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Revised registers of electors open for inspection

Yahoo! Singapore
Updated
Electoral boundaries updated in 2015 for the upcoming General Election. (From Electoral Boundaries Review Committee)

[UPDATED 27 July 2015, 5pm: Revised registers of electors open]

The revised registers of electors is open for public inspection, said the Elections Department on Monday 27 July. Singapore citizens may check their particulars through the following channels:

•    Online at the Elections Department website (http://www.eld.gov.sg)
    •    At community centres/clubs (with NRIC/passport)
    •    At Singapore overseas missions that serve as overseas registration centres (with NRIC/passport)
    •    At the Elections Department
Singaporeans whose names were taken off the registers of electors for failing to vote at a previous election may apply to have their names restored.

The Electoral Boundaries Review Committee (EBRC) released a report on Friday (24 July) confirming the electoral boundaries. The government has accepted recommendations from the report, and will implement them in the next General Election. 

According to the report, a total of 89 seats will be contested in the GE.  They comprise 13 Single-Member Constituencies (SMCs) and 16 Group Representation Constituencies (GRCs).

There are two new GRCs: Marsiling – Yew Tee and Jalan Besar. Moulmein-Kallang GRC has been dissolved.

There are three new SMCs, which are, Bukit Batok, Fengshan and MacPherson. Joo Chiat and Whampoa SMCs no longer exist.

Here’s a full list of SMCs:

 

  1. Bukit Batok

  2. Bukit Panjang

  3. Fengshan

  4. Hong Kah North

  5. Hougang

  6. MacPherson

  7. Mountbatten

  8. Pioneer

  9. Potong pasir

  10. Punggol East

  11. Radin Mas

  12. Sengkang West

  13. Yuhua

 

Here's a full list of GRCs:

Four-MP GRCs

  1. Chua Chu Kang

  2. East Coast

  3. Holland - Bukit Timah

  4. Jalan Besar

  5. Marsiling - Yew Tee

  6. West Coast

Five – MP GRCs

 

  1. Aljunied

  2. Bishan - Toa Payoh

  3. Jurong

  4. Marine Parade

  5. Nee Soon

  6. Sembawang

  7. Tampines

  8. Tanjong Pagar

Six – MP GRCs

  1. Ang Mo Kio

  2. Pasir Ris - Punggol

In a Facebook post, prime minister Lee Hsien Loong said, "Wherever the boundaries may be drawn, MPs should serve the residents they represent to the best of their ability. And voters should support the candidates or teams who will best represent their interests, both in the constituency and as the government of Singapore."