Images by Benjamin Tan / Edits by Xue Qi Ow Yeong
Electoral boundaries in Singapore aren’t marked by fences or signs. These invisible lines crisscross our neighbourhoods—often unbeknownst to us—delineating where one constituency ends and another begins.
These lines, drawn and occasionally redrawn by the Electoral Boundaries Review Committee, determine if residents get to vote, who represents them in Parliament, and who residents call when they want more covered walkways.
They cut through communities, outlining neighbourhoods into shapes of political power. Yet for most residents, these borders remain administrative abstractions, rarely noticed. The daily rhythms of Singapore life—walking to school, chatting with neighbours, eating at the same kopitiam—carry on, indifferent to the lines on a map.
On Polling Day, as Singaporeans vote, these lines come into sharper focus.
Benjamin Tan turns his lens to these invisible borders, exploring how they intersect with the everyday spaces we live in.
