集选区制度于1988年6月1日生效,在这个制度落实之前,所有选区均与其他西敏制国家一样为单选区(Single Member Constituency, SMC)。《国会选举法令》(法例第218章,2008年修订版)规定必须划分至少8个单选区,同时所有集选区之议员人数不得少于总议员人数的四分之一。有鉴于此,新加坡的单选区与集选区总数及其范围并不是固定的,而是由内阁经谘询选区范围检讨委员会后决定的。
《国会选举(修正法案)》(No. B 23 of 1987)分别在1987年11月30日和1988年2月11日-12日进行一读与二读,法案如《新加坡共和国宪法(修正)法案》向一个特别委员会汇报。委员会于1988年5月5日提呈报告,法案旋于1988年进行三读并获得通过,1988年6月1日(修宪法令生效的一天后)生效。
Constitution, Art. 39(3): "In this Article and in Articles 39A and 47, a constituency shall be construed as an electoral division for the purposes of Parliamentary elections."
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The Constitution, Art. 39A(1), states: "The Legislature may, in order to ensure the representation in Parliament of Members from the Malay, Indian and other minority communities, by law make provision for ... any constituency to be declared by the President, having regard to the number of electors in that constituency, as a group representation constituency to enable any election in that constituency to be held on a basis of a group of not less than 3 but not more than 6 candidates".
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