Elections Department Singapore

Elections Department of Singapore

Department overview
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)
Minister responsible	Lawrence Wong, Prime Minister
Department executive	Koh Siong Ling, Head
Parent department	Prime Minister's Office
Child department	Registry of Political Donations
Website	www.eld.gov.sg
Agency ID	T08GA0042B

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.

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.