The Electoral Boundaries Review Committee (EBRC) is a body convened before general elections in Singapore. It decides the electoral constituencies and the redistricting of boundaries that will be used to elect Members of Parliament (MPs).
Overview The earliest mention of the EBRC, was of its predecessor the Electoral Boundaries Delineation Committee (EBDC) was in 1954 to amend the boundaries for the general election the following year. In 1988, the EBDC was renamed as the Electoral Boundaries Review Committee.
The EBRC comprises a panel of five different civil servants, all of whom expertise in each technical areas. The Secretary to Prime Minister serves as the chairperson for the EBRC, along with the CEO of the Housing & Development Board, Chief Executive of the Singapore Land Authority, Chief Statistician of the Department of Statistics, and the Head of the Elections Department. The panel is to determine the electoral boundaries for use at future elections taking into account population shifts and new housing developments, disregarding electoral results. The EBRC can also comply request by the Prime Minister of Singapore on advice about boundary delimitation, as well as the requirements for electoral divisions to have approximately equal numbers of voters so that electors' votes carry the same weight, either in Single Member or Group Representation constituencies, regardless of where they cast their ballots.
In 1963, the EBRC adopted a rule allowing the numbers of voters in divisions to differ by no more than 20%, before increasing to 30% in 1980. It is the Cabinet's discretion to accept the Committee's recommendations.Li, "Making sense of electoral boundaries", pp. A38–A39. The EBRC is convened and published its new boundaries within months before a parliamentary general election may be called. In each drawings, some constituencies may be left intact while others may be redrawn into neighbouring constituencies or GRCs. Since the third millennium, while most GRCs were subjected to redistricting changes, however, between two and five GRCs were left intact in each of the redistricting cycle.
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See also Constituencies of Singapore List of electoral divisions and wards in Singapore References