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) Bukit Gombak SMC Jurong Central SMC Pioneer SMC

Group Representation Constituency (GRC) Chua Chu Kang GRC Brickland Chua Chu Kang Keat Hong Tengah Jurong East–Bukit Batok GRC Bukit Batok East Bukit Batok Clementi Hong Kah North Yuhua West Coast-Jurong West GRC Ayer Rajah Boon Lay-West Coast Nanyang Jurong Spring-Gek Poh Taman Jurong

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) 425,254 314,475 230,686 2006 Chua Chu Kang, Hong Kah (5), Jurong (5), West Coast (5) 424,027 24,975 14,156 2011 Chua Chu Kang (5), Hong Kah North, Jurong (5), Pioneer, West Coast (5), Yuhua 481,614 481,614 285,710 2015 Bukit Batok, Chua Chu Kang (4), Hong Kah North, Jurong (5), Pioneer, West Coast (4), Yuhua 453,026 453,026 322,495 2020 Bukit Batok, Chua Chu Kang (4), Hong Kah North, Jurong (5), Pioneer, West Coast (5), Yuhua 476,455 476,455 283,629 2025 Bukit Gombak, Chua Chu Kang (4), Jurong Central, Jurong East-Bukit Batok (5), Pioneer, West Coast-Jurong West (5) 476,339 476,339 298,672

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.

# Name Start of term End of term Political Party 1 Yu-Foo Yee Shoon November 2001 August 2004 People's Action Party 2 Amy Khor 12 August 2004 26 May 2014 3 Low Yen Ling 27 May 2014 Incumbent

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External links South West Community Development Council