Elections Department Singapore

Elections Department of Singapore
Department overview
Formed	1947
Jurisdiction	Government of Singapore
Headquarters	11 Novena Rise, Singapore 307516
Employees	40 (2019)
Annual budget	S$52 million (2020)
Minister responsible	Lee Hsien Loong, ; 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

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.

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