Number of Voters' Names Expunged from and Added to Registers of Electors Since 2020 General Election

Debated in Parliament on 3 Aug 2023.

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Hazel Poa asked the Prime Minister for detailed data on how many voters were removed from and added to the Registers of Electors since 2020, broken down by reasons such as death, non-voting, loss of citizenship, imprisonment, and others.
Chan Chun Sing responded that the Registers of Electors were certified on 20 July 2023 with 2,709,455 electors, an increase of 58,020 from the 2020 General Election, but noted the Elections Department does not track changes based on the specific profiles requested.
The government directed the Member to the Elections Department website for information on the number of electors at each election and after each revision, rather than providing the granular breakdown asked for.

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Hazel Poa

Ms Hazel Poa asked the Prime Minister in the revision of the Registers of Electors (a) how many voters’ names have been expunged in each constituency since the 2020 General Election because of (i) death, (ii) non-voting, (iii) loss of citizenship, (iv) serving a sentence of imprisonment and (v) other reasons respectively; and (b) how many voters’ names have been added in each constituency after (i) attaining age 21, (ii) registering as a Singapore Citizen, (iii) completing a sentence of imprisonment and (iv) other reasons respectively.

Chan Chun Sing (for the Prime Minister)

The Registers of Electors (REs) were certified on 20 July 2023. There are a total of 2,709,455 electors in the registers, which is 58,020 more than the 2,651,435 electors at General Election 2020 (GE2020). The net change by Electoral Division is provided in Table A. This information on the number of electors at each election and after each revision of the REs is available on the Elections Department website (https://www.eld.gov.sg). We do not track the changes in the number of electors based on the profiles requested by the Member.

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Hazel Poa asked the Prime Minister for detailed data on how many voters were removed from and added to the Registers of Electors since 2020, broken down by reasons such as death, non-voting, loss of citizenship, imprisonment, and others.
Chan Chun Sing responded that the Registers of Electors were certified on 20 July 2023 with 2,709,455 electors, an increase of 58,020 from the 2020 General Election, but noted the Elections Department does not track changes based on the specific profiles requested.
The government directed the Member to the Elections Department website for information on the number of electors at each election and after each revision, rather than providing the granular breakdown asked for.

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Number of Voters' Names Expunged from and Added to Registers of Electors Since 2020 General Election

Debated in Parliament on 3 Aug 2023.

Summary written by AI (learn more)

Hazel Poa asked the Prime Minister for detailed data on how many voters were removed from and added to the Registers of Electors since 2020, broken down by reasons such as death, non-voting, loss of citizenship, imprisonment, and others.
Chan Chun Sing responded that the Registers of Electors were certified on 20 July 2023 with 2,709,455 electors, an increase of 58,020 from the 2020 General Election, but noted the Elections Department does not track changes based on the specific profiles requested.
The government directed the Member to the Elections Department website for information on the number of electors at each election and after each revision, rather than providing the granular breakdown asked for.

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Hazel Poa

Chan Chun Sing (for the Prime Minister)

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Hazel Poa asked the Prime Minister for detailed data on how many voters were removed from and added to the Registers of Electors since 2020, broken down by reasons such as death, non-voting, loss of citizenship, imprisonment, and others.
Chan Chun Sing responded that the Registers of Electors were certified on 20 July 2023 with 2,709,455 electors, an increase of 58,020 from the 2020 General Election, but noted the Elections Department does not track changes based on the specific profiles requested.
The government directed the Member to the Elections Department website for information on the number of electors at each election and after each revision, rather than providing the granular breakdown asked for.

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Number of Voters' Names Expunged from and Added to Registers of Electors Since 2020 General Election

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Hazel Poa

Chan Chun Sing (for the Prime Minister)

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Number of Voters' Names Expunged from and Added to Registers of Electors Since 2020 General Election

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Hazel Poa

Chan Chun Sing (for the Prime Minister)

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