People's Alliance for Reform

People's Alliance for Reform Perikatan Rakyat bagi Pembaharuan (Malay) 人民改革联盟 (Chinese)
Chairman	Vacant
Secretary-General	Lim Tean
Founders	Lim Tean Kenneth Jeyaretnam Goh Meng Seng Mohamad Hamim bin Aliyas
Founded	June 2023;2 years ago (2023-06)
Headquarters	5C Goodwood Hill, Singapore 258904
Ideology	Populism
Colours	Brown
Parliament	0 / 104
Website
https://sites.google.com/view/par-singapore
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People's Alliance for Reform (PAR) is a political alliance in Singapore consisting of the Peoples Voice (PV) and the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP). It was formed in June 2023.

History

In June 2023, Peoples Voice (PV) leader Lim Tean announced the formation of the People's Alliance for Reform with the Reform Party (RP), the People's Power Party (PPP), and the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP). The four parties would contest the upcoming 2025 general election as an alliance. Lim was appointed Secretary-General, RP Secretary-General Kenneth Jeyaretnam was appointed Chairman, and PPP Secretary-General Goh Meng Seng was appointed Organising Secretary. ^[1]

On 22 February 2025, the PPP withdrew from the alliance due to "strategic differences" with the rest of the alliance, particularly regarding the PPP's opposition to the COVID-19 vaccine and desire to contest Tampines GRC. ^[2]

After the Electoral Boundaries Review Committee released its report on 11 March 2025, secretary-general Lim Tean announced on Facebook that the party planned to contest 10 constituencies: Jalan Kayu Single Member Constituency (SMC), Potong Pasir SMC, Mountbatten SMC, Radin Mas SMC, Queenstown SMC, Kebun Baru SMC, Marymount SMC, Yio Chu Kang SMC, Jalan Besar Group Representation Constituency (GRC) and Tanjong Pagar GRC. ^[3] PAR eventually contested in six constituencies: Jalan Besar GRC, Tanjong Pagar GRC, Potong Pasir SMC, Queenstown SMC, Radin Mas SMC and Yio Chu Kang SMC. ^[4] PV fielded the most with 11 out of 13 PAR candidates coming from the party, while RP and DPP fielded one each.

PAR failed to win any constituency; it also lost its election deposit in Potong Pasir and Radin Mas SMCs as it failed to garner at least 12.5% of the votes there. ^[5] The alliance also handed the PAP its biggest victory in the elections in Queenstown SMC. ^[6]

On 7 July 2025, Jeyaretnam announced the withdrawal of RP from PAR, with effect from the end of the month. ^[7]

Member parties

Logo	Name			Leader(s)
		PV	Peoples Voice	Lim Tean
		DPP	Democratic Progressive Party	Mohamad Hamim bin Aliyas

Former member parties

Logo	Name			Leader(s)
					Left
		PPP	People's Power Party	Goh Meng Seng	24 February 2025
		RP	Reform Party	Kenneth Jeyaretnam	31 July 2025

Central Executive Committee

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

Title	Name
Chairman	Vacant
Secretary-General	Lim Tean
Treasurer	Mohamad Hamim Aliyas
Head of Recruitment	Han Hui Hui

Electoral performance

Parliament

Election	Leader	Votes	%	Seats					NCMPs	Position	Result
				Contested			Total	+/–
				Seats	Won	Lost
2025	Lim Tean	59,875	2.51%	13	0	13	0 / 97		0 / 2	6th	No seats

Seats contested

Election	Constituencies contested	Contested 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. loss of candidate election deposit(s) in contested seat(s)
2. Calculation based on https://www.eld.gov.sg/finalresults2025.html

See also

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

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. Lim, Tean. "The People's Alliance for Reform (PAR) Will Be Contesting The Following Constituencies In GE2025!". Facebook .
4. Yow, Daphne (23 April 2025). "GE2025: Who's contesting where, at a glance". CNA. Retrieved 24 April 2025.
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.