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Kebun Baru Single Member Constituency

Kebun Baru
Single Member constituency
for the Parliament of Singapore
RegionNorth-East Region, Singapore
Electorate22,263
Current constituency
Created1980; 45 years ago (1980)
Seats1
PartyPeople's Action Party
Member(s)Henry Kwek
Town CouncilAng Mo Kio
Created fromAng Mo Kio SMC
Merged1991
Merged toAng Mo Kio GRC
Reformed2020
Reformed fromNee Soon GRC

The Kebun Baru Single Member Constituency[a] is a single member constituency (SMC) in Ang Mo Kio, Singapore. It is managed by Ang Mo Kio Town Council (AMKTC). The current Member of Parliament (MP) for the constituency is Henry Kwek from the governing People's Action Party (PAP).

History

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Kebun Baru Constituency was carved from the now-defunct Ang Mo Kio Constituency[b] prior to the 1980 general election. It was helmed by Lim Boon Heng from the PAP throughout its first continuous period (11 years) of existence. At the 1988 general election, following the introduction of Group Representation Constituencies (GRCs), the constituency was renamed Kebun Baru Single Member Constituency, in line with the new designation for constituencies with only one MP.[2] It was absorbed into Ang Mo Kio GRC prior to the 1991 general election.

Since 2020

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Kebun Baru SMC was reformed following the release of the Electoral Boundaries Review Committee's report on 13 March 2020.[3] It was carved out of Nee Soon GRC, which it had belonged to as a division since 2015.[4] Henry Kwek, the incumbent PAP MP for the division in Nee Soon GRC, defeated Kumaran Pillai from the Progress Singapore Party (PSP) in the SMC with 62.97% of the vote.[5] In the 2025 general election, Kwek won re-election against Tony Tan from the PSP with an improved 68.5% of the vote.[6]

Member of Parliament

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Year Member Party
Formation
1980 Lim Boon Heng PAP
1984
1988
Constituency abolished (1991 – 2020)
2020 Henry Kwek PAP
2025

Electoral results

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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

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General Election 1980[7][8]
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)
General Election 1984[9][10]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
PAP Lim Boon Heng 12,311 75.84 Decrease6.99
UPF Harbans Singh 3,921 24.16 Increase18.43
Majority 8.390 51.68 Decrease19.71
Total valid votes 16,232 95.77 Decrease1.22
Rejected ballots 717 4.23 Increase1.22
Turnout 16,949 96.62 Increase0.80
Registered electors 17,542 Decrease0.94
PAP hold Swing Decrease6.99
General Election 1988[11][12]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
PAP Lim Boon Heng 15,734 75.36 Decrease0.48
NSP Mohamed Affendy bin Abdul Rahim 5,145 24.64 N/A
Majority 10,589 50.72 Decrease0.96
Total valid votes 20,879 97.37 Increase1.60
Rejected ballots 564 2.63 Decrease1.60
Turnout 21,443 95.24 Decrease1.38
Registered electors 22,515 Increase28.35
PAP hold Swing Decrease0.48

Elections in 2020s

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General Election 2020[13][14]
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)
General Election 2025[15]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
PAP Henry Kwek 13,787 68.49 Increase5.57
PSP Tony Tan 6,342 31.51 Decrease5.57
Majority 7,445 36.98 Increase11.13
Total valid votes 20,129 98.41 Increase0.21
Rejected ballots 325 1.59 Decrease0.21
Turnout 20,454 91.87 Decrease3.33
Registered electors 22,263 Decrease1.59
PAP hold Swing Increase5.57

Notes

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  1. ^ Malay: Kawasan Undi Perseorangan Kebun Baru; Chinese: 哥本峇鲁单选区; Tamil: கெபுன் பாரு தனித்தொகுதி[1]
  2. ^ Abolished in 1991 as Ang Mo Kio SMC.

References

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  1. ^ "Government Terms Translated". gov.sg. 15 July 2025. Archived from the original on 7 July 2025. Retrieved 15 July 2025.
  2. ^ "13 GRCs for next general election". The Straits Times. 15 June 1988. p. 1. Retrieved 13 March 2025 – via NewspaperSG.
  3. ^ "Key changes to the electoral boundaries: What you need to know". CNA. Archived from the original on 31 January 2021. Retrieved 13 March 2020.
  4. ^ "Singapore GE: Kebun Baru to return as SMC after nearly 30 years". The Straits Times.
  5. ^ "GE2020 official results: PAP's Henry Kwek claims Kebun Baru SMC, gets 62.97% of the votes". The Straits Times. 11 July 2020. ISSN 0585-3923. Retrieved 31 July 2025.
  6. ^ 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.
  7. ^ "ELD | 1980 Parliamentary General Election Results". www.eld.gov.sg. Retrieved 19 July 2021.
  8. ^ "Singapore Parliamentary General Election 1980 > Kebun Baru". www.singapore-elections.com. Archived from the original on 13 May 2016. Retrieved 19 July 2021.
  9. ^ "ELD | 1984 Parliamentary General Election Results". www.eld.gov.sg. Retrieved 19 July 2021.
  10. ^ "Singapore Parliamentary General Election 1984 > Kebun Baru". www.singapore-elections.com. Archived from the original on 11 May 2021. Retrieved 19 July 2021.
  11. ^ "ELD | 1988 Parliamentary General Election Results". www.eld.gov.sg. Retrieved 19 July 2021.
  12. ^ "Singapore Parliamentary General Election 1988 > Kebun Baru". www.singapore-elections.com. Archived from the original on 19 July 2021. Retrieved 19 July 2021.
  13. ^ "ELD | 2020 Parliamentary General Election Results". www.eld.gov.sg. Retrieved 19 July 2021.
  14. ^ "Singapore Parliamentary General Election 2020 > Kebun Baru". www.singapore-elections.com. Archived from the original on 21 May 2021. Retrieved 19 July 2021.
  15. ^ "Statement of Poll for the Electoral Division of Kebun Baru" (PDF). 16 May 2025.