2020 Singaporean general election

A general election was held in Singapore on 10 July 2020.^[7] It elected members to the 14th Parliament of Singapore using the first-past-the-post. Voting was mandatory for all Singaporeans over the age of 21.^[8][9] The People's Action Party (PAP) won the election for the 15th time in a row since 1959 with Lee Hsien Loong staying as Prime Minister. The PAP won 83 seats with the Workers' Party winning 10. This was the largest opposition since 1966.^[10]

2020 Singapore general election

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All 93 elected seats (+2 NCMPs seats) to the Parliament of Singapore 47 elected seats needed for a majority
Registered	2,651,435 [1]
Turnout	2,540,359 (95.81%)[1]
First party Second party Third party   Leader Lee Hsien Loong Pritam Singh Tan Cheng Bock Party People's Action Party Workers' Party Progress Singapore Party Leader's seat Ang Mo Kio GRC Aljunied GRC West Coast GRC (lost) Last election 83 (69.86%) 6 + 3 NCMPs (12.48%) New Party Seats before 82[4] 6 + 3 NCMPs New Party Seats won 83[5] 10[5] 0 + 2 NCMPs[2][3] Seat change 4 3 NCMPs 2 NCMPs Popular vote 1,527,491 279,922 253,996 Percentage 61.23% 11.22% 10.18% Swing 8.63% 1.26% New Party
Prime Minister before election Lee Hsien Loong PAP Prime Minister after election Lee Hsien Loong PAP

Party	Abbreviation	Leader	Year formed	Seats before GE2020	Parliamentary presence
People's Action Party	PAP	Lee Hsien Loong	1954	82	Legislative Assembly: 1955–1965[11] City Council Elections: 1957–1965[12] Singapore Parliament: 1965–Present
Workers' Party	WP	Pritam Singh	1957	6 + 3 NCMPs	Legislative Assembly: 1961–1963[13] City Council Elections: 1957–1959[12] Singapore Parliament: 1981–1986; 1991–Present
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 People's Party	SPP	Steve Chia	1994	0	Singapore Parliament: 1997–2015
Singapore Democratic Alliance	SDA	Desmond Lim Bak Chuan	2001	0	Singapore Parliament: 2001–2011
Progress Singapore Party	PSP	Tan Cheng Bock	2019	0	Singapore Parliament: 2020–Present
Reform Party	RP	Kenneth Jeyaretnam	2008	0	—
People's Power Party	PPP	Goh Meng Seng	2015	0	—
Peoples Voice	PV	Lim Tean	2018	0	—
Red Dot United	RDU	Ravi Philemon	2020	0	—

e • d Summary of the 10 July 2020 Parliament of Singapore election results^[1][14]

Parties and alliances	Leader	Contested seats					Divs won	Seats won	Popular vote	% of valid votes		+/-	% of valid votes in wards contested by party		+/-
		SMC	GRC		Divs	Total
			4m	5m
People's Action Party	Lee Hsien Loong	14	6	11	31	93	28	83	1,527,491	61.23		8.63	61.23		8.63
Workers' Party	Pritam Singh	2	1	3	6	21	3	10	279,922	11.22		1.26	50.49		10.74
Progress Singapore Party	Tan Cheng Bock	5	1	3	9	24	0	0	253,996	10.18		New	40.86		New
Singapore Democratic Party	Chee Soon Juan	3	2	0	5	11	0	0	111,054	4.45		0.69	37.04		5.81
National Solidarity Party	Spencer Ng	0	0	2	2	10	0	0	93,653	3.75		0.22	33.15		7.88
Peoples Voice	Lim Tean	1	1	1	3	10	0	0	59,183	2.37		New	21.27		New
Reform Party	Kenneth Jeyaretnam	1	0	1	2	6	0	0	54,599	2.19		0.44	27.85		7.25
Singapore People's Party	Steve Chia	1	1	0	2	5	0	0	37,998	1.52		0.65	33.85		6.77
Singapore Democratic Alliance	Desmond Lim	0	0	1	1	5	0	0	37,237	1.49		0.57	23.67		3.44
Red Dot United	Ravi Philemon	0	0	1	1	5	0	0	31,260	1.25		New	25.39		New
People's Power Party	Goh Meng Seng	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	7,489	0.30		0.83	28.26		5.15
Independents	—	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	655	0.03		0.09	2.78		—
Valid votes									2,494,537	98.20% of total votes cast
Invalid (e.g. blank or spoilt) votes									45,822	1.80% of total votes cast
Total votes cast									2,540,359	Voter turnout: 95.81% of eligible voters
Did not vote									111,076
Eligible voters (excluding walkover voters)									2,651,435
Walkover voters									0
Electorate									2,651,435