GRCs: In 1988, legislation was passed to group constituencies
into Group Representation Constituencies or GRCs. Three
constituencies were grouped together and contested as one seat. Of
the three candidates, one from a stipulated minority race was
required. This resulted in a massive re-drawing of the boundaries
producing 10 GRCs and 40 single seat wards, giving a total of 70
seats. The concept of Town Councils run by elected Members of
Parliament was also introduced.
1988 is not the last time where the election boundaries have been
redrawn to benefit PAP's grip on domestic politics. Bedok now falls
under some Marine Parade GRC (which is like miles apart) because
one of the General Elections, Bedok's vote for the ruling party
actually went down to 50+%.. PAP found it wise to dilute such
abberant signs of rebellion and mixed it with other GRCS showing
healthier votes...
What do you people feel?
