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Moulmein–Kallang Group Representation Constituency

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Moulmein–Kallang Group Representation Constituency was a defunct four-member Group Representation Constituency (GRC), comprising several city suburbs surrounding the Central Area of Singapore as well as a sizeable portion of the Central Business District. It existed from 2011 to 2015.

History

The GRC was formed in the 2011 general election, and absorbed most parts of the Jalan Besar GRC and the Moulmein ward of Tanjong Pagar GRC. The GRC was dissolved in 2015 General Election, as it was reverted back to pre-2011 constituencies. Only the Jalan Besar constituency was dissolved and merged into Kampong Glam and Kreta Ayer-Kim Seng (Upper Boon Keng Road/Lorong 1 Geylang/Lorong 3 Geylang).

Moulmein–Kallang GRC were co-led by Minister of Communications and Information and Minister-in-charge of Muslim Affairs Yaacob Ibrahim, and Minister for Transport Lui Tuck Yew. The two abovementioned cabinet ministers retired from politics before the 2020.

The ward saw a contest in the 2011 general election between the incumbent People's Action Party and from Workers' Party of Singapore. The National Solidarity Party had expressed interest in contesting the constituency, but dropped out to avoid a three-cornered fight.[1] The PAP emerged victor with 44,828 votes or 58.56% of the total ballots for the electoral division. Incidentally, this was the one of the two highest vote percentage for the PAP in a Workers' Party-contested constituency alongside Nee Soon GRC.

In GE 2015, the Moulmein division was split into four parts and was absorbed into Jalan Besar GRC, Bishan–Toa Payoh GRC, Holland–Bukit Timah GRC and Tanjong Pagar GRC.[citation needed]

Members of Parliament

Year Division Members of Parliament Party
Formation
2011
  • Jalan Besar
  • Kampong Glam
  • Kolam Ayer
  • Moulmein
PAP
Constituency abolished (2015)

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 2010s

General Election 2011[2][3]
Party Candidate Votes %
PAP Lui Tuck Yew
Yaacob Ibrahim
Denise Phua
Edwin Tong
44,886 58.55
WP Mohd Rahizan Ya'acob
Toh Hong Boon
L Somasundaram
Frieda Chan
31,773 41.45
Majority 13,107 17.12
Total valid votes 76,659 97.88
Rejected ballots 1,659 2.12
Turnout 78,318 89.41
Registered electors 87,595
PAP win (new seat)

References

  1. ^ "GE NSP drops out of Moulmein-Kallang GRC contest - Channel NewsAsia". www.channelnewsasia.com. Archived from the original on 18 April 2011.
  2. ^ "ELD | 2011 Parliamentary General Election Results". Elections Department Singapore. Retrieved 4 July 2025.
  3. ^ "STATEMENT OF THE POLL AFTER COUNTING THE BALLOTS" (PDF). Elections Department Singapore. 12 May 2011.