At the close of the polls at 8pm on Polling Day (11 September 2015) and until 30 minutes after the announcement of the last result of the General Elections, electoral candidates, their supporters and members of the public may gather at designated assembly centres to await the announcement of the results.
Permit applications for the assembly centres must be made in person by a candidate or his election agent at the Police Elections Permit Office (PEPO) between 8.30 am and 2.30 pm on 9 September 2015 and 10 September 2015. No fees will be levied by the Police for the permit. Application forms for the permit can be obtained from the PEPO office and may also be downloaded from the Police website at www.spf.gov.sg/elections.
Police have grouped the electoral divisions into three zones. The assembly centre sites available in each zone are as follows:
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Electoral Divisions |
Assembly Centre Sites |
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Fengshan SMC |
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MacPherson SMC |
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Bukit Batok SMC |
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(#) Seating gallery not available
Contesting parties and independent candidates can only apply for one assembly centre site in each zone that it is contesting in. Where there is more than one applicant for a particular assembly centre site, Police will conduct a ballot.
Contesting parties and independent candidates can also apply for a permit to use an indoor site as an assembly centre. The indoor site has to be within the zone that they are contesting in.
The list of assembly centres allocated to contesting parties and independent candidates will be announced on 10 September 2015 (Thursday), after the close of permit applications.
Closed-Door Briefing to Candidates & Election Agents
The Police Elections Permits Office (PEPO) will conduct a briefing on the application procedures for Assembly Centres on 8 September 2015, at 9.00 am, at Police Cantonment Complex (2nd Level), 391 New Bridge Road, Singapore 088762. Candidates and/or their Election Agents are invited to attend this briefing.
SINGAPORE POLICE FORCE
07 September 2015 @ 10:00 AM