Punggol West Single Member Constituency

The Punggol West Single Member Constituency is a Single Member Constituency located in the north-eastern area of Singapore formed in 2020.[1] The current Member of Parliament (MP) is Sun Xueling of the People's Action Party (PAP).

Punggol West
Single Member Constituency
for the Parliament of Singapore
RegionNorth-East Region, Singapore
Electorate26,579
Current constituency
Created2020 (2020)
Seats1
Party People's Action Party
Member(s)Sun Xueling
Town CouncilPasir Ris–Punggol
Created fromPasir Ris–Punggol GRC

History

Punggol West is a new SMC carved out as a new electoral boundary and used to be part of the Pasir Ris–Punggol GRC which reduce the size of the Pasir Ris–Punggol GRC from six to five seats. Sun Xueling was the current MP for this constituency since Punggol West was used to be part of the Pasir Ris–Punggol GRC until 2020.

PAP's candidate Sun Xueling defeated WP candidate Tan Chen Chen with a vote count of 60.97% vs 39.03% in the 2020 Singapore general election which made her the MP of the new constituency.

Town Council

Punggol West SMC, alongside Pasir Ris–Punggol GRC, is managed by Pasir Ris–Punggol Town Council.

Members of Parliament
Election MemberParty
2020 Sun XuelingPAP

Elections

Note : Elections Department Singapore do not include rejected votes for calculation of candidate's vote share. Hence, the total of all candidates' vote share will be 100%.

Elections in 2020s
General Election 2020: Punggol West
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
PAP Sun Xueling 15,637 60.97 N/A
WP Tan Chen Chen 10,012 39.03 N/A
Majority 5,625 21.94
Rejected ballots 216 0.84
Turnout 25,865 97.31 N/A
Registered electors 26,579
PAP win (new seat)

See also

References
  1. Sim, Royston (13 March 2020). "Singapore GE: New electoral boundaries announced; 14 SMCs, 17 GRCs in next election". The Straits Times. Retrieved 13 March 2020.
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