Back الانتخابات التشريعية السنغافورية 2015 Arabic Parlamentswahlen in Singapur 2015 German Γενικές εκλογές στη Σιγκαπούρη 2015 Greek Elecciones generales de Singapur de 2015 Spanish Élections législatives singapouriennes de 2015 French Elezioni parlamentari a Singapore del 2015 Italian 2015년 싱가포르 총선 Korean Pilihan raya umum Singapura 2015 Malay 2015 சிங்கப்பூர் பொதுத் தேர்தல் Tamil 2015年新加坡大選 Chinese
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All 89 directly elected seats in Parliament (and up to 9 NCMPs) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Registered | 2,462,926 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Turnout | 93.70% ( 0.52pp) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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General elections were held in Singapore on Friday, 11 September 2015 to elect 89 members of Parliament. The outgoing Parliament had been dissolved and the general election called by President Tony Tan on 25 August, on the advice of Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong.[1] The elections were for the 13th Parliament since independence in 1965, using the first-past-the-post electoral system.
The elections were the first since independence in which all seats were contested.[2] Most of the seats were contested between two parties, with the only three-cornered fights occurring in three Single Member Constituencies.[3] The elections were also the first after the March 2015 death of Lee Kuan Yew (the nation's first prime minister and an MP until his death) and Singapore's 50th anniversary celebration on 9 August that year.[4][5]
Of the 89 seats, the People's Action Party (PAP) contested all and won 83, with the other six won by the Workers' Party (WP); the WP successfully retained their wards of Aljunied GRC and Hougang SMC, with Punggol East SMC being the only seat to change hands, as it was recaptured by PAP.[1] Voter turnout was 94%. PAP won its best results since 2001 with 70% of the popular vote, an increase of 10 percentage points from the previous elections in 2011. WP received 40% of the vote in the 28 seats it contested, a drop of 7pp.[6] In the overall popular vote, WP scored 12.48% and the remaining seven parties less than 4% each.[3] Three candidates failed to secure at least 12.5% of votes in their area and thus lost their electoral deposit.[7]
- ^ a b Lee, U-Wen (12 September 2015). "PAP racks up landslide win, takes 83 out of 89 seats". Business Times. Archived from the original on 13 September 2015. Retrieved 13 September 2015.
- ^ Lee, Min Kok (12 September 2015). "GE2015: Voter turnout at 93.56 per cent, improves slightly from 2011 record low". The Straits Times. Archived from the original on 13 September 2015. Retrieved 12 September 2015.
- ^ a b "Singapore General Election 2015 Detailed Results". Today. Archived from the original on 12 September 2015. Retrieved 12 September 2015.
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- ^ Aw, Cheng Wei; Chua, Siang Yee; Chang, Rachel (12 September 2015). "'We did Mr Lee Kuan Yew proud' PAP's big wins". The Straits Times. Archived from the original on 13 September 2015. Retrieved 12 September 2015.
- ^ Heng, Janice (12 September 2015). "For PAP, the numbers hark back to 2001 polls showing". The Straits Times. Archived from the original on 12 September 2015. Retrieved 12 September 2015.
- ^ "The biggest losers of GE2015". 12 September 2015. Retrieved 13 September 2015.
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