Bedok Group Representation Constituency
{{Distinguish|Bedok Single Member Constituency|Ulu Bedok Single Member Constituency}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=June 2025}}
{{Infobox constituency
| name = Bedok
| type = Group Representation
| parl_name = Parliament of Singapore
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| electorate =
| year = {{Start date and age|df=yes|1988}}
| abolished =
| seats = 4
| party = People's Action Party
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| local_council_label = Town Council
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| previous = {{plainlist|
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| next = East Coast GRC
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Bedok Group Representation Constituency (Traditional Chinese: 勿洛集選區;Simplified Chinese: 勿洛集选区) is a defunct Group Representation Constituency in Bedok, Singapore that existed from 1988 to 1997. The last Members of Parliament (MPs) are S Jayakumar, Tan Soo Khoon, Arthur Beng and Abdullah Tarmugi from the People's Action Party (PAP).
History
Bedok GRC was established in 1998 following the establishment of Group representation constituency (GRC) and Single Member Consituency (SMC).{{Cite news |date=15 June 1988 |title=13 GRCs for next general election |url=https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/digitised/article/straitstimes19880615-1.2.2 |access-date=13 March 2025 |work=The Straits Times |pages=1 |via=NewspaperSG}}
In 1997, the GRC was merged into East Coast GRC to form a six MP GRC.{{Cite news |date=22 November 1996 |title=New Horizons |url=https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/digitised/article/straitstimes19961122-1.2.69.1 |access-date=20 June 2025 |work=The Straits Times |pages=54 |via=NewspaperSG}}{{Cite news |date=22 November 1996 |title=If you now live in ... |url=https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/digitised/article/newpaper19961122-1.2.8.2 |access-date=20 June 2025 |work=The New Paper |pages=5 |via=NewspaperSG}}
Members of Parliament
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!Year !Division !Members of Parliament ! colspan="2" |Party |
| colspan="5" bgcolor="black" |Formation |
| 1988
!
| | rowspan="2" bgcolor="{{party color|People's Action Party}}" | | rowspan="2" |PAP |
|---|
| 1991
!
| |
| colspan="5" bgcolor="black" |Constituency abolished (1997) |
Electoral results
{{small|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 1980s =
{{Election box begin no change | title=General Election 1988{{Cite web |title=ELD {{!}} 1988 Parliamentary General Election Results |url=https://www.eld.gov.sg/elections_past_parliamentary1988.html#B |access-date=20 June 2025 |website=www.eld.gov.sg}}{{Cite web |title=Singapore Parliamentary General Election 1988 > Bedok GRC |url=https://sg-elections.com/general-election/1988/bedok-grc.html |access-date=20 June 2025 |website=sg-elections.com}}}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change | party=People's Action Party|candidate=S Jayakumar
Hong Hai
Ibrahim Othman|votes=28,266|percentage=54.92}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change|party=Workers' Party of Singapore|candidate=Gertrude De Gracias
Sarawathy Murugason
Seow Khee Leng|votes=23,203|percentage=45.08|change=}}
{{Election box majority no change | votes=5,063| percentage=9.84}}
{{Election box total valid no change |votes=51,469 | percentage= 98.05}}
{{Election box rejected no change | votes=1,024 | percentage=1.95}}
{{Election box turnout no change | votes=52,493| percentage=95.50}}
{{Election box registered electors no change | reg. electors = 54,969}}
{{Election box new seat win | winner = People's Action Party}}
{{Election box end}}
= Elections in 1990s =
{{Election box begin | title=General Election 1991{{Cite web |title=ELD {{!}} 1991 Parliamentary General Election Results |url=https://www.eld.gov.sg/elections_past_parliamentary1991.html#B |access-date=20 June 2025 |website=www.eld.gov.sg}}{{Cite web |title=Singapore Parliamentary General Election 1991 > Bedok GRC |url=https://sg-elections.com/general-election/1991/bedok-grc.html |access-date=20 June 2025 |website=sg-elections.com}}}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link | party = People's Action Party | candidate = S Jayakumar
Abdullah Tarmugi
Tan Soo Khoon
Arthur Beng Kian Lam | votes = 49,109 | percentage = 61.98 | change = {{increase}}7.06}}
{{Election box candidate with party link | party=Workers' Party of Singapore | candidate=Balakrishnan Ananthan
Sim Say Chuan
Lim Chiu Liang
Tan Soo Phuan | votes=30,121 | percentage=38.02 | change={{decrease}}7.06}}
{{Election box majority | votes=18,988 | percentage=23.96 | change={{increase}}14.12}}
{{Election box total valid |votes=79,230 | percentage= 97.20 | change={{decrease}}0.85}}
{{Election box rejected | votes=2,276 | percentage=2.80 | change={{increase}}0.85}}
{{Election box turnout | votes=81,506 | percentage=94.51 | change={{decrease}}0.99}}
{{Election box registered electors | reg. electors = 86,246 | change=56.90}}
{{Election box hold with party link | winner = People's Action Party | swing = {{increase}}7.06 }}
{{Election box end}}