11th Parliament of Singapore

11th Parliament of Singapore
majority parliament
2 November 2006 – 19 April 2011
House
File:Seating plan of the 11th Parliament of Singapore.svg Seating arrangements of the House
Speaker of Parliament	Abdullah Tarmugi 2 November 2006 - 19 April 2011
Prime Minister	Lee Hsien Loong 7 May 2006–present
Leader of the Opposition	Low Thia Kiang 2 November 2006–present
Sessions
1st Session
2 November 2006–April 13, 2009
2nd Session
May 18, 2009–19 April 2011
Cabinets
11th Cabinet
Lee Hsien Loong May 7, 2006–present
Parliamentarians
Elected NCMP Nominated 84 1 9
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The 11th Parliament of Singapore was the previous Parliament of Singapore. The first session commence from November 2, 2006 and prorogued on the April 13, 2009. The second session commence from May 18, 2008 and was dissolved on the April 19, 2011. The membership was set by the 2006 Singapore General Election on May 7, 2006, and it has changed twice due to the deaths of Jurong GRC MP Dr Ong Chit Chung in 2008, and Ang Mo Kio GRC MP Balaji Sadasivan who was also the Senior Minister of State for Foreign Affairs.

The 11th Parliament is controlled by a People's Action Party majority, led by Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong and members of the cabinet, which assumed power on May 7, 2006. The Opposition is led by the Secretary General of the Worker's Party of Singapore, Mr Low Thia Kiang. The Speaker of the Parliament of Singapore is Abdullah bin Tarmugi, of the People's Action Party. He was re-elected as the Speaker of the House for the 11th Parliament on November 2, 2006.

Result of the Singapore General Election, 2006

 Summary of the 6 May 2006 Parliament of Singapore election results

Parties and alliances	Leader	Contested seats	Seats won	Popular vote	%		+/-
People's Action Party	Lee Hsien Loong	84	82†	748,130	66.60		-8.69
Workers' Party	Low Thia Khiang	20	1	183,578	16.34		+13.30
Singapore Democratic Alliance National Solidarity Party Pertubuhan Kebangsaan Melayu Singapura Justice Party Singapore People's Party	Chiam See Tong	20	1	145,628	12.96		+0.96
Singapore Democratic Party	Chee Soon Juan	7	0	45,937	4.09		-4.04
Total			84	1,123,273	52.03
Spoilt votes				26,727	1.24
Did not vote (contested)				72,884	3.38
Did not vote (walkover)				935,820	43.35
Total voting electorate				2,158,704	100.00
† includes uncontested victories

The Worker's Party, being the best performing opposition party with 16.34 percent of the Popular vote, was awarded a Non-Constituency Member of Parliament Seat in accordance with the Constitution. The NCMP seat was eventually taken up by Sylvia Lim, the chairperson of the Worker's Party.

Officeholders

Speakers

• Abdullah bin Tarmugi (the People's Action Party MP for East Coast GRC) was re-elected Speaker of the Parliament on November 2, 2006. He was first elected as Speaker during the first sitting of the 10th Parliament of Singapore on the March 25, 2002.

Leaders

• Prime Minister of Singapore: Lee Hsien Loong (People's Action Party)
• Leader of the Opposition: Low Thia Kiang (Worker's Party)

House Leaders

• Leader of the House: Mah Bow Tan
• Deputy Leader of the House: Dr Ng Eng Hen

Whips

• Government Whip: Lim Swee Say
• Deputy Government Whip: Inderjit Singh and Amy Khor