Parliamentary Elections Act 1954 - Singapore Statutes Online

Electoral divisions

8.—(1) The Minister may, by notification in the Gazette, specify the names and boundaries of the electoral divisions of Singapore for purposes of elections under this Act.

(1A) The boundaries required by subsection (1) to be specified may be defined —

(a)	by metres, bounds and coordinates or any other different definition of boundaries; or
(b)	by one or more maps or images containing such details and with such markings as are sufficient to delineate the boundaries of each electoral division. [Act 8 of 2023 wef 14/06/2024]

(1B) Where one or more maps or images are published in the notification under subsection (1), the Registration Officer must —

(a)	prepare and certify further maps on a scale larger than the published map or maps;
(b)	make the further maps available for free inspection by any member of the public at a reasonable hour on any day, and for sale at a reasonable cost; and
(c)	publish in the same notification, a notice containing particulars of the website at which the maps or images of the electoral division may be accessed free of charge online, and the place at which the further maps or other images may be inspected, by the public. [Act 8 of 2023 wef 14/06/2024]

(1C) A website is not accessible for the purposes of subsection (1B)(c) if —

(a)	access is subject to a precondition, such as the use of a password;
(b)	access is only by way of a request; or
(c)	access is for a limited period of time only. [Act 8 of 2023 wef 14/06/2024]

(2) The number of electoral divisions of Singapore is the total number of the electoral divisions specified in the notification made under subsection (1).

Group representation constituencies

8A.—(1) For the purposes of electing Members of Parliament on a group basis to ensure the representation in Parliament of Members from the Malay, Indian and other minority communities under this Act, the President must, subject to this section, by order in the Gazette —

(a)

declare any electoral division, having regard to the number of electors in that division, to be a group representation constituency and designate that constituency as a constituency in which any election is to be held on the basis of a group of such number of candidates, being not less than 3 but not more than 6; and

(b)

designate every group representation constituency as —

(i)	a constituency where at least one of the candidates in every group is a person belonging to the Malay community; or
(ii)	a constituency where at least one of the candidates in every group is a person belonging to the Indian or other minority communities.

(1A) At all times, there must be at least 8 electoral divisions which are not group representation constituencies.

(2) The number of Members to be returned by all group representation constituencies must not be less than one-quarter of the total number of Members to be returned at a general election.

(3) The number of group representation constituencies to be designated under subsection (1)(b)(i) must be three‑fifths of the total number of group representation constituencies; and where that number is not a whole number, it must be rounded to the next higher whole number.

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