| Yio Chu Kang | |
|---|---|
| Single Member constituency for theParliament of Singapore | |
| Region | North-East Region, Singapore |
| Electorate | 25,410 |
| Current constituency | |
| Created | 1980; 46 years ago (1980) |
| Seats | 1 |
| Party | People's Action Party |
| Member | Yip Hon Weng |
| Town Council | Ang Mo Kio |
| Merged | 1991, 2011 |
| Merged to | Ang Mo Kio GRC |
| Reformed | 2006, 2020 |
| Reformed from | Ang Mo Kio GRC |
TheYio Chu Kang Single Member Constituency[a] is asingle-member constituency (SMC) situated innorth-easternSingapore. It is managed by Ang Mo Kio Town Council (AMKTC). The currentMember of Parliament (MP) isYip Hon Weng from thePeople's Action Party (PAP).
Yio Chu Kang Constituency was created in 1980. At theelection held in the same year, Lau Ping Sum from the PAP won with 87.53% of the vote.[2] He would represent the constituency until 1991, when it was abolished and merged intoAng Mo Kio Group Representation Constituency (GRC).
In 1988, the constituency was renamedYio Chu Kang Single Member Constituency with the creation ofGRCs.
Yio Chu Kang SMC would not exist after the1991 general election until it was reformed in 2006 from Ang Mo Kio GRC. At theelection held in the same year,Seng Han Thong from the PAP won with 68.28% of the vote.[3] The SMC was abolished for the second time after a single term.
For the2020 general election, the SMC was reformed for the second time from Ang Mo Kio GRC. Yip Hon Weng from the PAP won with 60.82% of the vote against Kayla Low from theProgress Singapore Party (PSP).[4] Yip won an improved 78.75% of the vote when he ran for reelection in2025 against Michael Fang from thePeople's Alliance for Reform (PAR).[5]
| Year | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Formation | |||
| 1980 | Lau Ping Sum | PAP | |
| 1984 | |||
| 1988 | |||
| Constituency abolished (1991 – 2006) | |||
| 2006 | Seng Han Thong | PAP | |
| Constituency abolished (2011 – 2020) | |||
| 2020 | Yip Hon Weng | PAP | |
| 2025 | |||
Note: TheElections 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).
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PAP | Lau Ping Sum | 11,607 | 87.5 | ||
| United People's Front | Piaro Lachhu S. | 1,653 | 12.5 | ||
| Majority | 9,954 | 75.00 | |||
| Total valid votes | |||||
| Rejected ballots | |||||
| Turnout | 13,640 | 97.3 | |||
| Registered electors | |||||
| PAPwin (new seat) | |||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PAP | Lau Ping Sum | 11,977 | 76.7 | ||
| United People's Front | Munjeet Singh | 3,647 | 23.3 | ||
| Majority | 8,330 | 53.40 | |||
| Total valid votes | |||||
| Rejected ballots | |||||
| Turnout | 16,281 | 97.3 | |||
| Registered electors | |||||
| PAPhold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PAP | Lau Ping Sum | 10,996 | 73.7 | ||
| NSP | Rasiah Thiagarajah | 3,931 | 26.3 | ||
| Majority | 7,065 | 47.40 | |||
| Turnout | 15,376 | 96.2 | |||
| PAPhold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PAP | Seng Han Thong | 15,726 | 68.28 | N/A | |
| SDA | Yip Yew Weng | 7,307 | 31.72 | N/A | |
| Majority | 8,419 | 36.56 | N/A | ||
| Turnout | 23,524 | 93.8 | N/A | ||
| PAPwin (new seat) | |||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PAP | Yip Hon Weng | 14,775 | 60.82 | ||
| PSP | Kayla Low | 9,519 | 39.18 | ||
| Majority | 5,256 | 21.64 | |||
| Total valid votes | 24,294 | 98.33 | |||
| Rejected ballots | 413 | 1.67 | |||
| Turnout | 24,707 | 95.17 | |||
| Registered electors | 25,962 | ||||
| PAPwin (new seat) | |||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PAP | Yip Hon Weng | 18,066 | 78.75 | ||
| PAR | Michael Fang | 4,876 | 21.25 | N/A | |
| Majority | 13,190 | 57.50 | |||
| Total valid votes | 22,942 | 97.62 | |||
| Rejected ballots | 559 | 2.38 | |||
| Turnout | 23,501 | 92.49 | |||
| Registered electors | 25,410 | ||||
| PAPhold | Swing | ||||