The Report of the Electoral Boundaries Review Committee, 2020
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THE REPORT OF THE ELECTORAL BOUNDARIES REVIEW COMMITTEE, 2020 Cmd 26 of 2020 Presented to Parliament by Command of The President of the Republic of Singapore. Ordered by Parliament to lie upon the Table: 13 March 2020 WHITE PAPER ON THE REPORT OF THE ELECTORAL BOUNDARIES REVIEW COMMITTEE * * * * * * * * * * * The Prime Minister received the Report of the Electoral Boundaries Review Committee on 11 March 2020. The Committee recommended the adoption of 31 electoral divisions, comprising 14 Single Member Constituencies and 17 Group Representation Constituencies, with a total of 93 Members of Parliament to be returned. The recommended electoral divisions are: • Single Member Constituencies (1) Bukit Batok (2) Bukit Panjang (3) Hong Kah North (4) Hougang (5) Kebun Baru (6) MacPherson (7) Marymount (8) Mountbatten (9) Pioneer (10) Potong Pasir (11) Punggol West (12) Radin Mas (13) Yio Chu Kang (14) Yuhua • Group Representation Constituencies (GRCs) 4-MP GRCs (1) Bishan-Toa Payoh (2) Chua Chu Kang (3) Holland-Bukit Timah (4) Jalan Besar (5) Marsiling-Yew Tee (6) Sengkang 5-MP GRCs (1) Aljunied (2) Ang Mo Kio (3) East Coast (4) Jurong (5) Marine Parade (6) Nee Soon (7) Pasir Ris-Punggol (8) Sembawang (9) Tampines (10) Tanjong Pagar (11) West Coast The Government has accepted the recommendations of the Committee and will implement them at the next General Election. The Committee’s Report is attached as an Appendix. The Prime Minister, Singapore Sir 1 The Electoral Boundaries Review Committee was appointed to review the electoral boundaries based on the following terms of reference: “To review the boundaries of the present electoral divisions, and to recommend the number and boundaries of Group Representation Constituencies and Single Member Constituencies, based on the number of electors found in the latest Registers of Electors. The Committee should take into consideration significant increases or decreases in the number of electors in the current electoral divisions as a result of population shifts and housing development since the last boundary delineation exercise. To create smaller Group Representation Constituencies, so as to further reduce the average size of the Group Representation Constituencies. To have more than the current 13 Single Member Constituencies.” 2 The number of electors in the latest Registers of Electors as on 15 April 2019 is 2,594,740. There is an increase of 134,256 electors from 2,460,484 electors in the 2015 Registers of Electors certified on 7 April 2015. Based on 89 elected Members of Parliament (MPs) today, this works out to an average ratio of one MP to about 29,200 electors. 1 3 As with the approach taken by previous Committees, the Committee decided to work on a range of 20,000 to 38,000 electors per MP (based on a ±30% variation). The Committee was also mindful that Group Representation Constituencies (GRCs) with fewer MPs should not have more electors than GRCs with more MPs. Based on the above considerations, the corresponding ranges of electors for Single Member Constituencies (SMCs) and GRCs are: Number of Electors Type of Constituency From To SMC 20,000 38,000 3-MP GRC 60,000 114,000 4-MP GRC 80,000 152,000 5-MP GRC 100,000 190,000 6-MP GRC 120,000 228,000 4 The Committee reviewed the boundaries of the current electoral divisions taking into account the current configurations, changes in the number of electors due to population shifts and housing developments. The Committee recommends the following 31 electoral divisions, comprising 14 SMCs and 17 GRCs: (a) SMCs (1) Bukit Batok (2) Bukit Panjang (3) Hong Kah North (4) Hougang (5) Kebun Baru (6) MacPherson (7) Marymount (8) Mountbatten (9) Pioneer (10) Potong Pasir (11) Punggol West (12) Radin Mas (13) Yio Chu Kang (14) Yuhua 2 (b) GRCs (i) 4-MP GRCs (1) Bishan-Toa Payoh (2) Chua Chu Kang (3) Holland-Bukit Timah (4) Jalan Besar (5) Marsiling-Yew Tee (6) Sengkang (ii) 5-MP GRCs (1) Aljunied (2) Ang Mo Kio (3) East Coast (4) Jurong (5) Marine Parade (6) Nee Soon (7) Pasir Ris-Punggol (8) Sembawang (9) Tampines (10) Tanjong Pagar (11) West Coast The list of existing electoral divisions, and the details and map of the proposed electoral divisions are in the Annexes. 5 With these proposed changes, the total number of MPs will increase to 93, comprising 14 from SMCs and 79 from GRCs. The average number of MPs per GRC will be 4.65. 3 Annex A LIST OF EXISTING ELECTORAL DIVISIONS Electoral Division Number of Electors^ 1 Aljunied* 150,303 2 Ang Mo Kio* 185,577 3 Bishan-Toa Payoh* 126,556 4 Bukit Batok 29,389 5 Bukit Panjang 35,258 6 Chua Chu Kang* 137,847 7 East Coast* 96,493 8 Fengshan 23,746 9 Holland-Bukit Timah* 112,999 10 Hong Kah North 34,486 11 Hougang 25,629 12 Jalan Besar* 99,905 13 Jurong* 129,933 14 MacPherson 27,652 15 Marine Parade* 143,310 16 Marsiling-Yew Tee* 109,437 17 Mountbatten 23,957 18 Nee Soon* 142,731 19 Pasir Ris-Punggol* 242,225 20 Pioneer 24,679 21 Potong Pasir 16,739 22 Punggol East 35,477 23 Radin Mas 25,167 24 Sembawang* 167,386 25 Sengkang West 47,891 26 Tampines* 147,249 27 Tanjong Pagar* 132,598 28 West Coast* 98,933 29 Yuhua 21,188 TOTAL 2,594,740 * Group Representation Constituency ^ As on 15 Apr 2019 5 Annex B LIST OF PROPOSED ELECTORAL DIVISIONS A. Single Member Constituencies (SMCs) Composition based on Number of No. SMC Polling Districts Electors^ 1 Bukit Batok Bukit Batok 01 to 10 29,389 29,389 2 Bukit Panjang Bukit Panjang 01 to 12 35,258 35,258 3 Hong Kah North (a) Hong Kah North 06 to 13 23,519 (b) Chua Chu Kang 45 0 23,519 4 Hougang Hougang 01 to 09 25,629 25,629 5 Kebun Baru Nee Soon 39 to 46 22,413 22,413 6 MacPherson MacPherson 01 to 10 27,652 27,652 7 Marymount Bishan-Toa Payoh 05, 08 to 12 and 43 to 23,439 44 23,439 8 Mountbatten Mountbatten 01 to 08 23,957 23,957 9 Pioneer Pioneer 01 to 09 24,679 24,679 6 Composition based on Number of No. SMC Polling Districts Electors^ 10 Potong Pasir (a) Potong Pasir 02 to 05 13,147 (b) Marine Parade 39 to 40 5,404 18,551 11 Punggol West Pasir Ris-Punggol 55 to 59 and 80 to 81 25,440 25,440 12 Radin Mas Radin Mas 01 to 10 25,167 25,167 13 Yio Chu Kang Ang Mo Kio 01, 15 to 19, 21 to 22 and 63 26,046 to 64 26,046 14 Yuhua Yuhua 01 to 08 21,188 21,188 7 B. 4-Member Group Representation Constituencies (GRCs) Composition based on Number of No. GRC Polling Districts Electors^ 1 Bishan-Toa Payoh (a) Bishan-Toa Payoh 01 to 04, 06 to 07 96,444 and 13 to 40 (b) Potong Pasir 01 3,592 100,036 2 Chua Chu Kang (a) Chua Chu Kang 10 to 43 103,228 (b) Hong Kah North 05 3 103,231 3 Holland-Bukit Holland-Bukit Timah 01 to 38 112,999 Timah 112,999 4 Jalan Besar (a) Jalan Besar 01 to 40 99,905 (b) Bishan-Toa Payoh 41 to 42 6,673 106,578 5 Marsiling -Yew Tee (a) Marsiling-Yew Tee 01 to 37 109,437 (b) Sembawang 02 and 58 to 59 4,806 114,243 6 Sengkang (a) Sengkang West 04 to 12 27,236 (b) Pasir Ris-Punggol 61 to 78 54,833 (c) Punggol East 01 to 12 35,477 117,546 8 C. 5-Member GRCs Composition based on Number of No. GRC Polling Districts Electors^ 1 Aljunied Aljunied 01 to 51 150,303 150,303 2 Ang Mo Kio (a) Ang Mo Kio 02 to 14, 20 and 23 to 62 159,531 (b) Sengkang West 01 to 03 and 13 to 20,655 16 180,186 3 East Coast (a) East Coast 01 to 32 96,493 (b) Fengshan 01 to 09 23,746 120,239 4 Jurong Jurong 01 to 45 129,933 129,933 5 Marine Parade Marine Parade 01 to 38 and 41 to 50 137,906 137,906 6 Nee Soon (a) Nee Soon 01 to 38 120,318 (b) Sembawang 49 to 56 22,856 143,174 7 Pasir Ris-Punggol Pasir Ris-Punggol 01 to 54 and 60 161,952 161,952 8 Sembawang Sembawang 01, 03 to 48 and 57 139,724 139,724 9 Tampines (a) Tampines 01 to 50 147,249 (b) Pasir Ris-Punggol 79 0 147,249 9 Composition based on Number of No. GRC Polling Districts Electors^ 10 Tanjong Pagar Tanjong Pagar 01 to 49 132,598 132,598 11 West Coast (a) West Coast 01 to 37 98,933 (b) Chua Chu Kang 01 to 09 and 44 34,619 (c) Hong Kah North 01 to 04 10,964 144,516 TOTAL 2,594,740 ^ As on 15 Apr 2019 10 GROUP REPRESENTATION CONSTITUENCIES (GRCs) AND S ELAT JOH SINGLE MEMBER CONSTITUENCIES (SMCs) OR SEMBAWANG GRC SB46 R JOHO SELAT SB45 SB30 SB44 SB43 SB38 SELAT J SB42 OHOR SB41 SB39 SB37 SB57 SB48 ± SB16 SB40 SB22 SB23 MY08 SB32 SB35 SB21 SB19 SB24 SB33 SB47 SB31 SB49 SB17 SB29 SB20 SB36 MY07 SB18 SB25 SB13 NS01 SB26 SB28 SB34 SB15 SB14 MY09 MY10 SB11 NS02 SB12 MY06 MY01 MY11 MY12 SB59 SB10 NS04 SB27 NS03 MY02 NS05 NS06 NS13 SB07 MY13 MY04 SB09 MY14 SB08 NS07 NS12 MY03 NS14 MY05 SB06 NS10 SB02 SB05 NS08 SB50 MY15 NS09 NS11 MY17 MY16 NS15 S MY18 SB04 NS20 NS16 E MY22 SB03 NS17 SB51 L SB58 NS21 A NEE SOON GRC T NS19 NS18 OR J SB01 SELAT JOH O MY19 NS22 H NS23 SB52 O R MARSILING-YEW TEE GRC NS26 NS27 SB53 NS38 NS24 NS25 SB54 SB55 NS28 SB56 MY20 PN34 MY21 NS29 NS36 NS34 NS30 NS33 NS31 PN33 NS32 AM02 PN35 NS35 PN80 PN36 PN32 CK10 PN55 PN56 PN81 PN37 MY23 PN38 PN54 PUNGGOL WEST SMC PN39 MY24 MY25 PN53 MY26 PN41 NS37 PN57 PN58 PN31 PN52 PN40 PN30 MY29 SW03 PN59 SW04 PN60 MY27 PN63 PN51 MY30 SW05 PN48 MY28 PN50 SW02 PN62 PN42 PN61 PN49 MY31 SW06 SW07 PN47 PN43 PN64 PE01 MY32 MY34 SW01 SW13 PN65 PN44 MY33 AM03 PE03 PN46 SW16 SENGKANG GRC PE02 AM04 SW12 SW11 MY36 MY35 SW14 SW08 PN66 PE07 YIO CHU KANG SMC SW10 PN69 PE04 HT04 HT02 AM05 SW15 PE08 MY37 AM01 PE05 PN29 CHUA CHU KANG GRC SW09 PN68 PN45 PN70 PN67 PE06 ANG MO KIO GRC PN71 HT07 HT06 HT05 PE09 CK12 AM06 PE10 CK13 HT09 NS39 AM11 PN72 PN73 HT08 BP01 HT03 HT01 AM15 AM07 PASIR RIS-PUNGGOL GRC BP02 CK11 AM14 AM13 PN75 PN74 PE11 CK18 HT11 PE12 HT12 BP04 KEBUN BARU SMC AM10 CK19 CK17 AM16 PN76 PN20 CK14 BP03 AM63 AM12 CK21 CK16 HOLLAND-BUKIT TIMAH GRC AM08 PN28 HT10 BP05 AM17 AM09 AM60 PN77