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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. | 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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== Background == | == Background == | ||
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[[File:Polling station signs, Holland-Bukit Timah GRC, Singapore - 20150911.jpg|thumb|upright|Signs pointing to polling stations in [[Clementi, Singapore|Clementi]], in [[Holland-Bukit Timah Group Representation Constituency|Holland-Bukit Timah GRC]]]] | [[File:Polling station signs, Holland-Bukit Timah GRC, Singapore - 20150911.jpg|thumb|upright|Signs pointing to polling stations in [[Clementi, Singapore|Clementi]], in [[Holland-Bukit Timah Group Representation Constituency|Holland-Bukit Timah GRC]]]] | ||
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.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.straitstimes.com/GeneralElection/News/Story/STIStory_666918.html|title=Yam Ah Mee: GE's new Internet star|last=Wong|first=Tessa|date=10 May 2011|work=Straits Times|accessdate=10 May 2011}}</ref> 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 [[ | 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.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.straitstimes.com/GeneralElection/News/Story/STIStory_666918.html|title=Yam Ah Mee: GE's new Internet star|last=Wong|first=Tessa|date=10 May 2011|work=Straits Times|accessdate=10 May 2011}}</ref> 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 Single Member Constituency|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 Single Member Constituency|Fengshan]], and one seat (later two) for the [[East Coast Group Representation Constituency]]), and thus WP had nine represented seats for the upcoming Parliament. | 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 Single Member Constituency|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 Single Member Constituency|Fengshan]], and one seat (later two) for the [[East Coast Group Representation Constituency]]), and thus WP had nine represented seats for the upcoming Parliament. | ||
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|rowspan="2" |148,142 | |rowspan="2" |148,142 | ||
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|| '''[[Chen Show Mao]]<br />[[Sylvia Lim]]<br />[[Low Thia Khiang]]<br />[[Muhamad Faisal bin Abdul Manap]]<br />[[ | || '''[[Chen Show Mao]]<br />[[Sylvia Lim]]<br />[[Low Thia Khiang]]<br />[[Muhamad Faisal bin Abdul Manap]]<br />[[Pritam Singh]]''' ||'''69,929''' ||{{composition bar|50.95|100|#FF0000}} ||{{composition bar|52|100|#FF0000}} | ||
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| {{SG/PAP}} || [[Chua Eng Leong]]<br />[[K Muralidharan Pillai]]<br />[[Victor Lye|Lye Thiam Fatt Joseph Victor]]<br />[[Shamsul Kamar bin Mohamed Razali]]<br />[[Yeo Guat Kwang]]||67,317 ||{{composition bar|49.05|100|#008FD8}} ||{{composition bar|48|100|#008FDB}} | | {{SG/PAP}} || [[Chua Eng Leong]]<br />[[K Muralidharan Pillai]]<br />[[Victor Lye|Lye Thiam Fatt Joseph Victor]]<br />[[Shamsul Kamar bin Mohamed Razali]]<br />[[Yeo Guat Kwang]]||67,317 ||{{composition bar|49.05|100|#008FD8}} ||{{composition bar|48|100|#008FDB}} | ||
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| {{SG/PAP}} || '''[[Janil Puthucheary]]<br />[[Ng Chee Meng]]<br />[[Sun Xueling]]<br />[[Teo Chee Hean]]<br />[[Teo Ser Luck]]<br />[[Zainal Sapari]]'''||'''125,021''' ||{{composition bar|72.89|100|#008FDB}} ||{{composition bar|73|100|#008FDB}} | | {{SG/PAP}} || '''[[Janil Puthucheary]]<br />[[Ng Chee Meng]]<br />[[Sun Xueling]]<br />[[Teo Chee Hean]]<br />[[Teo Ser Luck]]<br />[[Zainal Sapari]]'''||'''125,021''' ||{{composition bar|72.89|100|#008FDB}} ||{{composition bar|73|100|#008FDB}} | ||
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==References== | ==References== | ||
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[[Category:Elections]] | [[Category:Elections]] | ||