Next Singaporean general election

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Next Singaporean general election
← 2020 On or before 23 November 2025
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Leader Lee Hsien Loong Pritam Singh Francis Yuen
Party PAP WP PSP
Last election 83
(61.23%) 		10
(11.22%) 		0 + 2 NCMPs
(10.18%)

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Current seats 83 9 0 + 2 NCMPs
Incumbent Prime Minister

Lee Hsien Loong
PAP



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General elections are scheduled to be held in Singapore by 23 November 2025 to elect the 15th Government of Singapore. This election will be the 19th general election in Singapore since 1948 and the 14th since independence.

Background[]

According to Article 65(4) of the Constitution, the maximum term of any given Parliament is five years from the date of its first sitting following a general election, after which it is dissolved by operation of law. However, the prime minister may advise the President to dissolve Parliament at any time during the five-year period. A general election must be held within three months after every dissolution of Parliament.[3]

Member of Parliament seats are organised into Single Member Constituencies (SMCs) and Group Representation Constituencies (GRCs). Each SMC returns one Member of Parliament using the first past the post voting system, while each GRC returns four or five MPs by block voting, at least one of whom must be from the Malay, Indian or other minority communities. A group of candidates wishing to stand for election in a GRC must all be members of the same political party, or a group of independent candidates. The voting age in Singapore is 21 years. Elections are conducted by the Elections Department (ELD), which is under the Prime Minister's Office.[4]

The People's Action Party won the 2020 general election in its toughest contest since independence, winning all but three constituencies. It retained West Coast GRC in a fight against the Progress Singapore Party, though with the lowest margin of victory among all the constituencies;[5] the top scoring GRC was the neighbouring Jurong GRC won by the party.[6] The Workers' Party won the new Sengkang GRC and retained Aljunied GRC and Hougang SMC. Minister in the Prime Minister's Office Ng Chee Meng, who had led the Sengkang PAP team, was considered the highest profile political casualty of the election.[7]

Political developments[]

People's Action Party[]

The People's Action Party reaffirmed Heng Swee Keat as the first assistant secretary-general and next in line to succeed Lee Hsien Loong as prime minister during their central executive committee election.[8] Four new members, including three serving ministers and Ng Chee Meng, were also co-opted into the committee.[9] Heng subsequently withdrew himself from the nomination in April 2021, citing age and health concerns, though analysts also attributed the withdrawal to Heng's lower-than-expected result in East Coast GRC during the previous election.[10][11]

Workers' Party[]

The Workers' Party elected their four Sengkang GRC MPs to the central executive committee, where they were delegated deputy roles.[12] Party leaders Pritam Singh and Sylvia Lim were re-elected unopposed.[13]

On 30 November 2021, Raeesah Khan eventually submitted her resignation from the party and Parliament. [14][15][16]

Progress Singapore Party[]

Progress Singapore Party assistant secretary-general Leong Mun Wai and vice-chairman Hazel Poa resigned their roles to focus on their NCMP roles.[17] A policy research team, youth, and women wings were established as part of the reorganisation of the party.[18]

In April 2021, as part of a leadership renewal, the party elected Francis Yuen as secretary general, replacing party founder Tan Cheng Bock who became chairman.[19] Rumours of a rift within the party that Tan had been pressured by party cadres to step down to make way for a younger candidate were denied, with Tan expressing his intention to contest in the next election.[20]

Extraparliamentary parties[]

Reform Party[]

Reform Party secretary-general Kenneth Jeyaretnam removed chairman Andy Zhu from his position of the CEC and replaced him with Charles Yeo. The party accused Zhu and his associates of not following proper procedures in the handling of the party's bank account.[21] Zhu subsequently formed a new Singapore United Party with several former members of RP.[22]

References[]

  1. ^ "Progress Singapore Party's Leong Mun Wai, Hazel Poa to take up NCMP seats". TODAY. 14 July 2020. Retrieved 14 July 2020.
  2. ^ "Parliamentary Elections Act – Candidates mentioned declared elected as non-constituency Member of Parliament". Notification No. 1449 of 2020 (PDF). Republic of Singapore Government Gazette. Archived (PDF) from the original on 20 June 2020. Retrieved 16 July 2020.
  3. ^ "Singapore Elections Department – Parliamentary Elections". eld.gov.sg. Archived from the original on 5 March 2018. Retrieved 4 March 2018.
  4. ^ "Singapore Elections Department – About Us". eld.gov.sg. Archived from the original on 9 August 2017. Retrieved 4 March 2018.
  5. ^ S, Thyaga Rajan; Lim, Min Zhang; Koh, Fabian (2 September 2020). "GE2020 official results: PAP retains West Coast GRC with 51.69% of votes against Tan Cheng Bock's PSP". The Straits Times. Retrieved 25 April 2021.
  6. ^ Baharudin, Hariz; Davie, Sandra (11 July 2020). "GE2020 official results: Tharman leads PAP to thumping win in Jurong GRC with 75 % of votes against RDU". The Straits Times. Retrieved 25 April 2021.
  7. ^ Toh, Wen Li; Lim, Yan Liang (1 September 2020). "GE2020 official results: WP wins Sengkang GRC with 52.13% of votes, clinching its second GRC". The Straits Times. Retrieved 25 April 2021.
  8. ^ Yuen, Sin; Lim, Min Zhang (9 November 2020). "PAP conference: Lawrence Wong, Desmond Lee elected to party's top committee for first time". The Straits Times. Retrieved 2 April 2021.
  9. ^ Ong, Justin (20 November 2020). "PAP co-opts four new members into its top decision-making body, including Ng Chee Meng". The Straits Times. Retrieved 2 April 2021.
  10. ^ Tan, Sumiko (8 April 2021). "DPM Heng Swee Keat steps aside as leader of 4G team, setting back Singapore's succession plan for next PM". The Straits Times. Retrieved 8 April 2021.
  11. ^ Tham, Yuen-C (9 April 2021). "Heng Swee Keat's decision catches many by surprise; Pritam Singh pledges to work with next 4G leader". The Straits Times. Retrieved 9 April 2021.
  12. ^ Rei, Kurohi (6 January 2021). "Workers' Party appoints new office bearers after Jan 5 CEC meeting". The Straits Times. Retrieved 25 April 2021.
  13. ^ Tham, Yuen-C; Rei, Kurohi (28 December 2020). "WP returns leaders to posts, elects Sengkang MPs to CEC". The Straits Times. Retrieved 2 April 2021.
  14. ^ "Raeesah Khan resigns from WP, steps down as Sengkang MP (FULL STATEMENT)". Yahoo Singapore. 30 November 2021. Retrieved 30 November 2021.
  15. ^ Baharudin, Hariz (30 November 2021). "Sengkang MP Raeesah Khan resigns from WP following probe over admission of lying in Parliament". The Straits Times. Retrieved 30 November 2021.
  16. ^ "Raeesah Khan resigns from The Workers' Party and as MP after admitting to lying in Parliament". CNA. 30 November 2021. Retrieved 30 November 2021.
  17. ^ Koh, Fabian (20 July 2020). "PSP's Leong Mun Wai and Hazel Poa step down from party positions to focus on NCMP duties". The Straits Times. Retrieved 8 January 2021.
  18. ^ "Progress Singapore Party restructures, with new youth, women's wings, and second-in-command". TODAY. 4 August 2020. Retrieved 8 January 2021.
  19. ^ Yuen, Sin (1 April 2021). "Francis Yuen is new PSP chief, taking over from founder Tan Cheng Bock". The Straits Times. Retrieved 1 April 2021.
  20. ^ Tan, Ashley. "PSP's Tan Cheng Bock not retiring but 'repositioning', will run for next General Election". Mothership. Retrieved 3 April 2021.
  21. ^ "Reform Party names Charles Yeo as acting chairman in leadership reshuffle". TODAY. 5 August 2020. Retrieved 8 January 2021.
  22. ^ Yuen, Sin (5 January 2021). "Former Reform Party chairman Andy Zhu and others form new political party, Singapore United Party". Retrieved 8 January 2021.
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