List of Singapore opposition party MPs elected

This is a list of members of the Parliament of Singapore who have been directly elected as representatives of an opposition party since 1968, having secured victory in a constituency.

In Singapore, the People's Action Party (PAP) has governed continuously since 1959, when Singapore was a British colony, maintaining a supermajority in Parliament. Consequently, the presence of opposition members has remained limited. ^[1] Although Singapore became independent in 1965, it was not until 1981 that a non-PAP MP was directly elected in independent Singapore. ^[2]

The list excludes non-constituency Members of Parliament (NCMPs). Group representation constituencies (GRCs) were introduced at the 1988 general election, while constituencies with a single MP were renamed single-member constituencies (SMCs). ^[3] However, it was not until 23 years later that an opposition party achieved victory in one. This milestone occurred in the 2011 general election, when the Workers' Party (WP) won Aljunied GRC. ^[4] The WP has remained the most prominent opposition force in Singaporean politics, with 19 distinct WP politicians having been directly elected to Parliament in post-independence Singapore.

List

Election [5] [6]	MP(s) [7]	Constituency	Party		Parliament	Number of NCMPs appointed
1981 (b)	J. B. Jeyaretnam	Anson		WP	5th	Scheme did not exist
1984	Chiam See Tong	Potong Pasir		Singapore Democratic Party (SDP)	6th	1
	J. B. Jeyaretnam	Anson		WP
1988	Chiam See Tong	Potong Pasir SMC		SDP	7th	2
1991	Cheo Chai Chen	Nee Soon Central SMC		SDP	8th	N/A
	Chiam See Tong	Potong Pasir SMC		SDP
	Ling How Doong	Bukit Gombak SMC		SDP
	Low Thia Khiang	Hougang SMC		WP
1997	Chiam See Tong	Potong Pasir SMC		Singapore People's Party (SPP)	9th	1
	Low Thia Khiang	Hougang SMC		WP
2001	Chiam See Tong	Potong Pasir SMC		Singapore Democratic Alliance (SDA)	10th	1
	Low Thia Khiang	Hougang SMC		WP
2006	Chiam See Tong	Potong Pasir SMC		SDA	11th	1
	Low Thia Khiang	Hougang SMC		WP
2011	Chen Show Mao Sylvia Lim Low Thia Khiang Faisal Manap Pritam Singh	Aljunied GRC		WP	12th	3
	Yaw Shin Leong	Hougang SMC		WP
2012 (b)	Png Eng Huat	Hougang SMC		WP		N/A
2013 (b)	Lee Li Lian	Punggol East SMC		WP		N/A
2015	Chen Show Mao Sylvia Lim Low Thia Khiang Faisal Manap Pritam Singh	Aljunied GRC		WP	13th	3
	Png Eng Huat	Hougang SMC		WP
2020	Gerald Giam Sylvia Lim Faisal Manap Leon Perera Pritam Singh	Aljunied GRC		WP	14th	2
	Dennis Tan	Hougang SMC		WP
	Louis Chua He Ting Ru Jamus Lim Raeesah Khan	Sengkang GRC		WP
2025	Fadli Fawzi Gerald Giam Sylvia Lim Pritam Singh Kenneth Tiong	Aljunied GRC		WP	15th	2
	Dennis Tan	Hougang SMC		WP
	Abdul Muhaimin Louis Chua He Ting Ru Jamus Lim	Sengkang GRC		WP

(b) = by-election

References

1. "Singapore's election is also on Saturday — but we already know the outcome". ABC News . Archived from the original on 18 October 2025. Retrieved 18 October 2025.
2. "Two PAP MPs to look after Anson". New Nation. 11 December 1981. Retrieved 18 October 2025– via NewspaperSG.
3. "13 GRCs for next general election". The Straits Times . 15 June 1988. Retrieved 18 October 2025– via NewspaperSG.
4. "GE2O15 [sic]: Workers' Party retains Aljunied GRC with 50.95 per cent of the vote". The Straits Times. 12 September 2015. Archived from the original on 25 June 2025. Retrieved 18 October 2025. The WP wrested Aljunied GRC from the PAP during the 2011 General Election, when it won 54.72 per cent of the vote.
   
   It was the first time an opposition party had claimed a GRC, and the PAP lost two Cabinet ministers including then Foreign Affairs Minister George Yeo.
5. "Parliamentary General Election Results". Elections Department Singapore . Archived from the original on 10 September 2015. Retrieved 2 December 2018.
6. "Parliamentary By-election Results". Elections Department Singapore. Archived from the original on 10 May 2015. Retrieved 2 December 2018.
7. "List of MPs By Parliament". Parliament Of Singapore. Retrieved 2 December 2018.