11th Parliament of Singapore

11th Parliament of Singapore
majority parliament
2 November 2006 – 19 April 2011
House
Seating arrangements of the House
Speaker of Parliament	Abdullah Tarmugi 2 November 2006 – 19 April 2011
Prime Minister	Lee Hsien Loong 7 May 2006 – 19 April 2011
Leader of the Opposition	Low Thia Khiang 2 November 2006 – 19 April 2011
Session(s)
1st Session
2 November 2006 – 13 April 2009
2nd Session
18 May 2009 – 19 April 2011
Cabinet(s)
11th Cabinet
Lee Hsien Loong 7 May 2006 – 19 April 2011
Elected NCMP Nominated 84 1 9
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The 11th Parliament of Singapore was the previous Parliament of Singapore. The first session commenced on 2 November 2006 and was prorogued on 13 April 2009. The second session commence from 18 May 2009 and was dissolved on 19 April 2011.^[1] The membership was set by the 2006 Singapore General Election on 7 May 2006, and it has changed twice due to the deaths of Jurong GRC MP Dr Ong Chit Chung in 2008, and Ang Mo Kio GRC MP Balaji Sadasivan who was also the Senior Minister of State for Foreign Affairs.

The 11th Parliament is controlled by a People's Action Party majority, led by Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong and members of the cabinet, which assumed power on 7 May 2006. The Opposition is led by the Secretary General of the Worker's Party of Singapore, Mr Low Thia Kiang. The Speaker of the Parliament of Singapore is Abdullah bin Tarmugi, of the People's Action Party. He was re-elected as the Speaker of the House for the 11th Parliament on 2 November 2006.

Result of the Singapore General Election, 2006[]

Party		Votes	%	Seats	+/–
	People's Action Party	748,130	66.60	82	0
	Workers' Party	183,578	16.34	1	0
	Singapore Democratic Alliance	145,628	12.96	1	0
	Singapore Democratic Party	45,937	4.09	0	0
Total		1,123,273	100.00	84	0
Valid votes		1,123,273	97.68
Invalid/blank votes		26,730	2.32
Total votes		1,150,003	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		2,159,721	53.25
Source: Singapore Elections[a]

The Worker's Party, being the best performing opposition party with 16.34 percent of the Popular vote, was awarded a Non-Constituency Member of Parliament Seat in accordance with the Constitution. The NCMP seat was eventually taken up by Sylvia Lim, the chairperson of the Worker's Party.

Officeholders[]

Speakers[]

• Abdullah bin Tarmugi (the People's Action Party MP for East Coast GRC) was re-elected Speaker of the Parliament on 2 November 2006. He was first elected as Speaker during the first sitting of the 10th Parliament of Singapore on the 25 March 2002.

Leaders[]

• Prime Minister of Singapore: Lee Hsien Loong (People's Action Party)
• Leader of the Opposition: Low Thia Khiang (Worker's Party)

House Leaders[]

• Leader of the House: Mah Bow Tan
• Deputy Leader of the House: Dr Ng Eng Hen

Whips[]

• Government Whip: Lim Swee Say
• Deputy Government Whip: Inderjit Singh and Amy Khor

References[]