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Nee Soon East Single Member Constituency

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Nee Soon East Single Member Constituency (SMC) was a single member constituency in the northern area of Singapore. The ward consists of Yishun's Neighbourhoods 2, 3 and 4.

Nee Soon East Single Member Constituency.

History

In 2001, the Nee Soon East SMC was formed by carving out part of Sembawang Group Representation Constituency (GRC). It was contested by Ho Peng Kee of the People's Action Party (PAP) and Poh Lee Guan of the Workers' Party (WP). Ho won the election with 19,566 votes (76.68%) and was elected the Member of Parliament for the constituency.

In 2006, Poh contested the constituency against incumbent Ho. Ho won the election again with 20,949 votes (68.72%) and retained his seat.

In 2011, the Nee Soon GRC was created for the 2011 general election. Nee Soon East and Nee Soon Central SMCs were absorbed into the GRC alongside with parts of Ang Mo Kio and Sembawang GRCs.[1]

Member of Parliament

More information Year, Member ...
YearMemberParty
Formation
2001 Ho Peng Kee PAP
2006
Constituency abolished (2011)
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Electoral results

Note: The Elections Department does not include rejected votes when calculating the vote shares of candidates. Hence, all candidates' vote shares will total to 100% at any given election (may not appear so in multi-way contests due to rounding).

Elections in 2000s

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General Election 2001[2][3]
Party Candidate Votes %
PAP Ho Peng Kee 19,566 73.68
WP Poh Lee Guan 6,990 26.32
Majority 12,576 47.36
Total valid votes 26,556 98.47
Rejected ballots 413 1.53
Turnout 26,969 94.74
Registered electors 28,465
PAP win (new seat)
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More information Party, Candidate ...
General Election 2006[4][5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
PAP Ho Peng Kee 20,949 68.72 Decrease4.96
WP Poh Lee Guan 9,535 31.28 Increase4.96
Majority 11,414 37.44 Decrease9.92
Total valid votes 30,484 98.25 Decrease0.22
Rejected ballots 544 1.75 Increase0.22
Turnout 31,028 95.27 Increase0.53
Registered electors 32,569 Increase15.22
PAP hold Swing Decrease4.96
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