Parliamentary Elections possible from May to Nov 2009

February 20, 2009 by admin
Filed under: Current Affairs 

Written by Ng E-Jay
20 Feb 2009

Snap parliamentary elections are now possible from May to November 2009, and quite likely as early as May to July 2009.

The Government gazette published the boundaries of altered polling districts on Wednesday, just a day after the Elections Department announced that the Register of Voters is being revised.

According to the Elections Department website, online services such as checking the Register of Electors or applying for restoration of name are suspended temporarily, and are expected to resume around 3 March 2009. Visitors may check back within 14 days from 3 March 2009, to ensure that their particulars in the revised Register of Electors are correct.

Polling district changes are usually published before the Government sets up a committee to review and draw up the boundaries of constituencies.

Historical experience reveals that there is a time lag of as much as 6 months between the publication of the polling district changes and the release of the committee’s Electoral Boundaries Report which details the number and size of single-member and group representation constituencies.

General elections tend to follow soon after the Electoral Boundaries Report, within a 3 month timeframe. This makes elections quite possible within the next 9 months.

Snap elections as early as May – July 2009 are likely as the PAP may want to tap into the heightened climate of fear and uncertainty. In 2001 when elections were held just two months after the 911 terrorist attacks and in the midst of a recession, the PAP secured 75.29% of the valid vote.

The legislations governing the conduct of the Parliamentary Elections are:

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