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| | Singapore - Hutchinson encyclopedia article about Singapore (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19) |
 | | The constitution of 1965, amended in 1991, provides for a one-chamber parliament, whose 81 members are elected for five-year terms by universal suffrage from 40 single-member wards, two ‘non-constituency’ seats (with restricted voting rights), intended for opposition candidates, and, from 1988, 13 three-member Group Representation Constituencies (GRC) through a simple plurality system. |
 | | At least one member contesting the multimember GRCs must be of non-Chinese racial origin. |
 | | Since 1990, the government has been able to nominate up to six politically neutral members of parliament, who serve two-year terms and can vote on all but financial and constitutional legislation. |
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