| Jalan Kayu | |
|---|---|
| Single Member constituency for the Parliament of Singapore | |
 | |
| Region | North-East Region, Singapore |
| Electorate | 29,628 |
| Current constituency | |
| Created | 2025 (2025) |
| Seats | 1 |
| Party | People's Action Party |
| Member | Ng Chee Meng |
| Town Council | Jalan Kayu |
| Created from | Ang Mo Kio GRC |
The Jalan Kayu Single Member Constituency is a single member constituency (SMC) for the Parliament of Singapore. It is managed by Jalan Kayu Town Council. The current Member of Parliament (MP) for the constituency is Ng Chee Meng from the governing People's Action Party (PAP).
History
Prior to the 2025 general election, Jalan Kayu SMC was established to reduce the number of voters in Ang Mo Kio Group Representation Constituency (GRC), the GRC with the largest electorate. At establishment, the SMC had 29,565 registered voters.[1][2]
The PAP announced that Ng would contest the newly established SMC. He had previously been a cabinet minister and MP for Pasir Ris–Punggol GRC but was defeated by the Workers' Party (WP) when running for Sengkang GRC in 2020. The WP announced Andre Low as their candidate for the constituency on Nomination Day, after two other opposition parties pulled out.[3] Ng defeated Low by 2.94% of the vote, or 809 votes, the narrowest PAP victory in the election.[4][5] As the best-performing defeated opposition candidate, Low was offered, and accepted, a seat as a non-constituency MP (NCMP).[6]
After the election, it was announced that Jalan Kayu SMC would have its own town council, a situation last seen in 2011 with Potong Pasir SMC.[7]
Members of Parliament
| Year | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Formation | |||
| 2025 | Ng Chee Meng | PAP | |
Electoral results
Note: The Elections 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).
Elections in 2020s
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PAP | Ng Chee Meng | 14,146 | 51.47 | ||
| WP | Andre Low | 13,337 | 48.53 | ||
| Majority | 809 | 2.94 | |||
| Total valid votes | 27,483 | 98.65 | |||
| Rejected ballots | 377 | 1.35 | |||
| Turnout | 27,860 | 94.03 | |||
| Registered electors | 29,628 | ||||
| PAP win (new seat) | |||||
References
- ^ "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.
- ^ "GE2025: New Jalan Kayu SMC sees showdown between PAP's Ng Chee Meng and WP new face Andre Low". CNA. Retrieved 7 July 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.
- ^ "ELD | 2025 Parliamentary General Election Results". www.eld.gov.sg. Retrieved 24 September 2025.
- ^ "Workers' Party's Andre Low and Eileen Chong to enter parliament as Non-Constituency MPs". www.channelnewsasia.com. 19 May 2025. Retrieved 20 May 2025.
- ^ "New town councils formed in Jalan Kayu and Punggol after GE2025, bringing the total to 19". The Straits Times. 30 May 2025. ISSN 0585-3923. Retrieved 2 June 2025.
- ^ "Statement of Poll for the Electoral Division of Jalan Kayu" (PDF). 16 May 2025.
