3. MAJOR CHANGES TO GRCS
Gone from the map are two GRCs – Pasir Ris-Punggol and Jurong.
There are new GRCs in Pasir Ris-Changi, Punggol, Jurong East-Bukit Batok, West Coast and Marine Parade.
The changes largely arise from population shifts in Punggol and Tengah, due to new housing developments.
The new Punggol GRC was formed by carving out estates from Pasir Ris-Punggol GRC – which has seen the largest increase in electors since the last GE – and merging them with Punggol West SMC.
The new Pasir Ris-Changi GRC was created by merging the remainder of Pasir Ris-Punggol GRC with adjacent polling districts in East Coast GRC.
The new Jurong East-Bukit Batok GRC, meanwhile, absorbs the entirety of Jurong GRC, Bukit Batok SMC, Yuhua SMC, as well as Bukit Batok West estates in Hong Kah North SMC.
Those were the estates remaining in Hong Kah North after the Tengah estates were absorbed into Chua Chu Kang GRC.
Elsewhere, West Coast GRC will become West Coast-Jurong West GRC after taking in estates from the neighbouring Jurong East-Bukit Batok GRC and losing polling districts in Harbourfront, Sentosa, Dover and Telok Blangah estates.
Marine Parade GRC will be renamed Marine Parade-Braddell Heights GRC after absorbing MacPherson SMC and parts of Mountbatten and Potong Pasir SMCs.
East Coast GRC, meanwhile, retains its name but its boundaries have been redrawn to take in adjacent polling districts from Marine Parade GRC, after losing its Loyang and Flora estates to Pasir Ris-Changi GRC.
4. NEW SMCS
There are six new single-seat constituencies.
Bukit Gombak SMC was carved out of Chua Chu Kang GRC to accommodate future population growth in Tengah.
Jalan Kayu SMC was carved out of Ang Mo Kio GRC, which has the most electors of any electoral division; while a new Queenstown SMC was formerly part of Tanjong Pagar GRC.
Jurong Central SMC was carved out of the new Jurong East-Bukit Batok GRC.
In view of population growth in Sembawang and Tampines GRCs, the EBRC also recommended new SMCs in Sembawang West and Tampines Changkat.
Five SMCs in Bukit Batok, Hong Kah North, MacPherson, Punggol West and Yuhua have been scrubbed from the map after being absorbed into GRCs.
