Singapore general elections, 2011

Singapore general election, 2011

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87 seats (82 contested) to the Parliament of Singapore 3 NCMP seats offered to opposition 44 seats needed for a majority
First party Second party Third party   Leader Lee Hsien Loong Low Thia Khiang Chiam See Tong Party PAP WP SPP Leader since 2004 2001 1997 Leader's seat Ang Mo Kio GRC Aljunied GRC Bishan-Toa Payoh GRC (lost) Last election 82 seats, 66.6% 1 elected + 1 NCMP, 16.3% 1 seat, part of SDA Seats after 81 6 elected + 2 NCMP 1 NCMP Seat change 1 5 1 Popular vote 1,212,154 258,510 62,639 Percentage 60.1% 12.8% 3.1% Swing 6.5% 3.5% 9.9% (SDA result)
Results by constituency:   People's Action Party   Workers' Party of Singapore
Prime Minister before election Lee Hsien Loong PAP Elected Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong PAP

Lee Hsien Loong
PAP

Lee Hsien Loong
PAP

Singapore's general election to form its 12th Parliament was held on 7 May 2011. The Parliament of Singapore's maximum term is five years, within which it must be dissolved by the President of Singapore and elections held within three months, as stated in the Constitution of Singapore. 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. On 19 April 2011, President S.R. Nathan dissolved parliament. Nomination day was held on 27 April 2011, and for the second election in a row, the PAP did not officially return to power on nomination day, but it did return to power on the polling day. This election also marked the first and the only three-cornered fight since 2001 in Punggol East SMC before it increased to four-cornered fight two years later.

The election was described as a "watershed election" in various forms 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 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 (or 94.3%). 2011 was the year that saw the highest number of seats contested since post-independence; with the second being in 1972 when 87.7% of seats were contested (or 57 out of 65 seats), It marked the first electoral contests in Bishan-Toa Payoh (since 1991) and Holland-Bukit Timah, and also marked Tanjong Pagar as the only constituency to remain uncontested since its formation in 1991.

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