Red Dot United

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Red Dot United
Chinese name红点同心党
Hóng Diǎn Tóngxīn Dǎng
Malay nameTitik Merah Bersatu
Tamil nameஒன்றுபட்ட சிவப்புப் புள்ளி
Oṉṟupaṭṭa Civappup Puḷḷi
AbbreviationRDU
Chairman David Foo Ming Jin
Secretary-GeneralRavi Philemon
Founders
  • Michelle Lee Juen
  • Ravi Philemon
Founded26 May 2020;4 years ago (2020-05-26)
Headquarters10 Ubi Cres, Lobby E Ubi Techpark, 07-96, Singapore 408564
Political position Centre-left
Colours  Navy Blue
SloganUnited We Can!
Parliament
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Website
reddotunited.sg

Red Dot United (abbreviation: RDU) is an opposition political party in Singapore.

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History

The party was founded on 26 May 2020 by members of the Progress Singapore Party (PSP) who had resigned from the PSP.

Although the average processing time for a registration application is two months, [1] RDU received approval on 15 June 2020, three weeks after application, in what appeared to be an expedited process. [2]

RDU had put forward candidates to contest in the five-seat Jurong Group Representation Constituency for the 2020 Singaporean general election, which was called on 23 June 2020 with the dissolution of the 13th Parliament of Singapore. [2] [3] [4] On 10 July, their only team lost to the PAP team helmed by Senior Minister Tharman Shanmugaratnam in the election's widest winning margin of 74.62%-25.38% share. [5]

Leadership

List of secretaries-general

NoNameTerm StartTerm End
1Ravi Philemon26 May 2020Incumbent

List of chairpersons

NoNameTerm StartTerm End
1Michelle Lee26 May 202023 Apr 2021
2David Foo23 Apr 2021Incumbent

Central Executive Committee

TitleName
ChairDavid Foo
Secretary-GeneralRavi Philemon
TreasurerLiyana Dhamirah
Committee MembersAbdillah Zamzuri
Alex Lye
Chips Pang
Emily Woo
Fazli Talip
Mohamed Feroz
Mohamed Nizar

Electoral history

ElectionSeats up for electionSeats contested by partySeats won by walkoverContested seats wonContested seats lostTotal seats wonChangeTotal votesShare of votesPopular voteResulting GovernmentParty leader
2020 935005
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Steady2.svg31,19125.38%1.25%No seatsRavi Philemon

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References

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