Singapore General Election, 1997 - Electoral Boundaries

Electoral Boundaries

• Mergers
  • Braddell Heights SMC merged into Marine Parade GRC
  • Brickworks GRC merged into Tanjong Pagar GRC and West Coast GRC
  • Bukit Batok SMC merged into Bukit Timah GRC
  • Bukit Merah SMC merged into Tanjong Pagar GRC
  • Bukit Timah SMC merged into Bukit Timah GRC
  • Buona Vista SMC merged into Tanjong Pagar GRC
  • Changi SMC merged into East Coast GRC
  • Eunos GRC merged into Aljunied GRC, Marine Parade GRC and East Coast GRC
  • Jurong SMC merged into Bukit Timah GRC
  • Leng Kee SMC merged into Tanjong Pagar GRC
  • Mountbatten SMC merged into Marine Parade GRC
  • Nee Soon South SMC merged into Ang Mo Kio GRC
  • Ulu Pandan SMC merged into Bukit Timah GRC
  • Yuhua SMC merged into Bukit Timah GRC

• New GRCs
  • Bishan-Toa Payoh GRC, created by merging Thomson GRC and Toa Payoh GRC
  • Bukit Timah GRC, created by merging Bukit Batok SMC, Bukit Timah SMC, Jurong SMC, Ulu Pandan SMC and Yuhua SMC.
  • East Coast GRC, created by merging a section of Eunos GRC and Bedok GRC
  • Kreta Ayer-Tanglin GRC, created by merging Kreta Ayer SMC, Tanglin SMC and part of Kampong Glam GRC
  • Pasir Ris GRC, created by splitting Pasir Ris division of Eunos GRC
  • West Coast GRC, created by splitting Telok Blangah division of Tanjong Pagar GRC and part of Brickworks GRC

• New SMCs
  • Kampong Glam SMC which was created after Kampong Glam GRC was removed from the electoral boundary map.
  • MacPherson SMC, carved out from Marine Parade GRC

• Changes in electoral seats within GRCs
  • Aljunied GRC, Ang Mo Kio GRC, Cheng San GRC, Hong Kah GRC were increased from four -member GRCs to five-member GRCs.
  • Marine Parade GRC, Sembawang GRC and Tanjong Pagar GRC were increased from four-member GRCs to six-member GRCs.