Singaporean general election, 2015
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89 seats to the Parliament of Singapore 3 NCMP seats offered to opposition 45 seats needed for a majority |
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Registered | 2,462,926 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Turnout | 2,304,331 (93.56%) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Results by constituency:
People's Action Party
Workers' Party of Singapore
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Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. The 2015 Singaporean general election was held on 11 September to form Singapore's Parliament.[1] The previous Parliament was dissolved on 25 August 2015 by President Tony Tan on the advice of Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong, and candidates were nominated on 1 September.[2]
The election was the first since Singapore's independence which saw all seats contested.[3] Most of the seats were contested between two parties, with the only three-cornered fights occurring in three Single Member Constituencies.[4] Using first-past-the-post voting, the election was also the first after the March 2015 death of Lee Kuan Yew (the nation's first Prime Minister and an MP until his passing) and Singapore's 50th anniversary celebration in August 2015.[5][6]
Out of 89 seats, the People's Action Party (PAP) contested all and won 83, with the other 6 seats won by The Workers' Party of Singapore (WP); the single seat from Punggol East Single Member Constituency was the only seat to change hands, recaptured by PAP.[1] Voter turnout was 93.56%, discounting overseas votes.[3] PAP won its best results since 2001 with 69.86% of the popular vote, an increase of 9.72% from the previous election in 2011. WP scored 39.75% of votes in the 28 seats it contested, a drop of 6.83%.[7] In the overall popular vote, WP scored 12.48% and the remaining seven parties less than 4% each.[4] Three candidates failed to secure 12.5% of votes in their area and thus lost their electoral deposit.[8]
Contents
Background
The maximum term of a Singaporean parliament is five years, within which it must be dissolved by the President and elections held within three months, as stated in the Constitution.[9] Voting is mandatory in Singapore and is based on the first-past-the-post system. Elections are conducted by the Elections Department, which is under the jurisdiction of the Prime Minister’s Office.
The General Election was the 17th General Election in Singapore and is the 12th since independence in 1965. The election coincides with the 50th anniversary of the Republic of Singapore's founding.
The governing People's Action Party (PAP) have secured their 14th consecutive term in office since 1959. This will be the PAP's third election with Lee Hsien Loong as its Secretary-General, and the country's first election after the passing of its founding Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew. It is also the country's first election where there are no walkovers in any of the constituencies, as voting will take place in Tanjong Pagar GRC for the first time.
Political parties
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The governing People's Action Party (PAP) has been in power since 1959 and is currently led by the Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong. The leading Opposition party is The Worker's Party, led by Low Thia Khiang, with 7 elected seats and 2 NCMP seats. The Singapore People's Party led by Chiam See Tong has 1 NCMP seat. A total of eight Opposition parties challenged the ruling party in this election.
Party | Abbreviation | Leader | Year formed | Seats before GE2015 | Parliamentary presence |
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People's Action Party | PAP | Lee Hsien Loong |
1954
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79
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Legislative Assembly: 1955-1965[10] City Council Elections: 1957-1965[11] Singapore Parliament: 1965–Present |
Workers' Party | WP | Low Thia Khiang |
1957
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7 + 2 NCMPs
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Legislative Assembly: 1961-1963[12] City Council Elections: 1957-1959[11] Singapore Parliament: 1981–1986; 1991–Present |
Singapore People's Party | SPP | Chiam See Tong |
1994
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1 NCMP
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Singapore Parliament: 1997–2015 |
Singapore Democratic Party | SDP | Chee Soon Juan |
1980
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0
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Singapore Parliament: 1984–1997 |
National Solidarity Party | NSP | Sebastian Teo |
1987
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0
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Singapore Parliament: 2001–2006 |
Singapore Democratic Alliance | SDA | Desmond Lim Bak Chuan |
2001
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0
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Singapore Parliament: 2001–2011 |
Reform Party | RP Reform |
Kenneth Jeyaretnam |
2008
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0
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— |
Singaporeans First | SF SingFirst |
Tan Jee Say |
2014
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0
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— |
People's Power Party | PPP | Goh Meng Seng |
2015
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0
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— |
Electoral divisions
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The Electoral Boundaries Review Committee is convened before every general election to review electoral boundaries in view of population growth and shifts. The Committee is appointed by the Prime Minister. Its published list signifies the start of an election cycle.
The new electoral divisions were announced on 24 July 2015.[13]
Singapore's largest newspaper, The Straits Times, created an interactive map of the boundary changes. Click here to explore the interactive.[14]
GE2011 | GE2015 | |
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Seats |
87
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89
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Electoral divisions |
27
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29
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Group representation constituencies |
15
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16
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Single member constituencies |
12
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13
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Voters |
2,350,257
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2,460,977
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Division | Remarks |
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New Single Member Constituencies | |
Bukit Batok SMC | Carved out from Jurong GRC |
Fengshan SMC | Carved out from East Coast GRC |
MacPherson SMC | Carved out from Marine Parade GRC |
New Group Representation Constituencies | |
Marsiling-Yew Tee GRC | Absorbed Yew Tee, Woodgrove and Marsiling divisions from both Chua Chu Kang GRC and Sembawang GRC. |
Jalan Besar GRC | Absorbed majority parts from Moulmein-Kallang GRC and Kreta Ayer-Kim Seng division from Tanjong Pagar GRC. |
Dissolved Single Member Constituencies | |
Joo Chiat SMC | Absorbed into Marine Parade GRC |
Whampoa SMC | Absorbed into Jalan Besar GRC |
Dissolved Group Representation Constituencies | |
Moulmein-Kallang GRC | Jalan Besar, Kolam Ayer, Kampong Glam division of the Moulmein-Kallang GRC and Kreta Ayer-Kim Seng division of the Tanjong Pagar GRC go into the newly formed Jalan Besar GRC. The Moulmein ward was divided into Tanjong Pagar GRC, Bishan-Toa Payoh GRC, Holland-Bukit Timah GRC and Jalan Besar GRC. |
Downsized Group Representation Constituencies | |
Chua Chu Kang GRC | Reduced from 5 MPs to 4 MPs. Choa Chu Kang GRC lost Yew Tee ward to Marsiling-Yew Tee GRC, West Coast GRC lost Clementi ward to Jurong GRC and East Coast GRC carved out Fengshan ward to make it a SMC. |
East Coast GRC | |
West Coast GRC | |
Changes to Group Representation Constituencies | |
Ang Mo Kio GRC | Absorbed Punggol South division from Pasir Ris-Punggol GRC and parts of Sengkang West SMC |
Bishan-Toa Payoh GRC | Absorbed parts of Moulmein division from Moulmein-Kallang GRC |
Chua Chu Kang GRC | Carved out Yew Tee division to Marsiling-Yew Tee GRC |
East Coast GRC | Carved out Fengshan SMC |
Holland-Bukit Timah GRC | Absorbed parts of West Coast GRC and parts of Moulmein division. |
Jurong GRC | Carved out Bukit Batok SMC, absorbed parts of Clementi from West Coast GRC. |
Marine Parade GRC | Carved out MacPherson division, absorbed Joo Chiat SMC |
Nee Soon GRC | Carved out parts of its eastern and northern areas to Sembawang GRC, absorbed in most of Kebun Baru division from Ang Mo Kio GRC. |
Sembawang GRC | Carved out Woodgrove and Marsiling, absorbed Canberra and parts of Chong Pang, Nee Soon East and Nee Soon South divisions from Nee Soon GRC. |
Tanjong Pagar GRC | Carved out Kreta Ayer-Kim Seng division, absorbed parts of Moulmein division from Moulmein-Kallang GRC. |
West Coast GRC | Carved out Clementi division and Faber private estate to Jurong GRC |
There were no changes made to the three electoral divisions held by the Workers' Party, namely, Aljunied GRC, Hougang SMC and Punggol East SMC. Two electoral divisions held by the PAP, namely Potong Pasir SMC, which was held by the Opposition until 2011, as well as Tampines GRC, were also left untouched.
Timeline
Date | Event |
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24 July | Publication of electoral boundaries report |
25 August | Dissolution of Parliament |
Issuance of writ of election | |
1 September | Nomination day |
1–9 September | Campaigning |
10 September | Cooling off day |
11 September | Polling day |
Pre-nomination day events
Date | Event |
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13 Jul | Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong announces in Parliament that he had convened the Electoral Boundaries Review Committee two months prior. He had instructed the Committee to create smaller Group Representation Constituencies, and to have at least 12 Single Member Constituencies.[15] |
24 Jul | The Electoral Boundaries Review Committee publishes report on new electoral boundaries [16] |
MP for Ang Mo Kio GRC Inderjit Singh is first incumbent to announce retirement. His Facebook announcement prompts PAP Organising Secretary Ng Eng Hen to comment that he would prefer MPs to announce their retirement in a more dignified manner. | |
26 Jul | Workers’ Party announces plan to contest 28 seats, an increase of 5 from GE 2011, and slightly under a third of the 89 parliamentary seats.[17] |
27 Jul | Elections Department announces that revised registers of electors are open for public inspection.[18] |
31 Jul | Chief of Defence Force Ng Chee Meng announces retirement from the military with effect from 18 Aug, making him the highest ranked and first three-star general to enter politics [19] He would later tell the media – just before his Change of Command Parade on 18 August – that he stepped into the political arena because he was "indebted to Singapore." [20] |
2 Aug | National Solidarity Party announces its intention to field Nicole Seah as a candidate, but the latter confirms with the media on the same day that she would not rejoin the party, nor stand in GE 2015.[21] |
3 Aug | Opposition parties hold first horse-trading talks at National Solidarity Party headquarters ahead of GE.[22] The host party had responded to a request by Reform Party to shift the meeting from its intended date of 31 Jul. |
4 Aug | Chee Hong Tat, Second Permanent Secretary (Trade & Industry), announces resignation.[23] |
5 Aug | MP for Marine Parade GRC, Tin Pei Ling gives birth to first child. Goh Chok Tong pays a hospital visit and announces that Tin will stand for election in MacPherson SMC.[24] |
MP for Aljunied GRC, Low Thia Khiang announces that he will defend his seat, quashing rumours that he might lead a team to contest other GRCs. He, however, declined to reveal the full line-up for Aljunied. | |
6 Aug | Opposition parties hold second horse-trading talks ahead of GE. Workers' Party is absent. Sylvia Lim, Workers' Party chairman, explains to the media that it was not productive for the party to attend further talks.[25] Reform Party chief Kenneth Jeyaretnam walks out of the meeting within 15 minutes.[26] |
Tan Lam Siong announces intent to stand in Potong Pasir, creating the first possible three-way fight this GE, and making him the first possible Independent to stand since 2001.[27] | |
7 Aug | MPs: Mah Bow Tan, former Cabinet Minister and MP for Tampines GRC, Hawazi Daipi, Senior Parliamentary Secretary for Education and Manpower and MP for Sembawang GRC, and Irene Ng, MP for Tampines GRC announce retirement. |
8 Aug | Deputy Prime Minister Tharman Shanmugaratnam, announce PAP changes in the west. Speaker of Parliament Halimah Yacob would leave Jurong GRC and join the new Marsiling-Yew Tee GRC. Three-term MP for West Coast GRC, Arthur Fong would step down.[28] |
11 Aug | MP for Moulmein-Kallang GRC and Minister for Transport Lui Tuck Yew announces retirement from politics, making him the first cabinet minister to step down before GE 2015.[29] He would later comment that it seemed like "obituaries and eulogies without the flowers", while referring to the outpour of support after his announcement.[30] |
12 Aug | Organising Secretary Ng Eng Hen announces that the ruling party will formally unveil its entire slate of candidates before the National Day Rally held on 23 Aug First of 29 electoral divisions to be unveiled is Bishan-Toa Payoh GRC, where he is anchor minister. Wong Kan Seng, Hri Kumar Nair and Zainudin Nordin are replaced by Chee Hong Tat, 41, Chong Kee Hiong, 49 and Saktiandi Supaat, 41. Incumbent Josephine Teo, 47, remains. Departing from its traditional practice of introducing candidates at its party headquarters, the PAP chose a coffee shop to hold the media conference.[31] |
Low Thia Khiang announces that Workers' Party would unveil its own slate of candidates before Nomination Day, but would not indicate where the candidates would be standing.[32] | |
13 Aug | Melvin Yong, Director- Public Affairs Department, Singapore Police Force announces resignation. Straits Times reports that he may stand for election as a PAP candidate in Tanjong Pagar GRC.[33] |
14 Aug | People’s Action Party unveils candidates for Sembawang GRC, led by Khaw Boon Wan, Minister for National Development and PAP Chairman. The new faces are Amrin Amin, 36, lawyer and Ong Ye Kung, 45, director at Keppel Corporation. The other two candidates are Vikram Nair and Lim Wee Kiak. Hawazi Daipi, Senior Parliamentary Secretary for Education and Manpower, and Ellen Lee, a two-term MP will step down. |
The Singapore Police Force announces that election rallies and seventh month festival getai shows must be kept separate, following news that at least two political parties had intended to engage getai singers to perform at election rallies.[34] | |
15 Aug | People’s Action Party unveils candidates for three electoral divisions:
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Former cabinet minister Raymond Lim announces retirement. Fengshan SMC, formerly part of East Coast GRC has been carved out to be a Single Member Constituency for GE2015.[38] | |
16 Aug | People’s Action Party unveils candidates for four electoral divisions:
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Workers’ Party announces that all its elected MPs from the last General Elections and two by-elections will be defending their respective wards:[43]
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17 Aug | People's Action Party announces that incumbent Sitoh Yih Pin, 51, will be defending his seat in Potong Pasir SMC.[44] |
18 Aug | National University of Singapore hosts a political dialogue, where population issues – including influx of foreign workers – took centrestage. Other issues include the Aljunied-Hougang-Punggol East Town Council saga and transportation. Party representatives included: Benjamin Pwee, Gerald Giam, Goh Meng Seng, Harminder Singh, Jeannette Chong-Aruldoss, Kenneth Jeyaretnam, Paul Tambyah, Steve Chia, Sim Ann and Tan Jee Say.[45][46] |
People's Action Party becomes first political party in Singapore's history to launch a mobile app.[47][48] | |
19 Aug | People's Action Party unveils its slate for two more electoral divisions.
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National Solidarity Party announces that it will contest MacPherson SMC, creating possibly the second three-cornered fight this GE.[51] Acting Sec-Gen Hazel Poa quits within hours of the announcement, declaring that she strongly disagreed with Steve Chia's decision to contest ward.[52] | |
20 Aug | People's Action Party unveils its slate for two more electoral divisions.
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The Elections Department announces several changes:[55]
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21 Aug | People's Action Party confirms its candidates for the following electoral divisions:
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Singapore Democratic Alliance is the first party to publish its manifesto, hoping to "build a Singapore for Singaporeans".[60][61] Issues highlighted include: The Population White Paper, Central Provident Fund (CPF) and retirement, as well as, housing, healthcare costs, public transport, employment and education. | |
22 Aug | People's Action Party confirms its candidates for the following electoral divisions:
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Singapore People's Party announces that Ravi Philemon will contest Hong Kah North SMC.[67] | |
Singapore Democratic Party opens its new office at Ang Mo Kio Street 62 and announces that it is “good and ready to go” for the election.[68] | |
23 Aug | National Solidarity Party's Steve Chia announces that he would not be contesting in the coming election, citing online abuse.[69] |
Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong holds his annual National Day Rally and says, "Soon, I will be calling elections, to ask for your mandate to take Singapore into our next phase."[70] | |
24 Aug | National Solidarity Party Central Executive Council member Mohamed Fazli Talip leaves the party, making it the second resignation within a week.[71] |
25 Aug | 3PM: President Tony Tan, on the advice of the Prime Minister, dissolves Parliament.[72] |
4PM: President Tony Tan issues writ of election. Nomination Day is 1 Sep; Polling Day is 11 Sep.[73] | |
Ng Wai Choong, Chief Executive of the Energy Market Authority, is appointed Returning Officer.[74] | |
Singapore Democratic Party introduces its first two candidates – Chong Wai Fung, 45, and Khung Wai Yeen, 34. The event is streamed live via YouTube.[75] | |
Elections Department publishes a 67-page Parliamentary Election Candidates 2015 handbook, advising candidates against "negative campaigning practices". Candidates or polling agents can observe the process to transport sealed ballot boxes from the polling stations to counting centres. In addition, drones are not allowed at rallies.[76][77] | |
26 Aug | People's Action Party confirms its candidates for the following electoral divisions:
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Workers' Party unveils its campaign theme, Empower your future. Secretary General Low Thia Khiang was quoted as saying, " What we need to succeed in future may not be the same as what we depended on in the past." The leading Opposition party also introduced its new candidates, without indicating where they would stand: Daniel Goh Pei Siong, 42, Redzwan Hafidz Abdul Razak, 30, and Dylan Ng Foo Eng, 40. Koh Choong Yong, 42, contested in Sengkang West in 2011.[80][81] | |
Singapore Democratic Party introduces two candidates: Jaslyn Go and Paul Tambyah.[82] | |
Following Steve Chia's withdrawal from GE2015, Reform Party indicates intent to contest Pioneer SMC if the NSP decides to pull out from that ward.[83] | |
Opposition parties Singaporeans First, Singapore Democratic Alliance, Reform Party, Democratic Progressive Party, People's Power Party launch the Vote for Change campaign, as a sign of unity among alternative parties and urge supporters to purchase a badge with the VFC acronym. Organisers tell the media that Workers’ Party and Singapore People's Party ignored the invite.[84] | |
27 Aug | People's Action Party confirms its candidates for the following electoral divisions:
84 candidates have been unveiled by the ruling party at this point, with the exception of opposition held Aljunied GRC. |
Reform Party unveils its first group of candidates.
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Singapore Democratic Party introduces its 5th and 6th (of 11) candidates: John Tan and Sidek Mallek.[89] | |
Workers' Party introduces 4 candidates: Terence Tan, 44, Firuz Khan, 48, Luke Koh, 41, and Cheryl Denise Loh, 31.[90] | |
28 Aug | Daniel Goh 'categorically refute baseless allegations' of an extra-marital affair in a letter addressed to the party and the media. He later lodged a police report.[91][92] |
People's Action Party unveils its final five of 89 candidates. The team to stand in opposition held Aljunied GRC consists of Yeo Guat Kwang, 54, Chua Eng Leong, 44, Victor Lye, 52, K Muralidharan Pillai, 47, and Shamsul Kamar, 43.[93] | |
Reform Party introduces its candidates for Ang Mo Kio GRC: M Ravi, Roy Ngerng, Gilbert Goh, Osman Sulaiman, Jesse Loo and Siva Chandran.[94] | |
Workers' Party introduces its third batch of candidates: Ron Tan, 30, He Ting Ru, 32, and Adrian Sim, 43. L Somasundaram, 52, who contested in Moulmein-Kallang in 2011 was also unveiled as a candidate.[95] | |
Singapore Democratic Party introduces its 4th pair of candidates: Bryan Lim, who contested in Hong Kah in 2001, and Damanhuri Abas.[96] | |
SingFirst introduces 5 of 10 candidates: Secretary-General Tan Jee Say, 61, Fahmi Rais, 48, Wong Chee Wai Gregory, 48, Chirag Desai, 38, and Melvyn Chiu Weng Hoe, 36.[97] | |
Elections Department receives 220 applications for the Political Donation Certificate – a mandatory item for all candidates – by the 5pm deadline, on par with the 220 it received in 2011.[98][99] | |
29 Aug | People's Action Party launches its 88-page manifesto. “With you. For you. For Singapore”.[100] |
Workers' Party launches its 46-page manifesto themed, “Empower your future”. It is also the second political party to release a mobile app (after PAP).[101][102] | |
SingFirst introduces its next five candidates: Party chairman Ang Yong Guan, 60, who contested in 2011 on a SDP ticket, Tan Peng Ann, 67, David Foo Ming Jin, 51, Sukdeu Singh, 64, Wong Soon Hong, 57.[103] | |
Singapore Democratic Party introduces its final group of candidates: Secretary General Chee Soon Juan, 53 – who contests after a 14-year absence – Wong Souk Yee, 56, and Sadasivam Veriyah, 63.[104] | |
Democratic Progressive Party secretary-general Benjamin Pwee and chairman Hamim Aliyas resigns to rejoin Singapore People's Party – which they left in 2012 – to contest Bishan-Toa Payoh GRC with SPP candidates.[105] | |
30 Aug | Workers’ Party introduces four more candidates: Kenneth Foo Seck Guan, 30s, Dennis Tan Lip Fong, 45, Gurmit Singh, 55, and Mohamed Fairoz Shariff, 36.[106] |
Singapore People’s Party announces that its Secretary General Chiam See Tong – who first entered politics in 1976 – will not be contesting the coming elections. The party also announced unveiled its slate of candidates for Bishan-Toa Payoh GRC: Benjamin Pwee, 47, Bryan Long, 37, Law Kim Hwee, 55, Hamim Aliyas, 52 and Abdillah Zamzuri, 30.[107] | |
31 Aug | National Solidarity Party appoints Lim Tean as new Acting Secretary General.[108] |
Workers' Party introduces its final three candidates. Leon Perera, 44, Bernard Chen, 29 and Frieda Chan, 39. | |
Singapore Democratic Alliance introduces its team to contest Pasir Ris-Punggol GRC: Desmond Lim, Harminder Pal Singh, Ong Teik Seng, Wong Way Weng, Abu Mohamed and Arthero Lim. |
Nomination centres
The Elections Department issued the following information upon the issuance of the writ of election[109]
- Date: 1 September 2015
- Time: 1100 - 1200h
- Returning Officer: Ng Wai Choong
- Election Deposit: S$14,500 (down from S$16,000 in 2011)
Nomination centre | Electoral division |
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Assumption Pathway School | Bukit Panjang SMC Holland Bukit Timah GRC |
Bendemeer Primary School | Radin Mas SMC Jalan Besar GRC Tanjong Pagar GRC |
Chua Chu Kang Primary School | Hong Kah North SMC Pioneer SMC Chua Chu Kang GRC |
Fengshan Primary School | Fengshan SMC Punggol East SMC East Coast GRC Pasir Ris-Punggol GRC |
Keming Primary School | Bukit Batok SMC Yuhua SMC Jurong GRC West Coast GRC |
Kong Hwa School | MacPherson SMC Mountbatten SMC Potong Pasir SMC Marine Parade GRC |
Poi Ching School | Hougang SMC Tampines GRC |
Raffles Institution | Sengkang West SMC Aljunied GRC Ang Mo Kio GRC Bishan-Toa Payoh GRC |
Yishun Primary School | Marsiling-Yew Tee GRC Nee Soon GRC Sembawang GRC |
Nomination day and campaigning events
Date | Event |
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1 Sep | 7AM: Tam Lam Siong pulls out of three-cornered fight at Potong Pasir SMC.[110][111] |
10AM: Nine nomination centres open to parties and public. | |
11AM–12PM: Nomination Process | |
12:45PM: The Singapore Police Force published a list of rally sites.[112] | |
1PM: It was confirmed that all 29 constituencies and 89 parliamentary seats would be contested, a historical first since Independence in 1965. | |
5PM: People's Action Party hold media conference at its headquarters, helmed by Secretary General Lee Hsien Loong. | |
MediaCorp hosts two 'live' forums featuring the ruling People's Action Party (89 candidates), and the five opposition parties with the largest slates of candidates, namely Workers' Party (28), National Solidarity Party (12), Singapore Democratic Party (11), Reform Party (11) and Singaporeans First (10).[113][114]
7PM–8PM: Mandarin forum on Channel 8. Moderated by Chun Geuk Lay. Attendees: Chan Chun Sing (PAP), Sim Ann (PAP), Koh Choong Yong (WP), Sebastian Teo (NSP), Darren Soh (RP), Bryan Lim (SDP) and Ang Yong Guan (SF). 8PM–9PM: English forum on Channel 5 and Channel NewsAsia. Moderated by Steven Chia. Attendees: Lawrence Wong (PAP), Denise Phua (PAP), Leon Perera (WP), Lim Tean (NSP), Kenneth Jeyaretnam (RP), Chee Soon Juan (SDP) and Tan Jee Say (SF). |
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2 Sep | Media Development Authority announced details of Party Political Broadcasts on free-to-air radio and television. Parties fielding at least six candidates are eligible for air time. The broadcasts will air on 3 and 10 Sep [115] |
Elections Department announced that it will, for the first time, conduct sample counts of 100 polling papers from each polling station. The results will released on its website, while full counting continues. It added that the aim is to prevent speculation and misinformation before the official results are announced.[116] | |
National Solidarity Party releases six-page manifesto, focusing on job protection for locals, over-population, CPF withdrawal limits and widening inequality gap.[117] | |
7PM–10PM: People’s Action Party and Workers’ Party hold election rallies. | |
3 Sep | Elections Department announces list of 10 overseas polling locations - Dubai, London, Tokyo, Beijing, Washington, Hong Kong, Shanghai, San Francisco, New York and Canberra - places where a significant number of Singaporeans are present.[118][119] |
Singapore People's Party releases 8-point manifesto, highlighting employment, healthcare, transport, education, housing and CPF issues.[120] | |
7PM–10PM: People's Action Party, Workers' Party, Singapore Democratic Party, Singaporeans First, and independent candidate Han Hui Hui, hold election rallies. | |
8PM: First round of party political broadcasts are aired on free-to-air television and radio channels (See Political party broadcasts)[115] | |
4 Sep | People's Action Party, Workers' Party, National Solidarity Party, Singapore Democratic Party, Reform Party, Singapore People's Party, Singapore Democratic Alliance, and People's Power Party, hold election rallies. |
5 Sep | People's Action Party, Workers' Party, National Solidarity Party, Singapore Democratic Party, Reform Party, Singapore People's Party, and Singaporeans First, hold election rallies. |
6 Sep | Workers' Party, Singapore Democratic Party, Reform Party, and Singapore People's Party, hold election rallies. |
7 Sep | People's Action Party, Workers' Party, National Solidarity Party, Singapore Democratic Party, Singaporeans First, Singapore Democratic Alliance, and People's Power Party, hold election rallies, with SDP presenting the first lunchtime rally in the Central Business District this season |
Reform Party publishes 12-page manifesto. Highlights include minimum wage, reducing National Service to one year and capping the number of foreign workers.[121] | |
The Singapore Police Force releases a list of 18 designated assembly centres. Political parties have two days to apply.[122] | |
8 Sep | People's Action Party, Workers' Party, National Solidarity Party, Singapore Democratic Party, Singapore People's Party, and independent candidate Han Hui Hui, hold election rallies – including PAP's lunchtime rally at the CBD. |
9 Sep | All nine parties contesting this GE hold a total of 15 rallies on the last night of campaigning.[123] Reform Party later cancels one of two planned rallies.[124] |
10 Sep | 9PM: Second and final round of party political broadcasts are aired on free-to-air television and radio channels (See Political party broadcasts)[115] |
Political party broadcasts
Since the 1980 General Election, political parties fielding at least six candidates under a recognised party symbol are eligible for air-time. Time allocation is based on the number of candidates fielded.
Party | Time allocation |
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SDA | 2.5 mins |
SPP | 3 mins |
SingFirst | |
RP | |
SDP | |
NSP | 3.5 mins |
WP | 5.5 mins |
PAP | 13 mins |
Note: SPP declined to participate in the second Party Political Broadcast, so there was no broadcast of SPP on that day.
Broadcast 1–3 September 2015
Party | English Channel 5, Channel NewsAsia, 938LIVE & Power 98FM |
Mandarin Channel 8, Channel U, Capital 95.8FM, 88.3 Jia FM & UFM 100.3 |
Malay Suria & Warna 94.2FM |
Tamil Vasantham & Oli 96.8FM |
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SDA |
Harminder Pal Singh [125]
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Arthero Lim Tung Hee
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Abu Mohamed
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no Tamil broadcast |
SPP |
Lina Chiam [126]
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no Mandarin broadcast |
Mohamad Abdillah Zamzuri
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Ravi Philemon
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SingFirst |
Tan Jee Say[127]
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Ang Yong Guan
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Fahmi Ahmad Rais
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no Tamil broadcast |
RP |
Kenneth Jeyaretnam[128]
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Darren Soh
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Noraini Yunos
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M Ravi
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SDP |
Chee Soon Juan[129]
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Jaslyn Go
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Mohamad Sidek Mallek
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Sadasivam Veriyah
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NSP |
Lim Tean[130]
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Sebastian Teo
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Nor Lella Mardiiah Mohamed
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no Tamil broadcast |
WP |
Daniel Goh[131]
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Lee Li Lian
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Mohamed Fairoz Shariff
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L. Somasundram
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PAP |
Lee Hsien Loong [132]
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Lim Swee Say
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Yaacob Ibrahim
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S. Iswaran
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Broadcast 2–10 September 2015
Election rallies
The Singapore Police Force announced on Nomination Day 1 September 2015, a list of sites available for electoral meetings. Such meetings could be held from 2 to 9 Sep between 7AM to 10PM. The police also announced that Speakers' Corner would not serve as an "unrestricted area" during the campaigning period.[112] All rallies below are held between 7PM to 10PM, rallies marked with a (+) denotes the rally was held between 12pm to 2pm.
Outgoing incumbents and incoming candidates
The below is a summary for the three political parties with parliamentary presence from GE2011.
Outgoing | Incoming |
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People's Action Party | |
Deceased 1. Lee Kuan Yew (Tanjong Pagar) Retiring 2. Alvin Yeo (Chua Chu Kang) 3. Arthur Fong (West Coast) 4. Ellen Lee (Sembawang) 5. Hawazi Daipi (Sembawang) 6. Hri Kumar Nair (Bishan-Toa Payoh) 7. Inderjit Singh (Ang Mo Kio) 8. Irene Ng (Tampines) 9. Lui Tuck Yew (Moulmein-Kallang) 10. Mah Bow Tan (Tampines) 11. Penny Low (Pasir Ris-Punggol) 12. Raymond Lim (East Coast) 13. Seng Han Thong (Ang Mo Kio) 14. Wong Kan Seng (Bishan-Toa Payoh) 15. Zainudin Nordin (Bishan-Toa Payoh) |
First time candidates 1. Amrin Amin (Sembawang) 2. Chee Hong Tat (Bishan-Toa Payoh) 3. Cheng Li Hui (Tampines) 4. Cheryl Chan (Fengshan) 5. Chong Kee Hiong (Bishan-Toa Payoh) 6. Chua Eng Leong (Aljunied) 7. Darryl David (Ang Mo Kio) 8. Henry Kwek (Nee Soon) 9. Joan Pereira (Tanjong Pagar) 10. K Muralidharan Pillai (Aljunied) 11. Lee Hong Chuang (Hougang) 12. Louis Ng (Nee Soon) 13. Melvin Yong (Tanjong Pagar) 14. Ng Chee Meng (Pasir Ris-Punggol) 15. Rahayu Mahzam (Jurong) 16. Saktiandi Supaat (Bishan-Toa Payoh) 17. Shamsul Kamar (Aljunied) 18. Sun Xueling (Pasir Ris-Punggol) 19. Tan Wu Meng (Jurong) 20. Victor Lye (Aljunied) 21. Yee Chia Hsing (Chua Chu Kang) Contested previously 22. Desmond Choo (Tampines) 23. Koh Poh Koon (Ang Mo Kio) 24. Ong Ye Kung (Sembawang) |
Workers' Party | |
Nil. | First time candidates 1. Adrian Sim (Jalan Besar) 2. Bernard Chen (MacPherson) 3. Cheryl Denise Loh (Nee Soon) 4. Daniel Goh (East Coast) 5. Dennis Tan (Fengshan) 6. Dylan Ng (Marine Parade) 7. Firuz Khan (Marine Parade) 8. Gurmit Singh S/O Sadhu Singh (Nee Soon) 9. He Ting Ru (Marine Parade) 10. Kenneth Foo Seck Guan (Nee Soon) 11. Leon Perera (East Coast) 12. Luke Koh (Nee Soon) 13. Mohamed Fairoz Shariff (East Coast) 14. Redzwan Hafidz Abdul Razak (Jalan Besar) 15. Ron Tan (Nee Soon) 16. Terence Tan (Marine Parade) Contested previously 17. Koh Choong Yong (Sengkang West) 18. L Somasundaram (Jalan Besar) 19. Frieda Chan (Jalan Besar) 20. Yee Jenn Jong (Marine Parade) 21. Gerald Giam (East Coast) |
Singapore People's Party | |
Nil. | First time candidates 1. Abdillah Zamzuri (Bishan-Toa Payoh) 2. Bryan Long (Bishan-Toa Payoh) 3. Law Kim Hwee (Bishan-Toa Payoh) 4. Ravi Philemon (Hong Kah North) Contested previously 5. Benjamin Pwee (Bishan-Toa Payoh) 6. Hamim Aliyas (Bishan-Toa Payoh) 7. Jeannette Chong-Aruldoss (Mountbatten) |
Election results
After polls closed at 8pm, vote counting began. Results were announced by Ng Wai Choong, chief executive director of the Energy Market Authority, who acted as the Returning Officer for the election.[133] The first result was declared at 11.31pm on 11 September 2015 where PAP candidate Lam Pin Min won the Sengkang West Single Member Constituency with a majority of 17,564. The last result was declared at 3.10am on 12 September 2015 where Workers' Party team contesting Aljunied Group Representation Constituency, led by party's secretary-general Low Thia Khiang, won the constituency by a narrow margin of 1.9%, or a majority of 2,612.
Contrary to expectations of a tougher contest with all constituencies being contested by the opposition parties, the People's Action Party won its best ever results since the 2001 general election, achieving a swing of 9.7% to achieve 69.9% of the vote as compared to the previous election in 2011 when it received 60.1%. The PAP unexpectedly reclaimed the constituency of Punggol East lost to the Workers' Party in a 2013 by-election, and achieved a swing in Aljunied GRC large enough to force a vote recount although the WP retained the constituency.
Results summary
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Parties and alliances | Leader | Contested seats | Divs won | Seats won | Popular vote | % of valid votes | +/- | % of valid votes in wards contested by party | +/- | |||||||
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SMC | GRC | Divs | Total | |||||||||||||
4m | 5m | 6m | ||||||||||||||
People's Action Party | Lee Hsien Loong | 13 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 29 | 89 | 27 | 83 | 1,576,784 | 69.86 |
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9.72 | 69.86 |
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9.72 |
Workers' Party | Low Thia Khiang | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 28 | 2 | 6 | 281,697 | 12.48 |
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0.34 | 39.75 |
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6.83 |
Singapore Democratic Party | Chee Soon Juan | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 84,770 | 3.76 |
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1.07 | 31.23 |
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5.53 |
National Solidarity Party | Sebastian Teo | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 79,780 | 3.53 |
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8.51 | 25.27 |
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13.98 |
Reform Party | Kenneth Jeyaretnam | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 59,432 | 2.63 |
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1.65 | 20.60 |
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11.18 |
Singaporeans First | Tan Jee Say | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 50,791 | 2.25 |
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New | 21.49 |
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New |
Singapore People's Party | Lina Chiam | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 49,015 | 2.17 |
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0.94 | 27.08 |
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14.34 |
Singapore Democratic Alliance | Desmond Lim | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 46,508 | 2.06 |
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0.72 | 27.11 |
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2.95 |
People's Power Party | Goh Meng Seng | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 25,460 | 1.13 |
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New | 23.11 |
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New |
Independents | N/A | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2,779 | 0.12 |
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N/A | 10.10 |
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N/A |
Valid votes | 29 | 89 | 2,257,016 | 97.95% of total votes cast | ||||||||||||
Invalid (e.g. blank or spoilt) votes | 47,315 | 2.05% of total votes cast | ||||||||||||||
Total votes cast | 2,304,331 | Voter turnout: 93.56% of eligible voters | ||||||||||||||
Did not vote | 158,595 | |||||||||||||||
Eligible voters (excluding walkover voters) | 2,462,926 | |||||||||||||||
Walkover voters | 0 | |||||||||||||||
Electorate | 2,462,926 | |||||||||||||||
For the first time in history, sample counts were released by the Elections Department to prevent speculation and misinformation from unofficial sources while counting is underway.[135] All sample counts were released by 10PM – two hours after polling ended. With the exception of Aljunied and Punggol East, where counts were within a 4% error margin, all other figures showed that PAP had comfortable leads in 26 electoral divisions, while WP led in 1 electoral division.
Analysis
Top 14 best PAP performers
- Constituencies with no comparison to 2011 were either due to them being new constituencies or the constituencies experiencing walkovers in the last election.
Top 15 best opposition performers
- Constituencies with no comparison to 2011 were either due to them being new constituencies or the constituencies experiencing walkovers in the last election.
Vote Swings
- Only the following constituencies may be compared with 2011 results as they existed in both elections, although most had changes in their electoral boundaries.
See also
Notes
References
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External links
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Singaporean general election, 2015. |
- Battleground Singapore: Who's standing where - an interactive map of the 2015 boundaries and changes explained in maps.
- From Nomination Day to Polling Day: Election calendar and rally schedule - an interactive calendar of all the key events and rally schedules for the #GE2015 campaign period from Nomination Day to Polling Day. It also serves as an archive of key photos from each rally and the related ST article.
- Who will be your next MP? - the complete list of all 181 candidates. Includes personal information, their latest tweet, results from previous elections or a Q&A if they are a new candidate.
- GE2015 Candidates - an interactive visualisation of the election candidates showing parties, wards, and diversity representation.
- SG Elections - Interactive maps showing data for differences in vote shares, non-voters, spoiled votes, districts by candidates, etc.
- #GE2015 Social media dashboard - this is a visual representation of the social media trends that fluctuate over the 10 day period of campaigning. There are two graphs updated in real-time, a selected feature of popular tweets and the last 80 Instagram pictures tagged #GE2015.
- GE2015: Live results and full analysis