GE2025 - Behind Singapore's electoral system: Lens on Singapore

Singapore's democracy is a unique and complicated one. We have things like the Group Representation Constituency, Non-constituency Members of Parliament, and a cooling-off day at the end of the official campaigning period.

In this episode of Lens on Singapore, host Claressa Monteiro sits down with experts Dr Gillian Koh and Prof Walid Jumblatt Bin Abdullah, as they explain all the quirks of Singapore’s electoral system.

From how constituency boundaries are decided to the KPIs of our elected members of parliament, they’ll help to demystify our political system, and set you up for polling day.

Highlights of the conversation:

01:02 How electoral boundaries are drawn

03:42 How winners are decided

10:54 Who the major political parties are

18:46 What’s the job of elected MPs

24:17 Why opposition MPs are important

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Hosted by Claressa Monteiro, edited and produced by Claressa Monteiro, Emily Liu and Chai Pei Chieh.

With Dr Gillian Koh, senior research fellow, Institute of Policy Studies, National University of Singapore; and Professor Walid Jumblatt bin Abdullah, School of Social Sciences, Nanyang Technological University.

A podcast by BT Podcasts, The Business Times, SPH Media

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