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  • MACPHERSON SMC

    MOUNTBATTEN SMC

    POTONG PASIR SMC

    HOUGANG SMC

    MARINEPARADE

    GRC

    BUKITBATOK

    SMC

    PIONEERSMC

    BUKIT PANJANGSMC

    RADIN MAS SMC

    YUHUASMC

    JURONGGRC

    WEST COAST GRC

    ALJUNIEDGRC

    BISHAN-TOAPAYOH GRC

    EAST COASTGRC

    NEE SOONGRC

    SEMBAWANGGRC

    TAMPINESGRC

    TANJONGPAGAR GRC

    CHUA CHU KANG GRC

    MARSILING-YEW TEE GRC

    HOLLAND-BUKIT TIMAH

    GRC

    HONG KAHNORTH SMC

    PASIR RIS-PUNGGOL GRC

    ANG MO KIOGRC

    JALANBESARGRC

    MARYMOUNT SMC

    YIO CHU KANG SMC

    KEBUN BARU SMC

    PUNGGOL WEST SMC

    SENGKANG GRC

    Pulau Ubin

    PulauSeletar

    Pulau Tekong

    Sentosa

    JurongIsland

    PulauSerangoon

    PulauBrani

    The new electoral mapThere will be a total of 31 electoral divisions, made up of 14 single-member constituencies and 17 group representation constituencies. An estimated 2,594,740 Singaporeans will vote for 93 MPs in the coming election.

    NEW BOUNDARIES

    NUMBERS AT A GLANCE

    5-MEMBER GRCsAljunied(Number of electors: 150,303)• Unchanged.

    Ang Mo Kio(180,186)• Will be downsized from six to �ve members.• Some parts of the GRC will go to the new Yio Chu Kang SMC. But it will take in areas of the current Sengkang West SMC which lie on the left side of Sungei Punggol.

    East Coast(120,239)• Will gain one MP tobecome a �ve-member GRC.• East Coast GRC will re-absorb Fengshan SMC, which was carved out only in the last election.

    Jurong(129,933)• Unchanged.

    Marine Parade(137,906)• Part of the area near Woodleigh MRT station will be given up to Potong Pasir SMC.

    Nee Soon(143,174)• The southern chunk ofNee Soon GRC, below the Seletar Expressway, will be carved out to form Kebun Baru SMC.• Parts of Sembawang GRC willgo into Nee Soon GRC, which will stretch to cover Simpang and Seletar Island.

    Pasir Ris-Punggol(161,952)• Will be downsized from six to �ve members.• Some areas will go to Punggol West SMC and Sengkang GRC.

    Sembawang(139,724)• Will lose parts bounded by Woodlands Avenue 5 to Marsiling-Yew Tee GRC, and Simpang to Nee Soon GRC.

    Tampines(147,249)• Will take in parts of Pasir Ris-Punggol GRC, bounded by Tampines Expressway and Tampines Road.

    Tanjong Pagar(132,598)• Unchanged.

    West Coast(144,516)• Will gain one MP to becomea �ve-member GRC.• Will take in parts of Hong Kah North SMC and Chua Chu Kang GRC, thereby including Nanyang Technological University and completely surroundingPioneer SMC.

    4-MEMBER GRCsBishan-Toa Payoh(100,036)• Will be downsized from a �ve-member GRC. Part of it – from Bishan North – will be carved out to form the new Marymount SMC.

    Chua Chu Kang(103,231)• Will give up some parts to West Coast GRC, including the area with Nanyang Technological University.

    Holland-Bukit Timah(112,999)• Unchanged.

    Jalan Besar(106,578)• Will take in parts of Bishan-Toa Payoh GRC around Balestier Road.

    Marsiling-Yew Tee (114,243)• Will take in parts of Sembawang GRC around the Woodlands Regional Library, Singapore Sports School, and Innova Junior College.

    Sengkang(117,546)• A new GRC, which will take in parts of Sengkang West SMC and the whole of Punggol East SMC – both of which will be removed from the electoral map – and include parts of Ang Mo Kio GRC.• It will be bounded by Tampines Expressway, Sengkang East Avenue and Buangkok Drive.

    SMCsBukit Batok(29,389)• Unchanged.

    Bukit Panjang(35,258)• Unchanged.

    Hong Kah North(23,519)• Will lose the part bounded by Chua Chu Kang Road, Jalan Bahar, Pan-Island Expressway and Kranji

    Expressway to Chua Chu Kang GRC, but will take from the GRC the part bounded by Bukit Batok Road and Brickland Road.

    Hougang(25,629)• Unchanged.

    Kebun Baru(22,413)• A new SMC, which will be carved out from Nee Soon GRC.• It will be sandwiched between Holland-Bukit Timah GRC to its west and the new Yio Chu Kang SMC to its east.

    MacPherson(27,652)• Unchanged.

    Marymount(23,439)• A new SMC, which will be carved out from Bishan-Toa Payoh GRC.• It will be bounded by Ang Mo Kio Avenue 1, Marymount Road and also the southern fence of Catholic High School and Whitley Secondary School.

    Mountbatten(23,957)• Unchanged.

    Pioneer(24,679)• Unchanged.Potong Pasir(18,551)• Will take in parts of Marine Parade GRC bounded by MacPherson Road, Paya Lebar Road and Bartley Road.

    Punggol West(25,440)• A new SMC, which will be carved out from Pasir Ris-Punggol GRC.• These are the areas bounded by the Tampines Expressway, Sungei Punggol and the imaginary boundary between Block 206A and Block 205A.

    Radin Mas(25,167)• Unchanged.Yio Chu Kang(26,046)• A new SMC, which will take in the areas currently in Ang Mo Kio GRC, bounded by Seletar Expressway and moving down along Ang Mo Kio Avenue 6 towards Ang Mo Kio Avenue 1.

    Yuhua(21,188)• Unchanged.

    • Aljunied• Bishan-Toa Payoh• Chua Chu Kang• East Coast• Jalan Besar• Marine Parade

    • Marsiling-Yew Tee• Pasir Ris-Punggol• Sembawang• Sengkang• Tampines

    At least one candidate must be Malay

    • Ang Mo Kio• Holland-Bukit Timah• Jurong

    • Nee Soon• Tanjong Pagar• West Coast

    At least one candidate must beIndian or non-Malay minority

    Constituency with theleast number of voters

    Constituency with themost number of voters

    18,551Potong Pasir Ang Mo Kio GRC

    180,186 4.65 2,594,740Average numberof MPs per GRC Number of voters

    Number of voterswho will be ina differentconstituency

    Number of voterswho will no longer bein GRCs, but in SMCs

    384,20280,329

    Number of voterswho will no longer bein SMCs, but in GRCs 121,673

    as on April 15, 2019Down from 4.75 inlast general election

    An increase of 134,256 from 2,460,484 in 2015

    Source: REPORT OF THE ELECTORAL BOUNDARIES REVIEW COMMITTEE, 2020 PHOTO: ST FILE STRAITS TIMES GRAPHICS

    4-member GRC5-member GRC Single-member constituencies (SMC)

    New