Singaporean general election, 2015

Singaporean general election, 2015

2011 ← 11 September 2015 (2015-09-11) → Next

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89 seats to the Parliament of Singapore 3 NCMP seats offered to opposition 45 seats needed for a majority Registered 2,462,926 Turnout 2,304,331 (93.56%)   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 Did not contest Last election 81 seats 60.1% 6 elected + 2 NCMPs 12.8% (total) 46.58% (valid) 1 NCMP 3.11% (total) 41.42% (valid) Seats before 80 seats 7 elected + 2 NCMPs 1 NCMP Seats won 83 6 elected + 3 NCMPs 0 Seat change 3 1 1 NCMP 1 NCMP Popular vote 1,576,784 281,697 49,015 Percentage 69.9%(total) / 69.9%(valid) 12.5%(total) / 39.75%(valid) 2.17%(total) / 27.08%(valid) Swing 9.7%(total)/ 9.7%(valid) 0.3%(total)/ 6.83%(valid) 0.94%(total) / 14.34%(valid)

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

3 NCMP seats offered to opposition
45 seats needed for a majority

Lee Hsien Loong
PAP

Lee Hsien Loong
PAP

The 2015 Singaporean general election was held on 11 September to form Singapore's Parliament. 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.

The election was the first since Singapore's independence which saw all seats contested. Most of the seats were contested between two parties, with the only three-cornered fights occurring in three Single Member Constituencies. 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.

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