2020 Singaporean general election
A general election was held in Singapore on 10 July 2020.[7] It elected members to the 14th Parliament of Singapore using the first-past-the-post. Voting was mandatory for all Singaporeans over the age of 21.[8][9] The People's Action Party (PAP) won the election for the 15th time in a row since 1959 with Lee Hsien Loong staying as Prime Minister. The PAP won 83 seats with the Workers' Party winning 10. This was the largest opposition since 1966.[10]
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All 93 elected seats (+2 NCMPs seats) to the Parliament of Singapore 47 elected seats needed for a majority | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Registered | 2,651,435 [1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Turnout | 2,540,359 (95.81%)[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Party | Abbreviation | Leader | Year formed | Seats before GE2020 | Parliamentary presence |
 People's Action Party |
PAP | Lee Hsien Loong | 1954 |
82 |
Legislative Assembly: 1955–1965[11] City Council Elections: 1957–1965[12] Singapore Parliament: 1965–Present |
| Workers' Party | WP | Pritam Singh | 1957 |
6 + 3 NCMPs |
Legislative Assembly: 1961–1963[13] City Council Elections: 1957–1959[12] Singapore Parliament: 1981–1986; 1991–Present |
| Template:SG/SDP | SDP | Chee Soon Juan | 1980 |
0 |
Singapore Parliament: 1984–1997 |
| Template:SG/NSP | NSP | Spencer Ng | 1987 |
0 |
Singapore Parliament: 2001–2006 |
| Template:SG/SPP | SPP | Steve Chia | 1994 |
0 |
Singapore Parliament: 1997–2015 |
| Template:SG/SDA | SDA | Desmond Lim Bak Chuan | 2001 |
0 |
Singapore Parliament: 2001–2011 |
| Template:SG/PSP | PSP | Tan Cheng Bock | 2019 |
0 |
Singapore Parliament:
2020–Present |
| Template:SG/RP | RP | Kenneth Jeyaretnam | 2008 |
0 |
— |
| Template:SG/PPP | PPP | Goh Meng Seng | 2015 |
0 |
— |
| Template:SG/PV | PV | Lim Tean | 2018 |
0 |
— |
| Template:SG/RDU | RDU | Ravi Philemon | 2020 |
0 |
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2020 Singaporean General Election Media
Boundaries of electoral divisions in Singapore during the Singaporean general elections, 2020
PAP and SPP campaign posters during the GE2020.
A polling card which included a recommended two-hour time slot.
Heng Swee Keat was widely tipped to succeed Lee Hsien Loong as the next prime minister of Singapore; he withdrew himself from the nomination in 2021.
Map of contested electoral divisions among opposition parties
Map of the results of the 2020 Singapore general election
Party 1: 10 seats Party 2: 83 seats
Workers' Party supporters in Hougang Avenue 5 at the night on the election day celebrating the party's victory, which contravened the social distancing measures according to Wong in a separate virtual conference on 17 July.
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Elections Department (15 July 2020). "Press Release on Total Votes Cast at Singapore General Election 2020" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on 20 July 2020. Retrieved 15 July 2020.
- ↑ Progress Singapore Party's Leong Mun Wai, Hazel Poa to take up NCMP seats. Today. 14 July 2020. https://www.todayonline.com/singapore/ge2020-progress-singapore-party-chooses-leong-mun-wai-hazel-poa-ncmp-seats. Retrieved 14 July 2020.
- ↑ "Parliamentary Elections Act – Candidates mentioned declared elected as non-constituency Member of Parliament". NotificationNo. 1449of2020 (PDF). Republic of Singapore Government Gazette. Archived (PDF) from the original on 20 June 2020. Retrieved 16 July 2020. "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original on 20 July 2020. Retrieved 29 October 2020.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link) - ↑ Workers' Party chief Low Thia Khiang to step down as secretary-general by next party election. Channel NewsAsia. 3 November 2017. http://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/singapore/workers-party-chief-low-thia-khiang-to-step-down-as-secretary-9374216. Retrieved 3 November 2017.
- ↑ Tham, Yuen-C (6 August 2017). "Speaker of Parliament Halimah Yacob to run for President in coming election". The Straits Times. Archived from the original on 6 August 2017. Retrieved 6 August 2017.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 "Parliamentary Elections Act – Candidates mentioned elected as Member of Parliament". NotificationNo. 1448of2020 (PDF). Republic of Singapore Government Gazette. Archived (PDF) from the original on 20 June 2020. Retrieved 16 July 2020.
- ↑ Elections Department (23 June 2020). "Press Release on General Election 2020" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on 25 June 2020. Retrieved 23 June 2020.
- ↑ "Parliamentary Elections (Prescribed Date) Order 2020". Subsidiary Legislation SupplementNo. S 157of2020 (PDF). Republic of Singapore Government Gazette. Archived (PDF) from the original on 24 June 2020. Retrieved 24 June 2020.
- ↑ Sugam Pokharel; Nectar Gan. "Singapore's ruling party stays in power, but support has waned". CNN.
- ↑ Dhevarajan Devadas (11 July 2020). "The ten seats won by WP in #GE2020 marks the first time we've had that many fully elected opposition MPs since January 1966 when there were 10 Barisan MPs. Barisan merged with WP in 1988, so in a way, history has come full circle. #historynerd". Archived from the original on 11 July 2020. Retrieved 11 July 2020.
- ↑ "Singapore Legislative Assembly General Election 1955". singapore-elections.com. Archived from the original on 29 August 2015. Retrieved 20 August 2015.
- ↑ 12.0 12.1 "Singapore City Council Election 1957". singapore-elections.com. Archived from the original on 10 September 2015. Retrieved 20 August 2015.
- ↑ "Singapore Legislative Assembly By-Election July 1961". singapore-elections.com. Archived from the original on 10 September 2015. Retrieved 20 August 2015.