Elections Department Singapore
| Department overview | |
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| Formed | 1947 |
| Jurisdiction | Government of Singapore |
| Headquarters | 11 Novena Rise, Singapore 307516 |
| Employees | 40 (2019) |
| Annual budget | S$52 million (2020) |
| Minister responsible | |
| Department executive |
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| Parent department | Prime Minister's Office |
| Child department |
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| Website | www |
| Agency ID | T08GA0042B |
The Elections Department Singapore (ELD), known endonymously 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.