Elections Department Singapore
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The Elections Department of Singapore (ELD), known exonymously as the Elections Department, is a department under the Prime Minister's Office (PMO) of the Government of Singapore which are responsible for overseeing the procedure for elections in Singapore, including parliamentary elections, presidential elections and referendums.
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Formed | 1947; 77 years ago (1947) |
Jurisdiction | Government of Singapore |
Headquarters | 11 Novena Rise, Singapore 307516[1] |
Employees | 40 (2019) |
Annual budget | S$52 million (2020) |
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Parent department | Prime Minister's Office |
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Website | www |
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First established in 1947, it sees that elections are fairly carried out and has a supervisory role to safeguard against electoral fraud. It has the power to create constituencies and redistrict them, with the justification of preventing malapportionment.