SINGAPORE: The police released the list of designated election meeting sites for the 2025 General Election on Wednesday (Apr 23).
These are the sites where election candidates will be able to hold rallies during the campaigning period from Apr 24 to May 1.
There are a total of 51 sites across the country, with 49 allotted to the 32 constituencies that will see contests in this election and two sites earmarked for lunchtime rallies in the city.
Each Single Member Constituency (SMC) has one designated site, while each contested Group Representation Constituency (GRC) has two.
Marine Parade-Braddell Heights GRC – where the People’s Action Party claimed a walkover victory on Nomination Day – has no designated rally sites.
There were 46 rally sites during the 2015 General Election, the last election in Singapore that saw rallies being held at physical sites before the COVID-19 pandemic.
Election meetings can be held at the sites from 10am to 1pm and 7pm to 10pm each day of the campaigning period, with the exception of the lunchtime rally sites and school sites, the police said.
The lunchtime rally sites can be used between noon and 3pm daily.
School sites can be used from 7pm to 10pm on weekdays and 10am to 1pm on weekends as well as the Labour Day public holiday on May 1.
"The details of election meetings approved to be held will be announced one day before the election meeting, after the permit application closes," the police added.
Bukit Gombak SMC
Bukit Panjang SMC
Hougang SMC
Jalan Kayu SMC
Jurong Central SMC
Kebun Baru SMC
Marymount SMC
Mountbatten SMC
Pioneer SMC
Potong Pasir SMC
Queenstown SMC
Radin Mas SMC
Sembawang West SMC
Tampines Changkat SMC
Yio Chu Kang SMC
Aljunied GRC
Ang Mo Kio GRC
Bishan-Toa Payoh GRC
Chua Chu Kang GRC
East Coast GRC
Holland-Bukit Timah GRC
Jalan Besar GRC
Jurong East-Bukit Batok GRC
Marsiling-Yew Tee GRC
Nee Soon GRC
Pasir Ris-Changi GRC
Punggol GRC
Sembawang GRC
Sengkang GRC
Tampines GRC
Tanjong Pagar GRC
West Coast-Jurong West GRC
Lunchtime rally sites
On Wednesday, the police also released a list of 13 assembly centres where electoral candidates, their supporters and members of the public may gather to await the announcement of the election results on Polling Day.
Gatherings are permitted at these sites from 8pm on May 3 when polls close, until 30 minutes after the announcement of the last result of the election.
The contested constituencies were split into three zones for this, with candidates in each zone having access to four or five sites.
Hougang SMC, Mountbatten SMC, Tampines Changkat SMC, Aljunied GRC, East Coast GRC, Jalan Besar GRC, Punggol GRC, Pasir Ris-Changi GRC, Sengkang GRC and Tampines GRC
Jalan Kayu SMC, Kebun Baru SMC, Marymount SMC, Potong Pasir SMC, Queenstown SMC, Radin Mas SMC, Sembawang West SMC, Yio Chu Kang SMC, Ang Mo Kio GRC, Bishan-Toa Payoh GRC, Marsiling-Yew Tee GRC, Nee Soon GRC, Sembawang GRC and Tanjong Pagar GRC
Bukit Gombak SMC, Bukit Panjang SMC, Jurong Central SMC, Pioneer SMC, Chua Chu Kang GRC, Holland-Bukit Timah GRC, Jurong East-Bukit Batok GRC and West Coast-Jurong West GRC
The police also said that "block balloting" will be implemented during the final nights of the campaigning period.
"As the final nights of the campaigning period tend to be more popular, the adoption of block balloting will allow political parties and candidates reasonable opportunities to hold an election meeting near Polling Day," they added.
"For each electoral division, the number of days set aside for block balloting is dependent on the number of parties contesting in that electoral division.
"For lunchtime election meeting sites, block balloting will take place on the last three working days before Cooling-off Day."
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