South West Community Development Council

South West Community Development Council
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Dulcie Eng
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southwest.cdc.gov.sg
South West District of Singapore[needs update]

The South West Community Development Council is one of five Community Development Councils (CDCs) set up across the Republic of Singapore to aid in local administration of governmental policies and schemes. They are funded in part by the government although they are free to engage in fund-raising activities.

The South West Community Development Council (CDC) was formed on 24 November 2001. Spanning the south-western region of Singapore, covering a third of its land area. The District has about 220,000 households with over 750,000 residents. The District has a characteristically high concentration of industrial estates, including the Jurong Islands and Tuas area.

Constituencies

As of May 2025, the South West district covers:

Single Member Constituency (SMC)

Group Representation Constituency (GRC)

Results of CDC by election

The South West CDC was among its traditional strongholds for the ruling PAP due to a high contested vote share of at least 60% throughout its lifetime (peaking at 78.87% in the 2001 election) or seats being won via walkover. While in 2006 saw that CDC having the fewest seats being contested, with just one seat (and the only time the CDC polled below national average), 2015 saw the CDC polling the highest among all CDCs, at 77.39%. But in 2020, the CDC saw a steep decline in their PAP's contested vote (most notably West Coast GRC), but barely maintained a share higher than the national average, in addition of retaining every seats for the PAP.

Year Constituencies
(GRC seats in parenthesis)		 Seat composition Electorate PAP vote share
Total Contested Total Contested Total votes Vote share
2001 Ayer Rajah, Bukit Timah, Chua Chu Kang, Hong Kah (5), Jurong (5), West Coast (5)
18 / 84
13 / 18
 425,254 314,475 230,686
78.87%
2006 Chua Chu Kang, Hong Kah (5), Jurong (5), West Coast (5)
16 / 84
1 / 16
 424,027 24,975 14,156
60.37%
2011 Chua Chu Kang (5), Hong Kah North, Jurong (5), Pioneer, West Coast (5), Yuhua
18 / 87
18 / 18
 481,614 481,614 285,710
64.82%
2015 Bukit Batok, Chua Chu Kang (4), Hong Kah North, Jurong (5), Pioneer, West Coast (4), Yuhua
17 / 89
17 / 17
 453,026 453,026 322,495
77.39%
2020 Bukit Batok, Chua Chu Kang (4), Hong Kah North, Jurong (5), Pioneer, West Coast (5), Yuhua
18 / 93
18 / 18
 476,455 476,455 283,629
61.39%
2025 Bukit Gombak, Chua Chu Kang (4), Jurong Central, Jurong East-Bukit Batok (5), Pioneer, West Coast-Jurong West (5)
17 / 97
17 / 17
 476,339 476,339 298,672
68.07%

Mayors

The incumbent Mayor of South West District is MP for Chua Chu Kang GRC Low Yen Ling from the People's Action Party since 2014.

#NameStart of termEnd of termPolitical Party
1Yu-Foo Yee ShoonNovember 2001August 2004People's Action Party
2Amy Khor12 August 200426 May 2014
3Low Yen Ling27 May 2014Incumbent

Notes

  1. ↑ Known in the Chua Chu Kang Town Council as "Brickland-Tengah".
  2. ↑ While West Coast is considered as one division for the West Coast-Jurong West GRC, the Meet-the-People Sessions for West Coast division is currently overseen by two MPs, Ayer Rajah division MP Cassandra Lee and Boon Lay division MP Desmond Lee. Either one of two MPs conduct said sessions for the West Coast division on alternating weeks. For the purpose of the MP representation, it is considered as Boon Lay-West Coast.

References

  1. ↑ "Our MPs - West Coast-Jurong West Town Council". West Coast-Jurong West Town Council. 19 August 2025. Retrieved 8 May 2026.
  2. ↑ "Many Singaporeans feel CDC mayor salaries are 'outrageous': Pritam Singh". sg.news.yahoo.com. Retrieved 2021-08-10.

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