Sembawang West Single Member Constituency
| Sembawang West | |
|---|---|
| Single Member constituency for the Parliament of Singapore | |
 | |
| Region | North Region, Singapore |
| Electorate | 24,206 |
| Current constituency | |
| Created | 2025 |
| Seats | 1 |
| Party | People's Action Party |
| Member(s) | Poh Li San |
| Town Council | Sembawang |
| Created from | Sembawang GRC |
Sembawang West Single Member Constituency is a Single Member Constituency (SMC) for the Parliament of Singapore. It is managed by Sembawang Town Council. The current Member of Parliament (MP) is Poh Li San from the governing People's Action Party (PAP).
History
Prior to the 2025 general election, Sembawang West SMC was carved from the Sembawang West division of Sembawang Group Representation Constituency (GRC), in order to reduce the number of voters in the GRC. At establishment, there were 24,153 registered voters within the SMC.[1][2]
After the redrawing of electoral boundaries, Chee Soon Juan, the leader of the Singapore Democratic Party (SDP), said that he would contest Sembawang West SMC as Bukit Batok SMC, where he had previously contested, had been absorbed into the newly established Jurong East–Bukit Batok GRC.[3][4] The National Solidarity Party (NSP) initially intended to contest the SMC but announced on 20 April that it would back out to avoid a three-way fight.[5]
On 22 April, Poh, the incumbent MP for the Sembawang West division, announced her candidacy for the SMC.[5] She proceeded to defeat Chee with over 53% of the vote.[6]
Chee would later miss out on becoming a non-constituency MP (NCMP) after Andre Low, Workers' Party (WP) candidate for Jalan Kayu SMC, and the WP team for Tampines GRC, outperformed him, respectively garnering 48.53% and 47.37% of the vote against victorious PAP candidates.[7]
Member of Parliament
| Year | Member | Party | |
| Formation | |||
| 2025 | Poh Li San | PAP | |
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
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| PAP | Poh Li San | 11,999 | 53.18 | |
| SDP | Chee Soon Juan | 10,564 | 46.82 | |
| Majority | 1,435 | 6.36 | ||
| Total valid votes | 22,563 | 98.82 | ||
| Rejected ballots | 269 | 1.18 | ||
| Turnout | 22,832 | 94.32 | ||
| Registered electors | 24,206 | |||
| PAP win (new seat) | ||||
References
- ^ "GE2025: Six new SMCs created as the EBRC lays out changes to constituencies". CNA. Retrieved 12 March 2025.
- ^ "6 new SMCs for GE2025, five single seats gone". The Straits Times. 11 March 2025. ISSN 0585-3923. Retrieved 12 March 2025.
- ^ "GE2025: Singapore Democratic Party chief Chee Soon Juan to contest in Sembawang West SMC". Channel NewsAsia. 23 March 2025. ISSN 0585-3923. Retrieved 23 March 2025.
- ^ Koh, Fabian (11 March 2025). "GE2025: Extensive changes to electoral boundaries due to population shifts; only 5 GRCs, 4 SMCs left intact". CNA. Retrieved 11 March 2025.
- ^ a b Begum, Shabana (22 April 2025). "GE2025: Poh Li San to contest new Sembawang West SMC, against SDP's Chee Soon Juan". The Straits Times. ISSN 0585-3923. Retrieved 22 April 2025.
- ^ "GE2025: Poh Li San edges out Chee Soon Juan in Sembawang West SMC with 53.19% of the vote". The Straits Times. 4 May 2025. ISSN 0585-3923. Retrieved 1 August 2025.
- ^ Ng, Wei Kai (4 May 2025). "GE2025: WP to get two NCMP seats in the next Parliament, on top of 10 elected MPs". Yahoo News (republication from The Straits Times). Retrieved 1 August 2025.
- ^ "Statement of Poll for the Electoral Division of Sembawang West" (PDF). 16 May 2025.
