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52-1223: The GRC was formed in the 2011 general election , and absorbed most parts of the Jalan Besar GRC and the Moulmein ward of Tanjong Pagar GRC . The GRC was dissolved in 2015 General Election, as it was reverted back to pre-2011 constituencies. Only the Jalan Besar constituency was dissolved and merged into Kampong Glam and Kreta Ayer-Kim Seng (Upper Boon Keng Road/Lorong 1 Geylang/Lorong 3 Geylang). Moulmein–Kallang GRC were co-led by Minister of Communications and Information and Minister-in-charge of Muslim Affairs Yaacob Ibrahim , and Minister of Transport Lui Tuck Yew . These two abovementioned cabinet ministers were retired from politics by 2020 , but only Mayor for Central Singapore CDC Denise Phua and Minister of Culture, Community and Youth and Second Minister of Law Edwin Tong do remain at Kampong Glam in Jalan Besar GRC and Joo Chiat in Marine Parade GRC respectively. The ward saw

104-411: A Group Representation Constituency ; the latter however would later become a Bukit Batok Single Member Constituency on the next election in 2015 . Eric Low , another PAP candidate that first entered politics in the 2001 election but lost twice to WP, did not seek re-election, making him the second PAP candidate to participate but did not enter parliament (the first being Pang Kim Hin ). Soon after

156-524: A "heavy loss to my Cabinet and my team of MPs", but said that the party would "accept and respect the voters' decision". The country's Senior Minister, Goh Chok Tong , also admitted that "there is a sea change in the political landscape" after his team won Marine Parade Group Representation Constituency with just 56.6 percent of the vote. The Workers Party's secretary-general Low Thia Khiang said his team's win in Aljunied meant that voters had "accepted

208-415: A contest in the 2011 general election between the incumbent People's Action Party and from Workers' Party of Singapore . The National Solidarity Party had expressed interest in contesting the constituency, but dropped out to avoid a three-cornered fight. The PAP emerged victor with 44,828 votes or 58.56% of the total ballots for the electoral division. Incidentally, this was the highest vote percentage for

260-510: A first-come-first-served basis. Rallies were allowed to be conducted from 28 April to 5 May, from 7am to 10pm. The 41st site is for lunch time rallies at Boat Quay near to the UOB Plaza . National Solidarity Party People's Action Party Reform Party Singapore Democratic Alliance Singapore Democratic Party Singapore People's Party Workers’ Party During the 2011 elections campaigning, Vivian Balakrishnan said

312-419: A maximum of nine (inclusive of the number of elected opposition members of Parliament), and the number of Nominated Members of Parliament (NMPs) permanent also to nine. A one-day "cooling-off" day was implemented, during which campaigning was forbidden, with only party political broadcasts allowed. Internet campaigning was also formally legalised as a legitimate means of political campaigning. On 26 April 2010,

364-613: A one-seat majority. On 3 July 1962, while the integration referendum debate was in procession, the PAP lost its majority following the resignation of legislator Ho Puay Choo (who later joined BS on 11 August). Five days later, UPP legislator S. V. Lingam returned to PAP fold, giving it back its one-seat majority. However, the PAP lost its majority again five days later after health minister Ahmad Ibrahim died from liver cancer. BS initially planned to field its iconic leader, Lim Chin Siong , in

416-478: A record of becoming the youngest MP-elect, which was previously held by 29-year old Ho Kah Leong back in 1966 . Her record would later be surpassed by 26-year old MP-elect Raeesah Khan in the 2020 elections . Excluding electorates from Tanjong Pagar GRC , voter turnout for the election was 93.18%, with 2,060,373 votes cast. Popular vote Seats Interpretive maps The People's Action Party 's secretary-general, Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong , described

468-551: A situation where there would be "no elected opposition MPs". This was despite the elections having the highest proportion of contested seats since independence, with 82 of 87 seats contested. 2011 was the year that saw the highest proportion of seats contested since post-independence; with the second being in 1972 when 57 of 65 seats were contested, It marked the first electoral contests in Bishan–Toa Payoh (since 1991) and Holland–Bukit Timah , and also marked Tanjong Pagar as

520-509: A story next day, with the headline: Is Singapore ready for a GAY MP?" Kenneth Jeyaretnam of the Reform Party called Balakrishnan's campaign a "low attack." Balakrishnan received widespread controversy and criticism online for his remark,. On 28 April, he told the press: "there is "no need" to further discuss [the] video". He said that his question was a "legitimate". Nicole Seah , a team member contesting Marine Parade GRC under

572-494: A total of 84 seats being contested in the general election of 2006 . The new electoral map for 2011 was announced on 24 February 2011. Representation constituencies The changes made in the electoral divisions are as follows: A total of 78 candidates were brand-new to this election. Notable candidates out of the 24 introduced from the People's Action Party that were part of the "fourth-generation" (4G) cabinet which include

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624-622: Is composed of the Pertubuhan Kebangsaan Melayu Singapura (Singapore Malay National Organization) (PKMS) and the Singapore Justice Party (SJP). The Reform Party is the newest party and was created on 18 June 2008 and was then led by former Member of Parliament J.B. Jeyaretnam . He could have stood for election after he was discharged from bankruptcy and reinstated to the bar, however, Jeyaretnam died of heart failure on 30 September 2008 at

676-597: 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. Nomination day was held on 27 April 2011, and for the second election in a row, the PAP did not return to government on nomination day, but it did return to government on polling day. This election also marked

728-545: The Alliance , the Singapore branch of the Malaysian federal ruling coalition – 42 candidates all vied to form the next government. This also marked the last time that any other party than the PAP would field candidates in more than half the total parliamentary seats. With two breakaway factions of the PAP fielding nearly full slate of candidates, this was the most hard fought election in Singapore's history and particularly for

780-630: The Legislative Assembly . The elections were the only ones to date with no boundary changes to any existing constituencies prior to the elections. The result was a victory for the People's Action Party (PAP), which won 37 of the 51 seats, while the majority of the remaining seats were won by Barisan Sosialis (BS). The ruling party of Malaysia, the United Malays National Organisation (UMNO), contested

832-624: The Mountbatten SMC with a majority of 3,529. At 1.31 am on 8 May 2011, the PAP team for Ang Mo Kio GRC was declared to have won the division, putting the PAP's seat tally at 44 seats, and thus formed the government. The final result to be declared was for the Potong Pasir SMC at 2.51am on 8 May, where the PAP gained the seat from the SPP on a razor-thin margin of 114 votes. While People's Action Party retain government control for

884-538: The Singapore People's Party and the other two seats to Yee Jenn Jong and Gerald Giam from the Worker's Party . These offers were all accepted, resulting in a total of nine opposition MPs after the election. This election marked several firsts: the total electorate exceeded 2 million, and with 94% of the seats contested, this was the "most active" election in Singapore's history between 1968 and 2011. As

936-692: The Singapore People's Party led by Chiam See Tong which left the Singapore Democratic Alliance (SDA) in 2011, the Singapore Democratic Party (SDP) led by Chee Soon Juan , the National Solidarity Party (NSP) led by Goh Meng Seng which left the SDA in 2007, the Reform Party (Singapore) led by Kenneth Jeyaretnam , and the Singapore Democratic Alliance (SDA) led by Desmond Lim, which

988-779: The Workers' Party succeeding leader in 2018, as well as Lina Loh (wife of then- Potong Pasir SMC MP Chiam See Tong ), Kenneth Andrew Jeyaretnam (son of the late J. B. Jeyaretnam ), Nicole Seah , Tan Jee Say , Hazel Poa (who also joined by her spouse Tony Tan Lay Thiam ) and Benjamin Pwee Yek Guan . 20 existing PAP members from the 11th Parliament will not see re-election, among which 18 announced their retirement, ten of which being office holders, and two members, Balaji Sadasivan (Ang Mo Kio GRC) and Ong Chit Chung (Jurong GRC), died during their term in office but neither by-elections were called since their wards were part of

1040-512: The by-election defeats , and two defected to the new United People's Party (UPP)). A further 13 legislators were expelled from PAP for voting against the government in a no-confidence motion on 20 July 1961; the dissidents subsequently formed a new party, the Barisan Sosialis (BS), alleging PAP as a communist front. The combination of by-election defeats, defections and expulsions reduced the PAP by 17 seats down to 26, leaving PAP with

1092-479: The presidential election occurred three months after the election, 2011 also marked its first year in Singapore since the amendment of the constitution of elected presidency in 1991 where both national elections were held in the same calendar year. The 2011 general elections were the sixteenth general elections in Singapore and eleventh since independence. The governing People's Action Party (PAP) sought to secure their 13th consecutive term in office since 1959. This

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1144-535: The 13th consecutive election, PAP saw its vote majorities reduced by about 7% island-wide for a second election in a row, down to its lowest national vote share to 60.17%, surpassing 1991 's share of 61.0%. PAP won all but two constituencies with 81 out of 87 seats; the WP won the remaining six after successfully retain Hougang SMC and for the first time since GRCs were introduced in 1988 , WP also won Aljunied GRC ,

1196-513: The NSP team, filed a complaint to the Elections Department on 6 May stating PAP-team member Tin Pei Ling had violated the state-mandated cooling-off period 24 hours before polls by posting a Facebook comment "in response to a video [in the state press] that showed Seah crying after being told about a MacPherson female resident who could not get a refund of her son's $ 80 tuition fees". The NSP team

1248-476: The PAP government passed a constitutional amendment stipulating that legislators who resign or are expelled from the parties they were elected under would lose their seats. As a result, by-elections were subsequently held in Hong Lim in 1965, seven constituencies in 1966 and five constituencies in 1967. Those victories resulted PAP in achieving a parliament monopoly that would last for the next 15 years until

1300-545: The PAP had been distributing election material to residents in Tampines GRC in violation of cooling-off regulations. After polls closed at 8pm, vote counting began. Results were announced by Yam Ah Mee , chief executive director of the People's Association , who acted as the Returning Officer for the election. The first result was declared at 11.58pm on 7 May 2011, where PAP candidate Lim Biow Chuan won

1352-547: The PAP in a Workers' Party-contested constituency. In GE 2015 , the Moulmein division was revised into four parts : 2011 Singaporean general election Lee Hsien Loong PAP Lee Hsien Loong PAP [REDACTED] General elections were held in Singapore on 7 May 2011. President S. R. Nathan dissolved parliament on 19 April 2011 on the advice of Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong . Voting

1404-608: The SDP was "suppressing a certain YouTube video, which raises some very awkward questions about the agenda and motivations of the SDP and its candidates". He issued the following statement: Vincent Wijeysingha rejected his comments stating, "We've been a very open party and we're very clear." This incident was cited in an article published in The Economist criticising the ruling party's election strategy The New Paper released

1456-557: The WP as a rational, responsible and respected party". In his victory speech, Low declared his win as a "political landmark in modern Singapore". He added that it meant the electorate wanted to tell the PAP to be "a more responsive, inclusive, transparent and accountable government”. 1963 Singaporean general election Lee Kuan Yew PAP Lee Kuan Yew PAP [REDACTED] General elections were held in Singapore on 21 September 1963, five days after Singapore became part of Malaysia . Voters elected all 51 members of

1508-411: The age of 82. His eldest son, Kenneth Jeyaretnam has since taken up leadership of the party and is now its secretary-general. The Electoral Boundaries Review Committee normally publishes an updated list of electoral divisions just before elections are called. Prior to the latest amendments, there were fourteen GRCs, each with five or six seats, and nine Single Member Constituencies (SMC). There were

1560-585: The amendments to the Constitution were passed by a vote of 74–1 after a three-hour debate on the bill. The governing People's Action Party (PAP) has been in power since Singapore's independence in 1965, and is currently led by the Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong . Besides the ruling PAP, the other major political parties that may contest the upcoming elections are the Workers' Party of Singapore (WP) led by Low Thia Khiang ,

1612-426: The announcement of the new electoral boundaries, various opposition parties indicated their intent to contest, subject to negotiations between political parties to avoid three-cornered fights. The parties declaring an interest to contest each constituency and their nomination status is reflected below. In the first pre-election forum of this nature in Singapore since the 1988 General Election, Channel NewsAsia invited

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1664-452: The anti-PAP vote. A total of 92 candidates lost their deposits. The Singapore Alliance lost all seven seats it had held before dissolution, losing even in core support areas such as Malay constituencies Kampong Kembangan , Geylang Serai and Southern Islands . Nine incumbent members failed to be re-elected, among which the defeats of Kenneth Michael Byrne and Tan Kia Gan (in the seats of Crawford and Paya Lebar , respectively) marked

1716-583: The elections as part of the Singapore Alliance Party (SAP) in an attempt to oust the PAP, violating a previous agreement not to do so and straining relations between the two parties . The Alliance lost all seven seats which it held prior to the elections. Their participation in the elections prompted the PAP to contest seats in Peninsula Malaysia in the next federal election held in 1964 , further adding to more tension between

1768-453: The elections, citing a defamation campaign by the PAP. The PAP won a landslide victory, securing a two-thirds majority, an outcome that had been in doubt or unexpected in the lead-up to the vote. However, the party's vote share was its lowest-ever at just under 47%. Despite the BS and UPP winning a combined 14 seats, both parties failed to win most of the seats they contested, due to the split of

1820-467: The eventual fourth Prime Minister of Singapore Lawrence Wong , a future Deputy Prime Minister of Singapore Heng Swee Keat , an ex- SAF Chief and ministers Chan Chun Sing , Tan Chuan-Jin , as well as Desmond Lee and Ong Ye Kung , the sons of former MPs Lee Yock Suan and Ong Lian Ten respectively. There were 54 debuting candidates from six opposition party, which include Pritam Singh who made another inroad into Parliament and went on to become

1872-535: The final night of campaigning, PAP officials warned that should BS win the election and defeat PAP, the Malaysia Federal government could send troops into Singapore to invoke emergency powers in place of the incoming government led by the new pro-communist party, leaving no opportunity for BS to respond. This was said to have accounted for the eventual victory of the PAP the following day. The sole Workers' Party (WP) legislator David Marshall resigned from

1924-699: The first and the only three-cornered fight since 2001 in Punggol East SMC . The elections were described as a "watershed" by various parties. The ruling PAP reminded voters that the election will determine "Singapore's next generation of leaders". The Workers' Party called it a "watershed election" both for Singapore and the opposition, as it marked the first time in two decades that the only two incumbent opposition MPs moved out of their respective strongholds and contested in Group Representation Constituencies (GRCs), risking

1976-709: The first elected opposition MP in 1981 . The changes during the 1963–1968 parliamentary term remain the biggest turnover of MPs in post-independence Singapore. The distribution of 15 Singapore seats in Malaysia's lower house of Parliament ( Dewan Rakyat ) was based on the outcome of the election. PAP was allocated 12, which were given to Prime Minister Lee, Deputy Prime Minister Toh Chin Chye , ministers Goh Keng Swee , Ong Pang Boon , S. Rajaratnam , Yong Nyuk Lin , Jek Yeun Thong , Lim Kim San , Othman Wok and assembly members Abdul Rahim Ishak , Wee Toon Boon and Ho See Beng. BS

2028-561: The first instance where any opposition party won a GRC. Its victory also lead to the defeat of cabinet minister George Yeo and Lim Hwee Hua , who became the first and second cabinet ministers to lose re-election since independence, with the last time being 1963 (minister Kenneth Michael Byrne lost his seat of Crawford). The election also saw several records, with the elections of first female opposition MP Sylvia Lim and first Malay opposition MP Faisal Manap into Parliament. At 27 years of age, Marine Parade GRC MP Tin Pei Ling set

2080-405: The first time a higher-ranked PAP cabinet minister had been defeated in their constituencies. This would not happen again until the 2011 elections , 48 years and 11 elections later, where cabinet ministers Lim Hwee Hua and George Yeo were defeated in his constituency of Aljunied . Analysis of the election suggested that reasons for the PAP victory included: To discourage future defections,

2132-613: The main parties to record an hour-long programme. The programme, in English entitled, “A political forum on Singapore's future” brought together the ruling People's Action Party (PAP) and four opposition parties to discuss long and short-term challenges for the country. The forum included: The Worker's Party utilised social media to circumvent obstacles placed in front of them by Singapore's government-controlled media . The Singapore Police Force announced 41 political rally sites on 27 April which could be booked by political parties on

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2184-442: The midst of Singapore's merger with Malaysia, are remembered as the PAP's hardest-fought as the party faced intensive challenges from three other parties that fielded nearly full slates. BS collated with Parti Rakyat , and fielded candidates in all but two seats, while UPP had an unusually large number of candidates. The PAP government launched Operation Coldstore on 2 February 1963 and detained several BS leaders, including Lim. On

2236-441: The only constituency to remain uncontested since its formation in 1991. This was the last general election to date where there were walkovers in at least one constituency as subsequent elections would see all constituencies being contested for the first time in post-independence since 1963 . The final results saw a 6 percentage point swing against the PAP from the 2006 elections to 60%, its lowest since independence. The results saw

2288-501: The party he founded and became the only independent. Another participant was Singapore Alliance , an extension of the ruling federal Alliance Party in Malaysia, which was a coalition consisting of the Singapore People's Alliance (SPA) along with the local branches of UMNO, the Malayan Chinese Association and Malayan Indian Congress . However, former Chief Minister and leader Lim Yew Hock opted not to run in

2340-493: The residents". A similar complaint was lodged against Seah alleging that material had been published on her Facebook page during Cooling-Off Day. On 10 August, the Singapore Police Force announced that it had concluded its investigations into the two incidents, and that aside from a "stern warning" to Tin's friend, neither action was taken against either Tin or Seah. Separately, the NSP also complained that

2392-591: The results as delivering his party a "clear mandate to form the next government". In his post-election press conference, Lee said the polls had "heightened (voters') political consciousness and awareness", and admitted that "many of them desire to see more opposition voices in Parliament to check the PAP government". He described the PAP's loss of Aljunied GRC, which resulted in George Yeo being voted out of Parliament and losing his position as foreign minister, as

2444-438: The ruling PAP winning 81 elected seats with the Worker's Party (WP) winning the remaining 6. The WP successfully retained their ward of Hougang SMC and captured Aljunied GRC . This marked the first time a GRC was won by an opposition party since the introduction of GRCs. As six Members of Parliament from the opposition were elected, only three Non-Constituency Member of Parliament seats were offered, one to Lina Chiam from

2496-438: The ruling PAP. This was the most recent general election in which the PAP received less than half of the popular vote, at only 47%. It was also the last general election in which an incumbent minister was defeated until 2011 and the last general election in which all seats were contested until 2015 . Although the People's Action Party (PAP) had won 43 seats in the 1959 elections , they lost four seats in 1961 (two were from

2548-591: The two ruling parties. As Singapore would gain independence in 1965, the elections were the only ones held as a state of Malaysia . After independence, the elected members of the Legislative Assembly would then become Members of the inaugural Parliament of Singapore . A total of 210 candidates contested the elections – making it the largest slate of candidates to contest ever in Singapore's history. The ruling PAP – 51 candidates, its breakaway parties BS – 46 candidates and UPP – 46 candidates and

2600-587: The vacated seat, but the Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew opted against a by-election, and instead called a fresh election. On 31 August 1963, Singapore was declared independent from the United Kingdom with PAP declared as trustees until the merger with Malaysia could be complete. On 3 September, Lee dissolved the Legislative Assembly in accordance with procedure, and called for elections to be held on 21 September. The elections, held in

2652-517: Was advised by the Elections Department to lodge a police report before the Elections Department could investigate. The day after the election, Seah told reporters that her party had not received any response after making the complaint, and said no decision had been taken on whether or not to pursue the issue. She added that the NSP knew "it is an uphill battle to get any results out of this. I would rather devote my time and resources to

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2704-624: Was the second election since Lee Hsien Loong became its Secretary-General. On 11 March 2010 the Government tabled three bills in the parliament to amend the Constitution, the Presidential Elections Act and the Parliamentary Elections Act. These amendments reduced the number of Group representation constituencies (GRC), increased the number of Non-Constituency Members of Parliament (NCMPs) to

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