Singapore general election, 2015

Singaporean general election, 2015

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11 September 2015 (2015-09-11)

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89 seats to the Parliament of Singapore 3 NCMP seats offered to opposition
45 seats needed for a majority

Registered

2,462,926

Turnout

2,304,331 (93.56%)

	First party	Second party	Third party

Leader	Lee Hsien Loong	Low Thia Khiang	Chiam See Tong
Party	People's Action Party	WP	SPP
Leader since	2004	2001	1997
Leader's seat	Ang Mo Kio GRC	Aljunied GRC	Did not contest
Last election	81 seats 60.1%	6 elected + 2 NCMPs 12.8% (total) 46.58% (valid)	1 NCMP 3.11% (total) 41.42% (valid)
Seats before	80 seats	7 elected + 2 NCMPs	1 NCMP
Seats won	83	6 elected + 3 NCMPs	0
Seat change	3	1 1 NCMP	1 NCMP
Popular vote	1,576,784	281,697	49,015
Percentage	69.9%(total) / 69.9%(valid)	12.5%(total) / 39.75%(valid)	2.17%(total) / 27.08%(valid)
Swing	9.7%(total)/ 9.7%(valid)	0.3%(total)/ 6.83%(valid)	0.94%(total) / 14.34%(valid)

Results by constituency:

People's Action Party

Workers' Party of Singapore

Prime Minister before election

Lee Hsien Loong
[[People's Action Party|PAP</noinclude>]]

Elected Prime Minister

Lee Hsien Loong
[[People's Action Party|PAP</noinclude>]]

The 2015 Singaporean general election was held on 11 September to form Singapore's Parliament. The previous Parliament was dissolved on 25 August 2015 by President Tony Tan on the advice of Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong, and candidates were nominated on 1 September.

The election was the first since Singapore's independence which saw all seats contested. Most of the seats were contested between two parties, with the only three-cornered fights occurring in three Single Member Constituencies. Using first-past-the-post voting, the election was also the first after the March 2015 death of Lee Kuan Yew (the nation's first Prime Minister and an MP until his passing) and Singapore's 50th anniversary celebration in August 2015.

Out of 89 seats, the People's Action Party (PAP) contested all and won 83, with the other 6 seats won by The Workers' Party of Singapore (WP); the single seat from Punggol East Single Member Constituency was the only seat to change hands, recaptured by PAP. Voter turnout was 93.56%, discounting overseas votes. PAP won its best results since 2001 with 69.86% of the popular vote, an increase of 9.72% from the previous election in 2011. WP scored 39.75% of votes in the 28 seats it contested, a drop of 6.83%. In the overall popular vote, WP scored 12.48% and the remaining seven parties less than 4% each. Three candidates failed to secure 12.5% of votes in their area and thus lost their electoral deposit.

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