Punggol West Single Member Constituency Explained

Punggol West
Type:	Single Member
Parl Name:	Parliament of Singapore
Region:	North-East Region, Singapore
Electorate:	26,579
Members:	Sun Xueling
Seats:	1
Local Council Label:	Town Council
Local Council:	Pasir Ris–Punggol
Previous:	Pasir Ris–Punggol GRC

The Punggol West Single Member Constituency (SMC) is a Single Member Constituency located in the north-eastern area of Singapore formed in 2020. It is managed by Pasir Ris — Punggol Town Council. ^[1] The current Member of Parliament (MP) is Sun Xueling of the People's Action Party (PAP).

History

The Punggol West SMC is a former ward of the Pasir Ris–Punggol Group Representation Constituency (GRC).^[2] During the review of electoral boundaries in March 2020 in the run up to the 2020 Singaporean general election, Punggol West SMC was carved out of Pasir Ris–Punggol GRC.

Tan Chen Chen of the Workers' Party (WP) contested the ward against the former MP of the former ward, Sun Xueling, during the 2020 elections.^[3] Sun won the elections with 60.97% of the votes.^[4]

Members of Parliament

Election	Member	Party
2020			PAP

Electoral results

Elections in 2020s

Notes and References

Web site: Sim . Royston . Singapore GE: New electoral boundaries announced; 14 SMCs, 17 GRCs in next election . The Straits Times . 13 March 2020 . 13 March 2020.
Web site: GE2020 constituency broadcasts: What Punggol West SMC candidates have to say . 16 February 2023 . TODAY . en.
Web site: GE2020: PAP and WP to face off at new Punggol West SMC . 16 February 2023 . CNA . en.
Web site: Auto . Hermes . 11 July 2020 . GE2020 official results: PAP wins Punggol West with 60.97% of votes, WP has 39.03% The Straits Times . 16 February 2023 . www.straitstimes.com . en.