The Electoral Boundaries Review Committee released its report on March 13 afternoon.

In total, there are 31 electoral divisions and a total of 93 seats in Parliament.

According to the report, there will be 17 Group Representation Constituencies (GRCs) and 14 Single Member Constituencies (SMCs).

Of these, some existing SMCs will be absorbed into the new GRCs.

There will not be any six-member GRCs.

Where do the 3 existing SMCs go?

These are Feng Shan, Sengkang West, and Punggol East SMCs.

Sengkang West with 27,236 electors and Punggol East with 35,477 electors will be part of the new Sengkang GRC, along with part of Pasir Ris-Punggol with 54, 833 electors.

The new Sengkang GRC will have 117,546 electors in total.

Feng Shan, with 23, 746 electors, has been drawn into East Coast GRC which also includes 96, 493 electors from the current East Coast GRC.

The new East Coast GRC will have 120, 239 electors in total.

Who's affected?

The Sengkang West SMC is now headed by People's Action Party Member of Parliament (MP) and Senior Minister of State Lam Pin Min.

The Punggol East SMC is now led by veteran PAP MP Charles Chong, while Fengshan SMC is now headed by first-term MP Cheryl Chan.

All three affected SMCs were contested by WP politicians.

Both Fengshan SMC and Punggol East SMC were closely contested by WP and resulted in two non-constituency MP seats in the parliament, given to the top performing opposition candidates.

In fact, all the three SMCs were the top performing seats for WP.

1. Hougang SMC - 57.69 per cent

2. Aljunied GRC - 50.95 per cent

3. Punggol East SMC - 48.24 per cent

4. Fengshan SMC - 42.48 per cent

5. East Coast GRC - 39.27 per cent

6. Sengkang West SMC - 37.89 per cent

Former Punggol East WP MP reacts

The Workers' Party members have also been seen walking on the ground in these northeast and east areas in recent months such as Gerald Giam and Lee Li Lian.

https://mothership.sg/2019/11/workers-party-fengshan-fire

In response to the changes made to the electoral boundaries, Lee, a former MP of Punggol East SMC, wrote that it's not surprising to her on her Facebook post.

Guess this ain't disrupting her plan to serve.

Top photo via Google Maps/Bob Liu