Elections and Us

Ok, Elections are coming up and this is my ABCs on it. As if I will get to vote, me being in PM Lee's stronghold of Ang Mo Kio. But still, this is the general what's what in the division of the electorate. When seen with a bird's eye view, it doesnt feel as dumb as sometimes when we pass by the north side and see remnants of Punggol GRC.

Single Member Constituencies (SMCs) :

A single MP representing the interests of those residents in the constituency.
The Parliamentary Elections Act requires that there must be at least 8 SMCs at any time.
We currently have a total of 9 SMCs.

Group Representation Constituencies (GRCs) :
A group of Members of Parliament (MPs) represents the interests of those residents in the constituency.

The group may be made up of 3, 4, 5 or 6 individuals. The President declares the group number for each GRC by law. At least one of the MPs in the group representing a GRC must also belong to a minority racial community, either the Malay community or the Indian and other minority communities.

The President designates by law the GRCs whose MP must belong to one of these minority racial communities. However, the number of GRCs that can be designated as those belonging to the Malay community cannot be more than three-fifths the total number of GRCs.

The GRC system was established in 1988 to ensure that the minority racial communities in Singapore will always be represented in Parliament. To ensure this, the Parliamentary Elections Act requires that at least one-quarter of the total number of MPs must be representatives of GRCs.

We currently have a total of 14 GRCs, represented by a total of 75 MPs.