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).
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 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 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] | |
| People's Action Party | 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 | Workers' Party | 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 | National Solidarity Party | 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 | People's Action Party | 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] |
| Workers' Party | 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 | People's Action Party | 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 | People's Action Party | 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 | People's Action Party | 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 | People's Action Party | 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] |
| Workers' Party | 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] | |
| Sylvia Lim posted an image of her eating oyster omelette at a hawker centre at Bedok North Street 4 (situated at Fengshan SMC) on Instagram with the captions "The taste of Fengshan - heavenly!". However, Lim also confirmed later that month that she would remain in Aljunied GRC while another WP candidate would contest Fengshan SMC instead. [21] [22] | ||
| 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. [23] | |
| 14 August | People's Action Party | 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. [24] | ||
| 15 August | People's Action Party | 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. [28] | ||
| 16 August | People's Action Party | PAP unveiled candidates for four electoral divisions:
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| Workers' Party | 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: [33] | |
| 17 August | People's Action Party | PAP announced incumbent Potong Pasir SMC MP, Sitoh Yih Pin , to be defending his seat. [34] |
| 18 August | Democratic Progressive Party, Workers' Party, People's Power Party, Singapore Democratic Alliance, Singapore People's Party, Reform Party, Singapore Democratic Party, National Solidarity Party, People's Action Party, Singaporeans First | 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: Democratic Progressive Party Benjamin Pwee, Workers' Party Gerald Giam, People's Power Party Goh Meng Seng, Singapore Democratic Alliance Harminder Singh, Singapore People's Party Jeannette Chong-Aruldoss, Reform Party Kenneth Jeyaretnam, Singapore Democratic Party Paul Tambyah, National Solidarity Party Steve Chia, People's Action Party Sim Ann and Singaporeans First Tan Jee Say. [35] [36] |
| People's Action Party | PAP launched a mobile app, the first time in the election's history any political party had done so. [37] [38] | |
| 19 August | People's Action Party | PAP unveiled candidates for two electoral divisions:
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| National Solidarity Party | NSP announced their intention to contest MacPherson SMC, creating possibly the second three-cornered fight this GE. [41] 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. [42] | |
| 20 August | People's Action Party | 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. [45] | ||
| 21 August | People's Action Party | PAP unveiled candidates for four electoral divisions:
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| Singapore Democratic Alliance | Singapore Democratic Alliance was the first party to publish its manifesto, hoping to "build a Singapore for Singaporeans". [50] [51] 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 | People's Action Party | PAP unveiled candidates for five electoral divisions:
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| Singapore People's Party | SPP announced Ravi Philemon as Hong Kah North SMC's candidate. [57] | |
| Singapore Democratic Party | SDP opened its new office at Ang Mo Kio Street 62 and announces that it is “good and ready to go” for the election. [58] | |
| 23 August | National Solidarity Party | Steve Chia announced that he would not run in the election, citing that "the trolls have won" and online abuse. [59] |
| 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". [60] | ||
| 24 August | National Solidarity Party | The party's Central Executive Council member Mohamed Fazli Talip became the second member within a week to resign from NSP. [61] |
| 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. [62] [63] | |
| Ng Wai Choong, Energy Market Authority's Chief Executive, would be appointed as Returning Officer. [64] | ||
| 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. [65] [66] | ||
| Singapore Democratic Party | SDP unveiled their first two candidates via live-streaming on YouTube: Chong Wai Fung and Khung Wai Yeen. [67] | |
| 26 August | People's Action Party | PAP unveiled candidates for two electoral divisions:
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| Workers' Party | 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. [70] [71] | ||
| Singapore Democratic Party | SDP unveiled two more candidates: Jaslyn Go and Paul Tambyah. [72] | |
| Reform Party | RP indicated their intention to contest Pioneer SMC should NSP withdrew from contesting, in a response following Steve Chia's withdrawal. [73] | |
| Socialist Front, Singapore Democratic Alliance, Reform Party, Democratic Progressive Party, People's Power Party | 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. [74] | |
| 27 August | People's Action Party | 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. |
| Reform Party | RP unveils its first group of candidates:
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| Singapore Democratic Party | SDP unveiled two more candidates: John Tan and Sidek Mallek. [79] | |
| 28 August | Workers' Party | 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. [80] [81] |
| WP unveiled four more candidates: Ron Tan, He Ting Ru , Adrian Sim, and previously contested candidate L Somasundaram. [82] | ||
| People's Action Party | 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. [83] Serangoon representative Chan Hui Yuh chose not to run the elections and backed the PAP team. [84] | |
| Reform Party | RP unveiled their team for Ang Mo Kio GRC: M Ravi, Roy Ngerng , Gilbert Goh, Osman Sulaiman, Jesse Loo and Siva Chandran. [85] | |
| Singapore Democratic Party | SDP unveiled two more candidates: Damanhuri Abas and previously contested candidate Bryan Lim, who contested Hong Kah GRC in 2001. [86] | |
| Singaporeans First | 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. [87] | |
| 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. [88] [89] | ||
| 29 August | People's Action Party | PAP launches its 88-page manifesto themed, "With you. For you. For Singapore". [90] |
| Workers' Party | WP launches its 46-page manifesto themed, "Empower your future"; WP also released their mobile app. [91] [92] | |
| Singaporeans First | SingFirst introduces the other five candidates: Party chairman Ang Yong Guan, Tan Peng Ann, David Foo Ming Jin, Sukdeu Singh, and Wong Soon Hong. [93] | |
| Singapore Democratic Party | 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. [94] | |
| Singapore People's Party, Democratic Progressive Party | DPP's secretary-general Benjamin Pwee and chairman Hamin Aliyas resign to return to SPP, backing their team to contest Bishan–Toa Payoh GRC with SPP candidates. [95] | |
| 30 August | Workers' Party | WP unveiled four more candidates: Kenneth Foo Seck Guan, Dennis Tan Lip Fong, Gurmit Singh, and Mohamed Fairoz Shariff. [96] |
| Singapore People's Party | 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. [97] | |
| 31 August | National Solidarity Party | Lim Tean was appointed as the new Acting Secretary-General. [98] |
| Workers' Party | WP unveiled its final three candidates: Leon Perera, Bernard Chen Jia Xi and previously contested candidate Frieda Chan. | |
| Singapore Democratic Alliance | 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. |
| Date | Party | Events |
|---|---|---|
| 1 September | At 7am, Tam Lam Siong pulls out of three-cornered fight at Potong Pasir SMC. [99] [100] | |
| 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. [101] | ||
| 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. | ||
| People's Action Party | At 5pm, PAP's secretary-general Lee Hsien Loong held their media conference at its headquarters. | |
| People's Action Party, Workers' Party, National Solidarity Party, Singapore Democratic Party, Reform Party, Singaporeans First | 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). (See Political debate) [102] [103] | |
| 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. [104] | |
| 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. [105] | ||
| National Solidarity Party | 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. [106] | |
| 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. [107] [108] | |
| Singapore People's Party | SPP launched its 8-point manifesto, highlighting employment, healthcare, transport, education, housing and CPF issues. [109] | |
| At 8pm, the first round of party political broadcasts was aired on free-to-air television and radio channels (See Political party broadcasts) [104] | ||
| National Solidarity Party People's Action Party | MacPherson SMC NSP candidate Cheo Chai Chen posted a Facebook post citing PAP candidate Tin Pei Ling's role as a mother is a weakness, in which Tin refuted on a separate post the day after. Tin was backed by ministers Ng Eng Hen and Grace Fu thereafter, so was NSP's Sembawang GRC candidate Kevryn Lim. Cheo later admitted that remark was a joke on the following day, whose supporters shun him. [110] [111] | |
| 7 September | Reform Party | 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. [112] |
| Singapore Police Force released a list of 18 designated assembly centres, with applications opened for two days to the Political parties. [113] | ||
| People's Action Party | A speech delivered by Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong during the lunchtime rally, on the last day of campaigning, vowed vowers to back the right party so the country would continue to succeed for the next 50 years. [114] | |
| 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) [104] |
Debates were live telecast on 1 September 2015. Two round table debates each airing for an hour were held with a moderator on the current issues in Singapore, broadcast in Chinese at 7 pm in Chinese on Channel 8 and Capital 95.8FM and in English at 8 pm on Channel 5 and CNA938. A rerun of the English broadcast was broadcast at 9 pm on CNA. [115] [116] [117] The candidates that participated in the debate were:
| 2015 Singaporean general election debates | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Date & Time | Broadcaster | Language | Moderator | Participants | ||||||
| Key: P Present A Absent | PAP | WP | NSP | SDP | RP | SingFirst | |||||
| 1 | 1 September 7:00 p.m.–8:00 p.m. | Mediacorp Channel 8 Capital 95.8FM | Chinese | Chun Geuk Lay | P Chan C. S. Sim A. | P Koh C. Y. | P Teo K. Y. | P Lim B. H. | P Soh G. S. | P Ang Y. G. | |
| 2 | 1 September 8:00 p.m.–9:00 p.m. | Mediacorp Channel 5 CNA938 | English | Steve Chia | P Wong S. T. Phua L. P. | P Perera | P Lim T. | P Chee S. J. | P Jeyaretnam | P Tan J. S. | |
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) |
|---|---|
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SDA | Harminder Pal Singh [118] | Arthero Lim | Abu Mohamed | no Tamil broadcast |
| SPP | Lina Chiam [119] | no Mandarin broadcast | Mohamad Abdillah Zamzuri | Ravi Philemon |
| SingFirst | Tan Jee Say [120] | Ang Yong Guan | Fahmi Ahmad Rais | no Tamil broadcast |
| RP | Kenneth Jeyaretnam [121] | Darren Soh | Noraini Yunos | M Ravi |
| SDP | Chee Soon Juan [122] | Jaslyn Go | Mohamad Sidek Mallek | Sadasivam Veriyah |
| NSP | Lim Tean [123] | Sebastian Teo | Nor Lella Mardiiah Mohamed | no Tamil broadcast |
| WP | Daniel Goh [124] | Lee Li Lian | Mohamed Fairoz Shariff | L. Somasundram |
| PAP | Lee Hsien Loong [125] | Lim Swee Say | Yaacob Ibrahim | S. Iswaran |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SDA | Harminder Singh | Arthero Lim | Abu Mohamed | no Tamil broadcast |
| SingFirst | Tan Jee Say | Ang Yong Guan | Mohamad Fahmi Rais | no Tamil broadcast |
| SPP | Did not participate | |||
| RP | Roy Ngerng | Darren Soh | Osman Sulaiman | Siva Chandran |
| SDP | Paul Tambyah | Khung Wai Yeen | Damanhuri Abas | Sadasivam Veriyah |
| NSP | Lim Tean | Sebastian Teo | Nor Lella Mardiiah Mohamed | no Tamil broadcast |
| WP | Sylvia Lim | Low Thia Khiang | Muhamad Faisal Manap | L Somasundram |
| PAP | Lee Hsien Loong | 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. [101]
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 [126] |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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) [127] |
| 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 |
| SMC Candidates of 2015 Singaporean general election | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Political Party | Candidate | Nomination status | Notes | |
| Bukit Batok SMC | Independent | Samir Salim Neji | Nominated | ||
| National Solidarity Party | NA | Did not run | NSP contested Jurong GRC in 2011, from which Bukit Batok SMC was carved out | ||
| People's Action Party | David Ong | Nominated | Incumbent party | ||
| Singapore Democratic Party | Sadasivam Veriyah | Nominated | |||
| Bukit Panjang SMC | People's Action Party | Teo Ho Pin | Nominated | Incumbent party | |
| Singapore Democratic Party | Khung Wai Yeen | Nominated | SDP contested Bukit Panjang SMC in 2011 | ||
| Fengshan SMC | People's Action Party | Cheryl Chan | Nominated | Incumbent party | |
| Workers' Party | Dennis Tan | Nominated | WP contested East Coast GRC in 2011, from which Fengshan SMC was carved out | ||
| Hong Kah North SMC | People's Action Party | Amy Khor | Nominated | Incumbent party | |
| Singapore People's Party | Ravi Philemon | Nominated | SPP contested Hong Kah North SMC in 2011 | ||
| Hougang SMC | People's Action Party | Lee Hong Chuang | Nominated | PAP contested Hougang SMC in 2011 and 2012 by-election | |
| Workers' Party | Png Eng Huat | Nominated | Incumbent party | ||
| MacPherson SMC | National Solidarity Party | Cheo Chai Chen | Nominated | NSP contested Marine Parade GRC in 2011, from which MacPherson SMC was carved out | |
| People's Action Party | Tin Pei Ling | Nominated | Incumbent party | ||
| Workers' Party | Bernard Chen | Nominated | |||
| Mountbatten SMC | National Solidarity Party | NA | Did not run | NSP contested Mountbatten SMC in 2011 | |
| People's Action Party | Lim Biow Chuan | Nominated | Incumbent party | ||
| Singapore People's Party | Jeanette Chong-Aruldoss | Nominated | Candidate contested Mountbatten SMC in 2011 as a NSP candidate | ||
| Pioneer SMC | National Solidarity Party | Cedric Foo | Nominated | NSP contested Pioneer SMC in 2011 | |
| People's Action Party | Elvin Ong | Nominated | Incumbent party | ||
| Reform Party | NA | Did not run | RP indicated their intention to contest Pioneer SMC if NSP withdrew | ||
| Potong Pasir SMC | Independent | Tan Lam Siong | Did not run | Withdrew in favor of SPP | |
| People's Action Party | Sitoh Yih Pin | Nominated | Incumbent party | ||
| Singapore People's Party | Lina Chiam | Nominated | SPP contested Potong Pasir SMC in 2011 | ||
| Punggol East SMC | People's Action Party | Charles Chong | Nominated | PAP contested Punggol East SMC in 2011 and 2013 by-election | |
| Reform Party | NA | Did not run | RP contested Punggol East SMC in 2013 by-election | ||
| Singapore Democratic Alliance | NA | Did not run | SDA contested Punggol East SMC in 2011 and 2013 by-election | ||
| Workers' Party | Lee Li Lian | Nominated | Incumbent party | ||
| Radin Mas SMC | Independent | Han Hui Hui | Nominated | ||
| National Solidarity Party | NA | Did not run | NSP contested Radin Mas SMC in 2011 | ||
| People's Action Party | Sam Tan | Nominated | Incumbent party | ||
| Reform Party | Kumar Appavoo | Nominated | |||
| Sengkang West SMC | People's Action Party | Lam Pin Min | Nominated | Incumbent party | |
| Workers' Party | Koh Choong Yong | Nominated | WP contested Sengkang West SMC in 2011 | ||
| Yuhua SMC | People's Action Party | Grace Fu | Nominated | Incumbent party | |
| Singapore Democratic Party | Jaslyn Go | Nominated | SDP contested Yuhua SMC in 2011 | ||
| 4-Member GRC Candidates of 2015 Singaporean general election | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Political Party | Candidate | Nomination status | Notes | |
| Chua Chu Kang GRC | National Solidarity Party | NA | Did not run | NSP contested Chua Chu Kang GRC in 2011 | |
| People's Action Party | Gan Kim Yong | Nominated | Incumbent party | ||
| Low Yen Ling | |||||
| Zaqy Mohamad | |||||
| Yee Chia Hsing | |||||
| People's Power Party | Goh Meng Seng | Nominated | |||
| Lee Tze Shih | |||||
| Low Wai Choo | |||||
| Syafarin bin Sarif | |||||
| East Coast GRC | People's Action Party | Lee Yi Shyan | Nominated | Incumbent party | |
| Lim Swee Say | |||||
| Mohd Maliki Bin Osman | |||||
| Jessica Tan | |||||
| Workers' Party | Daniel Goh | Nominated | WP contested East Coast GRC in 2011 | ||
| Gerald Giam | |||||
| Leon Perera | |||||
| Mohamed Fairoz Bin Shariff | |||||
| Holland-Bukit Timah GRC | People's Action Party | Vivian Balakrishnan | Nominated | Incumbent party | |
| Christopher de Souza | |||||
| Liang Eng Hwa | |||||
| Sim Ann | |||||
| Singapore Democratic Party | Chee Soon Juan | Nominated | SDP contested Holland-Bukit Timah GRC in 2011 | ||
| Paul Tambyah | |||||
| Chong Wai Fung | |||||
| Sidek Mallek | |||||
| Jalan Besar GRC | National Solidarity Party | NA | Did not run | NSP contested Whampoa SMC in 2011, from which Jalan Besar GRC was formed | |
| People's Action Party | Heng Chee How | Nominated | Incumbent party | ||
| Lily Neo | |||||
| Denise Phua | |||||
| Yaacob Ibrahim | |||||
| Workers' Party | Frieda Chan | Nominated | WP contested Moulmein-Kallang GRC in 2011, from which Jalan Besar GRC was formed | ||
| L Somasundaram | |||||
| Redzwan Hafidz Abdul Razak | |||||
| Adrian Sim | |||||
| Marsiling-Yew Tee GRC | National Solidarity Party | NA | Did not run | NSP contested Chua Chu Kang GRC in 2011, from which Marsiling-Yew Tee GRC was formed | |
| People's Action Party | Alex Yam | Nominated | Incumbent party | ||
| Ong Teng Koon | |||||
| Halimah Yacob | |||||
| Lawrence Wong | |||||
| Singapore Democratic Party | Wong Souk Yee | Nominated | SDP contested Sembawang GRC in 2011, from which Marsiling-Yew Tee GRC was formed | ||
| John Tan | |||||
| Bryan Lim | |||||
| Damanhuri Abas | |||||
| West Coast GRC | People's Action Party | Foo Mee Har | Nominated | Incumbent party | |
| Lim Hng Kiang | |||||
| S. Iswaran | |||||
| Patrick Tay | |||||
| Reform Party | Kenneth Jeyaretnam | Nominated | RP contested West Coast GRC in 2011 | ||
| Noraini Yunus | |||||
| Darren Soh | |||||
| Andy Zhu | |||||