List of Singaporean town councils

The following is a list of Singaporean town councils.

Currently, there are 19 town councils (TCs) in Singapore following the 2025 general election, all of which took effect before 1 August 2025. For the first time since 2011, one TC (Jalan Kayu) manages a standalone single-member constituency (SMC);^[1] each of the rest manages a group representation constituency (GRC) and 0–2 SMCs. Four existing TCs were renamed to reflect the renaming of their GRCs: Jurong–Clementi–Bukit Batok, Marine Parade–Braddell Heights, Pasir Ris–Changi and West Coast–Jurong West.^[2] The opposition-held Aljunied-Hougang Town Council was also transferred from the North East CDC to South East CDC, making it the first time since 2006 an existing town council have a change in their CDC.^[3]

Three TCs were set up on 1 September 1986 as pilot projects for the town council scheme.^[4]

A total of 27 TCs were set up in three phases from 1988 to 1991.^[5] GRCs were first created during the 1988 general election; constituencies with one Member of Parliament (MP) were renamed single-member constituencies.^[6]

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After the 1991 general election, the number of TCs was reduced to 23.^[5]

After the 1997 general election, the number of TCs was further reduced to 14.^[16] For the first time, Community Development Councils (CDCs) were established by the People's Association Act (CDC Rules & Regulations 1997), with the official reason being to promote cohesion and self-resilience among the electorate. During the period, there were nine CDCs, including Central Singapore and North East, which would later nominally survive a simplification of the CDC system.^[17]

After the 2001 general election, the number of town councils became 16. CDCs were simplified into five regions. The CDCs of Central Singapore and North East were retained in name, while the other seven were formally abolished in favour of North West, South East and South West.^[18]

After the 2006 general election, the number of town councils remained at 16. The opposition-held Potong Pasir Town Council was transferred from South East CDC to Central CDC.^[19]

After the 2011 general election, the number of town councils became 15. Sembawang and West Coast–Ayer Rajah TCs were respectively renamed to Sembawang–Nee Soon and West Coast.^[20] Aljunied GRC, which had been newly won by the Workers' Party (WP), and Hougang SMC, already held by the party, had their TCs merged under the name Aljunied–Hougang.^[21]

In 2013, the number of TCs became 16. Punggol East SMC was transferred from the management of Pasir Ris–Punggol TC, run by the governing People's Action Party (PAP), to that of Aljunied–Hougang TC (renamed Aljunied–Hougang–Punggol East), after the WP gained the constituency during the 2013 by-election.^[21][22] The town of Sembawang–Nee Soon, comprising the two GRCs of Nee Soon and Sembawang, was divided into two towns for reasons of overpopulation, with each GRC in the former town being designated a town in its own right.^[23][24]

After the 2015 general election, the number of TCs remained at 16; all were effective from 1 December 2015. The TCs of East Coast and Jurong were respectively renamed to Aljunied-Hougang, East Coast–Fengshan and Jurong–Clementi to reflect new boundary changes, while Aljunied–Hougang–Punggol East TC reverted to Aljunied–Hougang after the PAP regained Punggol East SMC. For the first time, all town councils were overseen by GRCs, as Potong Pasir SMC, which had retained its standalone TC after the 2011 general election, fell under the purview of the revived Jalan Besar TC.^[25][26]

After the 2020 general election, the number of TCs became 17; all were effective from 28 October 2020.^[27]