on 19 august 2015, yong was introduced as one of the pap candidates to be fielded in tanjong pagar grc at the 2015 general election. on 11 september 2015, the pap team for tanjong pagar grc consisting of chan chun sing, indranee rajah, chia shi-lu, joan pereira and melvin yong won with 77.7% of the total votes.