Tampines Changkat Single Member Constituency
| Tampines Changkat | |
|---|---|
| Single Member constituency for the Parliament of Singapore | |
 | |
| Region | East Region, Singapore |
| Electorate | 23,847 |
| Current constituency | |
| Created | 11 March 2025 |
| Seats | 1 |
| Party | People's Action Party |
| Member(s) | Desmond Choo |
| Town Council | Tampines |
| Created from | |
Tampines Changkat Single Member Constituency is a Single Member Constituency (SMC) for the Parliament of Singapore. Located in the East Region, Singapore, it was established in 2025 after being split from Tampines Group Representation Constituency (GRC). The current Member of Parliament (MP) is Desmond Choo from the People's Action Party (PAP).
History
[edit]Tampines Changkat SMC was established for the 2025 general election by carving out most of the Tampines Changkat ward in Tampines GRC and the 42nd polling district of East Coast GRC, reducing the number of voters in Tampines GRC.[1][2][3]
Desmond Choo, the incumbent MP for the Tampines Changkat ward, contested the SMC against Kenneth Foo from the Workers' Party (WP) in that same election. Choo won with 56% of the vote.[4]
ICA investigation
[edit]Before the 2025 general election, an investigation by the Immigration and Checkpoints Authority (ICA) was launched in relation to the SMC after it was revealed that only one voter was registered in the EC42 polling district and was supposedly living in Tampines Industrial Park A. At the same time, of the four Build-to-Order (BTO) projects in the polling district, only one had been finished, with the residents receiving their keys after the finalisation of the Registers of Electors; thus, they could not vote in the SMC. The voter also said that he did not live at his registered address, a crime punishable by a fine of up to $5000 and a jail sentence of up to 5 years.[3] However, he received a verbal advisory instead for failure to update his address, having moved out of the industrial park in 2022.[5]
Member of Parliament
[edit]| Year | Member | Party | |
| Formation | |||
| 2025 | Desmond Choo | PAP | |
Electoral results
[edit]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 2020s
[edit]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PAP | Desmond Choo | 12,476 | 56.16 | ||
| WP | Kenneth Foo | 9,741 | 43.84 | ||
| Majority | 2,735 | 12.32 | |||
| Total valid votes | 22,217 | 99.00 | |||
| Rejected ballots | 224 | 1.00 | |||
| Turnout | 22,441 | 94.10 | |||
| Registered electors | 23,847 | ||||
| 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.
- ^ a b "ICA investigating case of solo voter in polling district within new Tampines Changkat SMC". The Straits Times. 2025-04-10. ISSN 0585-3923. Retrieved 2025-05-31.
- ^ "PAP's Desmond Choo wins Tampines Changkat SMC with 56.17% of votes over WP's Kenneth Foo". AsiaOne. 2025-05-04. Retrieved 2025-06-14.
- ^ "Sole registered voter in Tampines Changkat SMC polling district gets verbal advisory for old address". The Straits Times. 2025-06-03. ISSN 0585-3923. Retrieved 2025-06-14.
- ^ "Statement of Poll for the Electoral Division of Tampines Changkat" (PDF). 16 May 2025.
