Jalan Kayu Single Member Constituency
| Jalan Kayu | |
|---|---|
| Single Member constituency for the Parliament of Singapore | |
 | |
| Region | North-East Region, Singapore |
| Electorate | 29,565 |
| Current constituency | |
| Created | 2025 |
| Seats | 1 |
| Party | People's Action Party |
| Member(s) | Ng Chee Meng |
| Town Council | Ang Mo Kio |
| Created from | Ang Mo Kio GRC |
Jalan Kayu is a Single Member Constituency (SMC) for the Parliament of Singapore. Located in the North-East Region, it was established in 2025 after being split from Ang Mo Kio GRC and was first contested at the general election that occurred in the same year. The current Member of Parliament is Ng Chee Meng from the People's Action Party (PAP).
History
[edit]Jalan Kayu SMC was established for the 2025 general election, in order to reduce the number of voters in Ang Mo Kio Group Representation Constituency (GRC), which had the most electors out of all GRCs. At re-establishment, Jalan Kayu SMC had 29,565 registered voters.[1][2]
2025 election
[edit]The constituency saw the political comeback of Ng Chee Meng from the People's Action Party (PAP), who was previously a Member of Parliament (MP) from 2015 to 2020 and a cabinet minister at the now defunct Pasir Ris–Punggol GRC's Punggol North division. He and his team was defeated by the Workers' Party (WP) at the then newly created Sengkang GRC during the 2020 general election, leading to a five-year period where he was not an MP while remaining Secretary-General of the PAP-affliated National Trades Union Congress (NTUC), a position he has held since 2018. Contesting in Jalan Kayu, he managed to narrowly defeat newcomer Andre Low from the WP with 51.47% of the votes to 48.73%, a margin of just 806 votes, which was the narrowest PAP victory in the election.[3][4]
Members of Parliament
[edit]| Year | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Formation | |||
| 2025 | Ng Chee Meng | PAP | |
Electoral results
[edit]Elections in 2020s
[edit]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PAP | Ng Chee Meng | 14,113 | 51.47 | ||
| WP | Andre Low | 13,307 | 48.53 | ||
| Majority | 806 | 2.94 | |||
| Total valid votes | 27,420 | 92.74 | |||
| Rejected ballots | 376 | 1.35 | |||
| Turnout | 27,796 | 94.01 | |||
| Registered electors | 29,628 | ||||
| PAP win (new seat) | |||||
References
[edit]- ^ "GE2025: Six new SMCs created as the EBRC lays out changes to constituencies". CNA. Retrieved 12 March 2025.
- ^ "6 new SMCs for GE2025, five single seats gone". The Straits Times. 11 March 2025. ISSN 0585-3923. Retrieved 12 March 2025.
- ^ Theresa Tan; Sue-Ann Tan; Kimberly Kwek (4 May 2025). "GE2025: PAP's Ng Chee Meng wins Jalan Kayu with 51.47% of votes against WP candidate Andre Low". The Straits Times. Retrieved 6 May 2025.
- ^ Kwek, Kimberly (4 May 2025). "GE2025: Defeated WP candidate Andre Low thanks residents for support after narrow loss in Jalan Kayu". The Straits Times. Retrieved 6 May 2025.
