Nee Soon Central Single Member Constituency

Historical constituency of Singapore Not to be confused with the currently existing Nee Soon GRC, or the defunct Nee Soon SMC, Nee Soon East SMC or Nee Soon South SMC.

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.

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 in 1997 Singapore 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

Elections

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 the 2000s

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

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

Elections in 1990s

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

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

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)

References

Constituencies of Singapore

Numbers in parentheses indicate the number of representatives assigned.

Group Representation
Constituencies (GRCs)

Single Member
Constitutencies (SMCs)

Defunct constituencies

MMCs	Municipal North-East (2) Municipal South-West (2)
GRCs	Bedok (4) Brickworks (4) Bukit Timah (5) Cheng San (5) Eunos (4) Holland–Bukit Panjang (5) Hong Kah (5) Kampong Glam (4) Kreta Ayer–Tanglin (4) Moulmein–Kallang (4) Pasir Panjang (3) Pasir Ris (4) Thomson (4) Tiong Bahru (3) Toa Payoh (4)

Lists of electoral divisions

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2000s	2001–06 2006–11 2011–15 2015–20

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