Below is a summary for the political parties with parliamentary presence from GE2011.
A list containing 72 new candidates contesting in the election for the first time, were reflected on the table. (Candidates running as independents were labeled IND in the party column).
Name | Age | Occupation | Party | Contested Constituency |
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Abu Mohamed | 64 | Company Director | Pasir Ris–Punggol GRC | |
Mohamad Abdillah Zamzuri | 31 | Manager | Bishan–Toa Payoh GRC | |
Amrin Amin | 37 | Law Solicitor, Watson, Farley & Williams Asia Practice LLP | Sembawang GRC | |
Cheryl Chan Wei Ling | 39 | Head of Shipping Industry, Linde plc | Fengshan SMC | |
Chee Hong Tat | 41 | Former Second Permanent Secretary (Trade & Industry) | Bishan–Toa Payoh GRC | |
Bernard Chen Jia Xi | 29 | Project Executive | MacPherson SMC | |
Cheng Li Hui | 39 | Deputy CEO, Hai Leck Holdings Limited | Tampines GRC | |
Chirag Praful Desai | 38 | Market Risk Manager | Tanjong Pagar GRC | |
Chong Kee Hiong | 49 | Chief Executive Officer, OUE Hospitality | Bishan–Toa Payoh GRC | |
Chong Wai Fung | 45 | Healthcare Administrator | Holland–Bukit Timah GRC | |
Choong Hon Heng | 45 | Business Administrator | Tampines GRC | |
Melvin Chiu Weng Hoe | 36 | Sales Executive | Tanjong Pagar GRC | |
Chua Eng Leong | 44 | Private Banker | Aljunied GRC | |
Damanhuri Abas | 45 | Education Consultant | Marsiling–Yew Tee GRC | |
Darryl David Wilson | 45 | Former Mediacorp television celebrity and deputy director, Temasek Polytechnic (School of Design) | Ang Mo Kio GRC | |
Mohamad Fahmi Ahmad Rais | 48 | Sales Trainer | Tanjong Pagar GRC | |
Mohamed Fairoz Shariff | 36 | Former Associate Librarian | East Coast GRC | |
Firuz Khan Moklis Khan | 48 | Factory Owner | Marine Parade GRC | |
David Foo Ming Jin | 51 | Chemist | Jurong GRC | |
Kenneth Foo Sek Kuan | 38 | Sales Manager | Nee Soon GRC | |
Jaslyn Go Hui Leng | 42 | Businesswoman | Yuhua SMC | |
Daniel Goh Pei Siong | 42 | Associate Professor, National University of Singapore | East Coast GRC | |
Gurmit Singh Sadhu Singh | 55 | Legal Counsel | Nee Soon GRC | |
Han Hui Hui | 24 | Activist | Radin Mas SMC | |
He Ting Ru | 32 | Legal Counsel | Marine Parade GRC | |
Gerous Khung Wai Yeen | 34 | Account Manager | Bukit Panjang SMC | |
Luke Koh Tiong Yee | 40 | Managing Partner | Nee Soon GRC | |
Henry Kwek Hian Chuan | 39 | Executive Director | Nee Soon GRC | |
Law Him Kwee | 55 | Director | Bishan–Toa Payoh GRC | |
Lee Hong Chuang | 45 | Senior Technology Manager, IBM | Hougang SMC | |
Augustin Lee Tze Shih | 42 | Property Consultant | Chua Chu Kang GRC | |
Lim Tean | 50 | Legal Consultant | Tampines GRC | |
Kevryn Lim Tong Zhe | 27 | Project Director | Sembawang GRC | |
Cheryl Loh Xiu Wen | 32 | Sales Consultant | Nee Soon GRC | |
Don Bryan Long Yaoguang | 38 | Technology Entrepreneur | Bishan–Toa Payoh GRC | |
Jesse Loo Hoe Bock | 52 | Finance Administrator | Ang Mo Kio GRC | |
Janet Low Wai Choo | 55 | Finance Manager | Chua Chu Kang GRC | |
Victor Joseph Lye Thiam Fatt | 53 | Chief Executive Officer | Aljunied GRC | |
Ravi Madasamy | 46 | Activist and Legal Executive | Ang Mo Kio GRC | |
Kumjan Muralidharan Pillai | 48 | Lawyer, Rajah & Tann | Aljunied GRC | |
Ng Chee Meng | 47 | Former Chief of Defence Force | Pasir Ris–Punggol GRC | |
Dylan Ng Foo Eng | 40 | Banker | Marine Parade GRC | |
Louis Ng Kok Kwang | 37 | Founder, Animal Concerns Research and Education Society (ACRES) | Nee Soon GRC | |
Roy Ngerng Yi Ling | 34 | Activist and former Healthcare Worker | Ang Mo Kio GRC | |
Ong Teik Seng | 44 | Sales Consultant | Pasir Ris–Punggol GRC | |
Paul Anantharajah Tambyah | 50 | University Lecturer | Holland–Bukit Timah GRC | |
Ravi Chandran Philemon | 46 | Former Executive Director | Hong Kah North SMC | |
Joan Cheng Sim Pereira | 47 | Assistant General Manager, Temasek Cares | Tanjong Pagar GRC | |
Leon Anil Perera | 44 | Assistant Head, Economic Development Board | East Coast GRC | |
Rahayu Mahzam | 35 | Lawyer, Heng, Leong & Srinivasan | Jurong GRC | |
Redzwan Hafidz Razak | 30 | Engineer | Jalan Besar GRC | |
Saktiandi Supaat | 41 | Executive vice-president of global banking, of Maybank | Bishan–Toa Payoh GRC | |
Samir Salim Neji | 45 | Managing director | Bukit Batok SMC | |
Shamsul Kamar Mohamad Razali | 43 | Former head of School Department | Aljunied GRC | |
Muhamed Sidek Mallek | 55 | Auditor | Holland–Bukit Timah GRC | |
Adrian Sim Tian Hock | 43 | Businessman | Jalan Besar GRC | |
Siva Chandran | 32 | Media trainer | Ang Mo Kio GRC | |
Darren Soh Guan Soon | 45 | Property agent | West Coast GRC | |
Sukhdev Singh Gill | 64 | Former police officer | Jurong GRC | |
Sun Xueling | 36 | Investment director, Temasek International | Pasir Ris–Punggol GRC | |
Ron Tan Jun Yen | 30 | Property agent | Nee Soon GRC | |
Terence Tan Li Chern | 44 | Lawyer | Marine Parade GRC | |
Dennis Tan Lip Fong | 45 | Shipping Lawyer | Fengshan SMC | |
Tan Peng Ann | 67 | Social Entrepreneur | Jurong GRC | |
Tan Wu Meng | 39 | Medical oncologist, Parkway Cancer Centre | Jurong GRC | |
Gregory Wong Chee Wai | 44 | Technology consultant | Jurong GRC | |
Wong Soon Hong | 57 | Sales director | Jurong GRC | |
Wong Souk Yee | 56 | Lecturer | Marsiling–Yew Tee GRC | |
Wong Way Weng | 53 | Quality Assurance Manager | Pasir Ris–Punggol GRC | |
Yee Chia Hsing | 44 | Head of Bank Department | Chua Chu Kang GRC | |
Eugene Yeo Ren Yuan | 40 | Associate Director | Sembawang GRC | |
Melvin Yong Yik Chye | 43 | Former Assistant Commissioner, Singapore Police Force | Tanjong Pagar GRC |
A list containing 15 outgoing MPs, all were from PAP, who was either deceased or stepped down on their constituencies, were reflected in the table.
Deceased | |||
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Name | Constituency (Division) | Highest Portfolio Attained in 12th Parliament | Remarks |
Lee Kuan Yew | Tanjong Pagar GRC (Tanjong Pagar-Tiong Bahru) | Member of Parliament | Lee was the first prime minister (1959-90) and secretary-general (1954-92); Lee died during his term on 23 March 2015 and Indranee Rajah substituted Lee's duties until end of term. |
Retiring | |||
Name | Constituency (Division) | Highest Portfolio Attained in 12th Parliament | Remarks |
Arthur Fong | West Coast GRC (Clementi) | Member of Parliament | Fong's ward was carved to Jurong GRC. |
Hawazi Daipi | Sembawang GRC (Marsiling) | Senior Parliamentary Secretary (Education and Manpower) | Daipi's ward was carved to Marsiling–Yew Tee GRC. |
Hri Kumar Nair | Bishan–Toa Payoh GRC (Thomson-Toa Payoh) | Member of Parliament | |
Inderjit Singh | Ang Mo Kio GRC (Kebun Baru) | Member of Parliament | Inderjit's ward was carved to Nee Soon GRC. |
Ellen Lee | Sembawang GRC (Woodlands) | Member of Parliament | |
Raymond Lim | East Coast GRC (Fengshan) | Former Cabinet Minister | Lim's ward was carved as a SMC. |
Penny Low | Pasir Ris–Punggol GRC (Punggol North) | Member of Parliament | |
Lui Tuck Yew | Moulmein–Kallang GRC (Moulmein) | Minister for Transport | Lui's ward was carved to Bishan–Toa Payoh, Holland–Bukit Timah, Jalan Besar and Tanjong Pagar GRCs. |
Mah Bow Tan | Tampines GRC (Tampines East) | Former Cabinet Minister | |
Irene Ng | Tampines GRC (Tampines Changkat) | Member of Parliament | |
Seng Han Thong | Ang Mo Kio GRC (Yio Chu Kang) | Member of Parliament | |
Wong Kan Seng | Bishan–Toa Payoh GRC (Bishan East) | Former Deputy Prime Minister | |
Alvin Yeo | Chua Chu Kang GRC (Nanyang) | Member of Parliament | |
Zainudin Nordin | Bishan–Toa Payoh GRC (Toa Payoh East) | Former Central CDC Mayor | |
Date | Party | Events |
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13 July | 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. [1] [2] | |
24 July | The Electoral Boundaries Review Committee publishes report on new electoral boundaries [3] [4] | |
Inderjit Singh , Member of Parliament of Ang Mo Kio GRC, became the first incumbent to announce retirement through Facebook. PAP organising Secretary and Defence Minister Ng Eng Hen commented that Singh would prefer MPs to announce their retirement in a more dignified manner. | ||
26 July | WP plans to contest 28 seats (increase of five from 2011), slightly under one-third of the 89 parliamentary seats. [5] | |
27 July | The Elections Department announced that revised registers of electors are open for public inspection. [6] | |
31 July | Chief of Singapore Armed Forces Ng Chee Meng became the first high-ranked three-star general to enter politics, upon announcing his retirement from SAF with effect from 18 August; [7] Ng later told the media prior to the Change of Command Parade, mentioned that how he was "indebted to Singapore", was his purpose on joining politics. [8] | |
2 August | NSP announces its intention to field Nicole Seah as a candidate; Seah however confirmed with the media later that day that she would not run in the election nor rejoining NSP. [9] | |
3 August | Opposition parties held their first horse-trading talks at the NSP headquarters. [10] The host party had responded to a request by Reform Party to shift the meeting from its intended date of 31 July. | |
4 August | Second Permanent Secretary (Trade & Industry) Chee Hong Tat announced his resignation from civil service. [11] | |
5 August | Tin Pei Ling , Marine Parade GRC MP gave birth to first child. Emeritus Senior Minister and MP of Marine Parade GRC Goh Chok Tong paid a hospital visit and announces that Tin will stand for election in the recently carved MacPherson SMC. [12] | |
Low Thia Khiang , party's Secretary-General and Aljunied GRC MP, announced that he will defend his seat, quashing rumours that he might lead a team to contest other GRCs, but he declined to reveal the full line-up for Aljunied. | ||
6 August | Opposition parties, except WP, held second horse-trading talks ahead of GE. Party chairwoman Sylvia Lim later explained to the media that it was not productive for the party to attend further talks. [13] Reform Party secretary-general Kenneth Jeyaretnam walks out of the meeting within 15 minutes. [14] | |
Tan Lam Siong announced his intention to stand in Potong Pasir SMC, creating a possibility of a three-cornered contest in this GE, and the first possible Independent to stand since the 2001 elections. [15] | ||
7 August | Tampines GRC former Cabinet Minister Mah Bow Tan and MP Irene Ng , and Sembawang GRC MP and Education and Manpower Senior Parliamentary Secretary Hawazi Daipi, announced their retirement. | |
8 August | Jurong GRC MP and Deputy Prime Minister Tharman Shanmugaratnam announced the changes in the west: incumbent Speaker Halimah Yacob would move to the newly formed Marsiling–Yew Tee GRC, while West Coast GRC MP Arthur Fong would retire. [16] | |
11 August | Transport Minister and Moulmein–Kallang GRC MP Lui Tuck Yew became the first cabinet minister to announce his retirement from politics. [17] Lui cited that it seemed like "obituaries and eulogies without the flowers", while referring to the outpour of support after his announcement. [18] | |
12 August | Organising Secretary and Defence Minister Ng Eng Hen announces that the ruling party will formally unveil its entire slate of candidates before the National Day Rally (which will be held on 23 Aug); the first slate of candidates was for his ward, Bishan–Toa Payoh GRC , where he and Senior Minister of State Josephine Teo would remain in the ward; former Deputy Prime Minister Wong Kan Seng , and MPs Hri Kumar Nair and Zainudin Nordin would retire and were respectively replaced by Chong Kee Hiong , Chee Hong Tat and Saktiandi Supaat . Departing from its traditional practice of introducing candidates at its party headquarters, the party held its conference in a local coffee shop instead. [19] | |
Low Thia Khiang announces that WP would unveil its own slate of candidates before Nomination Day, but would not indicate where the candidates would be standing. [20] | ||
13 August | Melvin Yong , director of Singapore Police Force (Public Affairs Department), announced that he would step down from the sector. Reports from Straits Times imply that Yong might stood as a candidate in Tanjong Pagar GRC under the PAP banner. [21] | |
14 August | PAP unveiled candidates for Sembawang GRC: Minister for National Development and party chairman Khaw Boon Wan will lead their team; Amrin Amin and Ong Ye Kung (who previously contested in Aljunied GRC in 2011 election) would join the team; incumbents Vikram Nair and Lim Wee Kiak (from Nee Soon GRC) also remained, while Senior Parliament Secretary Hawazi Daipi and MP Ellen Lee steps down, and Ong Teng Koon was transferred to Marsiling–Yew Tee GRC. | |
Singapore Police Force announced 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 performers to perform at election rallies. [22] | ||
15 August | PAP unveiled candidates for three electoral divisions:
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East Coast GRC MP and former cabinet minister Raymond Lim announced his retirement. His ward of Fengshan, was carved as a SMC prior to his announcement. [26] | ||
16 August | PAP unveiled candidates for four electoral divisions:
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WP announced that all of the seven elected MPs from the last General Election (and the two by-elections) would be defending their respective wards: [31] | ||
17 August | PAP announced incumbent Potong Pasir SMC MP, Sitoh Yih Pin , to be defending his seat. [32] | |
18 August | National University of Singapore held 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. The party representatives include: Benjamin Pwee, Gerald Giam, Goh Meng Seng, Harminder Singh, Jeannette Chong-Aruldoss, Kenneth Jeyaretnam, Paul Tambyah, Steve Chia, Sim Ann and Tan Jee Say. [33] [34] | |
PAP launched a mobile app, the first time in the election's history any political party had done so. [35] [36] | ||
19 August | PAP unveiled candidates for two electoral divisions:
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NSP announced their intention to contest MacPherson SMC, creating possibly the second three-cornered fight this GE. [39] Acting Secretary-General Hazel Poa resigns from NSP within hours of the announcement, citing Poa had strongly opposed with Steve Chia's decision to contest MacPherson SMC. [40] | ||
20 August | PAP unveiled candidates for two electoral divisions:
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Elections Department announced changes made to the Ballot paper, which will include candidates' photos, and raising the spending limit from S$3.50 to S$4. [43] | ||
21 August | PAP unveiled candidates for four electoral divisions:
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Singapore Democratic Alliance was the first party to publish its manifesto, hoping to "build a Singapore for Singaporeans". [48] [49] 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 August | PAP unveiled candidates for five electoral divisions:
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SPP announced Ravi Philemon as Hong Kah North SMC's candidate. [55] | ||
SDP opened its new office at Ang Mo Kio Street 62 and announces that it is “good and ready to go” for the election. [56] | ||
23 August | Steve Chia announced that he would not run in the election, citing that "the trolls have won" and online abuse. [57] | |
Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong held his annual National Day Rally in ITE College Central; during his rally, he told the audience that he would be holding an election soon, and he asked for their mandate and "to take Singapore into our next phase". [58] | ||
24 August | The party's Central Executive Council member Mohamed Fazli Talip became the second member within a week to resign from NSP. [59] | |
25 August | At about 3pm, President of Singapore Tony Tan , under the advice of the Prime Minister Lee, dissolves the 12th Parliament. About an hour later, the writ of election was issued, adjourning the dates of Nomination and Polling to be held on 1 and 11 September, respectively. [60] [61] | |
Ng Wai Choong, Energy Market Authority's Chief Executive, would be appointed as Returning Officer. [62] | ||
Elections Department published 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. [63] [64] | ||
SDP unveiled their first two candidates via live-streaming on YouTube: Chong Wai Fung and Khung Wai Yeen. [65] | ||
26 August | PAP unveiled candidates for two electoral divisions:
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WP unveiled its campaign theme, "Empower your future". Secretary-General Low Thia Khiang quoted as saying, "What we need to succeed in future may not be the same as what we depended on in the past". | ||
WP unveiled four more candidates: Daniel Goh Pei Siong , Redzwan Hafidz Abdul Razak, Dylan Ng Foo Eng and previously-contested candidate Koh Choong Yong. [68] [69] | ||
SDP unveiled two more candidates: Jaslyn Go and Paul Tambyah. [70] | ||
RP indicated their intention to contest Pioneer SMC should NSP withdrew from contesting, in a response following Steve Chia's withdrawal. [71] | ||
Five opposition parties launched 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 told to the media that WP and SPP declined their invitation. [72] | ||
27 August | PAP unveiled candidates for three electoral divisions:
84 candidates have been unveiled by the ruling party at this point, with the exception of the opposition-held Aljunied GRC. | |
RP unveils its first group of candidates:
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SDP unveiled two more candidates: John Tan and Sidek Mallek. [77] | ||
28 August | WP candidate Daniel Goh lodged a police report after reported that Goh categorically refute baseless allegations' of an extra-marital affair in a letter addressed to the party and the media. [78] [79] | |
WP unveiled four more candidates: Ron Tan, He Ting Ru , Adrian Sim, and previously contested candidate L Somasundaram. [80] | ||
PAP unveiled their final five candidates who would contest the opposition-held Aljunied GRC : Ang Mo Kio GRC MP Yeo Guat Kwang would lead along new candidates Chua Eng Leong, Victor Lye, K Muralidharan Pillai , and Shamsul Kamar. [81] Serangoon representative Chan Hui Yuh chose not to run the elections and backed the PAP team. [82] | ||
RP unveiled their team for Ang Mo Kio GRC: M Ravi, Roy Ngerng , Gilbert Goh, Osman Sulaiman, Jesse Loo and Siva Chandran. [83] | ||
SDP unveiled two more candidates: Damanhuri Abas and previously contested candidate Bryan Lim, who contested Hong Kah GRC in 2001. [84] | ||
SingFirst unveiled their first five of ten candidates: Secretary-General Tan Jee Say , Fahmi Rais, Gregory Wong Chee Wai, Chirag Desai, and Melvyn Chiu Weng Hoe. [85] | ||
At 5pm, at the time of the closing of applications of Political Donation Certificate (mandatory item for all candidates), Elections Department revealed that 220 applications were received, on par with the 220 it received from the 2011 elections. [86] [87] | ||
29 August | PAP launches its 88-page manifesto themed, "With you. For you. For Singapore". [88] | |
WP launches its 46-page manifesto themed, "Empower your future"; WP also released their mobile app. [89] [90] | ||
SingFirst introduces the other five candidates: Party chairman Ang Yong Guan, Tan Peng Ann, David Foo Ming Jin, Sukdeu Singh, and Wong Soon Hong. [91] | ||
SDP unveiled their final three candidates: Wong Souk Yee, and previously contested candidates Sadasivam Veriyah and the party's secretary-general Chee Soon Juan , the latter returning to the political arena after a 14-year hiatus. [92] | ||
DPP's Secteraty-general Benjamin Pwee and chairman Hamin Aliyas resign to return to SPP, backing their team to contest Bishan–Toa Payoh GRC with SPP candidates. [93] | ||
30 August | WP unveiled four more candidates: Kenneth Foo Seck Guan, Dennis Tan Lip Fong, Gurmit Singh, and Mohamed Fairoz Shariff. [94] | |
SPP's Secretary-General Chiam See Tong , announced that he will not run in the elections, ending a 39-year political career since his first contest in the 1976 elections. SPP also unveiled three candidates for the Bishan–Toa Payoh GRC team: Bryan Long, Law Kim Hwee, and Abdillah Zamzuri. [95] | ||
31 August | Lim Tean was appointed as the new Acting Secretary-General. [96] | |
WP unveiled its final three candidates: Leon Perera, Bernard Chen Jia Xi and previously contested candidate Frieda Chan. | ||
SDA unveiled their Pasir Ris–Punggol GRC team, which consist of secretary-general Desmond Lim, Harminder Pal Singh, Ong Teik Seng, Wong Way Weng, Abu Mohamed and Arthero Lim. |
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1 September | At 7am, Tam Lam Siong pulls out of three-cornered fight at Potong Pasir SMC. [97] [98] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
At 9am, nine nomination centres open to parties and public. The nominations were open for an hour later at 11am. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
At 12.45pm, Singapore Police Force published a list of rally sites. [99] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
At the close of nominations at 1pm, Elections Department confirmed a combined 179 candidates (representing in nine parties) and two independents would be contesting all of the 29 constituencies and 89 parliamentary seats, marking the first time in post-independence Singapore (and since the 1963 elections) with an all-contest and no uncontested walkovers. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
At 5pm, PAP's secretary-general Lee Hsien Loong held their media conference at its headquarters. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
MediaCorp hosted two 'live' forums featuring the six parties with the largest slates of candidates, with PAP (89), WP (28), NSP (12), SDP (11), RP (11) and SF (10): [100] [101]
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2 September | Media Development Authority announced the 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 was scheduled to broadcast on 3 and 10 Sep. [102] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Elections Department announced the debut of sample counts: a sample of 100 polling papers from each polling station will be sampled and weighed according to the size of the ballots; the results would be released via website and on broadcast by the assistant returning officer, and counting continues until all of the votes had been tabulated. ELD also highlighted that sample counts help to prevent speculation and misinformation before the official results are announced. [103] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
NSP launched its six-page manifesto "Singaporeans Deserve Better", which focused on job protection for locals, over-population, CPF withdrawal limits and widening inequality gap. [104] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
3 September | Elections Department announced a list of ten overseas polling locations where a significant number of Singaporeans are present: Dubai, London, Tokyo, Beijing, Washington D.C., Hong Kong, Shanghai, San Francisco, New York and Canberra. A total of 4,868 voters were cast overseas. [105] [106] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
SPP launched its 8-point manifesto, highlighting employment, healthcare, transport, education, housing and CPF issues. [107] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
At 8pm, the first round of party political broadcasts was aired on free-to-air television and radio channels (See Political party broadcasts) [102] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
7 September | RP launched its publishes 12-page manifesto titled "A Brighter Future Tomorrow, Today", which highlights include minimum wage, reducing National Service to one year and capping the number of foreign workers. [108] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Singapore Police Force released a list of 18 designated assembly centres, with applications opened for two days to the Political parties. [109] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
10 September | At 9pm, the Second round of party political broadcasts was aired on free-to-air television and radio channels (See Political party broadcasts) [102] |
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 allocated (minutes) |
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SDA | 2.5 |
SPP | 3 |
SingFirst | |
RP | |
SDP | |
NSP | 3.5 |
WP | 5.5 |
PAP | 13 |
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 |
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SDA | Harminder Pal Singh [110] | Arthero Lim | Abu Mohamed | no Tamil broadcast |
SPP | Lina Chiam [111] | no Mandarin broadcast | Mohamad Abdillah Zamzuri | Ravi Philemon |
SingFirst | Tan Jee Say [112] | Ang Yong Guan | Fahmi Ahmad Rais | no Tamil broadcast |
RP | Kenneth Jeyaretnam [113] | Darren Soh | Noraini Yunos | M Ravi |
SDP | Chee Soon Juan [114] | Jaslyn Go | Mohamad Sidek Mallek | Sadasivam Veriyah |
NSP | Lim Tean [115] | Sebastian Teo | Nor Lella Mardiiah Mohamed | no Tamil broadcast |
WP | Daniel Goh [116] | Lee Li Lian | Mohamed Fairoz Shariff | L. Somasundram |
PAP | Lee Hsien Loong [117] | Lim Swee Say | Yaacob Ibrahim | S. Iswaran |
The Singapore Police Force published a list of sites (The Speakers' Corner at Hong Lim Park would not serve as an "unrestricted area") available for electoral meetings on the nomination day on 1 September, and rallies could be held during the campaigning period (2 to 9 September) between 7am to 10pm. [99]
Unless otherwise stated, all rallies below are held between 7pm to 10pm; an orange + next to the rally indicate lunchtime rallies that were held between 12pm to 2pm.
Party | 2 September | 3 September | 4 September | 5 September | 6 September | 7 September | 8 September | 9 September [118] |
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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) [119] |
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 (Chua Chu Kang GRC) | NA | NA | Choa Chu Kang Secondary School (Chua 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 |
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