“If you want to keep to the same amount, you need to appoint at least 97 MPs, ” said Asst Prof Ong, indicating an boost of 4 elected MP tickets.
Dr Teo Kay Key, a research fellow at the Institute of Policy Studies, noted that the terms of reference called for the council to “keep the proportion of MPs from SMCs, never the number”.
This means that if the total number of MPs to be elected rises, the number of SMCs may even increase by a similar percent, said Dr Teo.
To keep the 15 per cent percentages of MPs from SMCs, 15 single-seat rooms may be required. That leaves 82 votes among the GRCs.
To separate them according to the ordinary of 4. 65 Members per GRC, a total of 18 GRCs may be needed on the political image.
“So the best prediction is at least one more GRC, ” said Asst Prof Ong.
Singapore Management University’s affiliate professor of law, Eugene Tan, agreed with the change in the number of GRCs. “For case, if four new votes are recommended, that you form one four-member GRC. ”
Dr Teo noted that the modifications may take place in political units experiencing “significant changes in voter numbers, ” such as Tengah, which has recently seen the implementation of new Build-to-Order cover projects and the arrival of new residents.
Schedule OF THE Poll
On Wednesday, the Elections Department also announced that the voter rolls would get revised in February, with the practice to be completed by Apr 1.
Authorities told CNA that while the correction will finalise who you vote in the vote, the EBRC does not always have to wait for it to be completed before releasing its last statement.
“Ideally, the electoral register correction may become completed first before the EBRC record is submitted. But the government definitely have a rough idea of the increase in voting population, ” said Assoc Prof Tan.
If the EBRC statement is released by the date, he added, Prime Minister Lawrence Wong had probably call the vote as early as Apr 1 itself.