Parliamentary elections in Singapore 2001
The 2001 general election in Singapore was held on November 3rd. The ruling People's Action Party (PAP) won 82 of the 84 seats in the Singapore parliament .
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The leader of the ruling PAP and Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong initially planned to hold the election in 2002, but moved it forward to November due to the worst economic crisis since Singapore gained independence, triggered by the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks .
For the first time since 1963, an umbrella organization formed from the opposition. The four-party Singapore Democratic Alliance (SDA), consisting of the leading Singapore People's Party (SPP), the National Solidarity Party (NSP), the Pertubuhan Kebangsaan Melayu Singapura (PKMS) and the Singapore Justice Party (SJP), was founded by Chiam Lake Tong headed. The SDA nominated the largest number of candidates in the election, with the NSP providing the bulk of nine candidates, the SPP four and the PKMS a required minority candidate. Former Workers' Party (WP) non-constituency congressman Joshua Benjamin Jeyaretnam, who lost his seat after being declared bankrupt in a legal dispute with PAP leaders, withdrew from his party citing disagreements with the party leadership.
Result
The PAP achieved a landslide victory and its best result since 1980. It was the last time Goh Chok Tong led the party in a general election.
