Singapore legislation
Section 8A
Section 8A
Group representation constituencies
(1)
For the purposes of electing Members of Parliament on a group basis to ensure the representation in Parliament of Members from the Malay, Indian and other minority communities under this Act, the President must, subject to this section, by order in the Gazette —
declare any electoral division, having regard to the number of electors in that division, to be a group representation constituency and designate that constituency as a constituency in which any election is to be held on the basis of a group of such number of candidates, being not less than 3 but not more than 6; and
designate every group representation constituency as —
a constituency where at least one of the candidates in every group is a person belonging to the Malay community; or
a constituency where at least one of the candidates in every group is a person belonging to the Indian or other minority communities.
(1A)
At all times, there must be at least 8 electoral divisions which are not group representation constituencies.
(2)
The number of Members to be returned by all group representation constituencies must not be less than one-quarter of the total number of Members to be returned at a general election.
(3)
The number of group representation constituencies to be designated under subsection (1)(b)(i) must be three‑fifths of the total number of group representation constituencies; and where that number is not a whole number, it must be rounded to the next higher whole number.