Is your GRC/SMC the same from last time? | Singapore Election Map Changes | 1948 - 2015

We all know that our GRCs and SMCs change its shape in between general elections. This video shows how it changed over the years and how many times an area have switched between GRC/SMC.

Note that election results will not be the focus of this video.

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Why begin in 1948? This is the year where Singapore held its first general elections. It is also the first election that involves the entire country. In the past only the city area of Singapore held their own elections.

However, the elections held under the Legislative Council was only opened to British subjects. In addition, only a few seats of the Council is reserved for elected officials. Things changed under the Legislative Assembly where the local citizens are allowed to vote and most in 1955 then all in 1959 onward of the seats in the Assembly are to be elected.

As for 1963, I'm not sure why there were no changes to the boundaries and I did not dive deeper into this. Perhaps the merger with Malaysia might have something to do with it. Fun fact: the merger with Malaysia happened in the midst of the election campaign.

Following the separation from Malaysia in 1965, the Legislative Assembly is renamed to the Parliament of Singapore. The 1988 general election saw the introduction of block voting in the form of Group Representative Constituency (GRC).

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Check out the following resources to read more about the boundary changes.

• http://www.singapore-elections.com/
• Report of the Delineation of Electoral Boundaries and the Creation of the Group Representation Constituencies, 1988
• Report of the Electoral Boundaries Delimitation Committee Singapore, 1954
• The Report of the Electoral Boundaries Review Committee, 1991
• The Report of the Electoral Boundaries Review Committee, 1996
• The Report of the Electoral Boundaries Review Committee, 2001
• The Report of the Electoral Boundaries Review Committee, 2006
• The Report of the Electoral Boundaries Review Committee, 2011
• The Report of the Electoral Boundaries Review Committee, 2015
• White Paper on the Report of the Electoral Boundaries Delineation Committee on the Review of the Boundaries of the Present Fifty-one Parliament Electoral Divisions, 1967
• White Paper on the Report of the Electoral Boundaries Delineation Committee on the Review of the Boundaries of the Present Fifty-eight Parliament Electoral Divisions, 1971
• White Paper on the Report of the Electoral Boundaries Delineation Committee, 1976
• White Paper on the Report of the Electoral Boundaries Delineation Committee, 1980
• White Paper on the Report of the Electoral Boundaries Delineation Committee, 1984


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DISCLAIMER

Whilst every effort is taken to ensure accuracy of the information presented in this video, I shall not be liable for any error, especially small ones, that may occur. Try to match various maps together to see what I mean.