West Coast Group Representation Constituency

West Coast
Former Group Representation constituency for the Parliament of Singapore
Region	West Region, Singapore
Electorate	146,251
Former constituency
Created	1997 (1997)
Abolished	2025 (2025)
Seats	5
Member(s)	Constituency abolished
Town Council	West Coast
Created from	Brickworks GRC Tanjong Pagar GRC
Replaced by	Tanjong Pagar GRC (Telok Blangah and Dover) Radin Mas SMC (HarbourFront, Sentosa and Southern Islands) West Coast–Jurong West GRC (All other areas)

The West Coast Group Representation Constituency was a five-member group representation constituency (GRC) located in the western and central areas of Singapore. It covered the areas of Ayer Rajah, Dover, Pasir Panjang, West Coast, Jurong, Telok Blangah, and Tuas, as well as most of Singapore's southern and western territorial waters and offshore islands, including Sentosa and Jurong Island.^[1] At abolition, it had five divisions: Ayer Rajah–Gek Poh, West Coast, Boon Lay, Nanyang and Telok Blangah, managed by West Coast Town Council.

Prior to the 1997 general election, West Coast GRC was created from the GRCs of Brickworks, which was abolished at the same election, and Tanjong Pagar; it was assigned four Members of Parliament (MPs).^[2] The governing People's Action Party (PAP) defeated the Workers' Party (WP) with 70.14% of the vote.^[3]

In 2001, Boon Lay Single Member Constituency (SMC) was abolished and absorbed into West Coast GRC, which gained one MP to become a five-member GRC.^[4] The PAP team won unopposed.^[5]

In 2006, the GRC absorbed Ayer Rajah SMC; Tan Cheng Bock, incumbent PAP MP for the SMC and future opposition politician, made his initial retirement from politics at the same election.^[6][7] The PAP team won unopposed for the second consecutive election.^[8]

In 2011, Lawrence Wong, future Prime Minister and MP for Marsiling–Yew Tee GRC, made his political debut in West Coast GRC, where he became the MP for its Boon Lay division.^[9][10] The PAP defeated the Reform Party (RP) with 66.57% of the vote.^[11]

In 2015, West Coast GRC lost its Clementi division to Jurong GRC, becoming a four-member GRC in the process;^[12] the PAP defeated the RP with 78.57% of the vote.^[7]

In 2020, West Coast GRC was re-expanded to become a five-member GRC, gaining parts of Chua Chu Kang GRC and Hong Kah North SMC;^[13] in its worst performance in the GRC, the PAP defeated the A-team^[14] of Tan's Progress Singapore Party (PSP) with 51.68% of the vote.^[7]

In January 2024, S. Iswaran resigned from the PAP, the ministership for transport and his seat as MP for the GRC after he was charged in the State Courts of Singapore with 27 charges relating to bribery and corruption.^[15][16]

Prior to the 2025 general election, West Coast GRC was abolished, with the majority of its area being merged into the new West Coast–Jurong West GRC, alongside the entire residential area of the Taman Jurong division and the majority of the Jurong Spring division of Jurong GRC. Telok Blangah and Dover estates were carved out and given to Tanjong Pagar GRC, while the estates of Harbourfront and Sentosa, as well as the Southern Islands, were given to Radin Mas SMC.^[17][18][19]

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%.

General Election 2001^[23]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	PAP	Ho Geok Choo Arthur Fong Cedric Foo Lim Hng Kiang S. Iswaran	Unopposed
Registered electors			110,779		49.66
	PAP hold

General Election 2006^[24]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	PAP	S. Iswaran Ho Geok Choo Arthur Fong Cedric Foo Lim Hng Kiang	Unopposed
Registered electors			137,739		24.34
	PAP hold

General Election 2011^[25][26]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	PAP	Arthur Fong Foo Mee Har Lim Hng Kiang S. Iswaran Lawrence Wong	72,563	66.57	N/A
	RP	Kenneth Jeyaretnam Andy Zhu Frankie Low Kumar Appavoo Haren Hu	36,443	33.43	N/A
Majority			36,120	33.14	N/A
Total valid votes			109,006	97.48	N/A
Rejected ballots			2,821	2.52	N/A
Turnout			111,827	92.38	N/A
Registered electors			121,045		12.12
	PAP hold		Swing	N/A

General Election 2015^[27][28]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	PAP	Foo Mee Har Patrick Tay Lim Hng Kiang S. Iswaran	71,214	78.57	11.91
	RP	Kenneth Jeyaretnam Andy Zhu Darren Soh Noraini Yunus	19,426	21.43	11.91
Majority			51,788	57.14	24.00
Total valid votes			90,640	97.40	0.08
Rejected ballots			2,416	2.60	0.08
Turnout			93,056	93.71	1.33
Registered electors			99,300		17.96
	PAP hold		Swing	11.91

General Election 2020^[29][30]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	PAP	Foo Mee Har Desmond Lee Ang Wei Neng Rachel Ong S. Iswaran	71,658	51.68	26.89
	PSP	Tan Cheng Bock Leong Mun Wai Hazel Poa Nadarajah Loganathan Jeffrey Khoo	66,996	48.32	N/A
Majority			4,662	3.36	53.74
Total valid votes			138,654	98.83	1.43
Rejected ballots			1,646	1.17	1.43
Turnout			140,300	96.04	2.33
Registered electors			146,089		47.11
	PAP hold		Swing	26.89