Five opposition parties stake claims on various constituencies

Five opposition parties have staked their claims on various constituencies ahead of Singapore's next general election on the same day that the Electoral Boundaries Review Committee (EBRC) report was released on March 11.

- Chin Soo Fang

Already, there are four single-member constituencies and four group representation constituencies where more than one opposition party have said they are prepared to contest in the upcoming polls, due by November.

The five parties are the National Solidarity Party (NSP), People's Alliance for Reform (PAR), People's Power Party (PPP), Red Dot United (RDU) and the Singapore People's Party (SPP).

The newly created Jalan Kayu SMC has had the most interest, with three parties - PAR, PPP and RDU - saying they will contest there.

The other electoral districts with overlapping claims are Radin Mas, Potong Pasir and the new Tampines Changkat SMCs, and Jalan Besar, Nee Soon, Tampines and Tanjong Pagar GRCs.

Overall, at least 11 SMCs and 10 GRCs will be contested at the next election based on what has been said so far, though the parties also said these were preliminary announcements.

The Workers' Party (WP), Progress Singapore Party and Singapore Democratic Party have not yet said where they intend to contest.