Old Voting District Reflected with Change of Physical Identity Card

1 Assoc Prof Jamus Jerome Lim asked the Prime Minister and Minister for Finance why does a change of the physical NRIC effected after the cut-off date for the inspection of voter rolls result in a reversion of the voting district to the old district.

Mr Chan Chun Sing (for the Prime Minister): A change in the personal particulars of a voter's National Registration Identity Card does not automatically result in a change in the constituency where the voter is registered to vote. Instead, voter addresses are updated from time to time via an exercise to revise the Registers of Electors (REs), based on the Government's records as of a date prescribed in legislation. The current date for voters who are eligible to be included in the REs for an election is 1 February 2025. This approach balances the need to safeguard the integrity of voter rolls and to ensure that the REs used for an election are updated, while providing certainty to prospective candidates on the number of Singaporeans who are qualified to vote at the election in each constituency.