Singaporean general election, 2015

Singaporean general election, 2015

11 September 2015 (2015-09-11)

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

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The 2015 Singaporean general election was held on 11 September to form Singapore's Parliament.^[1] 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.^[2]

The election was the first since Singapore's independence which saw all seats contested.^[3] Most of the seats were contested between two parties, with the only three-cornered fights occurring in three Single Member Constituencies.^[4] 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.^[5][6]

Out of 89 seats, the People's Action Party (PAP) contested all and won 83, with the other 6 seats won by The Workers' Party of Singapore (WP); the single seat from Punggol East Single Member Constituency was the only seat to change hands, recaptured by PAP.^[1] Voter turnout was 93.56%, discounting overseas votes.^[3] PAP won its best results since 2001 with 69.86% of the popular vote, an increase of 9.72% from the previous election in 2011. WP scored 39.75% of votes in the 28 seats it contested, a drop of 6.83%.^[7] In the overall popular vote, WP scored 12.48% and the remaining seven parties less than 4% each.^[4] Three candidates failed to secure 12.5% of votes in their area and thus lost their electoral deposit.^[8]

Background

The maximum term of a Singaporean parliament is five years, within which it must be dissolved by the President and elections held within three months, as stated in the Constitution.^[9] 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.

The General Election was the 17th General Election in Singapore and is the 12th since independence in 1965. The election coincides with the 50th anniversary of the Republic of Singapore's founding.

The governing People's Action Party (PAP) have secured their 14th consecutive term in office since 1959. This will be the PAP's third election with Lee Hsien Loong as its Secretary-General, and the country's first election after the passing of its founding Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew. It is also the country's first election where there are no walkovers in any of the constituencies, as voting will take place in Tanjong Pagar GRC for the first time.

Political parties

The governing People's Action Party (PAP) has been in power since 1959 and is currently led by the Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong. The leading Opposition party is The Worker's Party, led by Low Thia Khiang, with 7 elected seats and 2 NCMP seats. The Singapore People's Party led by Chiam See Tong has 1 NCMP seat. A total of eight Opposition parties challenged the ruling party in this election.

Party	Abbreviation	Leader	Year formed	Seats before GE2015	Parliamentary presence
People's Action Party	PAP	Lee Hsien Loong	1954	79	Legislative Assembly: 1955-1965[10] City Council Elections: 1957-1965[11] Singapore Parliament: 1965–Present
Workers' Party	WP	Low Thia Khiang	1957	7 + 2 NCMPs	Legislative Assembly: 1961-1963[12] City Council Elections: 1957-1959[11] Singapore Parliament: 1981–1986; 1991–Present
Singapore People's Party	SPP	Chiam See Tong	1994	1 NCMP	Singapore Parliament: 1997–2015
Singapore Democratic Party	SDP	Chee Soon Juan	1980	0	Singapore Parliament: 1984–1997
National Solidarity Party	NSP	Lim Tean	1987	0	Singapore Parliament: 2001–2006
Singapore Democratic Alliance	SDA	Desmond Lim Bak Chuan	2001	0	Singapore Parliament: 2001–2011
Reform Party	RP Reform	Kenneth Jeyaretnam	2008	0	—
Singaporeans First	SF SingFirst	Tan Jee Say	2014	0	—
People's Power Party	PPP	Goh Meng Seng	2015	0	—

Electoral divisions

The Electoral Boundaries Review Committee is convened before every general election to review electoral boundaries in view of population growth and shifts. The Committee is appointed by the Prime Minister. Its published list signifies the start of an election cycle.

The new electoral divisions were announced on 24 July 2015.^[13]

Singapore's largest newspaper, The Straits Times, created an interactive map of the boundary changes. Click here to explore the interactive.^[14]

Singapore electoral boundaries, released in July 2015

There were no changes made to the three electoral divisions held by the Workers' Party, namely, Aljunied GRC, Hougang SMC and Punggol East SMC. Two electoral divisions held by the PAP, namely Potong Pasir SMC, which was held by the Opposition until 2011, as well as Tampines GRC, were also left untouched.

Timeline

Pre-nomination day events

Date	Event
13 Jul	Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong announces in Parliament that he had convened the Electoral Boundaries Review Committee two months prior. He had instructed the Committee to create smaller Group Representation Constituencies, and to have at least 12 Single Member Constituencies.[15]
24 Jul	The Electoral Boundaries Review Committee publishes report on new electoral boundaries [16]
	MP for Ang Mo Kio GRC Inderjit Singh is first incumbent to announce retirement. His Facebook announcement prompts PAP Organising Secretary Ng Eng Hen to comment that he would prefer MPs to announce their retirement in a more dignified manner.
26 Jul	Workers’ Party announces plan to contest 28 seats, an increase of 5 from GE 2011, and slightly under a third of the 89 parliamentary seats.[17]
27 Jul	Elections Department announces that revised registers of electors are open for public inspection.[18]
31 Jul	Chief of Defence Force Ng Chee Meng announces retirement from the military with effect from 18 Aug, making him the highest ranked and first three-star general to enter politics [19] He would later tell the media – just before his Change of Command Parade on 18 August – that he stepped into the political arena because he was "indebted to Singapore." [20]
2 Aug	National Solidarity Party announces its intention to field Nicole Seah as a candidate, but the latter confirms with the media on the same day that she would not rejoin the party, nor stand in GE 2015.[21]
3 Aug	Opposition parties hold first horse-trading talks at National Solidarity Party headquarters ahead of GE.[22] The host party had responded to a request by Reform Party to shift the meeting from its intended date of 31 Jul.
4 Aug	Chee Hong Tat, Second Permanent Secretary (Trade & Industry), announces resignation.[23]
5 Aug	MP for Marine Parade GRC, Tin Pei Ling gives birth to first child. Goh Chok Tong pays a hospital visit and announces that Tin will stand for election in MacPherson SMC.[24]
	MP for Aljunied GRC, Low Thia Khiang announces that he will defend his seat, quashing rumours that he might lead a team to contest other GRCs. He, however, declined to reveal the full line-up for Aljunied.
6 Aug	Opposition parties hold second horse-trading talks ahead of GE. Workers' Party is absent. Sylvia Lim, Workers' Party chairman, explains to the media that it was not productive for the party to attend further talks.[25] Reform Party chief Kenneth Jeyaretnam walks out of the meeting within 15 minutes.[26]
	Tan Lam Siong announces intent to stand in Potong Pasir, creating the first possible three-way fight this GE, and making him the first possible Independent to stand since 2001.[27]
7 Aug	MPs: Mah Bow Tan, former Cabinet Minister and MP for Tampines GRC, Hawazi Daipi, Senior Parliamentary Secretary for Education and Manpower and MP for Sembawang GRC, and Irene Ng, MP for Tampines GRC announce retirement.
8 Aug	Deputy Prime Minister Tharman Shanmugaratnam, announce PAP changes in the west. Speaker of Parliament Halimah Yacob would leave Jurong GRC and join the new Marsiling-Yew Tee GRC. Three-term MP for West Coast GRC, Arthur Fong would step down.[28]
11 Aug	MP for Moulmein-Kallang GRC and Minister for Transport Lui Tuck Yew announces retirement from politics, making him the first cabinet minister to step down before GE 2015.[29] He would later comment that it seemed like "obituaries and eulogies without the flowers", while referring to the outpour of support after his announcement.[30]
12 Aug	Organising Secretary Ng Eng Hen announces that the ruling party will formally unveil its entire slate of candidates before the National Day Rally held on 23 Aug First of 29 electoral divisions to be unveiled is Bishan-Toa Payoh GRC, where he is anchor minister. Wong Kan Seng, Hri Kumar Nair and Zainudin Nordin are replaced by Chee Hong Tat, 41, Chong Kee Hiong, 49 and Saktiandi Supaat, 41. Incumbent Josephine Teo, 47, remains. Departing from its traditional practice of introducing candidates at its party headquarters, the PAP chose a coffee shop to hold the media conference.[31]
	Low Thia Khiang announces that Workers' Party would unveil its own slate of candidates before Nomination Day, but would not indicate where the candidates would be standing.[32]
13 Aug	Melvin Yong, Director- Public Affairs Department, Singapore Police Force announces resignation. Straits Times reports that he may stand for election as a PAP candidate in Tanjong Pagar GRC.[33]
14 Aug	People’s Action Party unveils candidates for Sembawang GRC, led by Khaw Boon Wan, Minister for National Development and PAP Chairman. The new faces are Amrin Amin, 36, lawyer and Ong Ye Kung, 45, director at Keppel Corporation. The other two candidates are Vikram Nair and Lim Wee Kiak. Hawazi Daipi, Senior Parliamentary Secretary for Education and Manpower, and Ellen Lee, a two-term MP will step down.
	The Singapore Police Force announces that election rallies and seventh month festival getai shows must be kept separate, following news that at least two political parties had intended to engage getai singers to perform at election rallies.[34]
15 Aug	People’s Action Party unveils candidates for three electoral divisions: Ang Mo Kio GRC continues to be helmed by Prime Minister and Secretary General Lee Hsien Loong, who is joined by two new faces, Darryl David, 44 and Koh Poh Koon, 43. Gan Thiam Poh, 51, joins from Pasir Ris-Punggol GRC. Ang Hin Kee, 49, and Intan Azura Mokhtar, 39 remain. Inderjit Singh and Seng Han Thong step down, while Yeo Guat Kwang will be fielded elsewhere.[35] Sengkang West SMC: Incumbent Lam Pin Min, 45, to defend seat.[36] Hougang SMC, a ward held by Workers' Party since 1991, will be contested by Lee Hong Chuang, 44.[37]
	Former cabinet minister Raymond Lim announces retirement. Fengshan SMC, formerly part of East Coast GRC has been carved out to be a Single Member Constituency for GE2015.[38]
16 Aug	People’s Action Party unveils candidates for four electoral divisions: West Coast GRC: Minister for Trade and Industry Lim Hng Kiang, 61, Minister in the Prime Minister's Office S. Iswaran, 53, Foo Mee Har, 49, will be joined by Patrick Tay, 46, from Nee Soon GRC. Arthur Fong steps down, while Lawrence Wong leaves to anchor Marsiling-Yew Tee GRC.[39] Chua Chu Kang GRC: Minister for Health Gan Kim Yong, 56, Zaqy Mohamad, 41, Low Yen Ling, 41, and newcomer Yee Chia Hsing, 44. Alvin Yeo steps down, while Alex Yam's ward is drafted into Marsiling-Yew Tee GRC.[40] Jalan Besar GRC: Minister for Communications and Information Yaacob Ibrahim, 59, Heng Chee How, 54, Denise Phua, 55 and Lily Neo, 61.[41] Pioneer SMC: Cedric Foo, 55, to defend seat.[42]
	Workers’ Party announces that all its elected MPs from the last General Elections and two by-elections will be defending their respective wards:[43] Aljunied GRC: Low Thia Khiang, 58, Sylvia Lim, 50, Chen Show Mao, 54, Pritam Singh, 39, and Muhamad Faisal, 40. Hougang SMC: Png Eng Huat, 53 Punggol East SMC: Lee Li Lian, 37
17 Aug	People's Action Party announces that incumbent Sitoh Yih Pin, 51, will be defending his seat in Potong Pasir SMC.[44]
18 Aug	National University of Singapore hosts a political dialogue, where population issues – including influx of foreign workers – took centrestage. Other issues include the Aljunied-Hougang-Punggol East Town Council saga and transportation. Party representatives included: Benjamin Pwee, Gerald Giam, Goh Meng Seng, Harminder Singh, Jeannette Chong-Aruldoss, Kenneth Jeyaretnam, Paul Tambyah, Steve Chia, Sim Ann and Tan Jee Say.[45][46]
	People's Action Party becomes first political party in Singapore's history to launch a mobile app.[47][48]
19 Aug	People's Action Party unveils its slate for two more electoral divisions. Tanjong Pagar GRC: Minister, PMO and Union Chief, Chan Chun Sing, 45, Senior Minister of State, Law and Education, Indranee Rajah, 52, Chia Shi-Lu, 43, and two new candidates, Joan Pereira, 47, and Melvin Yong, 43, who replace the late Lee Kuan Yew and Lily Neo, whose ward is now under Jalan Besar.[49] Radin Mas SMC: Incumbent, Minister of State, PMO, Sam Tan Chin Siong, 56 to defend seat.[50]
	National Solidarity Party announces that it will contest MacPherson SMC, creating possibly the second three-cornered fight this GE.[51] Acting Sec-Gen Hazel Poa quits within hours of the announcement, declaring that she strongly disagreed with Steve Chia's decision to contest ward.[52]
20 Aug	People's Action Party unveils its slate for two more electoral divisions. Jurong GRC: Tharman Shanmugaratnam, 58, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Finance, Desmond Lee, 39, Minister of State, National Development, Ang Wei Neng, 48, and two new candidates, Tan Wu Meng, 40, and Rahayu Mazam, 35, who replace Halimah Yacob, who has been transferred to Marsiling Yew-Tee GRC, and David Ong, whose ward has been carved out as Bukit Batok SMC.[53] Bukit Batok SMC: Incumbent David Ong, 54, to defend seat.[54]
	The Elections Department announces several changes:[55] Maximum spending limit raised from S$3.50 to S$4.00 per voter; Ballot Paper to include candidates’ photos
21 Aug	People's Action Party confirms its candidates for the following electoral divisions: Mountbatten SMC: Incumbent Lim Biow Chuan, 52, to defend seat.[56] Hong Kah North SMC: Incumbent, Senior Minister of State for Health and Manpower Amy Khor, 57, to defend seat.[57] Marsiling-Yew Tee GRC: Minister for Culture, Community and Youth Lawrence Wong, 42, Speaker of Parliament Halimah Yacob, 60, Ong Teng Koon, 38 and Alex Yam, 34.[58] MacPherson SMC: Incumbent Tin Pei Ling, 31, to defend seat.[59]
	Singapore Democratic Alliance is the first party to publish its manifesto, hoping to "build a Singapore for Singaporeans".[60][61] Issues highlighted include: The Population White Paper, Central Provident Fund (CPF) and retirement, as well as, housing, healthcare costs, public transport, employment and education.
22 Aug	People's Action Party confirms its candidates for the following electoral divisions: Bukit Panjang SMC: Incumbent Teo Ho Pin, 55, to defend seat.[62] Yuhua SMC: Incumbent Minister in Prime Minister's Office Grace Fu, 51, to defend seat.[63] Pasir Ris-Punggol GRC: Deputy Prime Minister Teo Chee Hean, 60, Minister of State for Trade and Industry Teo Ser Luck, 47, Zainal Sapari, 49, Janil Puthucheary, 42, and two new candidates, Ng Chee Meng, 47, and Sun Xueling, 36, who replace Penny Low, who steps down and Gan Thiam Poh, whose ward is now under Ang Mo Kio.[64] Tampines GRC: Minister for Education Heng Swee Keat, 54, Minister in the Prime Minister's Office Masagos Zulfiki, 52, Baey Yam Keng, 44, and two new candidates, Cheng Li Hui, 39 and Desmond Choo, 37, who replace retiring incumbents Mah Bow Tan and Irene Ng[65] Holland-Bukit Timah GRC: Incumbent team remains intact – Minister for Environment and Water Resources Vivian Balakrishnan, 54, Minister of State, Education & Communications and Information Sim Ann, 40, Christopher de Souza, 39, Liang Eng Hwa, 51 to defend seats.[66]
	Singapore People's Party announces that Ravi Philemon will contest Hong Kah North SMC.[67]
	Singapore Democratic Party opens its new office at Ang Mo Kio Street 62 and announces that it is “good and ready to go” for the election.[68]
23 Aug	National Solidarity Party's Steve Chia announces that he would not be contesting in the coming election, citing online abuse.[69]
	Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong holds his annual National Day Rally and says, "Soon, I will be calling elections, to ask for your mandate to take Singapore into our next phase."[70]
24 Aug	National Solidarity Party Central Executive Council member Mohamed Fazli Talip leaves the party, making it the second resignation within a week.[71]
25 Aug	3PM: President Tony Tan, on the advice of the Prime Minister, dissolves Parliament.[72]
	4PM: President Tony Tan issues writ of election. Nomination Day is 1 Sep; Polling Day is 11 Sep.[73]
	Ng Wai Choong, Chief Executive of the Energy Market Authority, is appointed Returning Officer.[74]
	Singapore Democratic Party introduces its first two candidates – Chong Wai Fung, 45, and Khung Wai Yeen, 34. The event is streamed live via YouTube.[75]
	Elections Department publishes a 67-page Parliamentary Election Candidates 2015 handbook, advising candidates against "negative campaigning practices". Candidates or polling agents can observe the process to transport sealed ballot boxes from the polling stations to counting centres. In addition, drones are not allowed at rallies.[76][77]
26 Aug	People's Action Party confirms its candidates for the following electoral divisions: Marine Parade GRC: Incumbents Minister for Social and Family Development Tan Chuan-Jin, 46, Emeritus Senior Minister Goh Chok Tong, 74, Fatimah Lateef, 49 and Seah Kian Peng, 53 are joined by Edwin Tong, 46, previously from Moulmein-Kallang GRC Tin Pei Ling's MacPherson ward has been carved out as a SMC.[78] Nee Soon GRC: Incumbents Minister for Foreign Affairs and Minister for Law K Shanmugam, 56, Lee Bee Wah, 54 and Faishal Ibrahim, 47 are joined by Louis Ng, 37 and Henry Kwek, 39. Patrick Tay and Lim Wee Kiak move to West Coast and Sembawang respectively.[79]
	Workers' Party unveils its campaign theme, Empower your future. Secretary General Low Thia Khiang was quoted as saying, " What we need to succeed in future may not be the same as what we depended on in the past." The leading Opposition party also introduced its new candidates, without indicating where they would stand: Daniel Goh Pei Siong, 42, Redzwan Hafidz Abdul Razak, 30, and Dylan Ng Foo Eng, 40. Koh Choong Yong, 42, contested in Sengkang West in 2011.[80][81]
	Singapore Democratic Party introduces two candidates: Jaslyn Go and Paul Tambyah.[82]
	Following Steve Chia's withdrawal from GE2015, Reform Party indicates intent to contest Pioneer SMC if the NSP decides to pull out from that ward.[83]
	Opposition parties Singaporeans First, Singapore Democratic Alliance, Reform Party, Democratic Progressive Party, People's Power Party launch the Vote for Change campaign, as a sign of unity among alternative parties and urge supporters to purchase a badge with the VFC acronym. Organisers tell the media that Workers’ Party and Singapore People's Party ignored the invite.[84]
27 Aug	People's Action Party confirms its candidates for the following electoral divisions: Fengshan SMC: New candidate Cheryl Chan, 38, to contest this SMC carved out from East Coast GRC, replacing former Minister Raymond Lim.[85] East Coast GRC: Minister for Manpower Lim Swee Say, 61, Senior Minister of State for Trade and Industry and National Development Lee Yi Shyan, 53, Minister of State for National Development and Defence, Mohamad Maliki Osman, 50, and Jessica Tan, 49.[86] Punggol East SMC: Charles Chong, 62, previously from Joo Chiat SMC to face Workers' Party incumbent Lee Li Lian[87] 84 candidates have been unveiled by the ruling party at this point, with the exception of opposition held Aljunied GRC.
	Reform Party unveils its first group of candidates. West Coast GRC: Secretary General Kenneth Jeyaretnam, Chairman Andy Zhu, Darren Soh and Noraini Yunus. Radin Mas SMC: Kumar Appavoo [88]
	Singapore Democratic Party introduces its 5th and 6th (of 11) candidates: John Tan and Sidek Mallek.[89]
	Workers' Party introduces 4 candidates: Terence Tan, 44, Firuz Khan, 48, Luke Koh, 41, and Cheryl Denise Loh, 31.[90]
28 Aug	Daniel Goh 'categorically refute baseless allegations' of an extra-marital affair in a letter addressed to the party and the media. He later lodged a police report.[91][92]
	People's Action Party unveils its final five of 89 candidates. The team to stand in opposition held Aljunied GRC consists of Yeo Guat Kwang, 54, Chua Eng Leong, 44, Victor Lye, 52, K Muralidharan Pillai, 47, and Shamsul Kamar, 43.[93]
	Reform Party introduces its candidates for Ang Mo Kio GRC: M Ravi, Roy Ngerng, Gilbert Goh, Osman Sulaiman, Jesse Loo and Siva Chandran.[94]
	Workers' Party introduces its third batch of candidates: Ron Tan, 30, He Ting Ru, 32, and Adrian Sim, 43. L Somasundaram, 52, who contested in Moulmein-Kallang in 2011 was also unveiled as a candidate.[95]
	Singapore Democratic Party introduces its 4th pair of candidates: Bryan Lim, who contested in Hong Kah in 2001, and Damanhuri Abas.[96]
	SingFirst introduces 5 of 10 candidates: Secretary-General Tan Jee Say, 61, Fahmi Rais, 48, Wong Chee Wai Gregory, 48, Chirag Desai, 38, and Melvyn Chiu Weng Hoe, 36.[97]
	Elections Department receives 220 applications for the Political Donation Certificate – a mandatory item for all candidates – by the 5pm deadline, on par with the 220 it received in 2011.[98][99]
29 Aug	People's Action Party launches its 88-page manifesto. “With you. For you. For Singapore”.[100]
	Workers' Party launches its 46-page manifesto themed, “Empower your future”. It is also the second political party to release a mobile app (after PAP).[101][102]
	SingFirst introduces its next five candidates: Party chairman Ang Yong Guan, 60, who contested in 2011 on a SDP ticket, Tan Peng Ann, 67, David Foo Ming Jin, 51, Sukdeu Singh, 64, Wong Soon Hong, 57.[103]
	Singapore Democratic Party introduces its final group of candidates: Secretary General Chee Soon Juan, 53 – who contests after a 14-year absence – Wong Souk Yee, 56, and Sadasivam Veriyah, 63.[104]
	Democratic Progressive Party secretary-general Benjamin Pwee and chairman Hamim Aliyas resigns to rejoin Singapore People's Party – which they left in 2012 – to contest Bishan-Toa Payoh GRC with SPP candidates.[105]
30 Aug	Workers’ Party introduces four more candidates: Kenneth Foo Seck Guan, 30s, Dennis Tan Lip Fong, 45, Gurmit Singh, 55, and Mohamed Fairoz Shariff, 36.[106]
	Singapore People’s Party announces that its Secretary General Chiam See Tong – who first entered politics in 1976 – will not be contesting the coming elections. The party also announced unveiled its slate of candidates for Bishan-Toa Payoh GRC: Benjamin Pwee, 47, Bryan Long, 37, Law Kim Hwee, 55, Hamim Aliyas, 52 and Abdillah Zamzuri, 30.[107]
31 Aug	National Solidarity Party appoints Lim Tean as new Acting Secretary General.[108]
	Workers' Party introduces its final three candidates. Leon Perera, 44, Bernard Chen, 29 and Frieda Chan, 39.
	Singapore Democratic Alliance introduces its team to contest Pasir Ris-Punggol GRC: Desmond Lim, Harminder Pal Singh, Ong Teik Seng, Wong Way Weng, Abu Mohamed and Arthero Lim.

Nomination centres

The Elections Department issued the following information upon the issuance of the writ of election^[109]

• Date: 1 September 2015
• Time: 1100 - 1200h
• Returning Officer: Ng Wai Choong
• Election Deposit: S$14,500 (down from S$16,000 in 2011)

Nominations by various opposition parties as on nomination day on 1 September 2015. Banded shading indicates constituencies with three-cornered contests. Note that the People's Action Party is contesting in all seats.

Nomination day and campaigning events

Date	Event
1 Sep	7AM: Tam Lam Siong pulls out of three-cornered fight at Potong Pasir SMC.[110][111]
	10AM: Nine nomination centres open to parties and public.
	11AM–12PM: Nomination Process
	12:45PM: The Singapore Police Force published a list of rally sites.[112]
	1PM: It was confirmed that all 29 constituencies and 89 parliamentary seats would be contested, a historical first since Independence in 1965.
	5PM: People's Action Party hold media conference at its headquarters, helmed by Secretary General Lee Hsien Loong.
	MediaCorp hosts two 'live' forums featuring the ruling People's Action Party (89 candidates), and the five opposition parties with the largest slates of candidates, namely Workers' Party (28), National Solidarity Party (12), Singapore Democratic Party (11), Reform Party (11) and Singaporeans First (10).[113][114] 7PM–8PM: Mandarin forum on Channel 8. Moderated by Chun Geuk Lay. Attendees: Chan Chun Sing (PAP), Sim Ann (PAP), Koh Choong Yong (WP), Sebastian Teo (NSP), Darren Soh (RP), Bryan Lim (SDP) and Ang Yong Guan (SF). 8PM–9PM: English forum on Channel 5 and Channel NewsAsia. Moderated by Steven Chia. Attendees: Lawrence Wong (PAP), Denise Phua (PAP), Leon Perera (WP), Lim Tean (NSP), Kenneth Jeyaretnam (RP), Chee Soon Juan (SDP) and Tan Jee Say (SF).
2 Sep	Media Development Authority announced details of Party Political Broadcasts on free-to-air radio and television. Parties fielding at least six candidates are eligible for air time. The broadcasts will air on 3 and 10 Sep [115]
	Elections Department announced that it will, for the first time, conduct sample counts of 100 polling papers from each polling station. The results will released on its website, while full counting continues. It added that the aim is to prevent speculation and misinformation before the official results are announced.[116]
	National Solidarity Party releases six-page manifesto, focusing on job protection for locals, over-population, CPF withdrawal limits and widening inequality gap.[117]
	7PM–10PM: People’s Action Party and Workers’ Party hold election rallies.
3 Sep	Elections Department announces list of 10 overseas polling locations - Dubai, London, Tokyo, Beijing, Washington, Hong Kong, Shanghai, San Francisco, New York and Canberra - places where a significant number of Singaporeans are present.[118][119]
	Singapore People's Party releases 8-point manifesto, highlighting employment, healthcare, transport, education, housing and CPF issues.[120]
	7PM–10PM: People's Action Party, Workers' Party, Singapore Democratic Party, Singaporeans First, and independent candidate Han Hui Hui, hold election rallies.
	8PM: First round of party political broadcasts are aired on free-to-air television and radio channels (See Political party broadcasts)[115]
4 Sep	People's Action Party, Workers' Party, National Solidarity Party, Singapore Democratic Party, Reform Party, Singapore People's Party, Singapore Democratic Alliance, and People's Power Party, hold election rallies.
5 Sep	People's Action Party, Workers' Party, National Solidarity Party, Singapore Democratic Party, Reform Party, Singapore People's Party, and Singaporeans First, hold election rallies.
6 Sep	Workers' Party, Singapore Democratic Party, Reform Party, and Singapore People's Party, hold election rallies.
7 Sep	People's Action Party, Workers' Party, National Solidarity Party, Singapore Democratic Party, Singaporeans First, Singapore Democratic Alliance, and People's Power Party, hold election rallies, with SDP presenting the first lunchtime rally in the Central Business District this season
	Reform Party publishes 12-page manifesto. Highlights include minimum wage, reducing National Service to one year and capping the number of foreign workers.[121]
	The Singapore Police Force releases a list of 18 designated assembly centres. Political parties have two days to apply.[122]
8 Sep	People's Action Party, Workers' Party, National Solidarity Party, Singapore Democratic Party, Singapore People's Party, and independent candidate Han Hui Hui, hold election rallies – including PAP's lunchtime rally at the CBD.
9 Sep	All nine parties contesting this GE hold a total of 15 rallies on the last night of campaigning.[123] Reform Party later cancels one of two planned rallies.[124]
10 Sep	9PM: Second and final round of party political broadcasts are aired on free-to-air television and radio channels (See Political party broadcasts)[115]

Political party broadcasts

Since the 1980 General Election, political parties fielding at least six candidates under a recognised party symbol are eligible for air-time. Time allocation is based on the number of candidates fielded.

Party	Time allocation
SDA	2.5 mins
SPP	3 mins
SingFirst
RP
SDP
NSP	3.5 mins
WP	5.5 mins
PAP	13 mins

Note: SPP declined to participate in the second Party Political Broadcast, so there was no broadcast of SPP on that day.

Broadcast 1–3 September 2015

Party	English Channel 5, Channel NewsAsia, 938LIVE & Power 98FM	Mandarin Channel 8, Channel U, Capital 95.8FM, 88.3 Jia FM & UFM 100.3	Malay Suria & Warna 94.2FM	Tamil Vasantham & Oli 96.8FM
SDA	Harminder Pal Singh [125]	Arthero Lim Tung Hee	Abu Mohamed	no Tamil broadcast
SPP	Lina Chiam [126]	no Mandarin broadcast	Mohamad Abdillah Zamzuri	Ravi Philemon
SingFirst	Tan Jee Say[127]	Ang Yong Guan	Fahmi Ahmad Rais	no Tamil broadcast
RP	Kenneth Jeyaretnam[128]	Darren Soh	Noraini Yunos	M Ravi
SDP	Chee Soon Juan[129]	Jaslyn Go	Mohamad Sidek Mallek	Sadasivam Veriyah
NSP	Lim Tean[130]	Sebastian Teo	Nor Lella Mardiiah Mohamed	no Tamil broadcast
WP	Daniel Goh[131]	Lee Li Lian	Mohamed Fairoz Shariff	L. Somasundram
PAP	Lee Hsien Loong [132]	Lim Swee Say	Yaacob Ibrahim	S. Iswaran

Broadcast 2–10 September 2015

Party	English Channel 5, Channel NewsAsia, 938LIVE & Power 98FM	Mandarin Channel 8, Channel U, Capital 95.8FM, 88.3 Jia FM & UFM 100.3	Malay Suria & Warna 94.2FM	Tamil Vasantham & Oli 96.8FM
SDA	Harminder Pal Singh	Arthero Lim Tung Hee	Abu bin Mohamed	no Tamil broadcast
SingFirst	Tan Jee Say	Ang Yong Guan	Mohamad Fahmi bin Ahmad Rais	no Tamil broadcast
RP	Roy Ngerng	Darren Soh	Osman bin Sulaiman	Siva Chandran
SDP	Paul Tambyah	Khung Wai Yeen	Damanhuri bin Abas	Sadasivam Veriyah
NSP	Lim Tean	Sebastian Teo	Nor Lella Mardiiah Mohamed	no Tamil broadcast
WP	Sylvia Lim	Low Thia Khiang	Muhamad Faisal bin Abdul Manap	L Somasundram
PAP	Lee Hsien Loong	Lim Swee Say	Yaacob Ibrahim	S Iswaran

Election rallies

The Singapore Police Force announced on Nomination Day 1 September 2015, a list of sites available for electoral meetings. Such meetings could be held from 2 to 9 Sep between 7AM to 10PM. The police also announced that Speakers' Corner would not serve as an "unrestricted area" during the campaigning period.^[112] All rallies below are held between 7PM to 10PM, rallies marked with a (+) denotes the rally was held between 12pm to 2pm.

Party	2 Sep	3 Sep	4 Sep	5 Sep	6 Sep	7 Sep	8 Sep	9 Sep
PAP	Delta Hockey Pitch (Radin Mas SMC)	Bedok Stadium (East Coast GRC) & Blk 274C Compassvale Bow (Pasir Ris-Punggol GRC)	Bedok North Avenue 4 (Fengshan SMC) & Defu Avenue 1/ Defu Lane 10 (Aljunied GRC)	Blk 136 Petir Road (Bukit Panjang SMC) & Choa Chu Kang Secondary School (Choa Chu Kang GRC)	NA	Jurong East Stadium (Yuhua SMC) , Commonwealth Avenue (Holland-Bukit Timah GRC) & Blk 540 Woodlands Drive 16 (Sembawang GRC)	UOB Plaza Promenade (12pm to 2pm)+ , Former Hong Kah Primary School (Hong Kah North SMC) , Pasir Ris Park (Pasir Ris-Punggol GRC) , Ngee Ann Secondary School (Tampines GRC) , Field, Stadium Drive (Mountbatten SMC) , Toa Payoh Stadium (Bishan-Toa Payoh GRC) & Yishun Stadium (Nee Soon GRC)	Blk 4 Boon Keng Road (Jalan Besar GRC) , Blk 120, Potong Pasir Avenue 1 (Potong Pasir SMC) , Paya Lebar Road/Circuit Road (MacPherson SMC) , Blk 155 Simei Road (East Coast GRC) , Blk 136 Petir Road (Bukit Panjang SMC) , Woodlands Stadium (Marsiling-Yew Tee GRC)
WP	Blk 837 Hougang Central (Hougang SMC)	Blk 4 Boon Keng Road (Jalan Besar GRC)	Yishun Stadium (Nee Soon GRC)	Blk 128C Punggol Field Walk (Punggol East SMC)	Blk 155 Simei Road (East Coast GRC)	Blk 344 Ubi Avenue 1 (Marine Parade GRC)	Serangoon Stadium (Aljunied GRC)	Bedok Stadium (East Coast GRC)
NSP	NA	NA	Blk 687A Woodlands Drive 75 (Sembawang GRC)	Blk 895A Tampines Street 81 (Tampines GRC)	NA	Paya Lebar Road/Circuit Road (MacPherson SMC)	Blk 687A Woodlands Drive 75 (Sembawang GRC)	Ngee Ann Secondary School (Tampines GRC)
SDP	NA	Choa Chu Kang Stadium (Marsiling-Yew Tee GRC)	Blk 136 Petir Road (Bukit Panjang SMC)	Commonwealth Ave (Holland-Bukit Timah GRC)	Jurong Stadium (Yuhua SMC)	UOB Plaza Promenade (12pm to 2pm)+ & Blk 265, Toh Guan Road (Bukit Batok SMC)	Woodlands Stadium (Marsiling-Yew Tee GRC)	Blk 204 Clementi Avenue 6 (Holland Bukit-Timah GRC)
RP	NA	NA	Yio Chu Kang Stadium (Ang Mo Kio GRC)	Clementi Stadium (West Coast GRC)	Delta Hockey Pitch (Radin Mas SMC)	NA	NA	Field in front of Blk 982 Buangkok Central (Ang Mo Kio GRC)
SingFirst	NA	Jurong Stadium (Jurong GRC)	NA	Queenstown Stadium (Tanjong Pagar GRC)	NA	Boon Lay Way (Jurong GRC)	NA	Queenstown Stadium (Tanjong Pagar GRC)
SPP	NA	NA	Toa Payoh Stadium (Bishan-Toa Payoh GRC)	Former Hong Kah Primary School (Hong Kah North SMC)	Field, Stadium Drive (Mountbatten SMC)	NA	Blk 120, Potong Pasir Avenue 1 (Potong Pasir SMC)	Bishan Stadium (Bishan-Toa Payoh GRC)
SDA	NA	NA	Pasir Ris Park (Pasir Ris-Punggol GRC)	NA	NA	Blk 274C Compassvale Bow (Pasir Ris-Punggol GRC)	NA	Pasir Ris Park (Pasir Ris-Punggol GRC)
PPP	NA	NA	Bukit Gombak Stadium (Choa Chu Kang GRC)	NA	NA	Choa Chu Kang Secondary School (Choa Chu Kang GRC)	NA	Choa Chu Kang Secondary School (Choa Chu Kang GRC)
Han Hui Hui (Independent)	NA	Delta Hockey Pitch (Radin Mas SMC)	NA	NA	NA	NA	Delta Hockey Pitch (Radin Mas SMC)	NA

Outgoing incumbents and incoming candidates

The below is a summary for the three political parties with parliamentary presence from GE2011.

Election results

Signs pointing to polling stations in Clementi, in Holland-Bukit Timah GRC

After polls closed at 8pm, vote counting began. Results were announced by Ng Wai Choong, chief executive director of the Energy Market Authority, who acted as the Returning Officer for the election.^[133] The first result was declared at 11.31pm on 11 September 2015 where PAP candidate Lam Pin Min won the Sengkang West Single Member Constituency with a majority of 17,564. The last result was declared at 3.10am on 12 September 2015 where Workers' Party team contesting Aljunied Group Representation Constituency, led by party's secretary-general Low Thia Khiang, won the constituency by a narrow margin of 1.9%, or a majority of 2,612.

Contrary to expectations of a tougher contest with all constituencies being contested by the opposition parties, the People's Action Party won its best ever results since the 2001 general election, achieving a swing of 9.7% to achieve 69.9% of the vote as compared to the previous election in 2011 when it received 60.1%. The PAP unexpectedly reclaimed the constituency of Punggol East lost to the Workers' Party in a 2013 by-election, and achieved a swing in Aljunied GRC large enough to force a vote recount although the WP retained the constituency.

Results summary

Results as announced on polling day on 11 September 2015.

Popular vote   PAP (69.86%)   WP (12.48%)   SDP (3.76%)   NSP (3.53%)   RP (2.63%)   SingFirst (2.25%)   SPP (2.17%)   SDA (2.06%)   PPP (1.13%)   Independent (0.12%)

Seats   83 seats (PAP) (93.26%)   6 seats (WP) (6.74%)

 Summary of the 11 Sep 2015 Parliament of Singapore election results^[134]

Parties and alliances	Leader	Contested seats						Divs won	Seats won	Popular vote	% of valid votes		+/-	% of valid votes in wards contested by party		+/-
		SMC	GRC			Divs	Total
			4m	5m	6m
People's Action Party	Lee Hsien Loong	13	6	8	2	29	89	27	83	1,576,784	69.86		9.72	69.86		9.72
Workers' Party	Low Thia Khiang	5	2	3	0	10	28	2	6	281,697	12.48		0.34	39.75		6.83
Singapore Democratic Party	Chee Soon Juan	3	2	0	0	5	11	0	0	84,770	3.76		1.07	31.23		5.53
National Solidarity Party	Sebastian Teo	2	0	2	0	4	12	0	0	79,780	3.53		8.51	25.27		13.98
Reform Party	Kenneth Jeyaretnam	1	1	0	1	3	11	0	0	59,432	2.63		1.65	20.60		11.18
Singaporeans First	Tan Jee Say	0	0	2	0	2	10	0	0	50,791	2.25		New	21.49		New
Singapore People's Party	Lina Chiam	3	0	1	0	4	8	0	0	49,015	2.17		0.94	27.08		14.34
Singapore Democratic Alliance	Desmond Lim	0	0	0	1	1	6	0	0	46,508	2.06		0.72	27.11		2.95
People's Power Party	Goh Meng Seng	0	1	0	0	1	4	0	0	25,460	1.13		New	23.11		New
Independents	N/A	2	0	0	0	2	2	0	0	2,779	0.12		N/A	10.10		N/A
Valid votes								29	89	2,257,016	97.95% of total votes cast
Invalid (e.g. blank or spoilt) votes										47,315	2.05% of total votes cast
Total votes cast										2,304,331	Voter turnout: 93.56% of eligible voters
Did not vote										158,595
Eligible voters (excluding walkover voters)										2,462,926
Walkover voters										0
Electorate										2,462,926

For the first time in history, sample counts were released by the Elections Department to prevent speculation and misinformation from unofficial sources while counting is underway.^[135] All sample counts were released by 10PM – two hours after polling ended. With the exception of Aljunied and Punggol East, where counts were within a 4% error margin, all other figures showed that PAP had comfortable leads in 26 electoral divisions, while WP led in 1 electoral division.

Candidates and results of Singaporean general election, 2015 [136]
Division	Seats	Voters	Party	Candidate(s)	Votes	Votes %	Sample counts
Bukit Batok SMC	1	27,077	People's Action Party	David Ong Kim Huat	18,204	72.99 / 100	74 / 100
			Singapore Democratic Party	Sadasivam Veriyah	6,585	26.40 / 100	26 / 100
			Independent	Samir Salim Neji (Loses deposit)	150	0.60 / 100	0 / 100
Bukit Panjang SMC	1	34,317	Singapore Democratic Party	Khung Wai Yeen	10,143	31.62 / 100	31 / 100
			People's Action Party	Teo Ho Pin	21,935	68.38 / 100	69 / 100
Fengshan SMC	1	23,427	People's Action Party	Cheryl Chan Wei Ling	12,398	57.52 / 100	57 / 100
			Workers' Party	Dennis Tan Lip Fong	9,158	42.48 / 100	43 / 100
Hong Kah North SMC	1	28,145	People's Action Party	Amy Khor Lean Suan	19,612	74.76 / 100	74 / 100
			Singapore People's Party	Ravi Philemon	6,621	25.24 / 100	26 / 100
Hougang SMC	1	24,097	People's Action Party	Lee Hong Chuang	9,543	42.31 / 100	42 / 100
			Workers' Party	Png Eng Huat	13,012	57.69 / 100	58 / 100
MacPherson SMC	1	28,511	Workers' Party	Chen Jiaxi Bernard	8,826	33.60 / 100	36 / 100
			National Solidarity Party	Cheo Chai Chen (Loses deposit)	215	0.82 / 100	1 / 100
			People's Action Party	Tin Pei Ling	17,227	65.58 / 100	63 / 100
Mountbatten SMC	1	24,143	Singapore People's Party	Jeannette Chong-Aruldoss	5,992	28.16 / 100	28 / 100
			People's Action Party	Lim Biow Chuan	15,290	71.84 / 100	72 / 100
Pioneer SMC	1	25,458	People's Action Party	Cedric Foo Chee Keng	17,994	76.34 / 100	78 / 100
			National Solidarity Party	Ong Beng Soon Elvin	5,578	23.66 / 100	22 / 100
Potong Pasir SMC	1	17,407	Singapore People's Party	Lina Chiam	5,353	33.59 / 100	32 / 100
			People's Action Party	Sitoh Yih Pin	10,581	66.41 / 100	68 / 100
Punggol East SMC	1	34,466	People's Action Party	Charles Chong You Fook	16,957	51.76 / 100	51 / 100
			Workers' Party	Lee Li Lian	15,801	48.24 / 100	49 / 100
Radin Mas SMC	1	28,906	Independent	Han Hui Hui (Loses deposit)	2,629	10.04 / 100	9 / 100
			Reform Party	Kumar Appavoo	3,329	12.71 / 100	14 / 100
			People's Action Party	Sam Tan Chin Siong	20,230	77.25 / 100	77 / 100
Sengkang West SMC	1	30,119	Workers' Party	Koh Choong Yong	10,716	37.89 / 100	37 / 100
			People's Action Party	Lam Pin Min	17,564	62.11 / 100	63 / 100
Yuhua SMC	1	22,617	People's Action Party	Grace Fu Hai Yien	15,298	73.54 / 100	72 / 100
			Singapore Democratic Party	Jaslyn Go Hui Leng	5,505	26.46 / 100	28 / 100
Chua Chu Kang GRC	4	119,931	People's Action Party	Gan Kim Yong Low Yen Ling Yee Chia Hsing Zaqy Mohamad	84,731	76.89 / 100	76 / 100
			People's Power Party	Goh Meng Seng Lee Tze Shih Low Wai Choo Syafarin Bin Sarif	25,460	23.11 / 100	24 / 100
East Coast GRC	4	99,118	Workers' Party	Gerald Giam Yean Song Daniel Goh Pei Siong Mohamed Fairoz Bin Shariff Leon Perera	35,547	39.27 / 100	39 / 100
			People's Action Party	Lee Yi Shyan Lim Swee Say Mohd Maliki Bin Osman Tan Soon Neo Jessica	54,981	60.73 / 100	61 / 100
Holland-Bukit Timah GRC	4	104,491	Singapore Democratic Party	Chee Soon Juan Chong Wai Fung Md Sidek Bin Mallek Paul Anantharajah Tambyah	31,380	33.38 / 100	34 / 100
			People's Action Party	Christopher de Souza Liang Eng Hwa Sim Ann Vivian Balakrishnan	62,630	66.62 / 100	66 / 100
Jalan Besar GRC	4	102,540	Workers' Party	Chan Sio Phing Frieda L Somasundaram Redzwan Hafidz Abdul Razak Adrian Sim Tian Hock	30,283	32.27 / 100	33 / 100
			People's Action Party	Heng Chee How Lily Neo Denise Phua Lay Peng Yaacob Ibrahim	63,561	67.73 / 100	67 / 100
Marsiling-Yew Tee GRC	4	107,599	Singapore Democratic Party	Damanhuri Bin Abas Bryan Lim Boon Heng Tan Liang Joo, John Wong Souk Yee	31,157	31.27 / 100	31 / 100
			People's Action Party	Halimah Yacob Ong Teng Koon Alex Yam Ziming Lawrence Wong	68,485	68.73 / 100	69 / 100
West Coast GRC	4	99,300	People's Action Party	Foo Mee Har Lim Hng Kiang S Iswaran Patrick Tay Teck Guan	71,091	78.57 / 100	78 / 100
			Reform Party	Kenneth Andrew Jeyaretnam Noraini Yunus Darren Soh Guan Soon Andy Zhu Laicheng	19,392	21.43 / 100	22 / 100
Aljunied GRC	5	148,142	Workers' Party	Chen Show Mao Sylvia Lim Low Thia Khiang Muhamad Faisal bin Abdul Manap Pritam Singh	69,929	50.95 / 100	52 / 100
			People's Action Party	Chua Eng Leong K Muralidharan Pillai Lye Thiam Fatt Joseph Victor Shamsul Kamar bin Mohamed Razali Yeo Guat Kwang	67,317	49.05 / 100	48 / 100
Bishan-Toa Payoh GRC	5	129,975	People's Action Party	Chee Hong Tat Chong Kee Hiong Ng Eng Hen Saktiandi Supaat Josephine Teo	86,514	73.59 / 100	74 / 100
			Singapore People's Party	Law Kim Hwee Long Yaoguang, Don Bryan Mohamad Abdillah Bin Zamzuri Mohamad Hamim Bin Aliyas Benjamin Pwee	31,049	26.41 / 100	26 / 100
Jurong GRC	5	130,498	People's Action Party	Ang Wei Neng Desmond Lee Rahayu Binte Mahzam Tharman Shanmugaratnam Tan Wu Meng	95,080	79.28 / 100	78 / 100
			Singaporeans First	Foo Ming Jin David Sukdeu Singh Tan Peng Ann Wong Chee Wai Wong Soon Hong	24,848	20.72 / 100	22 / 100
Marine Parade GRC	5	146,244	People's Action Party	Fatimah Binte Abdul Lateef Goh Chok Tong Seah Kian Peng Tan Chuan Jin Tong Chun Fai Edwin Charles	84,939	64.07 / 100	65 / 100
			Workers' Party	Firuz Khan He Ting Ru Ng Foo Eng Dylan Terence Tan Yee Jenn Jong	47,629	35.93 / 100	35 / 100
Nee Soon GRC	5	132,289	Workers' Party	Foo Seck Guan Kenneth Gurmit Singh S/O Sadhu Singh Luke Koh Tiong Yee Cheryl Denise Loh Xiu Wen Ron Tan Jun Yen	40,796	33.17 / 100	33 / 100
			People's Action Party	K. Shanmugam Kwek Hian Chuan Henry Lee Bee Wah Muhammad Faishal Ibrahim Ng Kok Kwang Louis	82,197	66.83 / 100	67 / 100
Sembawang GRC	5	144,672	National Solidarity Party	Abdul Rasheed S/O Y Abdul Kuthus Kevryn Lim Spencer Ng Chung Hon Yadzeth Bin Haris Eugene Yeo Ren Yuan	37,067	27.72 / 100	28 / 100
			People's Action Party	Khaw Boon Wan Lim Wee Kiak Amrin Amin Ong Ye Kung Vikram Nair	96,639	72.28 / 100	72 / 100
Tampines GRC	5	143,518	People's Action Party	Baey Yam Keng Cheng Li Hui Desmond Choo Pey Ching Heng Swee Keat Masagos Zulkifli Bin Masagos Mohamad	95,202	72.06 / 100	72 / 100
			National Solidarity Party	Choong Hon Heng Fong Chin Leong Lim Tean Nor Lella Teo Kway Huang Sebastian	36,920	27.94 / 100	28 / 100
Tanjong Pagar GRC	5	130,752	Singaporeans First	Ang Yong Guan Chirag Praful Desai Chiu Weng Hoe Melvyn Mohamad Fahmi Bin Ahmad Rais Tan Jee Say	25,953	22.29 / 100	22 / 100
			People's Action Party	Chan Chun Sing Chia Shi-Lu Indranee Thurai Rajah Joan Pereira Melvin Yong Yik Chye	90,448	77.71 / 100	78 / 100
Ang Mo Kio GRC	6	187,771	People's Action Party	Ang Hin Kee Darryl David Wilson Gan Thiam Poh Intan Azura Mokhtar Koh Poh Koon Lee Hsien Loong	135,115	78.63 / 100	78 / 100
			Reform Party	Gilbert Goh Jesse Loo Hoe Bock Roy Ngerng Yi Ling Osman Sulaiman M Ravi Siva Chandran	36,711	21.37 / 100	22 / 100
Pasir Ris-Punggol GRC	6	187,396	Singapore Democratic Alliance	Abu Mohamed Harminder Pal Singh S/O Gurcharan Singh Desmond Lim Bak Chuan Lim Tung Hee Arthero Ong Teik Seng Wong Way Weng	46,508	27.11 / 100	27 / 100
			People's Action Party	Janil Puthucheary Ng Chee Meng Sun Xueling Teo Chee Hean Teo Ser Luck Zainal Sapari	125,021	72.89 / 100	73 / 100

Analysis

Top 14 best PAP performers

• Constituencies with no comparison to 2011 were either due to them being new constituencies or the constituencies experiencing walkovers in the last election.

#	Constituency	PAP			Opposition
		Votes	%	Swing		Votes	%	Swing
1	Jurong GRC	95,080	79.28	12.32		24,848	20.72	12.32
2	Ang Mo Kio GRC	135,115	78.63	9.3		36,711	21.37	9.3
3	West Coast GRC	71,091	78.57	12		19,392	21.43	12
4	Tanjong Pagar GRC	90,448	77.71	Walkover		25,953	22.29	Walkover
5	Radin Mas SMC	20,230	77.25	10.15		3,329	12.71	10.15
						2,629	10.04
6	Chua Chu Kang GRC	84,731	76.89	15.69		25,460	23.11	15.69
7	Pioneer SMC	17,994	76.34	15.61		5,578	23.66	15.61
8	Hong Kah North SMC	19,612	74.76	4.15		6,621	25.24	4.15
9	Bishan-Toa Payoh GRC	86,514	73.59	16.66		31,049	26.41	16.66
10	Yuhua SMC	15,298	73.54	6.68		5,505	26.46	6.68
11	Bukit Batok SMC	18,204	72.99	New		6,585	26.40	New
						150	0.60
12	Pasir Ris-Punggol GRC	125,021	72.89	8.1		46,508	27.11	8.1
13	Sembawang GRC	96,639	72.28	8.38		37,067	27.72	8.38
14	Tampines GRC	95,202	72.06	14.84		36,920	27.94	14.84

Top 15 best opposition performers

• Constituencies with no comparison to 2011 were either due to them being new constituencies or the constituencies experiencing walkovers in the last election.

#	Constituency	Opposition				PAP
			Votes	%	Swing	Votes	%	Swing
1	Hougang SMC		13,012	57.69	7.11	9,543	42.31	7.11
2	Aljunied GRC		69,929	50.95	3.77	67,317	49.05	3.77
3	Punggol East SMC		15,801	48.24	2.78	16,957	51.76	2.78
4	Fengshan SMC		9,158	42.48	New	12,398	57.52	New
5	East Coast GRC		35,547	39.27	5.9	54,981	60.73	5.9
6	Sengkang West SMC		10,716	37.89	4	17,564	62.11	4
7	Marine Parade GRC		47,629	35.93	7.43	84,939	64.07	7.43
8	MacPherson SMC		8,826	33.60	New	17,227	65.58	New
9	Potong Pasir SMC		5,353	33.59	16.05	10,581	66.41	16.05
10	Holland-Bukit Timah GRC		31,380	33.38	6.54	62,630	66.62	6.54
11	Nee Soon GRC		40,796	33.17	8.43	82,197	66.83	8.43
12	Jalan Besar GRC		30,283	32.27	New	63,561	67.73	New
13	Bukit Panjang SMC		10,143	31.62	2.11	21,935	68.38	2.11
14	Marsiling-Yew Tee GRC		31,157	31.27	New	68,485	68.73	New
15	Mountbatten SMC		5,992	28.16	13.22	15,290	71.84	13.22

Vote Swings

• Only the following constituencies may be compared with 2011 results as they existed in both elections, although most had changes in their electoral boundaries.

#	Constituency	PAP			Opposition
		Votes	%	Swing		Votes	%	Swing
1	Bishan-Toa Payoh GRC	86,514	73.59	16.66		31,049	26.41	16.66
2	Potong Pasir SMC	10,581	66.41	16.05		5,353	33.59	16.05
3	Chua Chu Kang GRC	84,731	76.89	15.69		25,460	23.11	15.69
4	Pioneer SMC	17,994	76.34	15.61		5,578	23.66	15.61
5	Tampines GRC	95,202	72.06	14.84		36,920	27.94	14.84
6	Mountbatten SMC	15,290	71.84	13.22		5,992	28.16	13.22
7	Jurong GRC	95,080	79.28	12.32		24,848	20.72	12.32
8	West Coast GRC	71,091	78.57	12		19,392	21.43	12
9	Radin Mas SMC	20,230	77.25	10.15		3,329	12.71	10.15
						2,629	10.04
10	Ang Mo Kio GRC	135,115	78.63	9.3		36,711	21.37	9.3
11	Nee Soon GRC	82,197	66.83	8.43		40,796	33.17	8.43
12	Sembawang GRC	96,639	72.28	8.38		37,067	27.72	8.38
13	Pasir Ris-Punggol GRC	125,021	72.89	8.1		46,508	27.11	8.1
14	Marine Parade GRC	84,939	64.07	7.43		47,629	35.93	7.43
15	Hougang SMC	9,543	42.31	7.11		13,012	57.69	7.11
16	Yuhua SMC	15,298	73.54	6.68		5,505	26.46	6.68
17	Holland-Bukit Timah GRC	62,630	66.62	6.54		31,380	33.38	6.54
18	East Coast GRC	54,981	60.73	5.9		35,547	39.27	5.9
19	Hong Kah North SMC	19,612	74.76	4.15		6,621	25.24	4.15
20	Sengkang West SMC	17,564	62.11	4		10,716	37.89	4
21	Aljunied GRC	67,317	49.05	3.77		69,929	50.95	3.77
22	Punggol East SMC	16,957	51.76	2.78		15,801	48.24	2.78
23	Bukit Panjang SMC	21,935	68.38	2.11		10,143	31.62	2.11

See also

• Constituencies of Singapore
• Elections in Singapore
• List of political parties in Singapore

Notes

References

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Singaporean general election, 2015.

• Battleground Singapore: Who's standing where - an interactive map of the 2015 boundaries and changes explained in maps.
• From Nomination Day to Polling Day: Election calendar and rally schedule - an interactive calendar of all the key events and rally schedules for the #GE2015 campaign period from Nomination Day to Polling Day. It also serves as an archive of key photos from each rally and the related ST article.
• Who will be your next MP? - the complete list of all 181 candidates. Includes personal information, their latest tweet, results from previous elections or a Q&A if they are a new candidate.
• GE2015 Candidates - an interactive visualisation of the election candidates showing parties, wards, and diversity representation.
• SG Elections - Interactive maps showing data for differences in vote shares, non-voters, spoiled votes, districts by candidates, etc.
• #GE2015 Social media dashboard - this is a visual representation of the social media trends that fluctuate over the 10-day period of campaigning. There are two graphs updated in real-time, a selected feature of popular tweets and the last 80 Instagram pictures tagged #GE2015.
• GE2015: Live results and full analysis

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