2006 Singaporean general election

2006 Singaporean general election
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All 84 directly elected seats in Parliament (and up to 3 NCMPs)
Registered2,159,721[a]
Turnout94.00% (Decrease 0.61pp)
  First party Second party Third party
 
Leader Lee Hsien Loong Low Thia Khiang Chiam See Tong
Party PAP WP SDA
Last election 75.29%, 82 seats 1 seat, 3.05% 12.03%, 2 seats
Seats won 82 2 1
Seat change Steady Increase 1 Decrease 1
Popular vote 748,130 183,578 145,628
Percentage 66.60% 16.50% 12.96%
Swing Decrease 8.69pp Increase 13.45pp Increase 0.93pp
Results by constituency
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 6 May 2006. President S.R. Nathan dissolved parliament on 20 April 2006 on the advice of Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong three weeks before the election.[1][2] The People's Action Party (PAP) won 66.6% of the overall votes and gained 82 out of 84 seats. The PAP held the office of Prime Minister for a twelfth consecutive term.[3] The general election was held under the first-past-the-post system. On Nomination Day, the PAP gained 37 seats in divisions which were uncontested by other parties.[4] The main election issues included employment, cost of living, housing, transport, education, the need for an effective opposition voice in parliament, and the quality of the candidates.

The elections marked the first time since 1988 that the total eligible voter population in contested seats and voter turnout exceeded one million. Together with 2011 GE, PAP also decided not to return the mandate on Nomination Day but on the Election Day.[5]


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  1. ^ Proclamation №944 by Mr. S. R. Nathan, President of the Republic of Singapore (PDF). Elections Department Singapore (Report). 20 April 2006. Retrieved 18 January 2023.
  2. ^ "Singapore sets May election". BBC News. 20 April 2006. Retrieved 18 January 2023.
  3. ^ Tsun, Hang Tey (November 2008). "Confining the Freedom of the Press in Singapore: A "Pragmatic" Press for "Nation-Building"?". Human Rights Quarterly. 30 (4). The Johns Hopkins University Press: 879. JSTOR 20486715. Retrieved 18 January 2023. 6. At the last parliamentary general election in May 2006, the People's Action Party won a twelfth consecutive term in office
  4. ^ "Singapore rulers face poll fight". BBC. 27 April 2006. Archived from the original on 2 January 2007. Retrieved 17 January 2007.
  5. ^ Chong, Terence (21 November 2018). "A Return to Normal Politics: Singapore General Elections 2011". In Singh, Daljit; Cook, Malcolm (eds.). Turning Points and Transitions: Selections from Southeast Asian Affairs 1974–2018. Kent Ridge, Telok Blangah, Singapore: ISEAS Publishing. pp. 622–23. doi:10.1355/9789814843089-050. ISBN 9789814843089. However, the fact that the ruling PAP was not returned to government on Nomination Day is not new … GE2006 and GE2011 mark a return too the old.