Increase in Number of Eligible Electorates since Last General Election

1 Mr Gan Thiam Poh asked the Prime Minister (a) to date, what is the total increase in the number of eligible electorates since the last General Election; (b) which is the electoral division that has the highest number of increase; and (c) what is the projected increase in the number of eligible electorates in three years' time.

Mr Teo Chee Hean (for the Prime Minister): The latest certified registers of electors contain the names of all Singapore Citizens qualified as electors as at 1 February 2015. The increase in the number of electors since the last General Election in 2015 and the electoral division with the highest increase will only be known when the registers of electors are next revised.

The Elections Department does not make projections on the number of qualified electors and works on the basis of the actual number of electors when the registers of electors are revised.