People's Alliance for Reform

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People's Alliance for Reform
  • Perikatan Rakyat bagi Pembaharuan (Malay)
  • 人民改革联盟 (Chinese)
  • பிரஜைச் சீர்திருத்தக் கூட்டணி (Tamil)
Chairman Mohamad Hamim bin Aliyas
Secretary-General Lim Tean
Founders Lim Tean
Kenneth Jeyaretnam
Goh Meng Seng
Mohamad Hamim bin Aliyas
FoundedJune 2023;2 years ago (2023-06)
Headquarters5C Goodwood Hill, Singapore 258904
Ideology Populism
Colours  Brown
Parliament
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Website
https://sites.google.com/view/par-singapore

The People's Alliance for Reform (PAR) is a political alliance in Singapore comprising two parties, Peoples Voice (PV) and the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP). It was formed in June 2023.

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History

2023: Formation

In June 2023, Lim Tean, secretary-general of PV, announced the formation of a political alliance comprising PV, DPP, the Reform Party (RP), and the People's Power Party (PPP); it was named the People's Alliance for Reform. The four parties were to contest the upcoming 2025 general election as an alliance. Lim was appointed secretary-general of PAR, Kenneth Jeyaretnam, secretary-general of RP, was appointed chairperson, and Goh Meng Seng, secretary-general of PPP, was appointed organising secretary. [1]

2025: Withdrawal of PPP

On 22 February 2025, the PPP withdrew from the alliance due to "strategic differences" with the rest of the alliance, particularly regarding its opposition to the COVID-19 vaccine and desire to contest Tampines Group Representation Constituency (GRC). The latter point of contention, in particular, was opposed by the rest of the PAR due to its potential to create a four-cornered contest in Tampines GRC. [2] [3]

2025 general election

After the Electoral Boundaries Review Committee released its report on 11 March 2025, Lim announced on Facebook that PAR planned to contest 10 constituencies: Jalan Kayu Single Member Constituency (SMC), Kebun Baru SMC, Marymount SMC, Mountbatten SMC, Potong Pasir SMC, Queenstown SMC, Radin Mas SMC, Yio Chu Kang SMC, Jalan Besar GRC and Tanjong Pagar GRC. [4] It eventually contested in six constituencies: Jalan Besar GRC, Tanjong Pagar GRC, Potong Pasir SMC, Queenstown SMC, Radin Mas SMC and Yio Chu Kang SMC. [3]

The PAR failed to win any constituency; it also lost its election deposits in Potong Pasir and Radin Mas SMCs as it failed to garner at least 12.5% of the vote there. [5] The biggest constituency-level share of the vote for the governing People's Action Party (PAP) was also seen in Queenstown SMC, which the PAR had contested. [6]

Withdrawal of RP

On 7 July 2025, Jeyaretnam announced the withdrawal of RP from PAR, with effect from the end of the month. [7] Jeyaretnam would be replaced by Hamim Aliyas as chairman.

Member parties

LogoNameLeader(s)
PV logo variation.svg
PV Peoples Voice Lim Tean
DPP logo variation.png
DPP Democratic Progressive Party Mohamad Hamim bin Aliyas

Former member parties

LogoNameLeader(s)
Left
PPP logo variation.svg PPP People's Power Party Goh Meng Seng 24 February 2025
Reform Party Singapore logo (simple).svg RP Reform Party Kenneth Jeyaretnam 31 July 2025

Central Executive Committee

The PAR's Central Executive Committee comprises the following members:

TitleName
Secretary-General Lim Tean
Chairman Mohamad Hamim Aliyas
Vice ChairmanDr. Michael Fang
TreasurerSarina Abu Hassan
Women's WingVigneswari Ramachandran
Malay BureauAbdul Rahman Bin Ahmad
Abdul Malik Bin Rahmat
Organizing SecretaryPrabu Ramachandran
Han Hui Hui

Electoral performance

Parliament

ElectionLeaderVotes%SeatsNCMPsPositionResult
ContestedTotal+/–
SeatsWonLost
2025 Lim Tean 59,8752.51%13013
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Increase2.svg 6thNo seats

Seats contested

ElectionConstituencies contestedContested Vote %+/–
2025 5-member GRC : Tanjong Pagar; 4-member GRC: Jalan Besar; SMC : Potong Pasir [a] , Queenstown, Radin Mas [a] , Yio Chu Kang 19.08 [b] N/A
  1. 1 2 loss of candidate election deposit(s) in contested seat(s)
  2. ↑ Calculation based on https://www.eld.gov.sg/finalresults2025.html

See also

References

  1. ↑ Ganesan, Natasha (1 June 2023). "4 opposition parties form alliance to contest in Singapore's next General Election". CNA. Retrieved 17 June 2023.
  2. ↑ Wong, Pei Ting; Sun, David (22 February 2025). "People's Power Party withdraws from four-party opposition alliance led by Lim Tean". The Straits Times . ISSN   0585-3923 . Retrieved 4 March 2025.
  3. 1 2 Yow, Daphne (23 April 2025). "GE2025: Who's contesting where, at a glance". CNA. Retrieved 24 April 2025.
  4. ↑ Lim, Tean. "The People's Alliance for Reform (PAR) Will Be Contesting The Following Constituencies In GE2025!". Facebook .
  5. ↑ "GE2025: PAR's Lim Tean vows to 'come back much stronger', after alliance loses in all 6 constituencies". CNA. Retrieved 22 May 2025.
  6. ↑ "PAP's Eric Chua wins Queenstown SMC with 81.12% of votes over PAR's Mahaboob Batcha". AsiaOne. 3 May 2025. Retrieved 22 May 2025.
  7. ↑ "Reform Party to leave opposition alliance PAR by end of July". CNA. Archived from the original on 7 July 2025. Retrieved 8 July 2025.
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