September 12, 06:55 PM 
514 Chai Chee Lane 03-16, Singapore 469029 Now that the GE2015 votes have been tallied, here is how the spoilt votes and absenteeism numbers look like at a glance:
SMC with highest percentage of non-votes: Mountbatten SMC (11.9%)
GRC with highest percentage of non-votes: Tanjong Pagar GRC (11.0%)
SMCs with the lowest percentage of non-votes:
Punggol East SMC: 4.95%
Sengkang West SMC: 6.11%
Hougang SMC: 6.40%
What other observations can you make based on the table below?
- Tanjong Pagar GRC residents got to vote for the first time in a long time but they did not seem like they wanted to participate?
- New estates tend to have younger voters who are more keen to exercise their vote?
- Were Mountbatten SMC residents faced with such a tough choice that a significant portion abstained? Or were they working overseas/ holidaying due to the mid-to-high income levels of those residents?
- Were Radin Mas SMC voters also faced with a tough choice?
Total rejected votes: 47,315
Total non-voters: 158,595
| SMC/ GRC | Rejected
votes |
Did not
vote |
Number of
electors |
% non-votes
(Rejected + Did not vote) |
| Aljunied | 1,638 | 9,258 | 148,142 | 7.36% |
| Ang Mo Kio | 4,887 | 11,058 | 187,771 | 8.49% |
| Bishan-Toa Payoh | 2,411 | 10,001 | 129,975 | 9.55% |
| Bukit Batok | 545 | 1,593 | 27,077 | 7.90% |
| Bukit Panjang | 626 | 1,613 | 34,317 | 6.52% |
| Chua Chu Kang | 2,949 | 6,791 | 119,931 | 8.12% |
| East Coast | 1,008 | 7,582 | 99,118 | 8.67% |
| Fengshan | 290 | 1,581 | 23,427 | 7.99% |
| Holland-Bukit Timah | 1,500 | 8,981 | 104,491 | 10.0% |
| Hong Kah North | 551 | 1,361 | 28,145 | 6.79% |
| Hougang | 236 | 1,306 | 24,097 | 6.40% |
| Jalan Besar | 1,549 | 7,147 | 102,540 | 8.48% |
| Jurong | 2,432 | 8,138 | 130,498 | 8.10% |
| Macpherson | 415 | 1,828 | 28,511 | 7.87% |
| Marine Parade | 1,682 | 11,994 | 146,244 | 9.35% |
| Marsiling-Yew Tee | 2,134 | 5,823 | 107,599 | 7.40% |
| Mountbatten | 333 | 2,528 | 24,143 | 11.9% |
| Nee Soon | 1,731 | 7,565 | 132,289 | 7.03% |
| Pasir Ris-Punggol | 5,310 | 10,557 | 187,396 | 8.475 |
| Pioneer | 658 | 1,228 | 25,458 | 7.41% |
| Potong Pasir | 224 | 1,249 | 17,407 | 8.46% |
| Punggol East | 379 | 1,329 | 34,466 | 4.95% |
| Radin Mas | 768 | 1,950 | 28,906 | 9.40% |
| Sembawang | 3,769 | 7,170 | 144,672 | 7.56% |
| Sengkang West | 417 | 1,422 | 30,119 | 6.11% |
| Tampines | 3,638 | 7,758 | 143,518 | 7.94% |
| Tanjong Pagar | 2,405 | 11,965 | 130,752 | 11.0% |
| West Coast | 2,415 | 6,402 | 99,300 | 8.88% |
| Yuhua | 388 | 1,426 | 22,617 | 8.02% |
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