Singapore general election, 2001

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The Singapore parliamentary general elections of 2001 were held on 3 November. The People's Action Party, the incumbent ruling party, won 82 out of 84 seats in the election, including 55 walkovers. Due to the large number of uncontested seats, only 675,306 of the 2,036,923 eligible voters (33.2%) actually voted.

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Summary of the 3 November 2001 Parliament of Singapore **election results**
Parties and alliances		Leader	Contested seats	Seats won	Popular vote	%	+/-
	People's Action Party	Goh Chok Tong	84	82^†	470,765	75.3%	+10.3%
	Singapore Democratic Alliance: National Solidarity Party Pertubuhan Kebangsaan Melayu Singapura (Singapore Malay National Organisation) Singapore Justice Party Singapore People's Party	Chiam See Tong	13	1	75,248	12.0%	-
	Singapore Democratic Party	Chee Soon Juan	11	0	50,607	8.1%	-2.5%
	Workers' Party of Singapore	Low Thia Khiang	2	1	19,060	3.0%	-11.2%
	Democratic Progressive Party	Tan Lead Shake	2	0	5,334	0.9%	+0.2%
	Independent		2	0	4,253	0.7%	-
Total				84	625,267	100.0
Spoilt votes					13,636	-
Did not vote					36,403	-
Total voting electorate					675,306	-
^† includes uncontested victories, Source: http://www.singapore-elections.com/