPs this time as the result in West Coast GRC was closer.

Members of Parliament

Candidates and results

Elections in 2020s

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

Elections in 2000s

Elections in 1990s