Peoples Voice (Singapore)

Peoples Voice Suara Rakyat (Malay) 人民之声 (Chinese) Rénmín Zhīshēng மக்கள் குரல் (Tamil) Makkaḷ Kural
Leader	Lim Tean
Founder	Lim Tean
Founded	31 August 2018;6 years ago (2018-08-31)
Split from	National Solidarity Party
Headquarters	5C Goodwood Hill, Singapore 258904
Ideology	Populism
National affiliation	People's Alliance for Reform
Colours	Black
Parliament	0 / 104
Website
peoplesvoicesg.com (defunct)
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Peoples Voice (PV) is a political party in Singapore.

PV was founded in 2018 by Lim Tean after he left National Solidarity Party (NSP) in 2017.

History

In 2017, Lim Tean stepped down from his secretary-general position in NSP and left the party, citing fundamental differences with their approach to politics. ^{[1] [2] [3]} He then founded PV which was officially registered on 31 October 2018 with the Registry of Societies. ^[2] In March 2019, Leong Sze Hian was made the PV's shadow finance minister ^[4] while Kok Ming Cheang was made the shadow health minister. ^[5]

In the 2020 general election, which was called on 23 June with the dissolution of the 13th Parliament of Singapore, PV had put forward 10 candidates to contest Mountbatten SMC, Jalan Besar GRC, and Pasir-Ris Punggol GRC, the latter of which was also the battleground for a three-cornered contest including the Singapore Democratic Alliance. ^{[6] [7] [8]} Following the election on 10 July, the party won none of the contested seats. Their five-member team for Pasir Ris–Punggol GRC team had also lost a combined $67,500 election deposit (five times the deposit of $13,500 per candidate) for garnering only 12.18% of the votes, falling just 0.32% short of the one-eighth threshold (12.5%) in order to keep their deposit. ^[9] In terms of vote share, they got 21.26% of the votes cast on all the constituencies contested, and 2.37% based on overall popular vote.

In June 2023, PV leader Lim Tean announced the formation of the People's Alliance for Reform with three other opposition parties: Reform Party, People's Power Party and the Democratic Progressive Party. PV will contest in the 2025 Singaporean general election under the alliance's banner. ^[10]

Leadership

No	Leader	Years
1	Lim Tean	2020–present

Electoral performance

Election	Leader	Votes	%	Seats					NCMPs	Position	Result
				Contested			Total	+/–
				Seats	Won	Lost
2020	Lim Tean	59,183	2.37%	10	0	10	0 / 93		0 / 2	6th	No seats

See also

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

References

1. "NSP Secretary General Lim Tean quits party suddenly". Mothership.sg. Archived from the original on 27 September 2019. Retrieved 27 September 2019.
2. "Former opposition party chief Lim Tean forms new political party, People's Voice". TODAYonline. Archived from the original on 27 September 2019. Retrieved 27 September 2019.
3. "Lim Tean resigns as NSP secretary-general". CNA. Archived from the original on 27 September 2019. Retrieved 27 September 2019.
4. "Leong Sze Hian joins People's Voice Party as 'Shadow Finance Minister'". Archived from the original on 30 September 2019. Retrieved 30 September 2019.
5. "PAP's Choice of PM Candidate Worries Singaporeans". Archived from the original on 30 September 2019. Retrieved 30 September 2019.
6. "GE2020: Nominations close with all 93 seats contested; 3-way fights in 2 constituencies" . Retrieved 1 July 2020.
7. "GE2020: PAP's Lim Biow Chuan up against Peoples Voice's Sivakumaran Chellappa in Mountbatten SMC". CNA. Retrieved 1 July 2020.
8. Heijmans, Philip; Mokhtar, Faris (23 June 2020). "Singapore's Lee Calls Election for New Mandate to Fight Pandemic". www.bloomberg.com. Retrieved 1 July 2020.
9. "GE2020 official results: PAP wins Pasir Ris-Punggol GRC with 64.15% of votes, PV party to lose election deposit". 11 July 2020. Retrieved 12 July 2020.
10. "4 opposition parties form alliance to contest in Singapore's next General Election". CNA. Retrieved 17 June 2023.

External links

• Official website ^{[ dead link ]}