Jurong GRC to be split into four constituencies

Jurong GRC, which has been the People's Action Party's (PAP) best-performing area in the past two general elections (GEs), will be split into four constituencies for the upcoming polls.

- Hariz Baharudin

The 132,272 voters currently in Jurong GRC will be redistributed into the newly created five-member Jurong East-Bukit Batok GRC, the new five-member West Coast-Jurong West GRC, the new Jurong Central SMC, and the existing Holland-Bukit Timah GRC.

The new Jurong East-Bukit Batok GRC will have 142,510 voters, incorporating 62,424 from the current Jurong GRC, according to the Electoral Boundaries Review Committee report released on March 11.

In addition to absorbing parts of the existing Jurong GRC, it will take in adjacent polling districts — Bukit Batok SMC, Yuhua SMC and Hong Kah North SMC.

Meanwhile, 41,404 voters from Jurong GRC will be placed under the newly created five-member West Coast-Jurong West GRC, which will take in some estates in Jurong West and Taman Jurong. This new GRC will have 158,581 voters.

The new Jurong Central SMC will also be carved out from Jurong GRC, encompassing 29,620 voters, with 25,668 from the group representation constituency and the rest from Yuhua SMC.

The remaining 2,776 voters from Jurong GRC will be absorbed into the four-man Holland-Bukit Timah GRC, which will have 122,891 voters.