2015 Singaporean general election

General elections were held in Singapore on 11 September 2015.[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 that year.[2]

2015 Singapore general election

11 September 2015
89 elected (+ 3 NCMP seats offered to opposition) in the Parliament of Singapore 45 elected seats needed for a majority
Registered	2,462,926
Turnout	2,304,331 (93.56%)
Leader Lee Hsien Loong Low Thia Khiang Party PAP WP Leader's seat Ang Mo Kio GRC Aljunied GRC Last election 81 60.1% 6 +2 NCMPs 12.8% Seats before 80 7 +2 NCMPs Seats won 83 6 +3 NCMPs Seat change 3 1 1 NCMP Popular vote 1,579,183 282,143 Percentage 69.9% 12.5% Swing 9.7% 0.3%
Results by constituency:   People's Action Party   Workers' Party of Singapore
Prime Minister before election Lee Hsien Loong PAP Prime Minister after election Lee Hsien Loong PAP

The elections were the first since Singapore's independence in which all seats were 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 on 9 August that year.[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 at least 12.5% of votes in their area and thus lost their electoral deposit.[8]

Murali Pillai has also retained the seat for the PAP for 2016 Bukit Batok by-election as there is a sudden resignation of David Ong Kim Huat.

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. Some analysts suggested that an early election was indeed possible to garner "sympathy votes" might well backfire.[10][11] 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[12] City Council Elections: 1957-1965[13] Singapore Parliament: 1965–Present
Workers' Party	WP	Low Thia Khiang	1957	7 + 2 NCMPs	Legislative Assembly: 1961-1963[14] City Council Elections: 1957-1959[13] Singapore Parliament: 1981–1986; 1991–Present
Singapore People's Party	SPP	Steve Chia	1994	1 NCMP	Singapore Parliament: 1997–2015
Singapore Democratic Party	SDP	Chee Soon Juan	1980	0	Singapore Parliament: 1984–1997
National Solidarity Party	NSP	Spencer Ng	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.[15]

Singapore's largest newspaper, The Straits Times, created an interactive map of the boundary changes. Click here to explore the interactive.[16]

Singapore electoral boundaries, released in July 2015

	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[17]
27 July	Certification of Registers of Electors
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[18]
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

Nomination centres

The Elections Department issued the following information upon the issuance of the writ of election[19]

• 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

Nominations by various opposition parties as on nomination day on 1 September 2015. Banded shading indicates constituencies with three-cornered contests. Note that the People's Action Party is contesting in all seats.

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,[20] a former MediaCorp television personality,[21] a former police assistant commissioner,[22] a founder of an organisation focusing animal welfare,[23] and a former Chief of Defence Force.[24][25] 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,[26] who served the Tanjong Pagar division for a record 60 years, the longest tenure for any elected MPs.[27]

Results

Signs pointing to polling stations in Clementi, in 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.[28] 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%/6.84°, 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.

A poll held by the Institute of Policy Studies among 2,000 voters noted that 79 percent believed "The whole election system is fair to all political parties." up from 61 per cent in 2011[29]

Voter turnout for the election was 93.56%/336.8°, with 2,304,331 votes cast.

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%)

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

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.[30] 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 2015 Singaporean general election [31]
Division	Seats	Voters	Party	Candidate(s)	Votes	Votes %	Sample counts
Bukit Batok SMC	1	27,077	People's Action Party	David Ong Kim Huat	18,234	73.02 / 100	74 / 100
			Singapore Democratic Party	Sadasivam Veriyah	6,588	26.38 / 100	26 / 100
			Independent	Samir Salim Neji (Loses $14,500 deposit)	150	0.60 / 100	0 / 100
Bukit Panjang SMC	1	34,317	People's Action Party	Teo Ho Pin	21,954	68.38 / 100	69 / 100
			Singapore Democratic Party	Khung Wai Yeen	10,152	31.62 / 100	31 / 100
Fengshan SMC	1	23,427	People's Action Party	Cheryl Chan Wei Ling	12,417	57.50 / 100	57 / 100
			Workers' Party	Dennis Tan Lip Fong	9,176	42.50 / 100	43 / 100
Hong Kah North SMC	1	28,145	People's Action Party	Amy Khor Lean Suan	19,628	74.76 / 100	74 / 100
			Singapore People's Party	Ravi Philemon	6,627	25.24 / 100	26 / 100
Hougang SMC	1	24,097	Workers' Party	Png Eng Huat	13,027	57.66 / 100	58 / 100
			People's Action Party	Lee Hong Chuang	9,565	42.34 / 100	42 / 100
MacPherson SMC	1	28,511	People's Action Party	Tin Pei Ling	17,251	65.60 / 100	63 / 100
			Workers' Party	Chen Jiaxi Bernard	8,833	33.59 / 100	36 / 100
			National Solidarity Party	Cheo Chai Chen (Loses $14,500 deposit)	215	0.82 / 100	1 / 100
Mountbatten SMC	1	24,143	People's Action Party	Lim Biow Chuan	15,331	71.86 / 100	72 / 100
			Singapore People's Party	Jeannette Chong-Aruldoss	6,004	28.14 / 100	28 / 100
Pioneer SMC	1	25,458	People's Action Party	Cedric Foo Chee Keng	18,017	76.35 / 100	78 / 100
			National Solidarity Party	Ong Beng Soon Elvin	5,581	23.65 / 100	22 / 100
Potong Pasir SMC	1	17,407	People's Action Party	Sitoh Yih Pin	10,602	66.39 / 100	68 / 100
			Singapore People's Party	Lina Chiam	5,368	33.61 / 100	32 / 100
Punggol East SMC	1	34,466	People's Action Party	Charles Chong You Fook	16,977	51.77 / 100	51 / 100
			Workers' Party	Lee Li Lian	15,818	48.23 / 100	49 / 100
Radin Mas SMC	1	28,906	People's Action Party	Sam Tan Chin Siong	20,246	77.25 / 100	77 / 100
			Reform Party	Kumar Appavoo	3,333	12.72 / 100	14 / 100
			Independent	Han Hui Hui (Loses $14,500 deposit)	2,630	10.03 / 100	9 / 100
Sengkang West SMC	1	30,119	People's Action Party	Lam Pin Min	17,586	62.13 / 100	63 / 100
			Workers' Party	Koh Choong Yong	10,721	37.87 / 100	37 / 100
Yuhua SMC	1	22,617	People's Action Party	Grace Fu Hai Yien	15,324	73.55 / 100	72 / 100
			Singapore Democratic Party	Jaslyn Go Hui Leng	5,512	26.45 / 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	84,850	76.91 / 100	76 / 100
			People's Power Party	Goh Meng Seng Lee Tze Shih Low Wai Choo Syafarin Bin Sarif	25,475	23.09 / 100	24 / 100
East Coast GRC	4	99,118	People's Action Party	Lee Yi Shyan Lim Swee Say Mohd Maliki Bin Osman Tan Soon Neo Jessica	55,093	60.73 / 100	61 / 100
			Workers' Party	Gerald Giam Yean Song Daniel Goh Pei Siong Mohamed Fairoz Bin Shariff Leon Perera	35,622	39.27 / 100	39 / 100
Holland–Bukit Timah GRC	4	104,491	People's Action Party	Christopher de Souza Liang Eng Hwa Sim Ann Vivian Balakrishnan	62,786	66.60 / 100	66 / 100
			Singapore Democratic Party	Chee Soon Juan Chong Wai Fung Md Sidek Bin Mallek Paul Anantharajah Tambyah	31,494	33.40 / 100	34 / 100
Jalan Besar GRC	4	102,540	People's Action Party	Heng Chee How Lily Neo Denise Phua Lay Peng Yaacob Ibrahim	63,644	67.75 / 100	67 / 100
			Workers' Party	Chan Sio Phing Frieda L Somasundaram Redzwan Hafidz Abdul Razak Adrian Sim Tian Hock	30,302	32.25 / 100	33 / 100
Marsiling–Yew Tee GRC	4	107,599	People's Action Party	Halimah Yacob Ong Teng Koon Alex Yam Ziming Lawrence Wong	68,546	68.73 / 100	69 / 100
			Singapore Democratic Party	Damanhuri Bin Abas Bryan Lim Boon Heng Tan Liang Joo, John Wong Souk Yee	31,185	31.27 / 100	31 / 100
West Coast GRC	4	99,300	People's Action Party	Foo Mee Har Lim Hng Kiang S Iswaran Patrick Tay Teck Guan	71,214	78.57 / 100	78 / 100
			Reform Party	Kenneth Andrew Jeyaretnam Noraini Yunus Darren Soh Guan Soon Andy Zhu Laicheng	19,426	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	70,050	50.96 / 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	67,424	49.04 / 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	86,701	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	31,108	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	95,228	79.29 / 100	78 / 100
			Singaporeans First	Foo Ming Jin David Sukdeu Singh Tan Peng Ann Wong Chee Wai Wong Soon Hong	24,869	20.71 / 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	85,138	64.07 / 100	65 / 100
			Workers' Party	Firuz Khan He Ting Ru Ng Foo Eng Dylan Terence Tan Yee Jenn Jong	47,753	35.93 / 100	35 / 100
Nee Soon GRC	5	132,289	People's Action Party	K. Shanmugam Kwek Hian Chuan Henry Lee Bee Wah Muhammad Faishal Ibrahim Ng Kok Kwang Louis	82,287	66.83 / 100	67 / 100
			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	40,841	33.17 / 100	33 / 100
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
			National Solidarity Party	Abdul Rasheed S/O Y Abdul Kuthus Kevryn Lim Spencer Ng Chung Hon Yadzeth Bin Haris Eugene Yeo Ren Yuan	37,087	27.72 / 100	28 / 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	95,305	72.07 / 100	72 / 100
			National Solidarity Party	Choong Hon Heng Fong Chin Leong Lim Tean Nor Lella Teo Kway Huang Sebastian	36,943	27.93 / 100	28 / 100
Tanjong Pagar GRC	5	130,752	People's Action Party	Chan Chun Sing Chia Shi-Lu Indranee Thurai Rajah Joan Pereira Melvin Yong Yik Chye	90,635	77.71 / 100	78 / 100
			Singaporeans First	Ang Yong Guan Chirag Praful Desai Chiu Weng Hoe Melvyn Mohamad Fahmi Bin Ahmad Rais Tan Jee Say	25,998	22.29 / 100	22 / 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	135,316	78.64 / 100	78 / 100
			Reform Party	Gilbert Goh Jesse Loo Hoe Bock Roy Ngerng Yi Ling Osman Sulaiman M Ravi Siva Chandran	36,758	21.36 / 100	22 / 100
Pasir Ris–Punggol GRC	6	187,396	People's Action Party	Janil Puthucheary Ng Chee Meng Sun Xueling Teo Chee Hean Teo Ser Luck Zainal Sapari	125,166	72.89 / 100	73 / 100
			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	46,550	27.11 / 100	27 / 100

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	90,635	77.71	Walkover		25,998	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	12.00		19,392	21.43	12.00
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	09.30		36,711	21.37	09.30
11	Nee Soon GRC	82,197	66.83	08.43		40,796	33.17	08.43
12	Sembawang GRC	96,639	72.28	08.38		37,067	27.72	08.38
13	Pasir Ris–Punggol GRC	125,021	72.89	08.10		46,508	27.11	08.10
14	Marine Parade GRC	84,939	64.07	07.43		47,629	35.93	07.43
15	Hougang SMC	9,543	42.31	07.11		13,012	57.69	07.11
16	Yuhua SMC	15,298	73.54	06.68		5,505	26.46	06.68
17	Holland–Bukit Timah GRC	62,630	66.62	06.54		31,380	33.38	06.54
18	East Coast GRC	54,981	60.73	05.90		35,547	39.27	05.90
19	Hong Kah North SMC	19,612	74.76	04.15		6,621	25.24	04.15
20	Sengkang West SMC	17,564	62.11	04.00		10,716	37.89	04.00
21	Aljunied GRC	67,317	49.05	03.77		69,929	50.95	03.77
22	Punggol East SMC	16,957	51.76	02.78		15,801	48.24	02.78
23	Bukit Panjang SMC	21,935	68.38	02.11		10,143	31.62	02.11

Sample count accuracies

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

See also

• Elections 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