Friday, February 25, 2011

General elections soon in Singapore

The Electoral Boundaries Review Committee report was released on Thursday at 3pm.

The committee has recommended that Singapore be carved out into 27 electoral divisions.

There will be 12 single member constituencies (SMCs) and 15 Group Representation Constituencies (GRCs).

Singapore's new Parliament will now have a total of 87 members of parliament.

The government has accepted the electoral boundary changes recommended by the report.

In a statement issued on February 24, it said the changes will be implemented at the next General Election.

There will now be 12 single member constituencies, two four-member GRCs, 11 five-member GRCs and two six-member GRCs.

Map of electoral divisions for the next election (Adapted from the Election Department Singapore)

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