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 . Ordered by Parliament to lie upon the Table:

13 March 2020

WHITE PAPER

ON THE REPORT OF THE

ELECTORAL BOUNDARIES REVIEW COMMITTEE

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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) (2) (3) North (4) (5) (6) MacPherson (7) Marymount (8) Mountbatten (9) Pioneer (10) (11) West (12) (13) (14) Yuhua

• Group Representation Constituencies (GRCs)

4-MP GRCs

(1) Bishan- (2) Chua Chu Kang (3) Holland- (4) (5) - (6)

5-MP GRCs

(1) (2) (3) East Coast (4) (5) (6) Nee Soon (7) -Punggol (8) (9) (10) (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.

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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

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(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.

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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Sea SINGAPORE PARLIAMENTARY ELECTORAL MAP 2020

Scale 1:74,000 0 1 2 4 6 8 Legend Kilometers ELECTORAL DIVISION BOUNDARY Electoral division and polling district boundaries do not represent the extent of Singapore's territorial waters.