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SGPolitico (talk | contribs) (Created page with "{{DISPLAYTITLE:2011 Singapore General Election}} '''Singapore's general elections to form its 12th Parliament''' were held on 7 May 2011. The Parliament of Singapore's maximum term is five years, within which it must be dissolved by the President of Singapore and elections held within three months, as stated in the Constitution of Singapore. Voting is mandatory in Singapore and is based on the first-past-the-post system. Elections are conducted by the Elections Depart...") |
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Both losing ministers in Aljunied GRC, [https://the-singapore-lgbt-encyclopaedia.fandom.com/wiki/George_Yeo George Yeo] and Minister in the Prime Minister's Office [https://the-singapore-lgbt-encyclopaedia.fandom.com/wiki/Lim_Hwee_Hua Lim Hwee Hua], announced their retirements from politics in separate news conferences given in the days after the election.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.straitstimes.com/GeneralElection/News/Story/STIStory_666950.html|title=George Yeo exiting politics, will not run for Presidency|last=Li|first=Xueying|date=11 May 2011|work=Straits Times|accessdate=13 May 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110513060832/http://www.straitstimes.com/GeneralElection/News/Story/STIStory_666950.html|archive-date=13 May 2011|url-status=dead|df=dmy-all}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.straitstimes.com/GeneralElection/News/Story/STIStory_667375.html|title=Lim Hwee Hua will not contest next election|date=11 May 2011|work=Straits Times|accessdate=13 May 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110512191013/http://www.straitstimes.com/GeneralElection/News/Story/STIStory_667375.html|archive-date=12 May 2011|url-status=dead|df=dmy-all}}</ref> George Yeo, who remained popular online and continued to have "a flood of support" after the election and had been repeatedly urged to contest the next election, or even contest the [https://the-singapore-lgbt-encyclopaedia.fandom.com/wiki/2011_Singaporean_presidential_election 2011 Singaporean presidential election] turned his supporters down, declaring, "I'm a free spirit, and I don't think I'm temperamentally suited for such a job." | Both losing ministers in Aljunied GRC, [https://the-singapore-lgbt-encyclopaedia.fandom.com/wiki/George_Yeo George Yeo] and Minister in the Prime Minister's Office [https://the-singapore-lgbt-encyclopaedia.fandom.com/wiki/Lim_Hwee_Hua Lim Hwee Hua], announced their retirements from politics in separate news conferences given in the days after the election.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.straitstimes.com/GeneralElection/News/Story/STIStory_666950.html|title=George Yeo exiting politics, will not run for Presidency|last=Li|first=Xueying|date=11 May 2011|work=Straits Times|accessdate=13 May 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110513060832/http://www.straitstimes.com/GeneralElection/News/Story/STIStory_666950.html|archive-date=13 May 2011|url-status=dead|df=dmy-all}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.straitstimes.com/GeneralElection/News/Story/STIStory_667375.html|title=Lim Hwee Hua will not contest next election|date=11 May 2011|work=Straits Times|accessdate=13 May 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110512191013/http://www.straitstimes.com/GeneralElection/News/Story/STIStory_667375.html|archive-date=12 May 2011|url-status=dead|df=dmy-all}}</ref> George Yeo, who remained popular online and continued to have "a flood of support" after the election and had been repeatedly urged to contest the next election, or even contest the [https://the-singapore-lgbt-encyclopaedia.fandom.com/wiki/2011_Singaporean_presidential_election 2011 Singaporean presidential election] turned his supporters down, declaring, "I'm a free spirit, and I don't think I'm temperamentally suited for such a job." | ||
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