Kebun Baru Single Member Constituency
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| Kebun Baru | |
|---|---|
| Single Member constituency for the Parliament of Singapore | |
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| Region | North-East Region, Singapore |
| Electorate | 22,263 |
| Current constituency | |
| Created | 1980 |
| Seats | 1 |
| Party | People's Action Party |
| Member(s) | Henry Kwek |
| Town Council | Ang Mo Kio |
| Created from | Ang Mo Kio SMC |
| Merged | 1991 |
| Merged to | Ang Mo Kio GRC |
| Reformed | 2020 |
| Reformed from | Nee Soon GRC |
The Kebun Baru Single Member Constituency is a single member constituency in Ang Mo Kio, Singapore. It is managed by Ang Mo Kio Town Council. The current Member of Parliament for the constituency is Henry Kwek from the People's Action Party (PAP).
History
[edit]Kebun Baru Constituency was carved from the now-defunct Ang Mo Kio Single Member Constituency (then known as Ang Mo Kio Constituency) in 1980. It was helmed by Lim Boon Heng throughout its first 11 years of existence.
In 1988, it was renamed as Kebun Baru Single Member Constituency with the creation of Group Representation Constituencies (GRCs).
It was absorbed into the new Ang Mo Kio GRC prior to the 1991 general election.
Kebun Baru SMC was reformed following the release of the Electoral Boundaries Review Committee's report on 13 March 2020.[1] The constituency was carved out of Nee Soon GRC, which it had belonged to since 2015.[2] Henry Kwek, representing the PAP, proceeded to defeat Kumaran Pillai from the Progress Singapore Party (PSP) with 62.97% of the vote.
In the 2025 general election, Kwek won re-election against Tony Tan from the PSP with an improved 68.5% of the vote.[3]
Member of Parliament
[edit]| Year | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Formation | |||
| 1980 | Lim Boon Heng | PAP | |
| 1984 | |||
| 1988 | |||
| Constituency abolished (1991 – 2020) | |||
| 2020 | Henry Kwek | PAP | |
| 2025 | |||
Electoral results
[edit]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 1980s
[edit]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PAP | Lim Boon Heng | 13,632 | 82.83 | ||
| DPP | Lim Tiong Hock | 1,883 | 11.44 | ||
| UPF | Jantan B Taib | 943 | 5.73 | ||
| Majority | 11,749 | 71.39 | |||
| Total valid votes | 16,458 | 96.99 | |||
| Rejected ballots | 511 | 3.01 | |||
| Turnout | 16,969 | 95.82 | |||
| Registered electors | 17,709 | ||||
| PAP win (new seat) | |||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PAP | Lim Boon Heng | 12,311 | 75.84 |  6.99
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| UPF | Harbans Singh | 3,921 | 24.16 |  18.43
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| Majority | 8.390 | 51.68 | 19.71
| ||
| Total valid votes | 16,232 | 95.77 | 1.22
| ||
| Rejected ballots | 717 | 4.23 | 1.22
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| Turnout | 16,949 | 96.62 | 0.80
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| Registered electors | 17,542 | 0.94
| |||
| PAP hold | Swing | 6.99
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PAP | Lim Boon Heng | 15,734 | 75.36 | 0.48
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| NSP | Mohamed Affendy bin Abdul Rahim | 5,145 | 24.64 | N/A | |
| Majority | 10,589 | 50.72 | 0.96
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| Total valid votes | 20,879 | 97.37 | 1.60
| ||
| Rejected ballots | 564 | 2.63 | 1.60
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| Turnout | 21,443 | 95.24 | 1.38
| ||
| Registered electors | 22,515 | 28.35
| |||
| PAP hold | Swing | 0.48
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Elections in 2020s
[edit]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PAP | Henry Kwek | 13,309 | 62.92 | ||
| PSP | Kumaran Pillai | 7,842 | 37.08 | ||
| Majority | 5,467 | 25.85 | |||
| Total valid votes | 21,151 | 98.20 | |||
| Rejected ballots | 387 | 1.80 | |||
| Turnout | 21,538 | 95.20 | |||
| Registered electors | 22,623 | ||||
| PAP win (new seat) | |||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PAP | Henry Kwek | 13,787 | 68.49 | 5.57
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| PSP | Tony Tan | 6,342 | 31.51 | 5.57
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| Majority | 7,445 | 36.98 | 11.13
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| Total valid votes | 20,129 | 98.41 | 0.21
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| Rejected ballots | 325 | 1.59 | 0.21
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| Turnout | 20,454 | 91.87 | 3.33
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| Registered electors | 22,263 | 1.59
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| PAP hold | Swing | 5.57
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References
[edit]- ^ "Key changes to the electoral boundaries: What you need to know". CNA. Archived from the original on 31 January 2021. Retrieved 13 March 2020.
- ^ "Singapore GE: Kebun Baru to return as SMC after nearly 30 years". The Straits Times.
- ^ Citizen, The Online (3 May 2025). "GE2025 Results: PAP's Henry Kwek wins Kebun Baru SMC with 68.5% of the vote". The Online Citizen. Retrieved 2 June 2025.
- ^ "ELD | 1980 Parliamentary General Election Results". www.eld.gov.sg. Retrieved 19 July 2021.
- ^ "Singapore Parliamentary General Election 1980 > Kebun Baru". www.singapore-elections.com. Archived from the original on 13 May 2016. Retrieved 19 July 2021.
- ^ "ELD | 1984 Parliamentary General Election Results". www.eld.gov.sg. Retrieved 19 July 2021.
- ^ "Singapore Parliamentary General Election 1984 > Kebun Baru". www.singapore-elections.com. Archived from the original on 11 May 2021. Retrieved 19 July 2021.
- ^ "ELD | 1988 Parliamentary General Election Results". www.eld.gov.sg. Retrieved 19 July 2021.
- ^ "Singapore Parliamentary General Election 1988 > Kebun Baru". www.singapore-elections.com. Archived from the original on 19 July 2021. Retrieved 19 July 2021.
- ^ "ELD | 2020 Parliamentary General Election Results". www.eld.gov.sg. Retrieved 19 July 2021.
- ^ "Singapore Parliamentary General Election 2020 > Kebun Baru". www.singapore-elections.com. Archived from the original on 21 May 2021. Retrieved 19 July 2021.
- ^ "Statement of Poll for the Electoral Division of Kebun Baru" (PDF). 16 May 2025.
