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2015 Singaporean general election

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All 89 directly elected seats in Parliament (and up to 9 NCMPs)
Registered	2,462,926
Turnout	93.70% ( 0.52pp)
First party Second party   Leader Lee Hsien Loong Low Thia Khiang Party PAP WP Last election 60.14%, 81 seats 12.83%, 8 seats Seats won 83 9 Seat change 2 1 Popular vote 1,579,183 282,143 Percentage 69.86% 12.48% Swing 9.72pp 0.35pp
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Prime Minister before election Lee Hsien Loong PAP Prime Minister after election Lee Hsien Loong PAP

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General elections were held in Singapore on Friday, 11 September 2015 to elect 89 members of Parliament. The outgoing Parliament had been dissolved and the general election called by President Tony Tan on 25 August, on the advice of Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong. The elections were for the 13th Parliament since independence in 1965, using the first-past-the-post electoral system.

The elections were the first since independence in which all seats were contested. Most of the seats were contested between two parties, with the only three-cornered fights occurring in three Single Member Constituencies. The elections were also the first after the March 2015 death of Lee Kuan Yew (the nation's first prime minister and an MP until his death) and Singapore's 50th anniversary celebration on 9 August that year.

Of the 89 seats, the People's Action Party (PAP) contested all and won 83, with the other six won by the Workers' Party (WP); the WP successfully retained their wards of Aljunied GRC and Hougang SMC, with Punggol East SMC being the only seat to change hands, as it was recaptured by the PAP. Voter turnout was 94%. PAP won its best results since 2001 with 70% of the popular vote, an increase of 10 percentage points from the previous elections in 2011. WP received 40% of the vote in the 28 seats it contested, a drop of 7pp. In the overall popular vote, WP scored 12.48% and the remaining seven parties less than 4% each. Three candidates failed to secure at least 12.5% of votes in their area and thus lost their electoral deposit.

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. 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 governing People's Action Party (PAP) has secured their 14th consecutive term in office since 1959. This was 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. Some analysts suggested that an early election to garner "sympathy votes" might backfire. It was also the country's first election where there were no walkovers in any of the constituencies, as voting took place in Tanjong Pagar GRC for the first time.

The Returning Officer for this election was the chief executive director of the Energy Market Authority, Ng Wai Choong, taking over from Yam Ah Mee who had served in this role in the previous general election. He was also the first returning officer with a different announcement format on the results, with valid votes and rejected votes revealed as opposed to rejected votes and turnout in the past elections.

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.

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 electoral boundaries were published on 24 July 2015, with about one-fifth of the existing electorate having redistricted to new constituencies, and the number of seats increased to 89, up from 87 in the last election. Bishan–Toa Payoh GRC's boundaries were changed for the first time ever since the formation in 1997, while Moulmein-Kallang GRC, which was created in the last election to take its place with Jalan Besar GRC, was removed. The election also saw the introduction of Marsiling-Yew Tee GRC due to the population growth in northern Singapore, specifically Woodlands and Yew Tee. Only two GRCs located in the North East CDC (Aljunied and Tampines) were untouched. The number of GRCs this election was 16, an increase by one from the last election.

In the SMCs, three constituencies (Bukit Batok, Fengshan and MacPherson) had reappeared from the political map for the first time since their last presence in 1991, 1988 and 2006, respectively. Only two of the SMCs (Hong Koh North and Sengkang West) had changes in the boundaries, while two former SMCs (Joo Chiat and Whampoa) were subsumed to their neighbouring GRCs. The number of SMCs this election was 13, an increase by one from the last election.

The changes of the GRCs boundaries (and any SMCs, if applicable), were as follows:

Political developments

Following the preceding election, a presidential election was held three months after the parliamentary election. Former Deputy Prime Minister Tony Tan narrowly won the election by a plurality against three other candidates, with Tan Cheng Bock, who would form the Progress Singapore Party in 2019, finishing second. Observers seen that the both elections in 2011 were "watershed" due to the divide between the ruling People's Action Party and the oppositions.

In the aftermath of the general election, both Minister Mentor Lee Kuan Yew and Senior Minister Goh Chok Tong stepped down from the cabinet and become backbenchers citing renewal process, with the latter being conferred as "emeritus"; as a result the Senior Minister post would be vacant until 2019. The four incumbents from the former PAP team for Aljunied GRC, including former Foreign Minister George Yeo and cabinet minister Lim Hwee Hua, subsequently retired from politics, and the former also declined to contest in that year's presidential election.

Towards the end of the term, founding Prime Minister of Singapore and member-of-parliament for Tanjong Pagar GRC Lee Kuan Yew died of pneumonia on 23 March 2015, about 60 years after serving the constituency.

Opposition and extraparliamentary parties

Opposition parties had also seen several renewals, including Singapore Democratic Party where secretary-general Chee Soon Juan was formally discharged from bankruptcy by the court on 22 November 2012, rendering him eligible again to stand for elections for the first time since 2001. Former SDP members Tan Jee Say and Ang Yong Guan formed its new Singaporeans First party in May 2014.

The other party besides the leading opposition party of Workers' Party to represent in the 12th Parliament was Singapore People's Party, which consist of only Lina Loh as a Non-Constituency Member of Parliament. Secretary-general and Loh's spouse, Chiam See Tong, announced that he would not contest the election for the first time since his debut in 1976, citing health reasons. The party was further strengthened by Democratic Progressive Party with Hamin Aliyas and Benjamin Pwee resigning from the latter party to join the former.

National Solidarity Party secretary-general Goh Meng Seng subsequently resigned from the party after the election, and formed its new People's Power Party early in 2015, with applications approved on July, nearly two months before the election. NSP had also met with several party changes including the introduction of Lim Tean who would later found Peoples Voice; while former NSP members such as Hazel Poa, Nicole Seah and Jeanette Chong-Aruldoss have left the party ahead of the election, and former Non-Constituency Member of Parliament Steve Chia did not stand for the election in response to the party's controversial decision to contest MacPherson SMC and online abuse (former MP Cheo Chai Chen would eventually contest the seat instead).

Events in Singapore

The parliament had responded to the signals of the electorate and tweaked its policies to cool escalating housing prices, enhance transport services, reward the nation's elderly pioneers and impose a significant cut to the salaries of certain office-holders. 2013 had also met with several incidents, most notably the 2013 Southeast Asian haze, the Population White Paper, the 2013 Little India riots, and controversies surrounding Aljunied-Hougang Town Council. 2014 also saw certain policy changes and certain debates addressing concerns for Central Provident Fund and retirement, its LGBT rights in Singapore, and its impact in its culture after three books are pulled from its shelves and destroyed according to National Library Board. All of these events became general topics that were discussed during the hustings.

By-elections in Singapore

A series of two by-elections within eight months were held during the term, marking it the first occurrence of such since 1992, with both involving a member-of-parliament vacating a SMC in 2012 pertaining to extramarital affairs. On February 14, Hougang SMC MP Yaw Shin Leong was also expelled from the Workers' Party following the party's CEC decision to expel him on misconduct. Ten months later on December 12, Speaker of the Parliament of Singapore Michael Palmer resigned from all the posts and the party, and the MP for Punggol East SMC.

In both of the ensuing by-elections, the WP candidates, Png Eng Huat and Lee Li Lian, respectively won both the May and January by-elections, the latter also resulted in the first time since the 1981 Anson by-election where PAP lost a seat during the term. In a follow-up statement by Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong, he respected the results for both by-elections and encouraged alternative voices, as the by-election is meant to find a replacement of a MP in a constituency and not government.

Other constitution changes

Election Department raised the cap for their election expenses to S$4 per voter in a constituency divided by number of seats, up from S$3.50 previously. The ballot paper will also be printed to include passport photographs of candidates for better identification; these changes were first enacted on the 2011 Presidential election. ELD also published a 67-page handbook, advising candidates against "negative campaigning practices", and drones are banned in rallies.

While the campaign and election were held during the seventh lunar month, Singapore Police Force issued a notice whereas political activities must be separate from Getai activities.

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. All sample counts were released at 10PM, about two hours after polling ended. With the exception of Aljunied and Punggol East, where counts were within a 4% error margin at a 95% confidence rate, all other figures showed that PAP had comfortable leads in 26 electoral divisions, while WP led in one electoral division. The final percentage showed an accuracy range between 0.06% (Tampines GRC) and 2.99% (MacPherson SMC). Sample counts works differently to exit polls, where they are illegal under the Parliamentary Elections Act due to privacy concerns, as it was last occurred during the 2013 Punggol East by-election where an exit poll was attempted.

Timeline

Pre-nomination day events

Nomination centres

The Elections Department issued the following information upon the issuance of the writ of election

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

• A indicates a GRC requires a Malay/Muslim minority candidate, while indicates a GRC requires an Indian or other minority candidate

Nomination day and campaigning events

Campaigning began from 1 September and ended on 9 September to canvass votes through physical rallies and stream on various media platforms. A live debate was held on 1 September in English and Chinese channel platforms, followed by two party political broadcasts airing on 3 and 10 September. The eve of polling day, known as cooling-off day, prohibits party from campaigning except for party political broadcasts.

Outgoing incumbents and incoming candidates

A total of 72 candidates made their political debut this election, among which the PAP team include a former Second Permanent Secretary, a former MediaCorp television personality, a former police assistant commissioner, a founder of an organisation focusing animal welfare, and a former Chief of Defence Force. 14 MPs from the 12th Parliament stepped down this election, and one MP died during the term in office on 23 March this year, which is former Minister Mentor and first Prime Minister of Singapore Lee Kuan Yew, who served the Tanjong Pagar division for a record 60 years, the longest tenure for any elected MPs.

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 served as the Returning Officer for the election. The first result was declared at 11.31pm on 11 September where PAP candidate Lam Pin Min won the Sengkang West SMC with a majority of 17,564. The last result was declared at 3.10am on 12 September where Workers' Party team contesting Aljunied GRC, 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 as there are no walkovers this election, PAP had one of its best results since 2001, increasing their vote share by nearly ten percentage points to just under 70%. Many of the constituencies had swings towards the PAP, with the biggest swing being the Bishan–Toa Payoh GRC, with 17% followed by Potong Pasir SMC with 16%. The best-performing constituency for the PAP in the election was Jurong GRC, where it received 80% of the vote. The WP had their vote shares greatly reduced, and although able to retain Aljunied GRC and Hougang SMC, they lost Punggol East SMC after gaining it a 2013-by-election.

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 SMC, and one seat (later two) for the East Coast GRC), and thus WP had nine represented seats for the upcoming Parliament. 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. It also marked the end of the presence of Singapore People's Party since their debut in 1997 and the presence of Chiam since 1984.

A poll held by the Institute of Policy Studies among 2,000 voters found that 79 percent believed "The whole election system is fair to all political parties,” up from 61 percent in 2011.

Voter turnout for the election was 93.7%, with 2,307,746 votes cast. Three candidates, Cheo Chai Chen of NSP, and independent candidates Han Hui Hui and Samir Salim Neji, had their $14,500 election deposits forfeited. Samir's vote count of 150 valid votes or 0.60% set a record for its worst-performing result in any general election (not counting SDA's Desmond Lim's 0.57% share in 2013), surpassing the previous record in 1984 of 0.81% held by Teo Kim Hoe.

Popular vote

Seats

Party		Votes	%	Seats	+/–
	People's Action Party	1,579,183	69.86	83	+2
	Workers' Party	282,143	12.48	6	0
	Singapore Democratic Party	84,931	3.76	0	0
	National Solidarity Party	79,826	3.53	0	0
	Reform Party	59,517	2.63	0	0
	Singaporeans First	50,867	2.25	0	New
	Singapore People's Party	49,107	2.17	0	0
	Singapore Democratic Alliance	46,550	2.06	0	0
	People's Power Party	25,475	1.13	0	New
	Independents	2,780	0.12	0	New
Total		2,260,379	100.00	89	+2
Valid votes		2,260,379	97.95
Invalid/blank votes		47,367	2.05
Total votes		2,307,746	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		2,462,926	93.70
Source: Singapore Elections

By constituency

Candidates and results of 2015 Singaporean general election
Division	Seats	Voters	Party	Candidate(s)	Votes	Votes %	Sample counts	Swing	Margins
Bukit Batok SMC	1	27,077	People's Action Party	David Ong	18,234	73.02 / 100	74 / 100	N/A	46.64%
			Singapore Democratic Party	Sadasivam Veriyah	6,588	26.38 / 100	26 / 100	N/A
			Independent (Loses $14,500 deposit)	Samir Salim Neji	150	0.60 / 100	0 / 100	N/A
Bukit Panjang SMC	1	34,317	People's Action Party	Teo Ho Pin	21,954	68.38 / 100	69 / 100	2.11	36.76%
			Singapore Democratic Party	Khung Wai Yeen	10,152	31.62 / 100	31 / 100	2.11
Fengshan SMC	1	23,427	People's Action Party	Cheryl Chan	12,417	57.50 / 100	57 / 100	N/A	5.00%
			Workers' Party	Dennis Tan	9,176	42.50 / 100	43 / 100	N/A
Hong Kah North SMC	1	28,145	People's Action Party	Amy Khor	19,628	74.76 / 100	74 / 100	4.15	49.52%
			Singapore People's Party	Ravi Philemon	6,627	25.24 / 100	26 / 100	4.15
Hougang SMC	1	24,097	Workers' Party	Png Eng Huat	13,027	57.66 / 100	58 / 100	7.14	15.32%
			People's Action Party	Lee Hong Chuang	9,565	42.34 / 100	42 / 100	7.14
MacPherson SMC	1	28,511	People's Action Party	Tin Pei Ling	17,251	65.60 / 100	63 / 100	N/A	32.01%
			Workers' Party	Bernard Chen	8,833	33.59 / 100	36 / 100	N/A
			National Solidarity Party (Loses $14,500 deposit)	Cheo Chai Chen	215	0.82 / 100	1 / 100	N/A
Mountbatten SMC	1	24,143	People's Action Party	Lim Biow Chuan	15,331	71.86 / 100	72 / 100	13.24	43.72%
			Singapore People's Party	Jeannette Chong-Aruldoss	6,004	28.14 / 100	28 / 100	13.24
Pioneer SMC	1	25,458	People's Action Party	Cedric Foo	18,017	76.35 / 100	78 / 100	15.62	53.70%
			National Solidarity Party	Elvin Ong	5,581	23.65 / 100	22 / 100	15.62
Potong Pasir SMC	1	17,407	People's Action Party	Sitoh Yih Pin	10,602	66.39 / 100	68 / 100	16.03	32.78%
			Singapore People's Party	Lina Chiam	5,368	33.61 / 100	32 / 100	16.03
Punggol East SMC	1	34,466	People's Action Party	Charles Chong	16,977	51.77 / 100	51 / 100	2.77	3.54%
			Workers' Party	Lee Li Lian	15,818	48.23 / 100	49 / 100	7.22
Radin Mas SMC	1	28,906	People's Action Party	Sam Tan	20,246	77.25 / 100	77 / 100	10.15	64.53%
			Reform Party	Kumar Appavoo	3,333	12.72 / 100	14 / 100	20.18
			Independent (Loses $14,500 deposit)	Han Hui Hui	2,630	10.03 / 100	9 / 100	N/A
Sengkang West SMC	1	30,119	People's Action Party	Lam Pin Min	17,586	62.13 / 100	63 / 100	4.02	24.26%
			Workers' Party	Koh Choong Yong	10,721	37.87 / 100	37 / 100	4.02
Yuhua SMC	1	22,617	People's Action Party	Grace Fu	15,324	73.55 / 100	72 / 100	6.69	47.10%
			Singapore Democratic Party	Jaslyn Go	5,512	26.45 / 100	28 / 100	6.69
Chua Chu Kang GRC	4	119,931	People's Action Party	Gan Kim Yong Low Yen Ling Yee Chia Hsing Zaqy Mohamad	84,850	76.91 / 100	76 / 100	15.71	53.82%
			People's Power Party	Goh Meng Seng Lee Tze Shih Low Wai Choo Syafarin Bin Sarif	25,475	23.09 / 100	24 / 100	15.71
East Coast GRC	4	99,118	People's Action Party	Lee Yi Shyan Lim Swee Say Mohd Maliki Bin Osman Jessica Tan	55,093	60.73 / 100	61 / 100	5.90	21.46%
			Workers' Party	Daniel Goh Gerald Giam Leon Perera Mohamed Fairoz Bin Shariff	35,622	39.27 / 100	39 / 100	5.90
Holland–Bukit Timah GRC	4	104,491	People's Action Party	Vivian Balakrishnan Christopher de Souza Liang Eng Hwa Sim Ann	62,786	66.60 / 100	66 / 100	6.52	33.20%
			Singapore Democratic Party	Chee Soon Juan Paul Tambyah Chong Wai Fung Sidek Mallek Sidek	31,494	33.40 / 100	34 / 100	6.52
Jalan Besar GRC	4	102,540	People's Action Party	Heng Chee How Lily Neo Denise Phua Yaacob Ibrahim	63,644	67.75 / 100	67 / 100	N/A	35.50%
			Workers' Party	Frieda Chan L Somasundaram Redzwan Hafidz Abdul Razak Adrian Sim	30,302	32.25 / 100	33 / 100	N/A
Marsiling–Yew Tee GRC	4	107,599	People's Action Party	Halimah Yacob Ong Teng Koon Alex Yam Lawrence Wong	68,546	68.73 / 100	69 / 100	N/A	37.46%
			Singapore Democratic Party	Damanhuri Bin Abas Bryan Lim John Tan Wong Souk Yee	31,185	31.27 / 100	31 / 100	N/A
West Coast GRC	4	99,300	People's Action Party	Foo Mee Har Lim Hng Kiang S. Iswaran Patrick Tay	71,214	78.57 / 100	78 / 100	12.00	57.14%
			Reform Party	Kenneth Jeyaretnam Noraini Yunus Darren Soh Andy Zhu	19,426	21.43 / 100	22 / 100	12.00
Aljunied GRC	5	148,142	Workers' Party	Low Thia Khiang Pritam Singh Sylvia Lim Faisal Manap Chen Show Mao	70,050	50.96 / 100	52 / 100	3.76	1.92%
			People's Action Party	Yeo Guat Kwang Victor Lye Shamsul Kamar bin Mohamed Razali Chua Eng Leong Murali Pillai	67,424	49.04 / 100	48 / 100	3.76
Bishan–Toa Payoh GRC	5	129,975	People's Action Party	Ng Eng Hen Josephine Teo Chee Hong Tat Chong Kee Hiong Saktiandi Supaat	86,701	73.59 / 100	74 / 100	16.66	47.18%
			Singapore People's Party	Benjamin Pwee Law Kim Hwee Bryan Long Mohamad Abdillah Bin Zamzuri Mohamad Hamim Bin Aliyas	31,108	26.41 / 100	26 / 100	16.66
Jurong GRC	5	130,498	People's Action Party	Tharman Shanmugaratnam Ang Wei Neng Desmond Lee Rahayu Mahzam Tan Wu Meng	95,228	79.29 / 100	78 / 100	12.33	58.58%
			Singaporeans First	David Foo Sukdeu Singh Ann Tan Peng Wong Chee Wai Wong Soon Hong	24,869	20.71 / 100	22 / 100	12.33
Marine Parade GRC	5	146,244	People's Action Party	Goh Chok Tong Fatimah Lateef Seah Kian Peng Tan Chuan-Jin Edwin Tong	85,138	64.07 / 100	65 / 100	7.43	28.14%
			Workers' Party	Yee Jenn Jong He Ting Ru Firuz Khan Dylan Ng Terence Tan	47,753	35.93 / 100	35 / 100	7.43
Nee Soon GRC	5	132,289	People's Action Party	K. Shanmugam Henry Kwek Lee Bee Wah Muhammad Faishal Ibrahim Louis Ng	82,287	66.83 / 100	67 / 100	8.43	33.76%
			Workers' Party	Kenneth Foo Gurmit Singh S/O Sadhu Singh Luke Koh Cheryl Loh Ron Tan	40,841	33.17 / 100	33 / 100	8.43
Sembawang GRC	5	144,672	People's Action Party	Khaw Boon Wan Lim Wee Kiak Amrin Amin Ong Ye Kung Vikram Nair	96,718	72.28 / 100	72 / 100	8.38	44.56%
			National Solidarity Party	Abdul Rasheed S/O Y Abdul Kuthus Kevryn Lim Spencer Ng Yadzeth Bin Haris Eugene Yeo	37,087	27.72 / 100	28 / 100	8.38
Tampines GRC	5	143,518	People's Action Party	Heng Swee Keat Baey Yam Keng Cheng Li Hui Desmond Choo Masagos Zulkifli	95,305	72.07 / 100	72 / 100	14.85	44.14%
			National Solidarity Party	Lim Tean Choong Hon Heng Fong Chin Leong Nor Lella Sebastian Teo	36,943	27.93 / 100	28 / 100	14.85
Tanjong Pagar GRC	5	130,752	People's Action Party	Chan Chun Sing Chia Shi-Lu Indranee Rajah Joan Pereira Melvin Yong	90,635	77.71 / 100	78 / 100	N/A	55.42%
			Singaporeans First	Tan Jee Say Ang Yong Guan Chirag Praful Desai Melvyn Chiu Mohamad Fahmi Bin Ahmad Rais	25,998	22.29 / 100	22 / 100	N/A
Ang Mo Kio GRC	6	187,771	People's Action Party	Lee Hsien Loong Ang Hin Kee Darryl David Gan Thiam Poh Intan Azura Mokhtar Koh Poh Koon	135,316	78.64 / 100	78 / 100	9.31	57.28%
			Reform Party	Gilbert Goh Jesse Loo Roy Ngerng Osman Sulaiman M Ravi Siva Chandran	36,758	21.36 / 100	22 / 100	9.31
Pasir Ris–Punggol GRC	6	187,396	People's Action Party	Teo Chee Hean Janil Puthucheary Ng Chee Meng Sun Xueling Teo Ser Luck Zainal Sapari	125,166	72.89 / 100	73 / 100	8.10	45.78%
			Singapore Democratic Alliance	Abu Mohamed Harminder Pal Singh Desmond Lim Arthero Lim Ong Teik Seng Wong Way Weng	46,550	27.11 / 100	27 / 100	8.10

Analysis

Top 14 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	People's Action Party			Opposition
		Votes	%	Swing		Votes	%	Swing
1	Jurong GRC	95,080	79.28	12.32	Singaporeans First	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	90,635	77.71	Walkover	Singaporeans First	25,998	22.29	Walkover
5	Radin Mas SMC	20,230	77.25	10.15		3,329	12.71	10.15
					Independent	2,629	10.04
6	Chua Chu Kang GRC	84,731	76.89	15.69	People's Power Party	25,460	23.11	15.69
7	Pioneer SMC	17,994	76.34	15.61	National Solidarity Party	5,578	23.66	15.61
8	Hong Kah North SMC	19,612	74.76	4.15	Singapore People's Party	6,621	25.24	4.15
9	Bishan–Toa Payoh GRC	86,514	73.59	16.66	Singapore People's Party	31,049	26.41	16.66
10	Yuhua SMC	15,298	73.54	6.68	Singapore Democratic Party	5,505	26.46	6.68
11	Bukit Batok SMC	18,204	72.99	New	Singapore Democratic Party	6,585	26.40	New
					Independent	150	0.60
12	Pasir Ris–Punggol GRC	125,021	72.89	8.1	Singapore Democratic Alliance	46,508	27.11	8.1
13	Sembawang GRC	96,639	72.28	8.38	National Solidarity Party	37,067	27.72	8.38
14	Tampines GRC	95,202	72.06	14.84	National Solidarity Party	36,920	27.94	14.84

Top 15 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				People's Action Party
		Party	Votes	%	Swing	Votes	%	Swing
1	Hougang SMC	Workers' Party	13,012	57.69	7.11	9,543	42.31	7.11
2	Aljunied GRC	Workers' Party	69,929	50.95	3.77	67,317	49.05	3.77
3	Punggol East SMC	Workers' Party	15,801	48.24	2.78	16,957	51.76	2.78
4	Fengshan SMC	Workers' Party	9,158	42.48	New	12,398	57.52	New
5	East Coast GRC	Workers' Party	35,547	39.27	5.9	54,981	60.73	5.9
6	Sengkang West SMC	Workers' Party	10,716	37.89	4	17,564	62.11	4
7	Marine Parade GRC	Workers' Party	47,629	35.93	7.43	84,939	64.07	7.43
8	MacPherson SMC	Workers' Party	8,826	33.60	New	17,227	65.58	New
9	Potong Pasir SMC	Singapore People's Party	5,353	33.59	16.05	10,581	66.41	16.05
10	Holland–Bukit Timah GRC	Singapore Democratic Party	31,380	33.38	6.54	62,630	66.62	6.54
11	Nee Soon GRC	Workers' Party	40,796	33.17	8.43	82,197	66.83	8.43
12	Jalan Besar GRC	Workers' Party	30,283	32.27	New	63,561	67.73	New
13	Bukit Panjang SMC	Singapore Democratic Party	10,143	31.62	2.11	21,935	68.38	2.11
14	Marsiling–Yew Tee GRC	Singapore Democratic Party	31,157	31.27	New	68,485	68.73	New
15	Mountbatten SMC	Singapore People's Party	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	People's Action Party			Opposition
		Votes	%	Swing		Votes	%	Swing
1	Bishan–Toa Payoh GRC	86,514	73.59	16.66	Singapore People's Party	31,049	26.41	16.66
2	Potong Pasir SMC	10,581	66.41	16.05	Singapore People's Party	5,353	33.59	16.05
3	Chua Chu Kang GRC	84,731	76.89	15.69	People's Power Party	25,460	23.11	15.69
4	Pioneer SMC	17,994	76.34	15.61	National Solidarity Party	5,578	23.66	15.61
5	Tampines GRC	95,202	72.06	14.84	National Solidarity Party	36,920	27.94	14.84
6	Mountbatten SMC	15,290	71.84	13.22	Singapore People's Party	5,992	28.16	13.22
7	Jurong GRC	95,080	79.28	12.32	Singaporeans First	24,848	20.72	12.32
8	West Coast GRC	71,091	78.57	12.00		19,392	21.43	12.00
9	Radin Mas SMC	20,230	77.25	10.15		3,329	12.71	10.15
					Independent	2,629	10.04
10	Ang Mo Kio GRC	135,115	78.63	09.30		36,711	21.37	09.30
11	Nee Soon GRC	82,197	66.83	08.43	Workers' Party	40,796	33.17	08.43
12	Sembawang GRC	96,639	72.28	08.38	National Solidarity Party	37,067	27.72	08.38
13	Pasir Ris–Punggol GRC	125,021	72.89	08.10	Singapore Democratic Alliance	46,508	27.11	08.10
14	Marine Parade GRC	84,939	64.07	07.43	Workers' Party	47,629	35.93	07.43
15	Hougang SMC	9,543	42.31	07.11	Workers' Party	13,012	57.69	07.11
16	Yuhua SMC	15,298	73.54	06.68	Singapore Democratic Party	5,505	26.46	06.68
17	Holland–Bukit Timah GRC	62,630	66.62	06.54	Singapore Democratic Party	31,380	33.38	06.54
18	East Coast GRC	54,981	60.73	05.90	Workers' Party	35,547	39.27	05.90
19	Hong Kah North SMC	19,612	74.76	04.15	Singapore People's Party	6,621	25.24	04.15
20	Sengkang West SMC	17,564	62.11	04.00	Workers' Party	10,716	37.89	04.00
21	Aljunied GRC	67,317	49.05	03.77	Workers' Party	69,929	50.95	03.77
22	Punggol East SMC	16,957	51.76	02.78	Workers' Party	15,801	48.24	02.78
23	Bukit Panjang SMC	21,935	68.38	02.11	Singapore Democratic Party	10,143	31.62	02.11

Sample count accuracies

• Vote counts below are for votes cast in Singapore only and exclude votes cast overseas.

#	Constituency	People's Action Party				Opposition
		Votes	%	Sample	Accuracy		Votes	%	Sample	Accuracy
1	Tampines GRC	95,202	72.06%	72%	0.06%	National Solidarity Party	36,920	27.94%	28%	0.06%
2	Pasir Ris-Punggol GRC	125,021	72.89%	73%	0.11%	Singapore Democratic Alliance	46,508	27.11%	27%	0.11%
3	Mountbatten SMC	15,290	71.84%	72%	0.16%	Singapore People's Party	5,992	28.16%	28%	0.16%
4	Nee Soon GRC	82,197	66.83%	67%	0.17%	Workers' Party	40,796	33.17%	33%	0.17%
5	Radin Mas SMC	20,230	77.25%	77%	0.25%	Reform Party	3,329	12.71%	14%	1.29%
						Independent	2,629	10.04%	9%	1.04%
6	East Coast GRC	54,981	60.73%	61%	0.27%	Workers' Party	35,547	39.27%	39%	0.27%
7	Marsiling–Yew Tee GRC	68,485	68.73%	69%	0.27%	Singapore Democratic Party	31,157	31.27%	31%	0.27%
8	Sembawang GRC	96,639	72.28%	72%	0.28%	National Solidarity Party	37,067	27.72%	28%	0.28%
9	Tanjong Pagar GRC	90,635	77.71%	78%	0.29%	Singaporeans First	25,998	22.29%	22%	0.29%
10	Hougang SMC	9,543	42.31%	42%	0.31%	Workers' Party	13,012	57.69%	58%	0.31%
11	Bishan–Toa Payoh GRC	86,514	73.59%	74%	0.41%	Singapore People's Party	31,049	26.41%	26%	0.41%
12	Fengshan SMC	12,398	57.52%	57%	0.42%	Workers' Party	9,158	42.48%	42%	0.42%
13	West Coast GRC	71,091	78.57%	78%	0.57%	Reform Party	19,392	21.43%	22%	0.57%
14	Bukit Panjang SMC	21,935	68.38%	69%	0.62%	Singapore Democratic Party	10,143	31.62%	31%	0.62%
15	Holland–Bukit Timah GRC	62,630	66.62%	66%	0.62%	Singapore Democratic Party	31,380	33.38%	34%	0.62%
16	Ang Mo Kio GRC	135,115	78.63%	78%	0.63%	Reform Party	36,711	21.37%	22%	0.63%
17	Jalan Besar GRC	63,561	67.73%	67%	0.73%	Workers' Party	30,283	32.27%	33%	0.73%
18	Hong Kah North SMC	19,612	74.76%	74%	0.76%	Singapore People's Party	6,621	25.24%	26%	0.76%
19	Punggol East SMC	16,957	51.76%	51%	0.76%	Workers' Party	15,801	48.24%	49%	0.76%
20	Chua Chu Kang GRC	84,731	76.89%	76%	0.89%	People's Power Party	25,460	23.11%	24%	0.89%
21	Sengkang West SMC	17,564	62.11%	63%	0.89%	Workers' Party	10,716	37.89%	37%	0.89%
22	Marine Parade GRC	84,939	64.07%	65%	0.93%	Workers' Party	47,629	35.93%	35%	0.93%
23	Bukit Batok SMC	18,204	73.00%	74%	1%	Singapore Democratic Party	6,585	26.40%	26%	0.4%
						Independent	150	0.60%	0%	0.6%
24	Aljunied GRC	67,317	49.05%	48%	1.05%	Workers' Party	69,929	50.95%	52%	1.05%
25	Jurong GRC	95,080	79.28%	78%	1.28%	Singaporeans First	24,848	20.72%	22%	1.28%
26	Yuhua SMC	15,298	73.54%	72%	1.54%	Singapore Democratic Party	5,505	26.46%	28%	1.54%
27	Potong Pasir SMC	10,581	66.41%	68%	1.59%	Singapore People's Party	5,353	33.59%	32%	1.59%
28	Pioneer SMC	17,994	76.34%	78%	1.66%	National Solidarity Party	5,578	23.66%	22%	1.66%
29	MacPherson SMC	17,227	65.58%	63%	2.58%	Workers' Party	8,826	33.60%	36%	2.4%
						National Solidarity Party	215	0.82	1%	0.18%

See also

• Elections in Singapore
• 2016 Bukit Batok by-election - the only by-election held within a year after the election as a result of the sudden resignation of David Ong Kim Huat

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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

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