Region Southeastern Singapore Created 1997 Founded 1997 | Electorate 99,118 Town Council East Coast-Fengshan Number of members 4 | |
East Coast Group Representation Constituency (Chinese: 东海岸集选区; Malay: Kawasan Undi Perwakilan Berkumpulan East Coast; Tamil: ஈஸ்ட் கோஸ்ட் குழுத்தொகுதி) is a four-member Group Representation Constituency in the eastern area of Singapore. The areas of the Group Representation Constituency consists of East Coast, Bedok, Changi-Simei, Siglap, Kampong Chai Chee, Changi Airport and the offshore islands of Pulau Tekong and Pulau Ubin. The GRC also covers a large portion of Singapore's eastern territorial waters.
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East Coast GRC is led by Minister for Manpower Lim Swee Say.
History
East Coast GRC was formed in 1997 as a six-member Group Representation Constituency. East Coast GRC was formed with a merger of Bedok Group Representation Constituency and Eunos Group Representation Constituency.
Joo Chiat Single Member Constituency was formerly part of the GRC until 2001.
A large portion of the Kaki Bukit division and 60% of Kampong Chai Chee was transferred from East Coast GRC to Marine Parade GRC and saw the removal of Chew Heng Ching, Tan Soo Khoon and Lee Yock Suan due to the advanced age in 2006, followed by S Jayakumar and Abdullah Tarmugi in 2011. It was downsized from six members to five members following the redrawing of divisions into the Marine Parade GRC in 2006. The offshore island of Coney Island was transferred to Pasir Ris-Punggol GRC in 2015.
The People's Action Party won in a walkover in the 1997 and 2001 general elections. It saw its first contest in the 2006 general election from the Workers' Party. In 2011 and 2015, the PAP received numerous close fights with the Workers' Party but the former won in both elections in the end, though the results allowed WP candidates to enter parliament as Non-Constituency MPs both times. In the 2015 general election, Fengshan SMC was carved out and East Coast GRC was left with four members.