2015 Singaporean general election

The 2015 Singaporean general election was held on 11 September to form Singapore's Parliament.^[1] 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.^[2]

The election was the first since Singapore's independence which saw all seats contested.^[3] Most of the seats were contested between two parties, with the only three-cornered fights occurring in three Single Member Constituencies.^[4] 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.^[5][6]

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.^[1] Voter turnout was 93.56%, discounting overseas votes.^[3] 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%.^[7] In the overall popular vote, WP scored 12.48% and the remaining seven parties less than 4% each.^[4] Three candidates failed to secure 12.5% of votes in their area and thus lost their electoral deposit.^[8]

11 September 2015
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%)
Leader Lee Hsien Loong Low Thia Khiang Chiam See Tong Party PAP WP SPP Leader since 2004 2001 1997 Leader's seat Ang Mo Kio GRC Aljunied GRC Non-Constituency Last election 81 seats 60.1% 6 elected + 2 NCMPs 12.8% 1 NCMP 3.11% 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% 12.5% 2.17% Swing 9.7% 0.3% 0.94%
Results by constituency:   People's Action Party   Workers' Party of Singapore
Prime Minister before election Lee Hsien Loong PAP Elected Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong PAP

Background

The maximum term of a Singaporean parliament is five years, within which it must be dissolved by the President and elections held within three months, as stated in the Constitution.^[9] As like the previous elections since 1959, voting is compulsory and results are based on the first-past-the-post system. Elections are conducted by the Elections Department, which is under the jurisdiction of the Prime Minister's Office.

The General Election was the 17th General Election in Singapore and is the 12th since independence in 1965. The election coincides with the golden jubilee of the Republic of Singapore's founding.

The governing People's Action Party (PAP) have secured their 14th consecutive term in office since 1959. This will be the PAP's third election with Lee Hsien Loong as its Secretary-General, and the country's first election after the passing of its founding Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew. It is also the country's first election where there are no walkovers in any of the constituencies, as voting will take place in Tanjong Pagar GRC for the first time.

Political parties

The governing People's Action Party (PAP) has been in power since 1959 and is currently led by the Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong. The leading Opposition party is The Worker's Party, led by Low Thia Khiang, with 7 elected seats and 2 NCMP seats. The Singapore People's Party led by Chiam See Tong has 1 NCMP seat. A total of eight Opposition parties challenged the ruling party in this election.

Party	Abbreviation	Leader	Year formed	Seats before GE2015	Parliamentary presence
People's Action Party	PAP	Lee Hsien Loong	1954	79	Legislative Assembly: 1955-1965[10] City Council Elections: 1957-1965[11] Singapore Parliament: 1965–Present
Workers' Party	WP	Low Thia Khiang	1957	7 + 2 NCMPs	Legislative Assembly: 1961-1963[12] City Council Elections: 1957-1959[11] Singapore Parliament: 1981–1986; 1991–Present
Singapore People's Party	SPP	Chiam See Tong	1994	1 NCMP	Singapore Parliament: 1997–2015
Singapore Democratic Party	SDP	Chee Soon Juan	1980	0	Singapore Parliament: 1984–1997
National Solidarity Party	NSP	Lim Tean	1987	0	Singapore Parliament: 2001–2006
Singapore Democratic Alliance	SDA	Desmond Lim Bak Chuan	2001	0	Singapore Parliament: 2001–2011
Reform Party	RP Reform	Kenneth Jeyaretnam	2008	0	—
Singaporeans First	SF SingFirst	Tan Jee Say	2014	0	—
People's Power Party	PPP	Goh Meng Seng	2015	0	—

Electoral divisions

The Electoral Boundaries Review Committee is convened before every general election to review electoral boundaries in view of population growth and shifts. The Committee is appointed by the Prime Minister. The new electoral divisions were published on 24 July 2015, indicating the beginning of an election cycle.^[13]

Singapore's largest newspaper, The Straits Times, created an interactive map of the boundary changes. Click here to explore the interactive.^[14]

	2011	2015
Seats	87	89
Electoral divisions	27	29
Group representation constituencies	15	16
Four-Member GRCs	2	6
Five-Member GRCs	11	8
Six-Member GRCs	2	2
Single member constituencies	12	13
Voters	2,347,198	2,458,058
Voters (overseas votes inclusive)	2,350,873	2,462,926

Changes in Group Representation Constituencies

Name of GRC	Changes
Aljunied GRC	No Change in Boundaries
Ang Mo Kio GRC	Absorbed Punggol South division from Pasir Ris-Punggol GRC (renamed to Sengkang South) and Western portions of Fernvale from Sengkang West SMC Carved out a majority of Kebun Baru division to Nee Soon GRC, while the Southern portion merged with Yio Chu Kang division
Bishan-Toa Payoh GRC	Absorbed northern portions of Moulmein division (Balestier, MacRitchie Reservoir and Novena) from Moulmein-Kallang GRC Divisions for Bishan East, Toa Payoh East and Toa Payoh West were renamed Bishan East-Thomson, Toa Payoh East-Novena and Toa Payoh West-Balestier, respectively
Chua Chu Kang GRC	Ward downsized to four members Carved out eastern portions of Yew Tee division to Marsiling-Yew Tee GRC, while Lim Chu Kang and western portions of Yew Tee was transferred to Nanyang Division
East Coast GRC	Ward downsized to four members Carved out Fengshan division into SMC, and Coney Island to Pasir Ris-Punggol GRC
Holland-Bukit Timah GRC	Absorbed a portion of West Coast GRC and parts of Moulmein division (Adam Road) from Moulmein-Kallang GRC
Jalan Besar GRC	New Constituency Formed from Moulmein-Kallang GRC (and a small portion of Moulmein division), Kreta Ayer-Kim Seng division from Tanjong Pagar GRC, and Whampoa SMC
Jurong GRC	Absorbed Clementi division from West Coast GRC Carved out Bukit Batok division into SMC
Marine Parade GRC	Absorbed Joo Chiat SMC Carved out MacPherson division into SMC
Marsiling-Yew Tee GRC	New Constituency Formed with Yew Tee division (and carving out Limbang division) from Chua Chu Kang GRC, and Marsiling and Woodgrove divisions from Sembawang GRC
Nee Soon GRC	Absorbed Kebun Baru division from Ang Mo Kio GRC Carved out Canberra and eastern and northern Yishun portions to Sembawang GRC
Pasir Ris-Punggol GRC	Carved out Punggol South division to Ang Mo Kio GRC Northern portions of Punggol North and Punggol West were carved to form Punggol Coast division
Sembawang GRC	Absorbed Canberra division and portions of Chong Pang, Nee Soon East and Nee Soon South divisions from Nee Soon GRC (forming Gambas division) Carved out Marsiling and Woodgrove divisions to Marsiling-Yew Tee GRC
Tampines GRC	No Change in Boundaries
Tanjong Pagar GRC	Absorbed a majority of Moulmein division from Moulmein-Kallang GRC Carved out Kreta Ayer-Kim Seng division to Jalan Besar GRC
West Coast GRC	Ward downsized to four members Carved out Clementi division (and Faber private estate from Ayer Rajah division) to Jurong GRC

Timeline

Date	Event
24 July	Publication of Electoral Boundaries report
27 July	Revision of Electorates
25 August	Dissolution of 12th Parliament; Writ of Election issued
28 August	Deadline of Submission of Political Donation Certificates
1 September	Nomination Day/Live Forum Broadcast
1–9 September	Campaigning Period
3 September	First Live Political Party Broadcast[15]
10 September	Cooling-off Day/Second Live Political Party Broadcast
11 September	Polling Day
15 September	Overseas Votes Counting
16 September	Candidates revealed for Non-Constituency Member of Parliament
1 October	13th Parliament assembled
15 January 2016	Opening of 13th Parliament

Pre-nomination day events

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.[16]
24 July		The Electoral Boundaries Review Committee publishes report on new electoral boundaries [17]
		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		WP plans to contest 28 seats (increase of five from 2011), slightly under one-third of the 89 parliamentary seats.[18]
27 July		The Elections Department announced that revised registers of electors are open for public inspection.[19]
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;[20] 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.[21]
2 August		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.[22]
3 August		Opposition parties held their first horse-trading talks at the NSP headquarters.[23] The host party had responded to a request by Reform Party to shift the meeting from its intended date of 31 Jul.
4 August		Second Permanent Secretary (Trade & Industry) Chee Hong Tat announced his resignation from civil service.[24]
5 August		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.[25]
		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.[26] Reform Party secretary-general Kenneth Jeyaretnam walks out of the meeting within 15 minutes.[27]
		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.[28]
7 August		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		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.[29]
11 August		Transport Minister and Moulmein-Kallang GRC MP Lui Tuck Yew became the first cabinet minister to announce his retirement from politics.[30] Lui cited that it seemed like "obituaries and eulogies without the flowers", while referring to the outpour of support after his announcement.[31]
12 August		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.[32]
		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.[33]
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.[34]
14 August		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.[35]
15 August		PAP unveiled candidates for three electoral divisions: Ang Mo Kio GRC would continue to be helmed by Secretary-General and Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong, along with incumbents Ang Hin Kee, Intan Azura Mokhtar, and Gan Thiam Poh (a Pasir Ris-Punggol GRC MP). The new faces were Darryl David, and Koh Poh Koon (who previously contested Punggol East SMC in the 2013 by-election). Incumbent Yeo Guat Kwang was announced to be fielded in another constituency, while Inderjit Singh and Seng Han Thong steps down.[36] Hougang SMC: Lee Hong Chuang, was announced as the new candidate to contest the WP-held ward.[37] Sengkang West SMC: Minister of State and Incumbent MP Lam Pin Min, would be defending his seat.[38]
		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.[39]
16 August		PAP unveiled candidates for four electoral divisions: Chua Chu Kang GRC: Health Minister Gan Kim Yong, Mayor and Parliamentary Secretary Low Yen Ling and MP Zaqy Mohamad would remain in this GRC. Newcomer Yee Chia Hsing would replace retiring MP Alvin Yeo, while incumbent Alex Yam (along with his Yew Tee division) was moved to Marsiling-Yew Tee GRC.[40] Jalan Besar GRC: The team consist of Communications and Information Minister Yaacob Ibrahim, Senior Minister of State Heng Chee How, Mayor Denise Phua and Tanjong Pagar GRC MP Lily Neo.[41] Pioneer SMC: Incumbent Cedric Foo, would be defending his seat.[42] West Coast GRC: Trade and Industry Minister Lim Hng Kiang, and PMO Minister S Iswaran, would lead the ward; Nee Soon GRC MP Patrick Tay and incumbent MP Foo Mee Har formed as a team; Arthur Fong announced his retirement early; Culture, Community and Youth Minister Lawrence Wong would be transferred to Marsiling-Yew Tee GRC.[43]
		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:[44] Aljunied GRC: Chen Show Mao, Sylvia Lim, Low Thia Khiang, Muhamad Faisal Manap and Pritam Singh Hougang SMC: Png Eng Huat Punggol East SMC: Lee Li Lian
17 August		PAP announced incumbent Potong Pasir SMC MP, Sitoh Yih Pin, to be defending his seat.[45]
18 August		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: Benjamin Pwee, Gerald Giam, Goh Meng Seng, Harminder Singh, Jeannette Chong-Aruldoss, Kenneth Jeyaretnam, Paul Tambyah, Steve Chia, Sim Ann and Tan Jee Say.[46][47]
		PAP launched a mobile app, the first time in the election's history any political party had done so.[48][49]
19 August		PAP unveiled candidates for two electoral divisions: Radin Mas SMC: Minister of State and incumbent MP Sam Tan Chin Siong, would be defending his seat.[50] Tanjong Pagar GRC: PMO Minister and National Trade Union Congress Secretary-General Chan Chun Sing, Senior Minister of State Indranee Rajah, and Chia Shi-Lu would remain in the ward; Joan Pereira and Melvin Yong would be new candidates standing for the ward. Incumbent MPs Lee Kuan Yew earlier died on 23 March, and Lily Neo was moved to Jalan Besar GRC.[51]
		NSP announced their intention to contest MacPherson SMC, creating possibly the second three-cornered fight this GE.[52] 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.[53]
20 August		PAP unveiled candidates for two electoral divisions: Jurong GRC: Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister Tharman Shanmugaratnam, will lead his team which consist of incumbent MPs Ang Wei Neng and Minister of State Desmond Lee, along with new candidates Rahayu Mahzam and Tan Wu Meng. Incumbent MP and Speaker Halimah Yacob was transferred to Marsiling Yew-Tee GRC.[54] Bukit Batok SMC: Incumbent MP David Ong would be defending his seat; earlier from the announcement, Bukit Batok SMC was carved from Jurong GRC.[55]
		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.[56]
21 August		PAP unveiled candidates for four electoral divisions: Hong Kah North SMC: Senior Minister of State for Health and Manpower and incumbent MP Amy Khor, will be defending her seat.[57] MacPherson SMC: Incumbent MP Tin Pei Ling will be defending her seat; earlier from the announcement, MacPherson SMC was carved from Marine Parade GRC.[58] Marsiling-Yew Tee GRC: The team will be led by four incumbents: Culture, Community and Youth Minister and West Coast GRC MP Lawrence Wong, Speaker and Jurong GRC MP Halimah Yacob, Chua Chu Kang GRC MP Alex Yam, and Sembawang GRC MP Ong Teng Koon.[59] Mountbatten SMC: Incumbent MP Lim Biow Chuan will be defending his seat.[60]
		Singapore Democratic Alliance was the first party to publish its manifesto, hoping to "build a Singapore for Singaporeans".[61][62] 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		PAP unveiled candidates for five electoral divisions: Bukit Panjang SMC: Mayor and Incumbent MP Teo Ho Pin will be defending his seat.[63] Holland-Bukit Timah GRC: All four incumbents of the ward would be defending their seats, which consist of Environment Minister Vivian Balakrishnan, Minister of State of Education & Communications and Information Sim Ann, Christopher de Souza, and Liang Eng Hwa.[64] Pasir Ris-Punggol GRC: Deputy Prime Minister Teo Chee Hean, Mayor and Minister of State for Trade and Industry Teo Ser Luck, Zainal Sapari and Janil Puthucheary would remain in their wards; Ng Chee Meng and Sun Xueling would respectively replace retiring MP Penny Low and now-Ang Mo Kio GRC MP Gan Thiam Poh.[65] Tampines GRC: Education Minister Heng Swee Keat, PMO Minister Masagos Zulkifli, and Baey Yam Keng remained in this GRC; retiring incumbents Mah Bow Tan and Irene Ng were respectively replaced by new candidate Cheng Li Hui and Desmond Choo (who previously contested in Hougang SMC in the 2011 general and 2012 by-election).[66] Yuhua SMC: PMO Minister and incumbent MP, Grace Fu will be defending her seat.[67]
		SPP announced Ravi Philemon as Hong Kah North SMC's candidate.[68]
		SDP opened its new office at Ang Mo Kio Street 62 and announces that it is “good and ready to go” for the election.[69]
23 August		Steve Chia announced that he would not run in the election, citing that "the trolls have won" and online abuse.[70]
		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".[71]
24 August		The party's Central Executive Council member Mohamed Fazli Talip became the second member within a week to resign from NSP.[72]
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.[73][74]
		Ng Wai Choong, Energy Market Authority's Chief Executive, would be appointed as Returning Officer.[75]
		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.[76][77]
		SDP unveiled their first two candidates via live-streaming on YouTube: Chong Wai Fung and Khung Wai Yeen.[78]
26 August		PAP unveiled candidates for two electoral divisions: Marine Parade GRC: Moulmein-Kallang GRC MP Edwin Tong would join in alongside Minister for Social and Family Development Tan Chuan-Jin, Emeritus Senior Minister Goh Chok Tong, Deputy Speaker Seah Kian Peng and Fatimah Lateef.[79] Nee Soon GRC: Foreign and Law Minister K Shanmugam, Lee Bee Wah and Parliamentary Secretary Muhammad Faishal Ibrahim remained as incumbents; the new candidates were Louis Ng and Henry Kwek.[80]
		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.[81][82]
		SDP unveiled two more candidates: Jaslyn Go and Paul Tambyah.[83]
		RP indicated their intention to contest Pioneer SMC should NSP withdrew from contesting, in a response following Steve Chia's withdrawal.[84]
		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.[85]
27 August		PAP unveiled candidates for three electoral divisions: East Coast GRC: All four incumbents of the ward would be defending their seats, which consist of Manpower Minister Lim Swee Say, Senior Minister of State for Trade and Industry and National Development Lee Yi Shyan, Mayor and Minister of State for National Development and Defence, Mohamad Maliki Osman, and Jessica Tan.[86] Fengshan SMC: Cheryl Chan, was announced as the new candidate to contest the ward.[87] Punggol East SMC: Deputy Speaker and Joo Chiat SMC MP, Charles Chong, was announced as the candidate, marking the first time an incumbent MP contested in an opposition-held ward.[88] 84 candidates have been unveiled by the ruling party at this point, with the exception of opposition-held Aljunied GRC.
		RP unveils its first group of candidates: Radin Mas SMC: Previously contested candidate Kumar Appavoo would be the candidate for the ward.[89] West Coast GRC: Their team consist of Secretary-General Kenneth Jeyaretnam, party chairman Andy Zhu, Darren Soh and Noraini Yunus.
		SDP unveiled two more candidates: John Tan and Sidek Mallek.[90]
28 August		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.[91][92]
		WP unveiled four more candidates: Ron Tan, He Ting Ru, Adrian Sim, and previously contested candidate L Somasundaram.[93]
		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. Serangoon representative Chan Hui Yuh chose not to run the elections and backed the PAP team.[94]
		RP unveiled their team for Ang Mo Kio GRC: M Ravi, Roy Ngerng, Gilbert Goh, Osman Sulaiman, Jesse Loo and Siva Chandran.[95]
		SDP unveiled two more candidates: Damanhuri Abas and previously contested candidate Bryan Lim, who contested Hong Kah GRC in 2001.[96]
		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.[97]
		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.[98][99]
29 August		PAP launches its 88-page manifesto themed, "With you. For you. For Singapore".[100]
		WP launches its 46-page manifesto themed, "Empower your future"; WP also released their mobile app.[101][102]
		SingFirst introduces the other five candidates: Party chairman Ang Yong Guan, Tan Peng Ann, David Foo Ming Jin, Sukdeu Singh, and Wong Soon Hong.[103]
		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.[104]
		DPP's Secteraty-general Benjamin Pwee and chairman Hamin Aliyas resign to return to SPP, backing their team to contest Bishan-Toa Payoh GRC with SPP candidates.[105]
30 August		WP unveiled four more candidates: Kenneth Foo Seck Guan, Dennis Tan Lip Fong, Gurmit Singh, and Mohamed Fairoz Shariff.[106]
		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.[107]
31 August		Lim Tean was appointed as the new Acting Secretary-General.[108]
		WP unveiled its final three candidates: Leon Perera, Bernard Chen Jia Xi and previously contested candidate Frieda Chan.
		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.

Nomination centres

The Elections Department issued the following information upon the issuance of the writ of election^[109]

• Date: 1 September 2015
• Time: 11:00 p.m. to 12.00 p.m.
• Returning Officer: Ng Wai Choong
• Election Deposit: S$14,500 (down from S$16,000 in 2011)

Nomination centre	Electoral division(s)
Assumption Pathway School	Bukit Panjang SMC Holland-Bukit Timah GRC
Bendemeer Primary School	Jalan Besar GRC Radin Mas SMC Tanjong Pagar GRC
Chua Chu Kang Primary School	Chua Chu Kang GRC Hong Kah North SMC Pioneer SMC
Fengshan Primary School	East Coast GRC Fengshan SMC Pasir Ris-Punggol GRC Punggol East SMC
Keming Primary School	Bukit Batok SMC Jurong GRC West Coast GRC Yuhua SMC
Kong Hwa School	MacPherson SMC Marine Parade GRC Mountbatten SMC Potong Pasir SMC
Poi Ching School	Hougang SMC Tampines GRC
Raffles Institution	Aljunied GRC Ang Mo Kio GRC Bishan-Toa Payoh GRC Sengkang West SMC
Yishun Primary School	Marsiling-Yew Tee GRC Nee Soon GRC Sembawang GRC

Nomination day and campaigning events

Date	Party	Events
1 September		At 7am, Tam Lam Siong pulls out of three-cornered fight at Potong Pasir SMC.[110][111]
		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.[112]
		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.
		At 5pm, PAP's secretary-general Lee Hsien Loong held their media conference at its headquarters.
		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):[113][114] Time Language Moderator PAP WP NSP SDP RP SF 7pm Chinese Chun Geuk Lay Chan Chun Sing Sim Ann Koh Choong Yong Sebastian Teo Darren Soh Bryan Lim Ang Yong Guan 8pm English Steve Chia Lawrence Wong Denise Phua Leon Perea Lim Tean Kenneth Jeyaretnam Chee Soon Juan Tan Jee Say
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.[15]
		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.[115]
		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.[116]
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.[117][118]
		SPP launched its 8-point manifesto, highlighting employment, healthcare, transport, education, housing and CPF issues.[119]
		At 8pm, the first round of party political broadcasts was aired on free-to-air television and radio channels (See Political party broadcasts)[15]
7 September		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.[120]
		Singapore Police Force released a list of 18 designated assembly centres, with applications opened for two days to the Political parties.[121]
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)[15]

Political party broadcasts

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

Broadcast 1–3 September 2015

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 [122]	Arthero Lim	Abu Mohamed	no Tamil broadcast
SPP	Lina Chiam [123]	no Mandarin broadcast	Mohamad Abdillah Zamzuri	Ravi Philemon
SingFirst	Tan Jee Say[124]	Ang Yong Guan	Fahmi Ahmad Rais	no Tamil broadcast
RP	Kenneth Jeyaretnam[125]	Darren Soh	Noraini Yunos	M Ravi
SDP	Chee Soon Juan[126]	Jaslyn Go	Mohamad Sidek Mallek	Sadasivam Veriyah
NSP	Lim Tean[127]	Sebastian Teo	Nor Lella Mardiiah Mohamed	no Tamil broadcast
WP	Daniel Goh[128]	Lee Li Lian	Mohamed Fairoz Shariff	L. Somasundram
PAP	Lee Hsien Loong [129]	Lim Swee Say	Yaacob Ibrahim	S. Iswaran

Broadcast 2–10 September 2015

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

Election rallies

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.^[112]

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[130]
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)[131]
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

Outgoing incumbents and incoming candidates

The below is a summary for the political parties with parliamentary presence from GE2011.

New MPs

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).

Name	Age	Occupation	Party	Contested Constituency
Abu Mohamed	64	Company Director	SDA	Pasir Ris-Punggol GRC
Mohamad Abdillah Zamzuri	31	Manager	SPP	Bishan-Toa Payoh GRC
Amrin Amin	37	Law Solicitor, Watson, Farley & Williams Asia Practice LLP	PAP	Sembawang GRC
Cheryl Chan Wei Ling	39	Head of Shipping Industry, Linde plc	PAP	Fengshan SMC
Chee Hong Tat	41	Former Second Permanent Secretary (Trade & Industry)	PAP	Bishan-Toa Payoh GRC
Bernard Chen Jia Xi	29	Project Executive	WP	MacPherson SMC
Cheng Li Hui	39	Deputy CEO, Hai Leck Holdings Limited	PAP	Tampines GRC
Chirag Praful Desai	38	Market Risk Manager	SingFirst	Tanjong Pagar GRC
Chong Kee Hiong	49	Chief Executive Officer	PAP	Bishan-Toa Payoh GRC
Chong Wai Fung	45	Healthcare Administrator	SDP	Holland-Bukit Timah GRC
Choong Hon Heng	45	Business Administrator	NSP	Tampines GRC
Melvin Chiu Weng Hoe	36	Sales Executive	SingFirst	Tanjong Pagar GRC
Chua Eng Leong	44	Private Banker	PAP	Aljunied GRC
Damanhuri Abas	45	Education Consultant	SDP	Marsiling-Yew Tee GRC
Darryl David Wilson	45	Former Celebrity and Deputy Director	PAP	Ang Mo Kio GRC
Mohamad Fahmi Ahmad Rais	48	Sales Trainer	SingFirst	Tanjong Pagar GRC
Mohamed Fairoz Shariff	36	Former Associate Librarian	WP	East Coast GRC
Firuz Khan Moklis Khan	48	Factory Owner	WP	Marine Parade GRC
David Foo Ming Jin	51	Chemist	SingFirst	Jurong GRC
Kenneth Foo Sek Kuan	38	Sales Manager	WP	Nee Soon GRC
Jaslyn Go Hui Leng	42	Businesswoman	SDP	Yuhua SMC
Daniel Goh Pei Siong	42	Associate Professor, National University of Singapore	WP	East Coast GRC
Gurmit Singh Sadhu Singh	55	Legal Counsel	WP	Nee Soon GRC
Han Hui Hui	24	Activist	IND	Radin Mas SMC
He Ting Ru	32	Legal Counsel	WP	Marine Parade GRC
Khung Wai Yeen	34	Account Manager	SDP	Bukit Panjang SMC
Koh Tiong Yee	40	Managing Partner	WP	Nee Soon GRC
Henry Kwek Hian Chuan	39	Executive Director	PAP	Nee Soon GRC
Law Him Kwee	55	Director	SPP	Bishan-Toa Payoh GRC
Lee Hong Chuang	45	Senior Technology Manager, IBM	PAP	Hougang SMC
Lee Tze Shih	42	Property Consultant	PPP	Chua Chu Kang GRC
Lim Tean	50	Legal Consultant	NSP	Tampines GRC
Lim Tong Zhe	27	Project Director	NSP	Sembawang GRC
Cheryl Loh Xiu Wen	32	Sales Consultant	WP	Nee Soon GRC
Don Bryan Long Yaoguang	38	Technology Entrepreneur	SPP	Bishan-Toa Payoh GRC
Jesse Loo Hoe Bock	52	Finance Administrator	RP	Ang Mo Kio GRC
Low Wai Choo	55	Finance Manager	PPP	Chua Chu Kang GRC
Joseph Victor Lye Thiam Fatt	53	Chief Executive Officer	PAP	Aljunied GRC
Ravi Madasamy	46	Activist and Legal Executive	RP	Ang Mo Kio GRC
K Muralidharan Pillai	48	Lawyer, Rajah & Tann	PAP	Aljunied GRC
Ng Chee Meng	47	Former Chief of Defence Force	PAP	Pasir Ris-Punggol GRC
Dylan Ng Foo Eng	40	Banker	WP	Marine Parade GRC
Louis Ng Kok Kwang	37	Founder, Animal Concerns Research and Education Society (ACRES)	PAP	Nee Soon GRC
Roy Ngerng	34	Activist and former Healthcare Worker	RP	Ang Mo Kio GRC
Ong Teik Seng	44	Sales Consultant	SDA	Pasir Ris-Punggol GRC
Paul Anantharajah Tambyah	50	University Lecturer	SDP	Holland-Bukit Timah GRC
Ravi Philemon	46	Former Sales Director	SPP	Hong Kah North SMC
Joan Pereira	47	Assistant General Manager, Temasek Cares	PAP	Tanjong Pagar GRC
Leon Perera	44	Assistant Head, Economic Development Board	WP	East Coast GRC
Rahayu Mahzam	35	Lawyer, Heng, Leong & Srinivasan	PAP	Jurong GRC
Redzwan Hafidz Razak	30	Engineer	WP	Jalan Besar GRC
Saktiandi Supaat	41	Executive Vice-President, Global Banking of Maybank	PAP	Bishan-Toa Payoh GRC
Samir Salim Neji	45	Managing Director	IND	Bukit Batok SMC
Shamsul Kamar Mohamad Razali	43	Former Head of School Department	PAP	Aljunied GRC
Muhamed Sidek Mallek	55	Auditor	SDP	Holland-Bukit Timah GRC
Adrian Sim Tian Hock	43	Businessman	WP	Jalan Besar GRC
Siva Chandran	32	Media Trainer	RP	Ang Mo Kio GRC
Darren Soh Guan Soon	45	Property Agent	RP	West Coast GRC
Sukhdev Singh	64	Former Police Officer	SingFirst	Jurong GRC
Sun Xueling	36	Investment Director, Temasek International	PAP	Pasir Ris-Punggol GRC
Ron Tan Jun Yen	30	Property Agent	WP	Nee Soon GRC
Terence Tan Li Chern	44	Lawyer	WP	Marine Parade GRC
Dennis Tan Lip Fong	45	Lawyer	WP	Fengshan SMC
Tan Peng Ann	67	Social Entrepreneur	SingFirst	Jurong GRC
Tan Wu Meng	39	Medical Oncologist, Parkway Cancer Centre	PAP	Jurong GRC
Gregory Wong Chee Wai	44	Technology Consultant	SingFirst	Jurong GRC
Wong Soon Hong	57	Sales Director	SingFirst	Jurong GRC
Wong Souk Yee	56	Lecturer	SDP	Marsiling-Yew Tee GRC
Wong Way Weng	53	Quality Assurance Manager	SDA	Pasir Ris-Punggol GRC
Yee Chia Hsing	44	Head of Bank Department	PAP	Chua Chu Kang GRC
Yeo Ren Yuan	40	Associate Director	NSP	Sembawang GRC
Melvin Yong Yik Chye	43	Former Assistant Commissioner, Singapore Police Force	PAP	Tanjong Pagar GRC

Outgoing MPs

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)	Current Portfolio	Remarks
Lee Kuan Yew	Tanjong Pagar GRC (Tanjong Pagar-Tiong Bahru)	Former Prime Minister and Senior Minister	Lee died during his term on 23 March 2015; Indranee Rajah substituted Lee's duties until end of term.
Retiring
Name	Constituency (Division)	Current Portfolio	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

Election results

After polls closed at 8pm, vote counting began. Results were announced by Ng Wai Choong, chief executive director of the Energy Market Authority, who acted as the Returning Officer for the election.^[132] The first result was declared at 11.31pm on 11 September where PAP candidate Lam Pin Min won the Sengkang West Single Member Constituency with a majority of 17,564. The last result was declared at 3.10am on 12 September where Workers' Party team contesting Aljunied Group Representation Constituency, led by party's secretary-general Low Thia Khiang, won the constituency by a narrow margin of 1.9%, or a majority of 2,612.

Contrary to expectations of a tougher contest with all constituencies being contested by the opposition parties, PAP won its best ever results since the 2001 general election, achieving a swing of 9.7% to achieve 69.9% of the vote as compared to the previous election in 2011 when it received 60.1%. The PAP unexpectedly reclaimed the constituency of Punggol East after it was lost to WP in a 2013 by-election, and achieved a swing in Aljunied GRC large enough to force a vote recount although the WP retained the constituency. With six elected seats for WP, three seats for the Non-Constituency Member of Parliament were eligible to complete a minimum of nine opposition members; WP was qualified for all three seats by-virtue of being the top three losing performers for the election (the single member constituencies of Punggol East (later declined) and Fengshan, and one seat (later two) for the East Coast Group Representation Constituency), and thus WP had nine represented seats for the upcoming Parliament.

The victory for the Potong Pasir Single Member Constituency has post its widest swing among all other Single Member Constituencies for this election, with 16.05%, while the largest swing for all contested constituencies was Bishan-Toa Payoh Group Representation Constituency, with 16.66%. This victory resulted in the end of a 31-year reign of Singapore People's Party as they failed to win at least a seat in Parliament (including NCMPs) for the first time, despite Potong Pasir was SPP's best performing constituency for the election. Consequently, this was also the first time since 1986 only one opposition party (Singapore Democratic Party, at the time) represented the Parliament, and after the 1981's Anson's by-election where WP being the only opposition party to represent the Parliament alone, as none of the other seven opposition parties, including SPP and two independents, won contests.

Voter turnout for the election was 93.56%, with 2,304,331 votes cast.

Results summary

Popular vote   PAP (69.86%)   WP (12.48%)   SDP (3.76%)   NSP (3.53%)   RP (2.63%)   SingFirst (2.25%)   SPP (2.17%)   SDA (2.06%)   PPP (1.13%)   Independent (0.12%)

Seats   83 seats (PAP) (93.26%)   6 seats (WP) (6.74%)

 Summary of the 11 Sep 2015 Parliament of Singapore election results^[133]

Parties and alliances	Leader	Contested seats						Divs won	Seats won	Popular vote	% of valid votes		+/-	% of valid votes in wards contested by party		+/-
		SMC	GRC			Divs	Total
			4m	5m	6m
People's Action Party	Lee Hsien Loong	13	6	8	2	29	89	27	83	1,576,784	69.86		9.72	69.86		9.72
Workers' Party	Low Thia Khiang	5	2	3	0	10	28	2	6	281,697	12.48		0.34	39.75		6.83
Singapore Democratic Party	Chee Soon Juan	3	2	0	0	5	11	0	0	84,770	3.76		1.07	31.23		5.53
National Solidarity Party	Sebastian Teo	2	0	2	0	4	12	0	0	79,780	3.53		8.51	25.27		13.98
Reform Party	Kenneth Jeyaretnam	1	1	0	1	3	11	0	0	59,432	2.63		1.65	20.60		11.18
Singaporeans First	Tan Jee Say	0	0	2	0	2	10	0	0	50,791	2.25		New	21.49		New
Singapore People's Party	Lina Chiam	3	0	1	0	4	8	0	0	49,015	2.17		0.94	27.08		14.34
Singapore Democratic Alliance	Desmond Lim	0	0	0	1	1	6	0	0	46,508	2.06		0.72	27.11		2.95
People's Power Party	Goh Meng Seng	0	1	0	0	1	4	0	0	25,460	1.13		New	23.11		New
Independents	N/A	2	0	0	0	2	2	0	0	2,779	0.12		N/A	10.10		N/A
Valid votes								29	89	2,257,016	97.95% of total votes cast
Invalid (e.g. blank or spoilt) votes										47,315	2.05% of total votes cast
Total votes cast										2,304,331	Voter turnout: 93.56% of eligible voters
Did not vote										158,595
Eligible voters (excluding walkover voters)										2,462,926
Walkover voters										0
Electorate										2,462,926

In an election's first, sample counts were released by the Elections Department to prevent speculation and misinformation from unofficial sources while counting is underway.^[134] All sample counts were released by 10PM – two hours after polling ended. With the exception of Aljunied and Punggol East, where counts were within a 4% error margin, all other figures showed that PAP had comfortable leads in 26 electoral divisions, while WP led in one electoral division.

Candidates and results of Singaporean general election, 2015 [135]
Division	Seats	Voters	Party	Candidate(s)	Votes	Votes %	Sample counts
Bukit Batok SMC	1	27,077	People's Action Party	David Ong Kim Huat	18,204	72.99 / 100	74 / 100
			Singapore Democratic Party	Sadasivam Veriyah	6,585	26.40 / 100	26 / 100
			Independent	Samir Salim Neji (Loses deposit)	150	0.60 / 100	0 / 100
Bukit Panjang SMC	1	34,317	Singapore Democratic Party	Khung Wai Yeen	10,143	31.62 / 100	31 / 100
			People's Action Party	Teo Ho Pin	21,935	68.38 / 100	69 / 100
Fengshan SMC	1	23,427	People's Action Party	Cheryl Chan Wei Ling	12,398	57.52 / 100	57 / 100
			Workers' Party	Dennis Tan Lip Fong	9,158	42.48 / 100	43 / 100
Hong Kah North SMC	1	28,145	People's Action Party	Amy Khor Lean Suan	19,612	74.76 / 100	74 / 100
			Singapore People's Party	Ravi Philemon	6,621	25.24 / 100	26 / 100
Hougang SMC	1	24,097	People's Action Party	Lee Hong Chuang	9,543	42.31 / 100	42 / 100
			Workers' Party	Png Eng Huat	13,012	57.69 / 100	58 / 100
MacPherson SMC	1	28,511	Workers' Party	Chen Jiaxi Bernard	8,826	33.60 / 100	36 / 100
			National Solidarity Party	Cheo Chai Chen (Loses deposit)	215	0.82 / 100	1 / 100
			People's Action Party	Tin Pei Ling	17,227	65.58 / 100	63 / 100
Mountbatten SMC	1	24,143	Singapore People's Party	Jeannette Chong-Aruldoss	5,992	28.16 / 100	28 / 100
			People's Action Party	Lim Biow Chuan	15,290	71.84 / 100	72 / 100
Pioneer SMC	1	25,458	People's Action Party	Cedric Foo Chee Keng	17,994	76.34 / 100	78 / 100
			National Solidarity Party	Ong Beng Soon Elvin	5,578	23.66 / 100	22 / 100
Potong Pasir SMC	1	17,407	Singapore People's Party	Lina Chiam	5,353	33.59 / 100	32 / 100
			People's Action Party	Sitoh Yih Pin	10,581	66.41 / 100	68 / 100
Punggol East SMC	1	34,466	People's Action Party	Charles Chong You Fook	16,957	51.76 / 100	51 / 100
			Workers' Party	Lee Li Lian	15,801	48.24 / 100	49 / 100
Radin Mas SMC	1	28,906	Independent	Han Hui Hui (Loses deposit)	2,629	10.04 / 100	9 / 100
			Reform Party	Kumar Appavoo	3,329	12.71 / 100	14 / 100
			People's Action Party	Sam Tan Chin Siong	20,230	77.25 / 100	77 / 100
Sengkang West SMC	1	30,119	Workers' Party	Koh Choong Yong	10,716	37.89 / 100	37 / 100
			People's Action Party	Lam Pin Min	17,564	62.11 / 100	63 / 100
Yuhua SMC	1	22,617	People's Action Party	Grace Fu Hai Yien	15,298	73.54 / 100	72 / 100
			Singapore Democratic Party	Jaslyn Go Hui Leng	5,505	26.46 / 100	28 / 100
Chua Chu Kang GRC	4	119,931	People's Action Party	Gan Kim Yong Low Yen Ling Yee Chia Hsing Zaqy Mohamad	84,731	76.89 / 100	76 / 100
			People's Power Party	Goh Meng Seng Lee Tze Shih Low Wai Choo Syafarin Bin Sarif	25,460	23.11 / 100	24 / 100
East Coast GRC	4	99,118	Workers' Party	Gerald Giam Yean Song Daniel Goh Pei Siong Mohamed Fairoz Bin Shariff Leon Perera	35,547	39.27 / 100	39 / 100
			People's Action Party	Lee Yi Shyan Lim Swee Say Mohd Maliki Bin Osman Tan Soon Neo Jessica	54,981	60.73 / 100	61 / 100
Holland-Bukit Timah GRC	4	104,491	Singapore Democratic Party	Chee Soon Juan Chong Wai Fung Md Sidek Bin Mallek Paul Anantharajah Tambyah	31,380	33.38 / 100	34 / 100
			People's Action Party	Christopher de Souza Liang Eng Hwa Sim Ann Vivian Balakrishnan	62,630	66.62 / 100	66 / 100
Jalan Besar GRC	4	102,540	Workers' Party	Chan Sio Phing Frieda L Somasundaram Redzwan Hafidz Abdul Razak Adrian Sim Tian Hock	30,283	32.27 / 100	33 / 100
			People's Action Party	Heng Chee How Lily Neo Denise Phua Lay Peng Yaacob Ibrahim	63,561	67.73 / 100	67 / 100
Marsiling-Yew Tee GRC	4	107,599	Singapore Democratic Party	Damanhuri Bin Abas Bryan Lim Boon Heng Tan Liang Joo, John Wong Souk Yee	31,157	31.27 / 100	31 / 100
			People's Action Party	Halimah Yacob Ong Teng Koon Alex Yam Ziming Lawrence Wong	68,485	68.73 / 100	69 / 100
West Coast GRC	4	99,300	People's Action Party	Foo Mee Har Lim Hng Kiang S Iswaran Patrick Tay Teck Guan	71,091	78.57 / 100	78 / 100
			Reform Party	Kenneth Andrew Jeyaretnam Noraini Yunus Darren Soh Guan Soon Andy Zhu Laicheng	19,392	21.43 / 100	22 / 100
Aljunied GRC	5	148,142	Workers' Party	Chen Show Mao Sylvia Lim Low Thia Khiang Muhamad Faisal bin Abdul Manap Pritam Singh	69,929	50.95 / 100	52 / 100
			People's Action Party	Chua Eng Leong K Muralidharan Pillai Lye Thiam Fatt Joseph Victor Shamsul Kamar bin Mohamed Razali Yeo Guat Kwang	67,317	49.05 / 100	48 / 100
Bishan-Toa Payoh GRC	5	129,975	People's Action Party	Chee Hong Tat Chong Kee Hiong Ng Eng Hen Saktiandi Supaat Josephine Teo	86,514	73.59 / 100	74 / 100
			Singapore People's Party	Law Kim Hwee Long Yaoguang, Don Bryan Mohamad Abdillah Bin Zamzuri Mohamad Hamim Bin Aliyas Benjamin Pwee	31,049	26.41 / 100	26 / 100
Jurong GRC	5	130,498	People's Action Party	Ang Wei Neng Desmond Lee Rahayu Binte Mahzam Tharman Shanmugaratnam Tan Wu Meng	95,080	79.28 / 100	78 / 100
			Singaporeans First	Foo Ming Jin David Sukdeu Singh Tan Peng Ann Wong Chee Wai Wong Soon Hong	24,848	20.72 / 100	22 / 100
Marine Parade GRC	5	146,244	People's Action Party	Fatimah Binte Abdul Lateef Goh Chok Tong Seah Kian Peng Tan Chuan Jin Tong Chun Fai Edwin Charles	84,939	64.07 / 100	65 / 100
			Workers' Party	Firuz Khan He Ting Ru Ng Foo Eng Dylan Terence Tan Yee Jenn Jong	47,629	35.93 / 100	35 / 100
Nee Soon GRC	5	132,289	Workers' Party	Foo Seck Guan Kenneth Gurmit Singh S/O Sadhu Singh Luke Koh Tiong Yee Cheryl Denise Loh Xiu Wen Ron Tan Jun Yen	40,796	33.17 / 100	33 / 100
			People's Action Party	K. Shanmugam Kwek Hian Chuan Henry Lee Bee Wah Muhammad Faishal Ibrahim Ng Kok Kwang Louis	82,197	66.83 / 100	67 / 100
Sembawang GRC	5	144,672	National Solidarity Party	Abdul Rasheed S/O Y Abdul Kuthus Kevryn Lim Spencer Ng Chung Hon Yadzeth Bin Haris Eugene Yeo Ren Yuan	37,067	27.72 / 100	28 / 100
			People's Action Party	Khaw Boon Wan Lim Wee Kiak Amrin Amin Ong Ye Kung Vikram Nair	96,639	72.28 / 100	72 / 100
Tampines GRC	5	143,518	People's Action Party	Baey Yam Keng Cheng Li Hui Desmond Choo Pey Ching Heng Swee Keat Masagos Zulkifli Bin Masagos Mohamad	95,202	72.06 / 100	72 / 100
			National Solidarity Party	Choong Hon Heng Fong Chin Leong Lim Tean Nor Lella Teo Kway Huang Sebastian	36,920	27.94 / 100	28 / 100
Tanjong Pagar GRC	5	130,752	Singaporeans First	Ang Yong Guan Chirag Praful Desai Chiu Weng Hoe Melvyn Mohamad Fahmi Bin Ahmad Rais Tan Jee Say	25,953	22.29 / 100	22 / 100
			People's Action Party	Chan Chun Sing Chia Shi-Lu Indranee Thurai Rajah Joan Pereira Melvin Yong Yik Chye	90,448	77.71 / 100	78 / 100
Ang Mo Kio GRC	6	187,771	People's Action Party	Ang Hin Kee Darryl David Wilson Gan Thiam Poh Intan Azura Mokhtar Koh Poh Koon Lee Hsien Loong	135,115	78.63 / 100	78 / 100
			Reform Party	Gilbert Goh Jesse Loo Hoe Bock Roy Ngerng Yi Ling Osman Sulaiman M Ravi Siva Chandran	36,711	21.37 / 100	22 / 100
Pasir Ris-Punggol GRC	6	187,396	Singapore Democratic Alliance	Abu Mohamed Harminder Pal Singh S/O Gurcharan Singh Desmond Lim Bak Chuan Lim Tung Hee Arthero Ong Teik Seng Wong Way Weng	46,508	27.11 / 100	27 / 100
			People's Action Party	Janil Puthucheary Ng Chee Meng Sun Xueling Teo Chee Hean Teo Ser Luck Zainal Sapari	125,021	72.89 / 100	73 / 100

Analysis

Top 14 best PAP performers

• Constituencies with no comparison to 2011 were either due to them being new constituencies or the constituencies experiencing walkovers in the last election.

#	Constituency	PAP			Opposition
		Votes	%	Swing		Votes	%	Swing
1	Jurong GRC	95,080	79.28	12.32		24,848	20.72	12.32
2	Ang Mo Kio GRC	135,115	78.63	9.3		36,711	21.37	9.3
3	West Coast GRC	71,091	78.57	12		19,392	21.43	12
4	Tanjong Pagar GRC	90,448	77.71	Walkover		25,953	22.29	Walkover
5	Radin Mas SMC	20,230	77.25	10.15		3,329	12.71	10.15
						2,629	10.04
6	Chua Chu Kang GRC	84,731	76.89	15.69		25,460	23.11	15.69
7	Pioneer SMC	17,994	76.34	15.61		5,578	23.66	15.61
8	Hong Kah North SMC	19,612	74.76	4.15		6,621	25.24	4.15
9	Bishan-Toa Payoh GRC	86,514	73.59	16.66		31,049	26.41	16.66
10	Yuhua SMC	15,298	73.54	6.68		5,505	26.46	6.68
11	Bukit Batok SMC	18,204	72.99	New		6,585	26.40	New
						150	0.60
12	Pasir Ris-Punggol GRC	125,021	72.89	8.1		46,508	27.11	8.1
13	Sembawang GRC	96,639	72.28	8.38		37,067	27.72	8.38
14	Tampines GRC	95,202	72.06	14.84		36,920	27.94	14.84

Top 15 best opposition performers

• Constituencies with no comparison to 2011 were either due to them being new constituencies or the constituencies experiencing walkovers in the last election.

#	Constituency	Opposition				PAP
			Votes	%	Swing	Votes	%	Swing
1	Hougang SMC		13,012	57.69	7.11	9,543	42.31	7.11
2	Aljunied GRC		69,929	50.95	3.77	67,317	49.05	3.77
3	Punggol East SMC		15,801	48.24	2.78	16,957	51.76	2.78
4	Fengshan SMC		9,158	42.48	New	12,398	57.52	New
5	East Coast GRC		35,547	39.27	5.9	54,981	60.73	5.9
6	Sengkang West SMC		10,716	37.89	4	17,564	62.11	4
7	Marine Parade GRC		47,629	35.93	7.43	84,939	64.07	7.43
8	MacPherson SMC		8,826	33.60	New	17,227	65.58	New
9	Potong Pasir SMC		5,353	33.59	16.05	10,581	66.41	16.05
10	Holland-Bukit Timah GRC		31,380	33.38	6.54	62,630	66.62	6.54
11	Nee Soon GRC		40,796	33.17	8.43	82,197	66.83	8.43
12	Jalan Besar GRC		30,283	32.27	New	63,561	67.73	New
13	Bukit Panjang SMC		10,143	31.62	2.11	21,935	68.38	2.11
14	Marsiling-Yew Tee GRC		31,157	31.27	New	68,485	68.73	New
15	Mountbatten SMC		5,992	28.16	13.22	15,290	71.84	13.22

Vote Swings

• Only the following constituencies may be compared with 2011 results as they existed in both elections, although most had changes in their electoral boundaries.

#	Constituency	PAP			Opposition
		Votes	%	Swing		Votes	%	Swing
1	Bishan-Toa Payoh GRC	86,514	73.59	16.66		31,049	26.41	16.66
2	Potong Pasir SMC	10,581	66.41	16.05		5,353	33.59	16.05
3	Chua Chu Kang GRC	84,731	76.89	15.69		25,460	23.11	15.69
4	Pioneer SMC	17,994	76.34	15.61		5,578	23.66	15.61
5	Tampines GRC	95,202	72.06	14.84		36,920	27.94	14.84
6	Mountbatten SMC	15,290	71.84	13.22		5,992	28.16	13.22
7	Jurong GRC	95,080	79.28	12.32		24,848	20.72	12.32
8	West Coast GRC	71,091	78.57	12		19,392	21.43	12
9	Radin Mas SMC	20,230	77.25	10.15		3,329	12.71	10.15
						2,629	10.04
10	Ang Mo Kio GRC	135,115	78.63	9.3		36,711	21.37	9.3
11	Nee Soon GRC	82,197	66.83	8.43		40,796	33.17	8.43
12	Sembawang GRC	96,639	72.28	8.38		37,067	27.72	8.38
13	Pasir Ris-Punggol GRC	125,021	72.89	8.1		46,508	27.11	8.1
14	Marine Parade GRC	84,939	64.07	7.43		47,629	35.93	7.43
15	Hougang SMC	9,543	42.31	7.11		13,012	57.69	7.11
16	Yuhua SMC	15,298	73.54	6.68		5,505	26.46	6.68
17	Holland-Bukit Timah GRC	62,630	66.62	6.54		31,380	33.38	6.54
18	East Coast GRC	54,981	60.73	5.9		35,547	39.27	5.9
19	Hong Kah North SMC	19,612	74.76	4.15		6,621	25.24	4.15
20	Sengkang West SMC	17,564	62.11	4		10,716	37.89	4
21	Aljunied GRC	67,317	49.05	3.77		69,929	50.95	3.77
22	Punggol East SMC	16,957	51.76	2.78		15,801	48.24	2.78
23	Bukit Panjang SMC	21,935	68.38	2.11		10,143	31.62	2.11

See also

• Constituencies of Singapore
• Elections in Singapore
• List of political parties in Singapore

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External links

• Battleground Singapore: Who's standing where - an interactive map of the 2015 boundaries and changes explained in maps.
• From Nomination Day to Polling Day: Election calendar and rally schedule - an interactive calendar of all the key events and rally schedules for the #GE2015 campaign period from Nomination Day to Polling Day. It also serves as an archive of key photos from each rally and the related ST article.
• Who will be your next MP? - the complete list of all 181 candidates. Includes personal information, their latest tweet, results from previous elections or a Q&A if they are a new candidate.
• GE2015 Candidates - an interactive visualisation of the election candidates showing parties, wards, and diversity representation.
• SG Elections - Interactive maps showing data for differences in vote shares, non-voters, spoiled votes, districts by candidates, etc.
• #GE2015 Social media dashboard - this is a visual representation of the social media trends that fluctuate over the 10-day period of campaigning. There are two graphs updated in real-time, a selected feature of popular tweets and the last 80 Instagram pictures tagged #GE2015.
• GE2015: Live results and full analysis

Chee Soon Juan

Dr Chee Soon Juan, PhD (simplified Chinese: 徐顺全; traditional Chinese: 徐順全; pinyin: Xú Shùnquán, born 20 July 1962) is a Singaporean politician and currently the leader of the Singapore Democratic Party (SDP).

A figure in Singapore's political opposition, Chee joined the SDP in 1992, and became its Secretary-General following the departure of the party's founder, Chiam See Tong (with whom Chee and the rest of the party's leadership have had a number of disagreements). The party had three Members of Parliament (MPs) at the time Chee took over as Secretary-General, but was reduced to no MPs at the 1997 general election and has not had any of its members elected to Parliament since then.

Chee has been arrested and jailed several times for his political activities, mainly for making speeches and staging public demonstrations without a police permit. He has also been found guilty of defamation on multiple occasions for comments he has made about members of Singapore's governing People's Action Party (PAP). He was previously barred from standing in parliamentary elections because he was declared bankrupt in 2006 after failing to pay damages from a lawsuit owed to two former Singaporean prime ministers, Lee Kuan Yew and Goh Chok Tong. However, on 24 September 2012, Chee announced that he had raised the sum of S$30,000 needed to pay Lee and Goh. His bankruptcy has since been discharged, which has allowed him to contest the 2015 Singaporean general election.

Chiam See Tong

Chiam See Tong (simplified Chinese: 詹时中; traditional Chinese: 詹時中; pinyin: Zhān Shí Zhōng; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Chiam Sî-tiong; born 12 March 1935) is a Singaporean politician and lawyer. He is Singapore's longest-serving Opposition Member of Parliament (MP) in a Single Member Constituency (SMC), having represented the constituency of Potong Pasir in Parliament from 1984 to 2011. Chiam was formerly the longest-serving Opposition Leader in terms of total time served (1986-93, 1997-2006), as well as the opposition Member of Parliament (MP) (1984-2011) until the end of 2017, where former Workers' Party (WP) then-secreatary general Low Thia Khiang surpassed both of his record (Low served as an MP since 1991, and as an opposition leader from 2006 to 2018).Chiam was founding leader of the Singapore Democratic Party (SDP) up to December 1996, when he left the party to join the Singapore People's Party (SPP) prior to the 1997 general election. He subsequently spearheaded the formation of the Singapore Democratic Alliance (SDA), and was its chairman and de facto opposition leader from 2001 to 2011. However, in March 2011 he announced that he was withdrawing the SPP from the SDA grouping, and would contest the next general election under the SPP banner. At the 2011 general election, Chiam decided not to seek re-election in his Potong Pasir constituency and instead stood as a member of the SPP's team in the Bishan-Toa Payoh Group Representation Constituency. However the SPP was defeated by the PAP's team in Bishan-Toa Payoh. His wife Lina Chiam narrowly lost the election in Potong Pasir and accepted a seat as a Non Constituency Member of Parliament. Chiam stopped his political career ahead of the 2015 Singaporean general election due to health reasons.

List of elections in 2015

The following elections were scheduled to occur in the year 2015.

Murali Pillai

K. Muralidharan Pillai (Chinese: 穆仁理, Tamil: கே முரளிதரன் பிள்ளை, born 30 October 1967), better known as Murali Pillai (Standard ) or Ah Mu (Chinese: 阿穆), is a Singaporean lawyer and politician, as well as a former police officer. Murali worked in the Singapore Police Force before his admission to practice law in 1996. Murali is currently a partner in Commercial Litigation practice at Rajah & Tann Singapore LLP.

In his political career, he joined the People's Action Party (PAP) in 2001. He was the Branch Secretary to the late Dr Ong Chit Chung, MP for Bukit Batok division. Murali was part of a team of five from the PAP who contested and narrowly lost to the Workers' Party in the Aljunied Group Representation Constituency of the 2015 General Election. In 2016, Murali was once again fielded in as a PAP candidate for the Bukit Batok by-election. Murali won 61.2% of the votes, securing his position as Member of Parliament for the Bukit Batok Single Member Constituency.

Tin Pei Ling

Tin Pei Ling (simplified Chinese: 陈佩玲; traditional Chinese: 陳佩玲; pinyin: Chén Pèilíng; born 23 December 1983) is a Singaporean People's Action Party (PAP) Member of Parliament (MP) in the MacPherson Single Member Constituency.Archived 7 May 2011 at WebCite

Besides being the youngest MP in Parliament, Tin was also the PAP's youngest candidate in the Singapore general election, 2011. She is currently serving as the Chairperson of the Ulu Pandan Youth Executive Committee for the Young PAP (YPAP), the PAP's youth wing, and a member of the Community Development Welfare Fund Committee.

Tin is married to Ng How Yue, Second Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Trade and Industry and formerly a Principal Private Secretary to Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong. Tin Pei Ling has a baby that was born on 5 August 2015, and was named Ng Kee Hau.