eld.gov.sg Singapore General Election 2015 : Elections Department

Organisation : Elections Department Singapore
Facility : General Election 2015
Country : Singapore

Notification : https://www.electionin.org/uploads/363-Press%20Release%20on%20General%20Election%202015.pdf
Home Page : http://www.eld.gov.sg/homepage.html

GENERAL ELECTION 2015 :
WRIT OF ELECTION :
The President has issued the Writ of Election for General Election 2015.

NOMINATION DAY :
Nomination Day is 1 September 2015 (Tuesday).

NOMINATION PLACES :
The Nomination Places are listed in the Annex

RETURNING OFFICER :
The Returning Officer is Mr Ng Wai Choong, Chief Executive of the Energy Market Authority.

NOMINATION PAPER :
Nomination papers can be collected at the office of the Returning Officer at Elections Department, 11 Prinsep Link, Singapore 187949, between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m. from Monday to Friday and between 9 a.m. and 1 p.m. on Saturday. Soft copies of the nomination paper can be downloaded from the Elections Department website.

The nomination paper must be filled up correctly and signed by the candidate (or group of candidates for a Group Representation Constituency) and a proposer, a seconder and at least four assentors whose names appear in the current Register of Electors for the electoral division that the candidate (or group of candidates) seeks election, and be delivered in duplicate to the Returning Officer at the Nomination Place between 11 a.m. and 12 noon on Nomination Day. The candidate (or group of candidates) must be accompanied by a proposer, a seconder and at least four assentors when delivering the nomination paper.

POLITICAL DONATION CERTIFICATE :
Every candidate must also obtain a Political Donation Certificate from the Registrar of Political Donations. Application for the Certificate shall be made by submitting, in person or through an authorised representative, a pre-election donation report (Form 3) and a pre-election declaration (Form 4) to the Registrar of Political Donations at the Elections Department not later than 28 August 2015 (Friday).

Application forms can be obtained from the Elections Department or downloaded from the Elections Department website.

CERTIFICATES OF THE MALAY COMMUNITY COMMITTEE AND THE INDIAN AND OTHER MINORITY COMMUNITIES COMMITTEE :
For groups of candidates seeking election in a Group Representation Constituency, a certificate from either the Malay Community Committee or the Indian and Other Minority Communities Committee relating to at least one member of the group, depending upon the designation of the Group Representation Constituency, is required. All applications must be submitted to the Elections Department not later than 28 August 2015 (Friday). Application forms can be obtained from the Elections Department or downloaded from the Elections Department website.

ELECTION DEPOSIT :
According to the Parliamentary Elections Act, the deposit per candidate is 8% of the total allowances payable to a Member of Parliament in the preceding calendar year and rounded to the nearest $500. The deposit for a candidate shall, therefore, be $14,500.

The deposit shall be paid in cash, or by bank draft or a cheque certified by the bank as good for payment of the sum specified therein (payable to “Accountant- General, Singapore”). Payment can be made at any time but not later than 12 noon on Nomination Day. Payment can be made at the Accountant-General’s Department, 100 High Street, #06-01, The Treasury, Singapore 179434 or at the Nomination Place on Nomination Day.

POLLING DAY :
The Returning Officer will declare 11 September 2015 (Friday) to be Polling Day. Under the law, Polling Day at any general election shall be a public holiday. Every employer shall on Polling Day allow every elector in his employ a reasonable period of time for voting.