Elections Department Singapore

Elections Department of Singapore
Department overview
Formed1947; 77 years ago (1947)
JurisdictionGovernment of Singapore
Headquarters11 Novena Rise, Singapore 307516[1]
Employees40 (2019)
Annual budgetS$52 million (2020)
Minister responsible
Department executive
  • Koh Siong Ling,
    Head
Parent departmentPrime Minister's Office
Child department
  • Registry of Political Donations
Websitewww.eld.gov.sg
Agency IDT08GA0042B

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.

  1. ^ "Elections Department to move operations to Novena Rise". CNA. 28 December 2020. Retrieved 23 June 2022.