[BREAKING] New electoral boundaries for GE2025

The Electoral Boundaries Review Committee (EBRC) in Singapore has announced the electoral boundaries for GE2025 today (March 11, 2025), with a new Group Representation Constiuency (GRC) and an additional Single Member Constiuency, bringing the total to 18 GRCs and 15 SMCs.

The number of elected Members of Parliament (MPs) will increase to 97, up from the current 93. According to the EBRC report, the electoral boundaries will change in 22 out of the current 31 constituencies.

Here’s a breakdown of the changes:

1. Two new four-member GRCs

The EBRC explained in its recommendations that voter numbers have increased in Pasir Ris-Punggol, Sembawang and Tampines GRCs, as well as the single seats of Hong Kah North and Potong Pasir.

This has resulted in the creation of a new four-member Punggol GRC, which will take in Punggol West SMC and parts of the old Pasir Ris-Punggol GRC. The remaining Pasir Ris estates will merge with polling districts comprising the Loyang and Flora estates to form a new 4-MP Pasir Ris Changi GRC.

2. Five SMCs out, six new ones in

The report also showed that five SMCs have been taken off the map, resulting in six news ones carved out of existing GRCs.

The five SMCs removed are:

1. Bukit Batok
2. Hong Kah North
3. MacPherson
4. Punggol West
5. Yuhua.

The new SMCs are Bukit Gombak, Jalan Kayu, Jurong Central, Queenstown, Sembawang West and Tampines Changkat.

Other affected Electoral Districts (EDs)

These are:

1. East Coast GRC to absorb Chai Chee and Siglap estates, originally from the current Marine Parade GRC
2. Marine Parade GRC to be renamed to Marine Parade-Braddell Heights GRC, as it will absorb MacPherson SMC, part of Potong Pasir and Mountbatten SMCs.
3. Chua Chu Kang GRC will take in Tengah estates
4. A new five-member Jurong East-Bukit Batok GRC will be formed out of Bukit Batok, Yuehua and the remaining parts of Hong Kah North SMCs and the current Jurong GRC.
5. Some estates in Jurong West and Taman Jurong will merge with the adjacent West Coast GRC, and will be renamed as West-Coast Jurong West GRC.
6. Tampines GRC takes in Tampines West estates from Aljunied GRC

Unaffected constituencies

The following constituencies will remain unchanged from GE2020:

1. Bishan-Toa Payoh GRC
2. Jalan Besar GRC
3. Marsiling-Yew Tee GRC
4. Nee Soon GRC
5. Sengkang GRC
6. Bukit Panjang SMC
7. Hougang SMC
8. Marymount SMC
9. Pioneer SMC

What is the most significantly changed boundary?

The Singapore parliament saw PAP winning 83 seats, forming the majority party once more, while the Workers Party won a total of ten seats in the 2020 general elections.



Here’s a recap of who won their respective Group Representation Constituencies (GRCs):

Here are the results for the Single Member Constituencies (SMCs):

The People’s Action Party (PAP) has been the incumbent party in many constituencies since its establishment, notably for Jurong, Ang Mo Kio and Marine Parade GRCs.

In particular, the new five-member Jurong East-Bukit Batok GRC has absorbed Bukit Batok SMC, where Singapore Democratic Party’s Secretary-General Dr Chee Soon Juan staked an early claim on the constituency.

Previously, Dr Chee contested against the current Minister of State for the Ministry of Law and the Ministry of Transport Murali Pillai for GE2020, resulting in a tight race with Mr Pillai winning 55% of the vote.

With the absence of the SMC, the SDP might have to rethink its strategy for its party members to increase their chances of winning seats in Parliament.

As for the Workers Party (WP), with 10 MPs currently in Parliament, they have established “a stable ground” in Hougang SMC since the 1991 General Elections and in Aljunied GRC since 2011.

The party is also the incumbent party for Sengkang GRC, which was established for GE2020. With their constituencies remaining status-quo (sans the minor changes in Aljunied GRC), it might seem that their seats are more or less, in our opinion, guaranteed.

Unless, whichever party they are competing against brings out a hidden trump card that even the opposition would not expect.

The return of physical rallies

GE2025 also marks the return of physical rallies. Candidates who ran for the first time in 2020 had to garner votes through digital rallies due to the COVID-19 pandemic, so it would be interesting to see how they would rally to a live audience.

It is also worth noting that nearly half of the physical rally sites from GE2015 no longer exist and have been used for housing and new infrastructure developments.

Ms Sun Xueling, Singapore’s Minister of State for the Ministry of Home Affairs and the Ministry of Social and Family Development, shared in parliament that the police are aiming to designate two sites for each GRC and one site for each SMC.

Ms Sun also added that there will be one site dedicated to lunchtime rallies, and the list of rally sites would be available at the end of the nomination proceedings on Nomination Day. 

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So how would each political party adapt to the changes in electoral boundaries? Will there be any drastic changes in terms of strategy?

We can only learn more once the parliament is dissolved and the writ of election is issued. When might that happen? We just have to wait and see.

• Read more articles we have written on GE2025 here.
• Read more articles we have written on Singapore’s current affairs here.

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