General election in Singapore 2015
The 2015 general election in Singapore took place on September 11th. This election to the Singaporean parliament became necessary after President Tony Tan dissolved the parliament on the proposal of Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong in August 2015.
The PAP , which has ruled alone since the founding of the state, retained its absolute majority and gained almost ten percentage points of votes, while the only parliamentary opposition party, the WP , was able to hold onto its six seats won in 2011 with minimal losses.
background
In the 2011 election , the ruling PAP had dropped to an all-time low of only 60% of the vote and now only had 80 out of 87 seats in parliament.
In 2015, Prime Minister Lee finally proposed to President Tony Tan that Parliament should be dissolved as the economy continued to deteriorate.
Top candidates
Lee Hsien Loong (PAP)
Low Thia Kiang (WP)
Chiam Lake Toong (SPP)
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Election result
| Political party | be right | Seats |
|---|---|---|
| People's Action Party (PAP) | 1,576,784 | 83 |
| Workers' Party of Singapore (WP) | 281,697 | 6th |
| Singapore Democratic Party (SDP) | 84,770 | 0 |
| National Solidarity Party (NSP) | 79,780 | 0 |
| Reform Party (Reform) | 59,432 | 0 |
| Singaporeans First (SingFirst) | 50,791 | 0 |
| Singapore People's Party (SPP) | 49.015 | 0 |
| Singapore Democratic Alliance (SDA) | 46.508 | 0 |
| People's Power Party (PPP) | 25,460 | 0 |
| Independent | 2,779 | 0 |
| total | 2,257,016 | 89 |
| Invalid votes | 47,315 | |
| Non-voters | 158,595 | |
| Total number of voters | 2,462,926 |
The voter turnout was 93.56%, six percentage points above the 2011 election.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Official results of the 2015 election ( Memento from September 14, 2015 in the Internet Archive )
- ^ Official results of the 2011 election
- ↑ One-party system remains on faz.net
