Kuala Lumpur, March 15 -- Singapore has released the electoral boundaries which will be used in the next general election.

The island nation typically changes the boundaries and number of its electoral divisions (wards) prior to every general election.

This year there will be a total of 31 wards up from 29 in 2015.

Singapore's wards are divided into Single Member Constituencies (SMCs) and Group Representation Constituencies (GRCs).

In Single Member Constituencies, voters elect one MP to parliament but in GRCs the winning party sends a number of MPs to parliament.

Previously GRCs returned four to six MPs to parliament but now each GRC will send a maximum of five MPs to parliament.

In total, there will now be 17 GRCs and 14 SMCs for a...