Singapore releases a report setting out electoral boundaries for a general election, moving one step closer to calling the election.

There will be 29 electoral divisions, including 16 so-called Group Representation Constituencies, according to a report by the Electoral Boundaries Review Committee released today.

The number of seats in the Parliament will be increased to 89 from 87, according to the report.

Singapore’s next general election must be held by January 2017, but the vote is widely expected to be sooner to capitalise on the 50th year since modern Singapore’s founding, with major celebrations planned around National Day in August.

The current Parliament, which began on Oct 10, 2011, has a maximum term of five years. Elections are required within three months once it is dissolved.

- Bloomberg