Nee Soon Central Single Member Constituency

Nee Soon Central
Nee Soon Central
Former Single Member constituency; for the Parliament of Singapore
Region	North Region, Singapore
Former constituency
Created	1988
Abolished	2011
Seats	1
Member	Constituency abolished
Town Council	Sembawang
Created from	Nee Soon Constituency
Replaced by	Nee Soon GRC

Nee Soon Central Single Member Constituency was a single member constituency (SMC) in the northern area of Singapore. The seat consists of Yishun Town Centre (Neighbourhood 9), Neighbourhood 6 and part of Neighbourhood 7.

History

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 Ah Heng of the People's Action Party in the 1997 Singapore general election. Ong was subsequently reelected in 2001 and 2006 before retiring in the 2011 general election. In 2011, the constituency was merged into Nee Soon Group Representation Constituency.

Member of Parliament

Year	Member of Parliament
1988	Ng Pock Too	PAP
1991	Cheo Chai Chen	SDP
1997	Ong Ah Heng	PAP

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 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)

Elections in 1990s

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

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

Elections in 2000s

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

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

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