GE2025: Some opposition parties criticise timing of election, say timeline is too short

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Short GE2025 election timeline a calculated move, say SDP, RDU & PPP

On Tuesday (15 April), Singaporeans finally found out when Nomination Day and Polling Day for the 2025 General Election (GE2025) will be.

However, the news was not well-received by some opposition parties, who have criticised the timeline as too short.

Source: (from left), Chee Soon Juan on Facebook, Ravi Philemon on Facebook and Goh Meng Seng on Facebook

‘Impossibly short’ period between EBRC report & Parliament dissolution: SDP

In a statement posted on Facebook on Tuesday night, the Singapore Democratic Party (SDP) said that the Electoral Boundaries Review Committee (EBRC) report was released on 17 March (though it was actually released on 11 March).

The report saw significant changes to electoral boundaries, with the former Bukit Batok SMC, where SDP chief Chee Soon Juan contested in two prior elections, absorbed into a GRC.

SDP described the period between the announcement of new boundaries and the dissolution of Parliament on 15 April as “the shortest in recent memory”.

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