2020 Singaporean general election facts for kids
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All 93 elected seats (+2 NCMPs seats) to the Parliament of Singapore 47 elected seats needed for a majority |
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Registered | 2,651,435 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Turnout | 2,540,359 (95.81%) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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A general election was held in Singapore on 10 July 2020. It elected members to the 14th Parliament of Singapore using the first-past-the-post. Voting was mandatory for all Singaporeans over the age of 21. The People's Action Party (PAP) won the election for the 15th time in a row since 1959 with Lee Hsien Loong staying as Prime Minister. The PAP won 83 seats with the Workers' Party winning 10. This was the largest opposition since 1966.
Party | Abbreviation | Leader | Year formed | Seats before GE2020 | Parliamentary presence |
People's Action Party | PAP | Lee Hsien Loong |
1954
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82
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Legislative Assembly: 1955–1965 City Council Elections: 1957–1965 Singapore Parliament: 1965–Present |
Workers' Party | WP | Pritam Singh |
1957
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6 + 3 NCMPs
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Legislative Assembly: 1961–1963 City Council Elections: 1957–1959 Singapore Parliament: 1981–1986; 1991–Present |
Singapore Democratic Party | SDP | Chee Soon Juan |
1980
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0
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Singapore Parliament: 1984–1997 |
National Solidarity Party | NSP | Spencer Ng |
1987
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0
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Singapore Parliament: 2001–2006 |
Singapore People's Party | SPP | Steve Chia |
1994
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0
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Singapore Parliament: 1997–2015 |
Singapore Democratic Alliance | SDA | Desmond Lim Bak Chuan |
2001
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0
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Singapore Parliament: 2001–2011 |
Progress Singapore Party | PSP | Tan Cheng Bock |
2019
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0
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Singapore Parliament:
2020–Present |
Reform Party | RP | Kenneth Jeyaretnam |
2008
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0
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— |
People's Power Party | PPP | Goh Meng Seng |
2015
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0
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— |
Peoples Voice | PV | Lim Tean |
2018
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0
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— |
Red Dot United | RDU | Ravi Philemon |
2020
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0
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— |
Parties and alliances | Leader | Contested seats | Divs won | Seats won | Popular vote | % of valid votes | +/- | % of valid votes in wards contested by party | +/- | ||||||
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SMC | GRC | Divs | Total | ||||||||||||
4m | 5m | ||||||||||||||
People's Action Party | Lee Hsien Loong | 14 | 6 | 11 | 31 | 93 | 28 | 83 | 1,527,491 | 61.23 |
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8.63 | 61.23 |
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8.63 |
Workers' Party | Pritam Singh | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 21 | 3 | 10 | 279,922 | 11.22 |
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1.26 | 50.49 |
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10.74 |
Progress Singapore Party | Tan Cheng Bock | 5 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 253,996 | 10.18 |
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New | 40.86 |
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New |
Singapore Democratic Party | Chee Soon Juan | 3 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 111,054 | 4.45 |
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0.69 | 37.04 |
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5.81 |
National Solidarity Party | Spencer Ng | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 93,653 | 3.75 |
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0.22 | 33.15 |
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7.88 |
Peoples Voice | Lim Tean | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 59,183 | 2.37 |
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New | 21.27 |
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New |
Reform Party | Kenneth Jeyaretnam | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 54,599 | 2.19 |
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0.44 | 27.85 |
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7.25 |
Singapore People's Party | Steve Chia | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 37,998 | 1.52 |
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0.65 | 33.85 |
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6.77 |
Singapore Democratic Alliance | Desmond Lim | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 37,237 | 1.49 |
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0.57 | 23.67 |
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3.44 |
Red Dot United | Ravi Philemon | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 31,260 | 1.25 |
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New | 25.39 |
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New |
People's Power Party | Goh Meng Seng | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7,489 | 0.30 |
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0.83 | 28.26 |
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5.15 |
Independents | N/A | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 655 | 0.03 |
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0.09 | 2.78 |
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N/A |
Valid votes | 2,494,537 | 98.20% of total votes cast | |||||||||||||
Invalid (e.g. blank or spoilt) votes | 45,822 | 1.80% of total votes cast | |||||||||||||
Total votes cast | 2,540,359 | Voter turnout: 95.81% of eligible voters | |||||||||||||
Did not vote | 111,076 | ||||||||||||||
Eligible voters (excluding walkover voters) | 2,651,435 | ||||||||||||||
Walkover voters | 0 | ||||||||||||||
Electorate | 2,651,435 |
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See also
In Spanish: Elecciones generales de Singapur de 2020 para niños
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