The Yio Chu Kang Single Member Constituency is a single-member constituency (SMC) situated in north-eastern Singapore. It is managed by Ang Mo Kio Town Council (AMKTC). The current Member of Parliament (MP) is Yip Hon Weng from the People's Action Party (PAP).

History

Yio Chu Kang Constituency was created in 1980. At the election held in the same year, Lau Ping Sum from the PAP won with 87.53% of the vote. He would represent the constituency until 1991, when it was abolished and merged into Ang Mo Kio Group Representation Constituency (GRC).

In 1988, the constituency was renamed Yio Chu Kang Single Member Constituency with the creation of GRCs.

Yio Chu Kang SMC would not exist after the 1991 general election until it was reformed in 2006 from Ang Mo Kio GRC. At the election held in the same year, Seng Han Thong from the PAP won with 68.28% of the vote. The SMC was abolished for the second time after a single term.

For the 2020 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 the Progress Singapore Party (PSP). Yip won an improved 78.75% of the vote when he ran for reelection in 2025 against Michael Fang from the People's Alliance for Reform (PAR).

Member of Parliament

Map
Interactive map of Yio Chu Kang SMC as of the 2025 general election
YearMemberParty
Formation
1980Lau Ping SumPAP
1984
1988
Constituency abolished (1991 – 2006)
2006Seng Han ThongPAP
Constituency abolished (2011 – 2020)
2020Yip Hon WengPAP
2025

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 1980s

General Election 1980: Yio Chu Kang
PartyCandidateVotes%
PAPLau Ping Sum11,60787.5
United People's FrontPiaro Lachhu S.1,65312.5
Majority9,95475.00
Total valid votes
Rejected ballots
Turnout13,64097.3
Registered electors
PAP win (new seat)
General Election 1984: Yio Chu Kang
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
PAPLau Ping Sum11,97776.710.8
United People's FrontMunjeet Singh3,64723.310.8
Majority8,33053.4021.6
Total valid votes
Rejected ballots
Turnout16,28197.3
Registered electors
PAP holdSwing21.6
General Election 1988: Yio Chu Kang
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
PAPLau Ping Sum10,99673.73.0
NSPRasiah Thiagarajah3,93126.326.3
Majority7,06547.4021.6
Turnout15,37696.21.1
PAP holdSwing3.0

Elections in 2000s

General Election 2006: Yio Chu Kang
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
PAPSeng Han Thong15,72668.28N/A
SDAYip Yew Weng7,30731.72N/A
Majority8,41936.56N/A
Turnout23,52493.8N/A
PAP win (new seat)

Elections in 2020s

General Election 2020
PartyCandidateVotes%
PAPYip Hon Weng14,77560.82
PSPKayla Low9,51939.18
Majority5,25621.64
Total valid votes24,29498.33
Rejected ballots4131.67
Turnout24,70795.17
Registered electors25,962
PAP win (new seat)
General Election 2025
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
PAPYip Hon Weng18,06678.7517.93
PARMichael Fang4,87621.25N/A
Majority13,19057.5035.86
Total valid votes22,94297.620.71
Rejected ballots5592.380.71
Turnout23,50192.492.68
Registered electors25,4102.13
PAP holdSwing17.93

Notes