Nee Soon Central Single Member Constituency

Nee Soon Central Single Member Constituency.

Not to be confused with pre-independence era Nee Soon SMC, another defunct ward that located the entire Nee Soon area as well as portion of Ang Mo Kio town in the early days, or Nee Soon East SMC where the Workers' Party have been contesting twice since 2001 general elections in eastern part of Yishun as well as Nee Soon South SMC where the Singapore Democratic Party had lost narrowly on 1991 general elections where it covers Khatib MRT Station areas along with parts of Yio Chu Kang, only to absorbed into Ang Mo Kio GRC since then until prior to 2011 general elections where the former 3 wards forms the 3 of the 5 sub-divisions on the newly formed Nee Soon GRC (The other 2 wards were craved from the nearby Sembawang GRC.)

Nee Soon Central Single Member Constituency (Traditional Chinese: 義順中單選區; Simplified Chinese: 义顺中单选区) is a defunct Single Member Constituency in the northern area in Singapore. The seat consists of Yishun New Town with it consisting of Yishun Central and a few private housing estates in the vicinity. Its current Member of Parliament is Ong Ah Heng of the People's Action Party who has held the seat since 1997. The constituency was formed in 1988 and has been held by the ruling party from 1988 to 1991 when the People's Action Party lost the seat to Singapore Democratic Party's Cheo Chai Chen but Cheo lost to Ong in Singapore general election, 1997. It had disappeared in 2011 when Nee Soon Central, Nee Soon East, Nee Soon South, Chong Pang and Canberra had merged into a newly formed Nee Soon GRC.

Members of Parliament

• Ng Pock Too (1988 – 1991)
• Cheo Chai Chen (1991 – 1997)
• Ong Ah Heng (1997 – 2011)

Constituency Abolished (2011 – ) Note: Presently, it is a sub-constituency of Nee Soon GRC

Candidates and results

Elections in 2000s

General Election 2006: Nee Soon Central
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	PAP	Ong Ah Heng	14,211	65.4	-13.1
	WP	Lian Chin Way	7,529	34.6	+34.6
Majority			6,682	30.8	-26.2
Turnout			22,125	95.6	+0.6
	PAP hold		Swing	-13.1

General Election 2001: Nee Soon Central
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	PAP	Ong Ah Heng	16,755	78.5	+17.2
	SDP	Ling How Doong	4,583	21.5	-17.2
Majority			12,172	57.0	+34.4
Turnout			23,836	95.0	-1.5
	PAP hold		Swing	+17.2

Elections in 1990s

General Election 1997: Nee Soon Central
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	PAP	Ong Ah Heng	15,214	61.3	+11.6
	SDP	Cheo Chai Chen	9,591	38.7	-11.6
Majority			5,623	22.6	+23.2
Turnout			25,335	96.5	+0.0
	PAP gain from SDP		Swing	+11.6

General Election 1991: Nee Soon Central
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	SDP	Cheo Chai Chen	12,709	50.3	+11.8
	PAP	Ng Pock Too	12,541	49.7	-7.9
Majority			168	0.6	+19.7
Turnout			25,870	96.5	-0.5
	SDP gain from PAP		Swing	+11.8

Elections in 1980s

General Election 1988: Nee Soon Central
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	PAP	Ng Pock Too	13,396	57.6	N/A
	SDP	Cheo Chai Chen	8,944	38.5	N/A
	United People's Front	Giam Lai Cheng	914	3.9	N/A
Majority			4,452	19.1
Turnout			23,670	97.0
	PAP win (new seat)

See also

• Nee Soon SMC
• Nee Soon GRC
• Nee Soon East SMC
• Nee Soon South SMC

Reference

• 1988 GE's result
• 1991 GE's result
• 1997 GE's result
• 2001 GE's result
• 2006 GE's result