Potong Pasir Single Member Constituency

Potong Pasir
Single Member Constituency for the Parliament of Singapore
Region	Northeastern Singapore
Electorate	17,407
Current constituency
Created	1968
Member(s)	Sitoh Yih Pin
Town Council	Jalan Besar

Potong Pasir Single Member Constituency (Chinese: 波东巴西单选区; Malay: Kawasan Undi Perseorangan Potong Pasir; Tamil: பொத்தோங் பாசிர் தனித்தொகுதி) is a Single Member Constituency (SMC) in the central region of Singapore. Established in 1968, this constituency encompasses the town of Potong Pasir, the part of Toa Payoh encompassed by Lorong 8 Toa Payoh, the Sennet and Tannery private estates, as well as the upcoming Biddadari estate. The People's Action Party (PAP)'s Sitoh Yi Pin has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for Potong Pasir SMC since 2011.

The constituency's most famous MP is Mr Chiam See Tong, currently leading the Singapore People's Party. Back when he was with the Singapore Democratic Party, he defeated the People's Action Party's candidate, Mah Bow Tan (who would later become a Cabinet Minister) in the 1984 general election.

Between 2001 and 2011, this seat was one of only two opposition seats in the Parliament of Singapore (the other being Hougang SMC, held by the Workers' Party's Low Thia Khiang). Since Chiam entered Parliament in 1984, this makes him the longest-serving opposition MP in Singapore's history.

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