Prior to the
2025 general election, Marine Parade–Braddell Heights GRC was created from
Marine Parade GRC. The remainder of the former comprised selected polling districts in the
single-member constituencies (SMCs) of
Mountbatten and
Potong Pasir, as well as the entirety of
MacPherson SMC. HDB estates in Chai Chee and the entire Joo Chiat division were moved from Marine Parade GRC to
East Coast GRC.
Tan See Leng, the
Minister for Manpower, was slated to lead the PAP team, but was replaced at the last minute by Goh, a political newcomer, having been redeployed to lead the PAP team for
Chua Chu Kang GRC; Seah, being the
Speaker of Parliament, was subsequently tasked with anchoring Marine Parade–Braddell Heights GRC. Before Nomination Day, it was assumed that the
Workers' Party (WP) and the
National Solidarity Party (NSP) could contest the constituency against the PAP. and on the day itself, the WP, contrary to expectations, did not nominate a team to contest the GRC, leading to a walkover being declared for the PAP. This was the first walkover in a general election since
2011. WP leader
Pritam Singh attributed the party's reasoning behind not contesting the GRC to limited resources and an extensive redrawing of electoral boundaries from the previous
Marine Parade GRC. However, the walkover drew criticism from several smaller opposition parties which stated that they were taken by surprise and disappointment, and that every constituency should be contested. ==Members of Parliament==