GE Boundaries Ripe for Revision

GE Boundaries Ripe for Revision

Nee Soon, Ang Mo Kio GRC Sengkang West SMC Ripe for revision Bishan-Toa Payoh and • Breaking up the six-man GRC will be • The largest SMC with 47,891 voters, which in line with the directive to the far exceeds the upper limit of voters set for Some constituencies have exceeded the upper limit of voters, Tanjong Pagar GRCs committee to shrink the average size such constituencies. PAP strongholds. of GRCs. Could become part of a new GRC. Nee Soon GRC • • while others have fallen below and are due for a redrawing • Could each lose one ward to produce • Could give up one ward to become a based on population movements. Insight looks at the three new SMCs. ve-member GRC. constituencies that could change. Punggol East SMC Sembawang GRC • Nudging the upper limit of voters set for SMCs. Had been under the Workers’ Party Sengkang West SMC Punggol East SMC from 2013 to 2015 and was won by the PAP CURRENT BOUNDARIES by a thin margin in the 2015 GE. Hougang SMC Chua Chu Kang Marsiling- • Could become part of a new GRC. Bukit Panjang GRC Yew Tee GRC SMC Bukit Batok Pasir Ris-Punggol GRC SMC • With 242,225 voters, the six-member GRC has busted the upper limit of the range for such GRCs. Holland- Ang Mo Kio Pioneer SMC Pasir Ris- • Could be split into two GRCs, with Senior Bukit Timah GRC Minister Teo Chee Hean and Minister in the GRC Punggol GRC Prime Minister’s Ofce Ng Chee Meng each Yuhua SMC helming one. Hong Kah • Alternatively, parts of it could be hived North SMC off to combine with Sengkang West and Aljunied Tampines Punggol East SMCs, as well as parts of GRC GRC Ang Mo Kio GRC, to form a new GRC. Bishan- East Coast GRC The remaining parts could be split into two Toa GRCs. Payoh Jurong GRC GRC Marine East Coast GRC West Coast Parade • Hotly contested in the 2015 GE by Tanjong GRC the WP. PAP veterans Lim Swee Say and GRC Pagar Lee Yi Shyan might retire. GRC • Boundaries could be rejigged, but no major chop and change expected as the Jalan Mountbatten Fengshan constituency has undergone many Besar SMC SMC changes over the years. GRC MacPherson Potong Pasir SMC SMC • Number of voters, at 16,739, falls below the lower limit set for SMCs, but this has been the case when the ward was held by Radin Mas SMC opposition veteran Chiam See Tong. Potong Pasir • Expected to remain as an SMC. SMC SUNDAY TIMES GRAPHICS.

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