2015 Singaporean general election
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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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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
1 Background
1.1 Political parties
1.2 Electoral divisions
1.3 Changes in Group Representation Constituencies
2 Timeline
2.1 Pre-nomination day events
2.2 Nomination centres
2.3 Nomination day and campaigning events
2.4 Political party broadcasts
2.4.1 Broadcast 1–3 September 2015
2.4.2 Broadcast 2–10 September 2015
2.5 Election rallies
2.6 Outgoing incumbents and incoming candidates
2.6.1 New MPs
2.6.2 Outgoing MPs
3 Election results
3.1 Results summary
3.2 Analysis
3.2.1 Top 14 best PAP performers
3.2.2 Top 15 best opposition performers
3.2.3 Vote Swings
4 See also
5 Notes
6 References
7 External links
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] As like the previous elections since 1959, voting is compulsory and results are 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 golden jubilee 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
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 | 79 | Legislative Assembly: 1955-1965[10] City Council Elections: 1957-1965[11] Singapore Parliament: 1965–Present |
Workers' Party | WP | Low Thia Khiang | 1957 | 7 + 2 NCMPs | 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 | 1 NCMP | Singapore Parliament: 1997–2015 |
Singapore Democratic Party | SDP | Chee Soon Juan | 1980 | 0 | Singapore Parliament: 1984–1997 |
National Solidarity Party | NSP | Lim Tean | 1987 | 0 | Singapore Parliament: 2001–2006 |
Singapore Democratic Alliance | SDA | Desmond Lim Bak Chuan | 2001 | 0 | Singapore Parliament: 2001–2011 |
Reform Party | RP Reform | Kenneth Jeyaretnam | 2008 | 0 | — |
Singaporeans First | SF SingFirst | Tan Jee Say | 2014 | 0 | — |
People's Power Party | PPP | Goh Meng Seng | 2015 | 0 | — |
Electoral divisions
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. The new electoral divisions were published on 24 July 2015, indicating the beginning of an election cycle.[13]
Singapore's largest newspaper, The Straits Times, created an interactive map of the boundary changes. Click here to explore the interactive.[14]
2011 | 2015 | |
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Seats | 87 | 89 |
Electoral divisions | 27 | 29 |
Group representation constituencies | 15 | 16 |
Four-Member GRCs | 2 | 6 |
Five-Member GRCs | 11 | 8 |
Six-Member GRCs | 2 | 2 |
Single member constituencies | 12 | 13 |
Voters | 2,347,198 | 2,458,058 |
Voters (overseas votes inclusive) | 2,350,873 | 2,462,926 |
Changes in Group Representation Constituencies
Name of GRC | Changes |
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Aljunied GRC | No Change in Boundaries |
Ang Mo Kio GRC | Absorbed Punggol South division from Pasir Ris-Punggol GRC (renamed to Sengkang South) and Western portions of Fernvale from Sengkang West SMC Carved out a majority of Kebun Baru division to Nee Soon GRC, while the Southern portion merged with Yio Chu Kang division |
Bishan-Toa Payoh GRC | Absorbed northern portions of Moulmein division (Balestier, MacRitchie Reservoir and Novena) from Moulmein-Kallang GRC Divisions for Bishan East, Toa Payoh East and Toa Payoh West were renamed Bishan East-Thomson, Toa Payoh East-Novena and Toa Payoh West-Balestier, respectively |
Chua Chu Kang GRC | Ward downsized to four members Carved out eastern portions of Yew Tee division to Marsiling-Yew Tee GRC, while Lim Chu Kang and western portions of Yew Tee was transferred to Nanyang Division |
East Coast GRC | Ward downsized to four members Carved out Fengshan division into SMC, and Coney Island to Pasir Ris-Punggol GRC |
Holland-Bukit Timah GRC | Absorbed a portion of West Coast GRC and parts of Moulmein division (Adam Road) from Moulmein-Kallang GRC |
Jalan Besar GRC | New Constituency Formed from Moulmein-Kallang GRC (and a small portion of Moulmein division), Kreta Ayer-Kim Seng division from Tanjong Pagar GRC, and Whampoa SMC |
Jurong GRC | Absorbed Clementi division from West Coast GRC Carved out Bukit Batok division into SMC |
Marine Parade GRC | Absorbed Joo Chiat SMC Carved out MacPherson division into SMC |
Marsiling-Yew Tee GRC | New Constituency Formed with Yew Tee division (and carving out Limbang division) from Chua Chu Kang GRC, and Marsiling and Woodgrove divisions from Sembawang GRC |
Nee Soon GRC | Absorbed Kebun Baru division from Ang Mo Kio GRC Carved out Canberra and eastern and northern Yishun portions to Sembawang GRC |
Pasir Ris-Punggol GRC | Carved out Punggol South division to Ang Mo Kio GRC Northern portions of Punggol North and Punggol West were carved to form Punggol Coast division |
Sembawang GRC | Absorbed Canberra division and portions of Chong Pang, Nee Soon East and Nee Soon South divisions from Nee Soon GRC (forming Gambas division) Carved out Marsiling and Woodgrove divisions to Marsiling-Yew Tee GRC |
Tampines GRC | No Change in Boundaries |
Tanjong Pagar GRC | Absorbed a majority of Moulmein division from Moulmein-Kallang GRC Carved out Kreta Ayer-Kim Seng division to Jalan Besar GRC |
West Coast GRC | Ward downsized to four members Carved out Clementi division (and Faber private estate from Ayer Rajah division) to Jurong GRC |
Timeline
Date | Event |
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24 July | Publication of Electoral Boundaries report |
27 July | Revision of Electorates |
25 August | Dissolution of 12th Parliament; Writ of Election issued |
28 August | Deadline of Submission of Political Donation Certificates |
1 September | Nomination Day/Live Forum Broadcast |
1–9 September | Campaigning Period |
3 September | First Live Political Party Broadcast[15] |
10 September | Cooling-off Day/Second Live Political Party Broadcast |
11 September | Polling Day |
15 September | Overseas Votes Counting |
16 September | Candidates revealed for Non-Constituency Member of Parliament |
1 October | 13th Parliament assembled |
15 January 2016 | Opening of 13th Parliament |
Pre-nomination day events
Date | Party | Events |
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13 July | 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.[16] | |
24 July | The Electoral Boundaries Review Committee publishes report on new electoral boundaries [17] | |
Inderjit Singh, Member of Parliament of Ang Mo Kio GRC, became the first incumbent to announce retirement through Facebook. PAP organising Secretary and Defence Minister Ng Eng Hen commented that Singh would prefer MPs to announce their retirement in a more dignified manner. | ||
26 July | WP plans to contest 28 seats (increase of five from 2011), slightly under one-third of the 89 parliamentary seats.[18] | |
27 July | The Elections Department announced that revised registers of electors are open for public inspection.[19] | |
31 July | Chief of Singapore Armed Forces Ng Chee Meng became the first high-ranked three-star general to enter politics, upon announcing his retirement from SAF with effect from 18 August;[20] Ng later told the media prior to the Change of Command Parade, mentioned that how he was "indebted to Singapore", was his purpose on joining politics.[21] | |
2 August | NSP announces its intention to field Nicole Seah as a candidate; Seah however confirmed with the media later that day that she would not run in the election nor rejoining NSP.[22] | |
3 August | Opposition parties held their first horse-trading talks at the NSP headquarters.[23] The host party had responded to a request by Reform Party to shift the meeting from its intended date of 31 Jul. | |
4 August | Second Permanent Secretary (Trade & Industry) Chee Hong Tat announced his resignation from civil service.[24] | |
5 August | Tin Pei Ling, Marine Parade GRC MP gave birth to first child. Emeritus Senior Minister and MP of Marine Parade GRC Goh Chok Tong paid a hospital visit and announces that Tin will stand for election in the recently carved MacPherson SMC.[25] | |
Low Thia Khiang, party's Secretary-General and Aljunied GRC MP, announced that he will defend his seat, quashing rumours that he might lead a team to contest other GRCs, but he declined to reveal the full line-up for Aljunied. | ||
6 August | Opposition parties, except WP, held second horse-trading talks ahead of GE. Party chairwoman Sylvia Lim later explained to the media that it was not productive for the party to attend further talks.[26] Reform Party secretary-general Kenneth Jeyaretnam walks out of the meeting within 15 minutes.[27] | |
Tan Lam Siong announced his intention to stand in Potong Pasir SMC, creating a possibility of a three-cornered contest in this GE, and the first possible Independent to stand since the 2001 elections.[28] | ||
7 August | Tampines GRC former Cabinet Minister Mah Bow Tan and MP Irene Ng, and Sembawang GRC MP and Education and Manpower Senior Parliamentary Secretary Hawazi Daipi, announced their retirement. | |
8 August | Jurong GRC MP and Deputy Prime Minister Tharman Shanmugaratnam announced the changes in the west: incumbent Speaker Halimah Yacob would move to the newly-formed Marsiling-Yew Tee GRC, while West Coast GRC MP Arthur Fong would retire.[29] | |
11 August | Transport Minister and Moulmein-Kallang GRC MP Lui Tuck Yew became the first cabinet minister to announce his retirement from politics.[30] Lui cited that it seemed like "obituaries and eulogies without the flowers", while referring to the outpour of support after his announcement.[31] | |
12 August | Organising Secretary and Defence Minister Ng Eng Hen announces that the ruling party will formally unveil its entire slate of candidates before the National Day Rally (which will be held on 23 Aug); the first slate of candidates was for his ward, Bishan-Toa Payoh GRC, where he and Senior Minister of State Josephine Teo would remain in the ward; former Deputy Prime Minister Wong Kan Seng, and MPs Hri Kumar Nair and Zainudin Nordin would retire and were respectively replaced by Chong Kee Hiong, Chee Hong Tat and Saktiandi Supaat. Departing from its traditional practice of introducing candidates at its party headquarters, the party held its conference in a local coffee shop instead.[32] | |
Low Thia Khiang announces that WP would unveil its own slate of candidates before Nomination Day, but would not indicate where the candidates would be standing.[33] | ||
13 August | Melvin Yong, Director of Singapore Police Force (Public Affairs Department), announced that he would step down from the sector. Reports from Straits Times imply that Yong might stood as a candidate in Tanjong Pagar GRC under the PAP banner.[34] | |
14 August | PAP unveiled candidates for Sembawang GRC: Minister for National Development and party chairman Khaw Boon Wan will lead their team; Amrin Amin and Ong Ye Kung (who previously contested in Aljunied GRC in 2011 election) would join the team; incumbents Vikram Nair and Lim Wee Kiak (from Nee Soon GRC) also remained, while Senior Parliament Secretary Hawazi Daipi and MP Ellen Lee steps down, and Ong Teng Koon was transferred to Marsiling-Yew Tee GRC. | |
Singapore Police Force announced 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 performers to perform at election rallies.[35] | ||
15 August | PAP unveiled candidates for three electoral divisions:
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East Coast GRC MP and former cabinet minister Raymond Lim announced his retirement. His ward of Fengshan, was carved as a SMC prior to his announcement.[39] | ||
16 August | PAP unveiled candidates for four electoral divisions:
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WP announced that all of the seven elected MPs from the last General Election (and the two by-elections) would be defending their respective wards:[44]
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17 August | PAP announced incumbent Potong Pasir SMC MP, Sitoh Yih Pin, to be defending his seat.[45] | |
18 August | National University of Singapore held 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. The party representatives include: Benjamin Pwee, Gerald Giam, Goh Meng Seng, Harminder Singh, Jeannette Chong-Aruldoss, Kenneth Jeyaretnam, Paul Tambyah, Steve Chia, Sim Ann and Tan Jee Say.[46][47] | |
PAP launched a mobile app, the first time in the election's history any political party had done so.[48][49] | ||
19 August | PAP unveiled candidates for two electoral divisions:
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NSP announced their intention to contest MacPherson SMC, creating possibly the second three-cornered fight this GE.[52] Acting Secretary-General Hazel Poa resigns from NSP within hours of the announcement, citing Poa had strongly opposed with Steve Chia's decision to contest MacPherson SMC.[53] | ||
20 August | PAP unveiled candidates for two electoral divisions:
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Elections Department announced changes made to the Ballot paper, which will include candidates' photos, and raising the spending limit from S$3.50 to S$4.[56] | ||
21 August | PAP unveiled candidates for four electoral divisions:
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Singapore Democratic Alliance was the first party to publish its manifesto, hoping to "build a Singapore for Singaporeans".[61][62] 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 August | PAP unveiled candidates for five electoral divisions:
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SPP announced Ravi Philemon as Hong Kah North SMC's candidate.[68] | ||
SDP opened its new office at Ang Mo Kio Street 62 and announces that it is “good and ready to go” for the election.[69] | ||
23 August | Steve Chia announced that he would not run in the election, citing that "the trolls have won" and online abuse.[70] | |
Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong held his annual National Day Rally in ITE College Central; during his rally, he told the audience that he would be holding an election soon, and he asked for their mandate and "to take Singapore into our next phase".[71] | ||
24 August | The party's Central Executive Council member Mohamed Fazli Talip became the second member within a week to resign from NSP.[72] | |
25 August | At about 3pm, President of Singapore Tony Tan, under the advice of the Prime Minister Lee, dissolves the 12th Parliament. About an hour later, the writ of election was issued, adjourning the dates of Nomination and Polling to be held on 1 and 11 September, respectively.[73][74] | |
Ng Wai Choong, Energy Market Authority's Chief Executive, would be appointed as Returning Officer.[75] | ||
Elections Department published 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] | ||
SDP unveiled their first two candidates via live-streaming on YouTube: Chong Wai Fung and Khung Wai Yeen.[78] | ||
26 August | PAP unveiled candidates for two electoral divisions:
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WP unveiled its campaign theme, "Empower your future". Secretary-General Low Thia Khiang quoted as saying, "What we need to succeed in future may not be the same as what we depended on in the past". | ||
WP unveiled four more candidates: Daniel Goh Pei Siong, Redzwan Hafidz Abdul Razak, Dylan Ng Foo Eng and previously-contested candidate Koh Choong Yong.[81][82] | ||
SDP unveiled two more candidates: Jaslyn Go and Paul Tambyah.[83] | ||
RP indicated their intention to contest Pioneer SMC should NSP withdrew from contesting, in a response following Steve Chia's withdrawal.[84] | ||
Five opposition parties launched 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 told to the media that WP and SPP declined their invitation.[85] | ||
27 August | PAP unveiled candidates for three electoral divisions:
84 candidates have been unveiled by the ruling party at this point, with the exception of opposition-held Aljunied GRC. | |
RP unveils its first group of candidates:
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SDP unveiled two more candidates: John Tan and Sidek Mallek.[90] | ||
28 August | WP candidate Daniel Goh lodged a police report after reported that Goh categorically refute baseless allegations' of an extra-marital affair in a letter addressed to the party and the media.[91][92] | |
WP unveiled four more candidates: Ron Tan, He Ting Ru, Adrian Sim, and previously contested candidate L Somasundaram.[93] | ||
PAP unveiled their final five candidates who would contest the opposition-held Aljunied GRC: Ang Mo Kio GRC MP Yeo Guat Kwang would lead along new candidates Chua Eng Leong, Victor Lye, K Muralidharan Pillai, and Shamsul Kamar. Serangoon representative Chan Hui Yuh chose not to run the elections and backed the PAP team.[94] | ||
RP unveiled their team for Ang Mo Kio GRC: M Ravi, Roy Ngerng, Gilbert Goh, Osman Sulaiman, Jesse Loo and Siva Chandran.[95] | ||
SDP unveiled two more candidates: Damanhuri Abas and previously contested candidate Bryan Lim, who contested Hong Kah GRC in 2001.[96] | ||
SingFirst unveiled their first five of ten candidates: Secretary-General Tan Jee Say, Fahmi Rais, Gregory Wong Chee Wai, Chirag Desai, and Melvyn Chiu Weng Hoe.[97] | ||
At 5pm, at the time of the closing of applications of Political Donation Certificate (mandatory item for all candidates), Elections Department revealed that 220 applications were received, on par with the 220 it received from the 2011 elections.[98][99] | ||
29 August | PAP launches its 88-page manifesto themed, "With you. For you. For Singapore".[100] | |
WP launches its 46-page manifesto themed, "Empower your future"; WP also released their mobile app.[101][102] | ||
SingFirst introduces the other five candidates: Party chairman Ang Yong Guan, Tan Peng Ann, David Foo Ming Jin, Sukdeu Singh, and Wong Soon Hong.[103] | ||
SDP unveiled their final three candidates: Wong Souk Yee, and previously contested candidates Sadasivam Veriyah and the party's secretary-general Chee Soon Juan, the latter returning to the political arena after a 14-year hiatus.[104] | ||
DPP's Secteraty-general Benjamin Pwee and chairman Hamin Aliyas resign to return to SPP, backing their team to contest Bishan-Toa Payoh GRC with SPP candidates.[105] | ||
30 August | WP unveiled four more candidates: Kenneth Foo Seck Guan, Dennis Tan Lip Fong, Gurmit Singh, and Mohamed Fairoz Shariff.[106] | |
SPP's Secretary-General Chiam See Tong, announced that he will not run in the elections, ending a 39-year political career since his first contest in the 1976 elections. SPP also unveiled three candidates for the Bishan-Toa Payoh GRC team: Bryan Long, Law Kim Hwee, and Abdillah Zamzuri.[107] | ||
31 August | Lim Tean was appointed as the new Acting Secretary-General.[108] | |
WP unveiled its final three candidates: Leon Perera, Bernard Chen Jia Xi and previously contested candidate Frieda Chan. | ||
SDA unveiled their Pasir Ris-Punggol GRC team, which consist of secretary-general 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: 11:00 p.m. to 12.00 p.m.
Returning Officer: Ng Wai Choong
Election Deposit: S$14,500 (down from S$16,000 in 2011)
Nomination centre | Electoral division(s) |
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Assumption Pathway School | Bukit Panjang SMC Holland-Bukit Timah GRC |
Bendemeer Primary School | Jalan Besar GRC Radin Mas SMC Tanjong Pagar GRC |
Chua Chu Kang Primary School | Chua Chu Kang GRC Hong Kah North SMC Pioneer SMC |
Fengshan Primary School | East Coast GRC Fengshan SMC Pasir Ris-Punggol GRC Punggol East SMC |
Keming Primary School | Bukit Batok SMC Jurong GRC West Coast GRC Yuhua SMC |
Kong Hwa School | MacPherson SMC Marine Parade GRC Mountbatten SMC Potong Pasir SMC |
Poi Ching School | Hougang SMC Tampines GRC |
Raffles Institution | Aljunied GRC Ang Mo Kio GRC Bishan-Toa Payoh GRC Sengkang West SMC |
Yishun Primary School | Marsiling-Yew Tee GRC Nee Soon GRC Sembawang GRC |
Nomination day and campaigning events
Date | Party | Events | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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1 September | At 7am, Tam Lam Siong pulls out of three-cornered fight at Potong Pasir SMC.[110][111] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
At 9am, nine nomination centres open to parties and public. The nominations were open for an hour later at 11am. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
At 12.45pm, Singapore Police Force published a list of rally sites.[112] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
At the close of nominations at 1pm, Elections Department confirmed a combined 179 candidates (representing in nine parties) and two independents would be contesting all of the 29 constituencies and 89 parliamentary seats, marking the first time in post-independence Singapore (and since the 1963 elections) with an all-contest and no uncontested walkovers. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
At 5pm, PAP's secretary-general Lee Hsien Loong held their media conference at its headquarters. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
MediaCorp hosted two 'live' forums featuring the six parties with the largest slates of candidates, with PAP (89), WP (28), NSP (12), SDP (11), RP (11) and SF (10):[113][114]
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2 September | Media Development Authority announced the 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 was scheduled to broadcast on 3 and 10 Sep.[15] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Elections Department announced the debut of sample counts: a sample of 100 polling papers from each polling station will be sampled and weighed according to the size of the ballots; the results would be released via website and on broadcast by the assistant returning officer, and counting continues until all of the votes had been tabulated. ELD also highlighted that sample counts help to prevent speculation and misinformation before the official results are announced.[115] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
NSP launched its six-page manifesto "Singaporeans Deserve Better", which focused on job protection for locals, over-population, CPF withdrawal limits and widening inequality gap.[116] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
3 September | Elections Department announced a list of ten overseas polling locations where a significant number of Singaporeans are present: Dubai, London, Tokyo, Beijing, Washington D.C., Hong Kong, Shanghai, San Francisco, New York and Canberra. A total of 4,868 voters were cast overseas.[117][118] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
SPP launched its 8-point manifesto, highlighting employment, healthcare, transport, education, housing and CPF issues.[119] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
At 8pm, the first round of party political broadcasts was aired on free-to-air television and radio channels (See Political party broadcasts)[15] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
7 September | RP launched its publishes 12-page manifesto titled "A Brighter Future Tomorrow, Today", which highlights include minimum wage, reducing National Service to one year and capping the number of foreign workers.[120] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Singapore Police Force released a list of 18 designated assembly centres, with applications opened for two days to the Political parties.[121] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
10 September | At 9pm, the Second round of party political broadcasts was aired on free-to-air television and radio channels (See Political party broadcasts)[15] |
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 allocated (minutes) |
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SDA | 2.5 |
SPP | 3 |
SingFirst | |
RP | |
SDP | |
NSP | 3.5 |
WP | 5.5 |
PAP | 13 |
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 [122] | Arthero Lim | Abu Mohamed | no Tamil broadcast |
SPP | Lina Chiam [123] | no Mandarin broadcast | Mohamad Abdillah Zamzuri | Ravi Philemon |
SingFirst | Tan Jee Say[124] | Ang Yong Guan | Fahmi Ahmad Rais | no Tamil broadcast |
RP | Kenneth Jeyaretnam[125] | Darren Soh | Noraini Yunos | M Ravi |
SDP | Chee Soon Juan[126] | Jaslyn Go | Mohamad Sidek Mallek | Sadasivam Veriyah |
NSP | Lim Tean[127] | Sebastian Teo | Nor Lella Mardiiah Mohamed | no Tamil broadcast |
WP | Daniel Goh[128] | Lee Li Lian | Mohamed Fairoz Shariff | L. Somasundram |
PAP | Lee Hsien Loong [129] | Lim Swee Say | Yaacob Ibrahim | S. Iswaran |
Broadcast 2–10 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 Singh | Arthero Lim | Abu Mohamed | no Tamil broadcast |
SingFirst | Tan Jee Say | Ang Yong Guan | Mohamad Fahmi Rais | no Tamil broadcast |
SPP | Did not participate | |||
RP | Roy Ngerng | Darren Soh | Osman Sulaiman | Siva Chandran |
SDP | Paul Tambyah | Khung Wai Yeen | Damanhuri Abas | Sadasivam Veriyah |
NSP | Lim Tean | Sebastian Teo | Nor Lella Mardiiah Mohamed | no Tamil broadcast |
WP | Sylvia Lim | Low Thia Khiang | Muhamad Faisal Manap | L Somasundram |
PAP | Lee Hsien Loong | Lim Swee Say | Yaacob Ibrahim | S Iswaran |
Election rallies
The Singapore Police Force published a list of sites (The Speakers' Corner at Hong Lim Park would not serve as an "unrestricted area") available for electoral meetings on the nomination day on 1 September, and rallies could be held during the campaigning period (2 to 9 September) between 7am to 10pm.[112]
Unless otherwise stated, all rallies below are held between 7pm to 10pm; an orange + next to the rally indicate lunchtime rallies that were held between 12pm to 2pm.
Party | 2 September | 3 September | 4 September | 5 September | 6 September | 7 September | 8 September | 9 September[130] |
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PAP | Delta Hockey Pitch (Radin Mas SMC) | Bedok Stadium (East Coast GRC) & Blk 274C Compassvale Bow (Pasir Ris-Punggol GRC) | Bedok North Avenue 4 (Fengshan SMC) & Defu Avenue 1/ Defu Lane 10 (Aljunied GRC) | Blk 136 Petir Road (Bukit Panjang SMC) & Choa Chu Kang Secondary School (Choa Chu Kang GRC) | NA | Jurong East Stadium (Yuhua SMC) , Commonwealth Avenue (Holland-Bukit Timah GRC) & Blk 540 Woodlands Drive 16 (Sembawang GRC) | UOB Plaza Promenade (12pm to 2pm)+ , Former Hong Kah Primary School (Hong Kah North SMC) , Pasir Ris Park (Pasir Ris-Punggol GRC) , Ngee Ann Secondary School (Tampines GRC) , Field, Stadium Drive (Mountbatten SMC) , Toa Payoh Stadium (Bishan-Toa Payoh GRC) & Yishun Stadium (Nee Soon GRC) | Blk 4 Boon Keng Road (Jalan Besar GRC) , Blk 120, Potong Pasir Avenue 1 (Potong Pasir SMC) , Paya Lebar Road/Circuit Road (MacPherson SMC) , Blk 155 Simei Road (East Coast GRC) , Blk 136 Petir Road (Bukit Panjang SMC) , Woodlands Stadium (Marsiling-Yew Tee GRC) |
WP | Blk 837 Hougang Central (Hougang SMC) | Blk 4 Boon Keng Road (Jalan Besar GRC) | Yishun Stadium (Nee Soon GRC) | Blk 128C Punggol Field Walk (Punggol East SMC) | Blk 155 Simei Road (East Coast GRC) | Blk 344 Ubi Avenue 1 (Marine Parade GRC) | Serangoon Stadium (Aljunied GRC) | Bedok Stadium (East Coast GRC) |
NSP | NA | NA | Blk 687A Woodlands Drive 75 (Sembawang GRC) | Blk 895A Tampines Street 81 (Tampines GRC) | NA | Paya Lebar Road/Circuit Road (MacPherson SMC) | Blk 687A Woodlands Drive 75 (Sembawang GRC) | Ngee Ann Secondary School (Tampines GRC) |
SDP | NA | Choa Chu Kang Stadium (Marsiling-Yew Tee GRC) | Blk 136 Petir Road (Bukit Panjang SMC) | Commonwealth Ave (Holland-Bukit Timah GRC) | Jurong Stadium (Yuhua SMC) | UOB Plaza Promenade (12pm to 2pm)+ & Blk 265, Toh Guan Road (Bukit Batok SMC) | Woodlands Stadium (Marsiling-Yew Tee GRC) | Blk 204 Clementi Avenue 6 (Holland Bukit-Timah GRC) |
RP | NA | NA | Yio Chu Kang Stadium (Ang Mo Kio GRC) | Clementi Stadium (West Coast GRC) | Delta Hockey Pitch (Radin Mas SMC) | NA | NA | Field in front of Blk 982 Buangkok Central (Ang Mo Kio GRC)[131] |
SingFirst | NA | Jurong Stadium (Jurong GRC) | NA | Queenstown Stadium (Tanjong Pagar GRC) | NA | Boon Lay Way (Jurong GRC) | NA | Queenstown Stadium (Tanjong Pagar GRC) |
SPP | NA | NA | Toa Payoh Stadium (Bishan-Toa Payoh GRC) | Former Hong Kah Primary School (Hong Kah North SMC) | Field, Stadium Drive (Mountbatten SMC) | NA | Blk 120, Potong Pasir Avenue 1 (Potong Pasir SMC) | Bishan Stadium (Bishan-Toa Payoh GRC) |
SDA | NA | NA | Pasir Ris Park (Pasir Ris-Punggol GRC) | NA | NA | Blk 274C Compassvale Bow (Pasir Ris-Punggol GRC) | NA | Pasir Ris Park (Pasir Ris-Punggol GRC) |
PPP | NA | NA | Bukit Gombak Stadium (Chua Chu Kang GRC) | NA | NA | Choa Chu Kang Secondary School (Chua Chu Kang GRC) | NA | Choa Chu Kang Secondary School (Choa Chu Kang GRC) |
Han Hui Hui (Independent) | NA | Delta Hockey Pitch (Radin Mas SMC) | NA | NA | NA | NA | Delta Hockey Pitch (Radin Mas SMC) | NA |
Outgoing incumbents and incoming candidates
The below is a summary for the political parties with parliamentary presence from GE2011.
New MPs
A list containing 72 new candidates contesting in the election for the first time, were reflected on the table. (Candidates running as independents were labeled IND in the party column).
Name | Age | Occupation | Party | Contested Constituency |
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Abu Mohamed | 64 | Company Director | SDA | Pasir Ris-Punggol GRC |
Mohamad Abdillah Zamzuri | 31 | Manager | SPP | Bishan-Toa Payoh GRC |
Amrin Amin | 37 | Law Solicitor, Watson, Farley & Williams Asia Practice LLP | PAP | Sembawang GRC |
Cheryl Chan Wei Ling | 39 | Head of Shipping Industry, Linde plc | PAP | Fengshan SMC |
Chee Hong Tat | 41 | Former Second Permanent Secretary (Trade & Industry) | PAP | Bishan-Toa Payoh GRC |
Bernard Chen Jia Xi | 29 | Project Executive | WP | MacPherson SMC |
Cheng Li Hui | 39 | Deputy CEO, Hai Leck Holdings Limited | PAP | Tampines GRC |
Chirag Praful Desai | 38 | Market Risk Manager | SingFirst | Tanjong Pagar GRC |
Chong Kee Hiong | 49 | Chief Executive Officer | PAP | Bishan-Toa Payoh GRC |
Chong Wai Fung | 45 | Healthcare Administrator | SDP | Holland-Bukit Timah GRC |
Choong Hon Heng | 45 | Business Administrator | NSP | Tampines GRC |
Melvin Chiu Weng Hoe | 36 | Sales Executive | SingFirst | Tanjong Pagar GRC |
Chua Eng Leong | 44 | Private Banker | PAP | Aljunied GRC |
Damanhuri Abas | 45 | Education Consultant | SDP | Marsiling-Yew Tee GRC |
Darryl David Wilson | 45 | Former Celebrity and Deputy Director | PAP | Ang Mo Kio GRC |
Mohamad Fahmi Ahmad Rais | 48 | Sales Trainer | SingFirst | Tanjong Pagar GRC |
Mohamed Fairoz Shariff | 36 | Former Associate Librarian | WP | East Coast GRC |
Firuz Khan Moklis Khan | 48 | Factory Owner | WP | Marine Parade GRC |
David Foo Ming Jin | 51 | Chemist | SingFirst | Jurong GRC |
Kenneth Foo Sek Kuan | 38 | Sales Manager | WP | Nee Soon GRC |
Jaslyn Go Hui Leng | 42 | Businesswoman | SDP | Yuhua SMC |
Daniel Goh Pei Siong | 42 | Associate Professor, National University of Singapore | WP | East Coast GRC |
Gurmit Singh Sadhu Singh | 55 | Legal Counsel | WP | Nee Soon GRC |
Han Hui Hui | 24 | Activist | IND | Radin Mas SMC |
He Ting Ru | 32 | Legal Counsel | WP | Marine Parade GRC |
Khung Wai Yeen | 34 | Account Manager | SDP | Bukit Panjang SMC |
Koh Tiong Yee | 40 | Managing Partner | WP | Nee Soon GRC |
Henry Kwek Hian Chuan | 39 | Executive Director | PAP | Nee Soon GRC |
Law Him Kwee | 55 | Director | SPP | Bishan-Toa Payoh GRC |
Lee Hong Chuang | 45 | Senior Technology Manager, IBM | PAP | Hougang SMC |
Lee Tze Shih | 42 | Property Consultant | PPP | Chua Chu Kang GRC |
Lim Tean | 50 | Legal Consultant | NSP | Tampines GRC |
Lim Tong Zhe | 27 | Project Director | NSP | Sembawang GRC |
Cheryl Loh Xiu Wen | 32 | Sales Consultant | WP | Nee Soon GRC |
Don Bryan Long Yaoguang | 38 | Technology Entrepreneur | SPP | Bishan-Toa Payoh GRC |
Jesse Loo Hoe Bock | 52 | Finance Administrator | RP | Ang Mo Kio GRC |
Low Wai Choo | 55 | Finance Manager | PPP | Chua Chu Kang GRC |
Joseph Victor Lye Thiam Fatt | 53 | Chief Executive Officer | PAP | Aljunied GRC |
Ravi Madasamy | 46 | Activist and Legal Executive | RP | Ang Mo Kio GRC |
K Muralidharan Pillai | 48 | Lawyer, Rajah & Tann | PAP | Aljunied GRC |
Ng Chee Meng | 47 | Former Chief of Defence Force | PAP | Pasir Ris-Punggol GRC |
Dylan Ng Foo Eng | 40 | Banker | WP | Marine Parade GRC |
Louis Ng Kok Kwang | 37 | Founder, Animal Concerns Research and Education Society (ACRES) | PAP | Nee Soon GRC |
Roy Ngerng | 34 | Activist and former Healthcare Worker | RP | Ang Mo Kio GRC |
Ong Teik Seng | 44 | Sales Consultant | SDA | Pasir Ris-Punggol GRC |
Paul Anantharajah Tambyah | 50 | University Lecturer | SDP | Holland-Bukit Timah GRC |
Ravi Philemon | 46 | Former Sales Director | SPP | Hong Kah North SMC |
Joan Pereira | 47 | Assistant General Manager, Temasek Cares | PAP | Tanjong Pagar GRC |
Leon Perera | 44 | Assistant Head, Economic Development Board | WP | East Coast GRC |
Rahayu Mahzam | 35 | Lawyer, Heng, Leong & Srinivasan | PAP | Jurong GRC |
Redzwan Hafidz Razak | 30 | Engineer | WP | Jalan Besar GRC |
Saktiandi Supaat | 41 | Executive Vice-President, Global Banking of Maybank | PAP | Bishan-Toa Payoh GRC |
Samir Salim Neji | 45 | Managing Director | IND | Bukit Batok SMC |
Shamsul Kamar Mohamad Razali | 43 | Former Head of School Department | PAP | Aljunied GRC |
Muhamed Sidek Mallek | 55 | Auditor | SDP | Holland-Bukit Timah GRC |
Adrian Sim Tian Hock | 43 | Businessman | WP | Jalan Besar GRC |
Siva Chandran | 32 | Media Trainer | RP | Ang Mo Kio GRC |
Darren Soh Guan Soon | 45 | Property Agent | RP | West Coast GRC |
Sukhdev Singh | 64 | Former Police Officer | SingFirst | Jurong GRC |
Sun Xueling | 36 | Investment Director, Temasek International | PAP | Pasir Ris-Punggol GRC |
Ron Tan Jun Yen | 30 | Property Agent | WP | Nee Soon GRC |
Terence Tan Li Chern | 44 | Lawyer | WP | Marine Parade GRC |
Dennis Tan Lip Fong | 45 | Lawyer | WP | Fengshan SMC |
Tan Peng Ann | 67 | Social Entrepreneur | SingFirst | Jurong GRC |
Tan Wu Meng | 39 | Medical Oncologist, Parkway Cancer Centre | PAP | Jurong GRC |
Gregory Wong Chee Wai | 44 | Technology Consultant | SingFirst | Jurong GRC |
Wong Soon Hong | 57 | Sales Director | SingFirst | Jurong GRC |
Wong Souk Yee | 56 | Lecturer | SDP | Marsiling-Yew Tee GRC |
Wong Way Weng | 53 | Quality Assurance Manager | SDA | Pasir Ris-Punggol GRC |
Yee Chia Hsing | 44 | Head of Bank Department | PAP | Chua Chu Kang GRC |
Yeo Ren Yuan | 40 | Associate Director | NSP | Sembawang GRC |
Melvin Yong Yik Chye | 43 | Former Assistant Commissioner, Singapore Police Force | PAP | Tanjong Pagar GRC |
Outgoing MPs
A list containing 15 outgoing MPs, all were from PAP, who was either deceased or stepped down on their constituencies, were reflected in the table.
Deceased | |||
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Name | Constituency (Division) | Current Portfolio | Remarks |
Lee Kuan Yew | Tanjong Pagar GRC (Tanjong Pagar-Tiong Bahru) | Former Prime Minister and Senior Minister | Lee died during his term on 23 March 2015; Indranee Rajah substituted Lee's duties until end of term. |
Retiring | |||
Name | Constituency (Division) | Current Portfolio | Remarks |
Arthur Fong | West Coast GRC (Clementi) | Member of Parliament | Fong's ward was carved to Jurong GRC. |
Hawazi Daipi | Sembawang GRC (Marsiling) | Senior Parliamentary Secretary (Education and Manpower) | Daipi's ward was carved to Marsiling-Yew Tee GRC. |
Hri Kumar Nair | Bishan-Toa Payoh GRC (Thomson-Toa Payoh) | Member of Parliament | |
Inderjit Singh | Ang Mo Kio GRC (Kebun Baru) | Member of Parliament | Inderjit's ward was carved to Nee Soon GRC. |
Ellen Lee | Sembawang GRC (Woodlands) | Member of Parliament | |
Raymond Lim | East Coast GRC (Fengshan) | Former Cabinet Minister | Lim's ward was carved as a SMC. |
Penny Low | Pasir Ris-Punggol GRC (Punggol North) | Member of Parliament | |
Lui Tuck Yew | Moulmein-Kallang GRC (Moulmein) | Minister for Transport | Lui's ward was carved to Bishan-Toa Payoh, Holland-Bukit Timah, Jalan Besar and Tanjong Pagar GRCs. |
Mah Bow Tan | Tampines GRC (Tampines East) | Former Cabinet Minister | |
Irene Ng | Tampines GRC (Tampines Changkat) | Member of Parliament | |
Seng Han Thong | Ang Mo Kio GRC (Yio Chu Kang) | Member of Parliament | |
Wong Kan Seng | Bishan-Toa Payoh GRC (Bishan East) | Former Deputy Prime Minister | |
Alvin Yeo | Chua Chu Kang GRC (Nanyang) | Member of Parliament | |
Zainudin Nordin | Bishan-Toa Payoh GRC (Toa Payoh East) | Former Central CDC Mayor |
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.[132] The first result was declared at 11.31pm on 11 September 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 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, PAP 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 after it was lost to WP 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. With six elected seats for WP, three seats for the Non-Constituency Member of Parliament were eligible to complete a minimum of nine opposition members; WP was qualified for all three seats by-virtue of being the top three losing performers for the election (the single member constituencies of Punggol East (later declined) and Fengshan, and one seat (later two) for the East Coast Group Representation Constituency), and thus WP had nine represented seats for the upcoming Parliament.
The victory for the Potong Pasir Single Member Constituency has post its widest swing among all other Single Member Constituencies for this election, with 16.05%, while the largest swing for all contested constituencies was Bishan-Toa Payoh Group Representation Constituency, with 16.66%. This victory resulted in the end of a 31-year reign of Singapore People's Party as they failed to win at least a seat in Parliament (including NCMPs) for the first time, despite Potong Pasir was SPP's best performing constituency for the election. Consequently, this was also the first time since 1986 only one opposition party (Singapore Democratic Party, at the time) represented the Parliament, and after the 1981's Anson's by-election where WP being the only opposition party to represent the Parliament alone, as none of the other seven opposition parties, including SPP and two independents, won contests.
Voter turnout for the election was 93.56%, with 2,304,331 votes cast.
Results summary
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 | 9.72 | 69.86 | 9.72 | ||
Workers' Party | Low Thia Khiang | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 28 | 2 | 6 | 281,697 | 12.48 | 0.34 | 39.75 | 6.83 | ||
Singapore Democratic Party | Chee Soon Juan | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 84,770 | 3.76 | 1.07 | 31.23 | 5.53 | ||
National Solidarity Party | Sebastian Teo | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 79,780 | 3.53 | 8.51 | 25.27 | 13.98 | ||
Reform Party | Kenneth Jeyaretnam | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 59,432 | 2.63 | 1.65 | 20.60 | 11.18 | ||
Singaporeans First | Tan Jee Say | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 50,791 | 2.25 | New | 21.49 | New | ||
Singapore People's Party | Lina Chiam | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 49,015 | 2.17 | 0.94 | 27.08 | 14.34 | ||
Singapore Democratic Alliance | Desmond Lim | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 46,508 | 2.06 | 0.72 | 27.11 | 2.95 | ||
People's Power Party | Goh Meng Seng | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 25,460 | 1.13 | New | 23.11 | New | ||
Independents | N/A | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2,779 | 0.12 | N/A | 10.10 | 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 | |||||||||||||||
In an election's first, sample counts were released by the Elections Department to prevent speculation and misinformation from unofficial sources while counting is underway.[134] 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 one electoral division.
Candidates and results of Singaporean general election, 2015 [135] | |||||||
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Division | Seats | Voters | Party | Candidate(s) | Votes | Votes % | Sample counts |
Bukit Batok SMC | 1 | 27,077 | People's Action Party | David Ong Kim Huat | 18,204 | 72.99 / 100 | 74 / 100 |
Singapore Democratic Party | Sadasivam Veriyah | 6,585 | 26.40 / 100 | 26 / 100 | |||
Independent | Samir Salim Neji (Loses deposit) | 150 | 0.60 / 100 | 0 / 100 | |||
Bukit Panjang SMC | 1 | 34,317 | Singapore Democratic Party | Khung Wai Yeen | 10,143 | 31.62 / 100 | 31 / 100 |
People's Action Party | Teo Ho Pin | 21,935 | 68.38 / 100 | 69 / 100 | |||
Fengshan SMC | 1 | 23,427 | People's Action Party | Cheryl Chan Wei Ling | 12,398 | 57.52 / 100 | 57 / 100 |
Workers' Party | Dennis Tan Lip Fong | 9,158 | 42.48 / 100 | 43 / 100 | |||
Hong Kah North SMC | 1 | 28,145 | People's Action Party | Amy Khor Lean Suan | 19,612 | 74.76 / 100 | 74 / 100 |
Singapore People's Party | Ravi Philemon | 6,621 | 25.24 / 100 | 26 / 100 | |||
Hougang SMC | 1 | 24,097 | People's Action Party | Lee Hong Chuang | 9,543 | 42.31 / 100 | 42 / 100 |
Workers' Party | Png Eng Huat | 13,012 | 57.69 / 100 | 58 / 100 | |||
MacPherson SMC | 1 | 28,511 | Workers' Party | Chen Jiaxi Bernard | 8,826 | 33.60 / 100 | 36 / 100 |
National Solidarity Party | Cheo Chai Chen (Loses deposit) | 215 | 0.82 / 100 | 1 / 100 | |||
People's Action Party | Tin Pei Ling | 17,227 | 65.58 / 100 | 63 / 100 | |||
Mountbatten SMC | 1 | 24,143 | Singapore People's Party | Jeannette Chong-Aruldoss | 5,992 | 28.16 / 100 | 28 / 100 |
People's Action Party | Lim Biow Chuan | 15,290 | 71.84 / 100 | 72 / 100 | |||
Pioneer SMC | 1 | 25,458 | People's Action Party | Cedric Foo Chee Keng | 17,994 | 76.34 / 100 | 78 / 100 |
National Solidarity Party | Ong Beng Soon Elvin | 5,578 | 23.66 / 100 | 22 / 100 | |||
Potong Pasir SMC | 1 | 17,407 | Singapore People's Party | Lina Chiam | 5,353 | 33.59 / 100 | 32 / 100 |
People's Action Party | Sitoh Yih Pin | 10,581 | 66.41 / 100 | 68 / 100 | |||
Punggol East SMC | 1 | 34,466 | People's Action Party | Charles Chong You Fook | 16,957 | 51.76 / 100 | 51 / 100 |
Workers' Party | Lee Li Lian | 15,801 | 48.24 / 100 | 49 / 100 | |||
Radin Mas SMC | 1 | 28,906 | Independent | Han Hui Hui (Loses deposit) | 2,629 | 10.04 / 100 | 9 / 100 |
Reform Party | Kumar Appavoo | 3,329 | 12.71 / 100 | 14 / 100 | |||
People's Action Party | Sam Tan Chin Siong | 20,230 | 77.25 / 100 | 77 / 100 | |||
Sengkang West SMC | 1 | 30,119 | Workers' Party | Koh Choong Yong | 10,716 | 37.89 / 100 | 37 / 100 |
People's Action Party | Lam Pin Min | 17,564 | 62.11 / 100 | 63 / 100 | |||
Yuhua SMC | 1 | 22,617 | People's Action Party | Grace Fu Hai Yien | 15,298 | 73.54 / 100 | 72 / 100 |
Singapore Democratic Party | Jaslyn Go Hui Leng | 5,505 | 26.46 / 100 | 28 / 100 | |||
Chua Chu Kang GRC | 4 | 119,931 | People's Action Party | Gan Kim Yong Low Yen Ling Yee Chia Hsing Zaqy Mohamad | 84,731 | 76.89 / 100 | 76 / 100 |
People's Power Party | Goh Meng Seng Lee Tze Shih Low Wai Choo Syafarin Bin Sarif | 25,460 | 23.11 / 100 | 24 / 100 | |||
East Coast GRC | 4 | 99,118 | Workers' Party | Gerald Giam Yean Song Daniel Goh Pei Siong Mohamed Fairoz Bin Shariff Leon Perera | 35,547 | 39.27 / 100 | 39 / 100 |
People's Action Party | Lee Yi Shyan Lim Swee Say Mohd Maliki Bin Osman Tan Soon Neo Jessica | 54,981 | 60.73 / 100 | 61 / 100 | |||
Holland-Bukit Timah GRC | 4 | 104,491 | Singapore Democratic Party | Chee Soon Juan Chong Wai Fung Md Sidek Bin Mallek Paul Anantharajah Tambyah | 31,380 | 33.38 / 100 | 34 / 100 |
People's Action Party | Christopher de Souza Liang Eng Hwa Sim Ann Vivian Balakrishnan | 62,630 | 66.62 / 100 | 66 / 100 | |||
Jalan Besar GRC | 4 | 102,540 | Workers' Party | Chan Sio Phing Frieda L Somasundaram Redzwan Hafidz Abdul Razak Adrian Sim Tian Hock | 30,283 | 32.27 / 100 | 33 / 100 |
People's Action Party | Heng Chee How Lily Neo Denise Phua Lay Peng Yaacob Ibrahim | 63,561 | 67.73 / 100 | 67 / 100 | |||
Marsiling-Yew Tee GRC | 4 | 107,599 | Singapore Democratic Party | Damanhuri Bin Abas Bryan Lim Boon Heng Tan Liang Joo, John Wong Souk Yee | 31,157 | 31.27 / 100 | 31 / 100 |
People's Action Party | Halimah Yacob Ong Teng Koon Alex Yam Ziming Lawrence Wong | 68,485 | 68.73 / 100 | 69 / 100 | |||
West Coast GRC | 4 | 99,300 | People's Action Party | Foo Mee Har Lim Hng Kiang S Iswaran Patrick Tay Teck Guan | 71,091 | 78.57 / 100 | 78 / 100 |
Reform Party | Kenneth Andrew Jeyaretnam Noraini Yunus Darren Soh Guan Soon Andy Zhu Laicheng | 19,392 | 21.43 / 100 | 22 / 100 | |||
Aljunied GRC | 5 | 148,142 | Workers' Party | Chen Show Mao Sylvia Lim Low Thia Khiang Muhamad Faisal bin Abdul Manap Pritam Singh | 69,929 | 50.95 / 100 | 52 / 100 |
People's Action Party | Chua Eng Leong K Muralidharan Pillai Lye Thiam Fatt Joseph Victor Shamsul Kamar bin Mohamed Razali Yeo Guat Kwang | 67,317 | 49.05 / 100 | 48 / 100 | |||
Bishan-Toa Payoh GRC | 5 | 129,975 | People's Action Party | Chee Hong Tat Chong Kee Hiong Ng Eng Hen Saktiandi Supaat Josephine Teo | 86,514 | 73.59 / 100 | 74 / 100 |
Singapore People's Party | Law Kim Hwee Long Yaoguang, Don Bryan Mohamad Abdillah Bin Zamzuri Mohamad Hamim Bin Aliyas Benjamin Pwee | 31,049 | 26.41 / 100 | 26 / 100 | |||
Jurong GRC | 5 | 130,498 | People's Action Party | Ang Wei Neng Desmond Lee Rahayu Binte Mahzam Tharman Shanmugaratnam Tan Wu Meng | 95,080 | 79.28 / 100 | 78 / 100 |
Singaporeans First | Foo Ming Jin David Sukdeu Singh Tan Peng Ann Wong Chee Wai Wong Soon Hong | 24,848 | 20.72 / 100 | 22 / 100 | |||
Marine Parade GRC | 5 | 146,244 | People's Action Party | Fatimah Binte Abdul Lateef Goh Chok Tong Seah Kian Peng Tan Chuan Jin Tong Chun Fai Edwin Charles | 84,939 | 64.07 / 100 | 65 / 100 |
Workers' Party | Firuz Khan He Ting Ru Ng Foo Eng Dylan Terence Tan Yee Jenn Jong | 47,629 | 35.93 / 100 | 35 / 100 | |||
Nee Soon GRC | 5 | 132,289 | Workers' Party | Foo Seck Guan Kenneth Gurmit Singh S/O Sadhu Singh Luke Koh Tiong Yee Cheryl Denise Loh Xiu Wen Ron Tan Jun Yen | 40,796 | 33.17 / 100 | 33 / 100 |
People's Action Party | K. Shanmugam Kwek Hian Chuan Henry Lee Bee Wah Muhammad Faishal Ibrahim Ng Kok Kwang Louis | 82,197 | 66.83 / 100 | 67 / 100 | |||
Sembawang GRC | 5 | 144,672 | National Solidarity Party | Abdul Rasheed S/O Y Abdul Kuthus Kevryn Lim Spencer Ng Chung Hon Yadzeth Bin Haris Eugene Yeo Ren Yuan | 37,067 | 27.72 / 100 | 28 / 100 |
People's Action Party | Khaw Boon Wan Lim Wee Kiak Amrin Amin Ong Ye Kung Vikram Nair | 96,639 | 72.28 / 100 | 72 / 100 | |||
Tampines GRC | 5 | 143,518 | People's Action Party | Baey Yam Keng Cheng Li Hui Desmond Choo Pey Ching Heng Swee Keat Masagos Zulkifli Bin Masagos Mohamad | 95,202 | 72.06 / 100 | 72 / 100 |
National Solidarity Party | Choong Hon Heng Fong Chin Leong Lim Tean Nor Lella Teo Kway Huang Sebastian | 36,920 | 27.94 / 100 | 28 / 100 | |||
Tanjong Pagar GRC | 5 | 130,752 | Singaporeans First | Ang Yong Guan Chirag Praful Desai Chiu Weng Hoe Melvyn Mohamad Fahmi Bin Ahmad Rais Tan Jee Say | 25,953 | 22.29 / 100 | 22 / 100 |
People's Action Party | Chan Chun Sing Chia Shi-Lu Indranee Thurai Rajah Joan Pereira Melvin Yong Yik Chye | 90,448 | 77.71 / 100 | 78 / 100 | |||
Ang Mo Kio GRC | 6 | 187,771 | People's Action Party | Ang Hin Kee Darryl David Wilson Gan Thiam Poh Intan Azura Mokhtar Koh Poh Koon Lee Hsien Loong | 135,115 | 78.63 / 100 | 78 / 100 |
Reform Party | Gilbert Goh Jesse Loo Hoe Bock Roy Ngerng Yi Ling Osman Sulaiman M Ravi Siva Chandran | 36,711 | 21.37 / 100 | 22 / 100 | |||
Pasir Ris-Punggol GRC | 6 | 187,396 | Singapore Democratic Alliance | Abu Mohamed Harminder Pal Singh S/O Gurcharan Singh Desmond Lim Bak Chuan Lim Tung Hee Arthero Ong Teik Seng Wong Way Weng | 46,508 | 27.11 / 100 | 27 / 100 |
People's Action Party | Janil Puthucheary Ng Chee Meng Sun Xueling Teo Chee Hean Teo Ser Luck Zainal Sapari | 125,021 | 72.89 / 100 | 73 / 100 |
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.
# | Constituency | PAP | Opposition | |||||
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Votes | % | Swing | Votes | % | Swing | |||
1 | Jurong GRC | 95,080 | 79.28 | 12.32 | 24,848 | 20.72 | 12.32 | |
2 | Ang Mo Kio GRC | 135,115 | 78.63 | 9.3 | 36,711 | 21.37 | 9.3 | |
3 | West Coast GRC | 71,091 | 78.57 | 12 | 19,392 | 21.43 | 12 | |
4 | Tanjong Pagar GRC | 90,448 | 77.71 | Walkover | 25,953 | 22.29 | Walkover | |
5 | Radin Mas SMC | 20,230 | 77.25 | 10.15 | 3,329 | 12.71 | 10.15 | |
2,629 | 10.04 | |||||||
6 | Chua Chu Kang GRC | 84,731 | 76.89 | 15.69 | 25,460 | 23.11 | 15.69 | |
7 | Pioneer SMC | 17,994 | 76.34 | 15.61 | 5,578 | 23.66 | 15.61 | |
8 | Hong Kah North SMC | 19,612 | 74.76 | 4.15 | 6,621 | 25.24 | 4.15 | |
9 | Bishan-Toa Payoh GRC | 86,514 | 73.59 | 16.66 | 31,049 | 26.41 | 16.66 | |
10 | Yuhua SMC | 15,298 | 73.54 | 6.68 | 5,505 | 26.46 | 6.68 | |
11 | Bukit Batok SMC | 18,204 | 72.99 | New | 6,585 | 26.40 | New | |
150 | 0.60 | |||||||
12 | Pasir Ris-Punggol GRC | 125,021 | 72.89 | 8.1 | 46,508 | 27.11 | 8.1 | |
13 | Sembawang GRC | 96,639 | 72.28 | 8.38 | 37,067 | 27.72 | 8.38 | |
14 | Tampines GRC | 95,202 | 72.06 | 14.84 | 36,920 | 27.94 | 14.84 |
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.
# | Constituency | Opposition | PAP | |||||
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Votes | % | Swing | Votes | % | Swing | |||
1 | Hougang SMC | 13,012 | 57.69 | 7.11 | 9,543 | 42.31 | 7.11 | |
2 | Aljunied GRC | 69,929 | 50.95 | 3.77 | 67,317 | 49.05 | 3.77 | |
3 | Punggol East SMC | 15,801 | 48.24 | 2.78 | 16,957 | 51.76 | 2.78 | |
4 | Fengshan SMC | 9,158 | 42.48 | New | 12,398 | 57.52 | New | |
5 | East Coast GRC | 35,547 | 39.27 | 5.9 | 54,981 | 60.73 | 5.9 | |
6 | Sengkang West SMC | 10,716 | 37.89 | 4 | 17,564 | 62.11 | 4 | |
7 | Marine Parade GRC | 47,629 | 35.93 | 7.43 | 84,939 | 64.07 | 7.43 | |
8 | MacPherson SMC | 8,826 | 33.60 | New | 17,227 | 65.58 | New | |
9 | Potong Pasir SMC | 5,353 | 33.59 | 16.05 | 10,581 | 66.41 | 16.05 | |
10 | Holland-Bukit Timah GRC | 31,380 | 33.38 | 6.54 | 62,630 | 66.62 | 6.54 | |
11 | Nee Soon GRC | 40,796 | 33.17 | 8.43 | 82,197 | 66.83 | 8.43 | |
12 | Jalan Besar GRC | 30,283 | 32.27 | New | 63,561 | 67.73 | New | |
13 | Bukit Panjang SMC | 10,143 | 31.62 | 2.11 | 21,935 | 68.38 | 2.11 | |
14 | Marsiling-Yew Tee GRC | 31,157 | 31.27 | New | 68,485 | 68.73 | New | |
15 | Mountbatten SMC | 5,992 | 28.16 | 13.22 | 15,290 | 71.84 | 13.22 |
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.
# | Constituency | PAP | Opposition | |||||
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Votes | % | Swing | Votes | % | Swing | |||
1 | Bishan-Toa Payoh GRC | 86,514 | 73.59 | 16.66 | 31,049 | 26.41 | 16.66 | |
2 | Potong Pasir SMC | 10,581 | 66.41 | 16.05 | 5,353 | 33.59 | 16.05 | |
3 | Chua Chu Kang GRC | 84,731 | 76.89 | 15.69 | 25,460 | 23.11 | 15.69 | |
4 | Pioneer SMC | 17,994 | 76.34 | 15.61 | 5,578 | 23.66 | 15.61 | |
5 | Tampines GRC | 95,202 | 72.06 | 14.84 | 36,920 | 27.94 | 14.84 | |
6 | Mountbatten SMC | 15,290 | 71.84 | 13.22 | 5,992 | 28.16 | 13.22 | |
7 | Jurong GRC | 95,080 | 79.28 | 12.32 | 24,848 | 20.72 | 12.32 | |
8 | West Coast GRC | 71,091 | 78.57 | 12 | 19,392 | 21.43 | 12 | |
9 | Radin Mas SMC | 20,230 | 77.25 | 10.15 | 3,329 | 12.71 | 10.15 | |
2,629 | 10.04 | |||||||
10 | Ang Mo Kio GRC | 135,115 | 78.63 | 9.3 | 36,711 | 21.37 | 9.3 | |
11 | Nee Soon GRC | 82,197 | 66.83 | 8.43 | 40,796 | 33.17 | 8.43 | |
12 | Sembawang GRC | 96,639 | 72.28 | 8.38 | 37,067 | 27.72 | 8.38 | |
13 | Pasir Ris-Punggol GRC | 125,021 | 72.89 | 8.1 | 46,508 | 27.11 | 8.1 | |
14 | Marine Parade GRC | 84,939 | 64.07 | 7.43 | 47,629 | 35.93 | 7.43 | |
15 | Hougang SMC | 9,543 | 42.31 | 7.11 | 13,012 | 57.69 | 7.11 | |
16 | Yuhua SMC | 15,298 | 73.54 | 6.68 | 5,505 | 26.46 | 6.68 | |
17 | Holland-Bukit Timah GRC | 62,630 | 66.62 | 6.54 | 31,380 | 33.38 | 6.54 | |
18 | East Coast GRC | 54,981 | 60.73 | 5.9 | 35,547 | 39.27 | 5.9 | |
19 | Hong Kah North SMC | 19,612 | 74.76 | 4.15 | 6,621 | 25.24 | 4.15 | |
20 | Sengkang West SMC | 17,564 | 62.11 | 4 | 10,716 | 37.89 | 4 | |
21 | Aljunied GRC | 67,317 | 49.05 | 3.77 | 69,929 | 50.95 | 3.77 | |
22 | Punggol East SMC | 16,957 | 51.76 | 2.78 | 15,801 | 48.24 | 2.78 | |
23 | Bukit Panjang SMC | 21,935 | 68.38 | 2.11 | 10,143 | 31.62 | 2.11 |
See also
- Constituencies of Singapore
- Elections in Singapore
- List of political parties in Singapore
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