Singaporean general election, 2001
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| Singaporean general election, 2001 All 84 seats to the Parliament of Singapore |
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| November 3, 2001 | ||||
| Government | Opposition | Third Party | ||
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| Leader | Goh Chok Tong | Chiam See Tong | Low Thia Khiang | |
| Party | PAP | SDA | WP | |
| Leader since | 1992 | 2001 | 2001 | |
| Leader's seat | Marine Parade GRC | Potong Pasir SMC | Hougang SMC | |
| Last election | 81 seats, 65.0% | - | 1 seat+NCMP, 14.2% | |
| Seats won | 82 | 1+NCMP | 1 | |
| Seat change | +1 | - | - | |
| Popular vote | 470,765 | 75,248 | 3.0% | |
| Swing | +10.3% | - | -11.2% | |
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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.
| Parties and alliances | Leader | Contested seats |
Seats won | Popular vote | % | +/- |
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| People's Action Party | Goh Chok Tong | 84 | 82† | 470,765 | 75.3% | +10.3% |
| Singapore Democratic Alliance | 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 | 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/ | ||||||
[edit] See also
[edit] References
- "Hsien Loong: Election soon". (Nov. 8, 2005). New Straits Times, p. 31.
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