Region Southwestern Singapore Created 2001 Founded 2001 | Electorate 130,498 Town Council Jurong-Clementi Number of members 5 | |
Jurong Group Representation Constituency (Chinese: 裕廊集选区; Malay: Kawasan Undi Perwakilan Berkumpulan Jurong; Tamil: ஜூரோங் குழுத்தொகுதி) is a five-member Group Representation Constituency located in the western area of Singapore. The GRC consists of a large section of Jurong, sections of Bukit Batok and areas near Upper Bukit Timah Road. The subdivisions of the GRC are Bukit Batok East, Jurong Central, Taman Jurong and parts of Hong Kah. Yuhua and Bukit Batok divisions had been crafted out as Single Member Constituencies for the 2011 general elections and 2015 general elections respectively. The constituency was contested in the 2001 general election with the People's Action Party against the Singapore Democratic Party. The seat has always been held by the People's Action Party since its creation in 2001.
The electoral boundaries have been redrawn before the 2015 General Elections. In the 2015 General Election, the re-organised subdivisions of the GRC are Clementi, Bukit Batok East, Jurong Central, Jurong Spring and Taman Jurong.
Jurong GRC was a hotly contested seat in the 2001 general election with SDP leading the opposition team.
When the late Dr Ong Chit Chung died from heart failure in July 2008, Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong announced that there would be no by-elections to fill the position, as there are other MPs looking after the constituency as GRC. Dr Ong's seat for Bukit Batok was replaced by Mdm Halimah Yacob from the nearby Bukit Batok East ward, until the next election in 2011.
When Minister Lim Boon Heng retired from politics in 2011, both new MPs Desmond Lee and Ang Wei Neng assumed leadership for Jurong GRC.
In February 2016, about 600 Jurong GRC residents in the Community Heath Assist Scheme (CHAS) participated in the Project Big Heart carnival, a joint project with Fullerton Health Group. Medication was prescribed to patients at no cost.