2020 Singaporean general election

2020 Singapore general election

10 July 2020
All 93 elected seats (+ up to 12 NCMP seats offered) to the Parliament of Singapore 47 elected seats needed for a majority
Registered	2,651,435 (6,570 overseas)
Turnout	2,535,565 (95.63%)
First party Second party Third party   Leader Lee Hsien Loong Pritam Singh Tan Cheng Bock Party PAP WP PSP Leader since 3 December 2004 8 April 2018 28 March 2019 Leader's seat Ang Mo Kio GRC (Teck Ghee) Aljunied GRC (Eunos) West Coast GRC (Lost) Last election 83 (69.86%) 6 + 3 NCMPs (12.48%) New Party Seats before 82 6 + 3 NCMPs New Party Seats won 83 10 2 NCMPs Seat change 1 4 3 NCMPs 2 NCMPs Popular vote 1,524,781 279,245 253,459 Percentage 61.24% 11.22% 10.18% Swing 8.26% 1.24% New Party
Prime Minister before election Lee Hsien Loong PAP Elected Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong PAP

The 2020 Singaporean general election was held on Friday, 10 July 2020. It elected members of parliament to the 14th Parliament of Singapore since Singapore's independence in 1965, using the first-past-the-post electoral system. Voting was mandatory for all Singaporeans aged 21 or above as of 1 March 2020 for the purpose of this election.

This election was the 18th general election in Singapore and the 13th since independence. The ruling People's Action Party had secured its 15th consecutive term in government since 1959. 192 candidates (including 73 new candidates and one independent candidate) from 11 parties had contested, the most ever in the history of Singapore, surpassing the record set from the 2015 election. There were a record 40 female candidates. Two constituencies, Pasir Ris–Punggol GRC and Pioneer SMC, saw a three-cornered fight, with the former being the first multi-cornered contest inside a Group Representation Constituency since the 1992 Marine Parade by-election 28 years prior. This election also marked the second consecutive election not to have a walkover in any constituency.

The end results saw the ruling People's Action Party winning 83 seats and the Workers' Party winning the other 10, in which the WP have successfully retained their wards of Aljunied GRC and Hougang SMC and winning the newly created Sengkang GRC. PAP's overall vote share dropped to 61.24% which was the lowest share since the 2011 elections, while the WP's vote broke its best record for its overall vote share with 50.49% of the votes, surpassing Singapore Democratic Party's previous record in 1991 with 48.6%. Six candidates, one from a SMC and five from a GRC, lost their $13,500 deposit in the election. As a result of the election, two non-constituency seats will be offered to two members from the new Progress Singapore Party with the best-performing non-elected result for West Coast GRC, which will be announced at a later date.

Background

According to Article 65(4) of the Constitution, the maximum term of any given Parliament is five years from the date of its first sitting following a general election, after which it is dissolved by operation of law. However, the Prime Minister may advise the President to dissolve Parliament at any time during the five-year period. A general election must be held within three months after every dissolution of Parliament. Elections are conducted by the Elections Department (ELD), which is under the Prime Minister's Office.

There are 93 elected seats in Parliament organised into 14 Single Member Constituencies (SMCs) and 17 Group Representation Constituencies (GRCs). Each SMC returns one Member of Parliament using the first past the post voting system, while each GRC returns 4 or 5 MPs by block voting, at least one of whom must be from the Malay, Indian or other minority communities. A group of persons wishing to stand for election in a GRC must all be members of the same political party, or a group of independent candidates. The voting age in Singapore is 21 years.

On 23 June 2020 at 4 pm SGT, Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong announced during a live televised announcement that President Halimah Yacob had dissolved the 13th Parliament of Singapore on the same day and had issued a writ of election with nominations to be held a week later on 30 June 2020.

The returning officer is Tan Meng Dui, a former Deputy Secretary at the Ministry of National Development and current CEO of the National Environment Agency. This is his first election as Returning Officer, taking over from Ng Wai Choong who had served in this role in the previous general election.

Political parties

See also: List of political parties in Singapore

The governing People's Action Party 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 Pritam Singh, with six elected seats and three NCMP seats. A total of ten opposition parties are challenging the ruling party in this election.

Party	Abbreviation	Leader	Year formed	Seats before GE2020	Parliamentary presence
People's Action Party	PAP	Lee Hsien Loong	1954	82	Legislative Assembly: 1955–1965 City Council Elections: 1957–1965 Singapore Parliament: 1965–Present
Workers' Party	WP	Pritam Singh	1957	6 + 3 NCMPs	Legislative Assembly: 1961–1963 City Council Elections: 1957–1959 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
Reform Party	RP	Kenneth Jeyaretnam	2008	0	—
People's Power Party	PPP	Goh Meng Seng	2015	0	—
Peoples Voice	PV	Lim Tean	2018	0	—
Progress Singapore Party	PSP	Tan Cheng Bock	2019	0	—
Red Dot United	RDU	Ravi Philemon	2020	0	—

Changes in election process

The Elections Department introduced several new features for this election to help ease the election process for voters, candidates and election volunteers. Registration of voters on polling day will be done electronically and election officials need not manually strike out a voter's particulars from a hardcopy register of electors. Voters will be able to mark their candidate(s) choices more clearly using self-inking pens and enjoy shorter queuing time with the introduction of the e-registration system. Candidates are able to fill in most of the necessary documents online while election volunteers are able to count the number of votes within a shorter duration with the help of counting machines, enabling election results to be released at least 50 minutes earlier. In addition, there will be more polling stations, reducing the average number of voters per polling station from 3,000 to about 2,400. Senior citizens above the age of 65 will be given priority to vote between 8 am and 12 pm on Polling Day.

Election recount can occur if the margin of results for a constituency are within a 2% range (or scores between 49% and 51%). Unlike the previous elections, the recount is now triggered automatically rather than being called out manually from the candidates or counting agents, which was previously seen in 1991 (Nee Soon Central SMC), 2011 (both Presidential and Potong Pasir SMC) and 2015 (Aljunied GRC); additionally, a standby counting machine would be used for recount instead of being manually counted. Similar to past elections, overseas votes is disregarded during a recount of votes as it does not cause any impact from the eventual results, unless if the total overseas electorate is greater than the difference of votes.

Non-constituency Member of Parliament

Main article: Non-constituency Member of Parliament (NCMP)

On 27 January 2016, a bill was passed for the Constitution, increasing the total number of members by three to 12 members. This is the first increase for the number of members allocated since the 2011 Singaporean general election, where it was increased from three members to nine. As in the case for previous elections, NCMPs are offered to the best-performing non-elected opposition candidates, with the number determined by the total number of opposition candidates elected; if there are at least 12 oppositions-elect, then NCMPs will not be offered, as previously seen in the 1991 election. The names of the eligible candidates are announced a few days after the polling day. Candidates may decline the post if offered, as was seen previously in the 1984 and 2015 elections.

Electoral divisions

Main article: Constituencies of Singapore

	2015	2020
Seats	89	93
Electoral divisions	29	31
Group representation constituencies	16	17
Four-Member GRCs	6	6
Five-Member GRCs	8	11
Six-Member GRCs	2	0
Single member constituencies	13	14
Voters	2,458,058	2,629,372
Voters (overseas votes inclusive)	2,462,926	2,653,942

The Electoral Boundaries Review Committee is made up of senior civil servants and charged with adjusting the boundaries of electoral divisions prior to an election. The government officially claims this as necessary to ensure minority participation in Parliament amidst demographic changes while ensuring an equitable amount of voters represented per MP, though critics have raised allegations of gerrymandering to disadvantage the opposition. As of 2015, there were 16 GRCs and 13 SMCs. Prime Minister Lee convened the committee on 1 August 2019 with instructions to reduce the size of GRCs and increase the amount of SMCs. The exact date of formation was revealed only when Opposition Leader Pritam Singh asked Trade and Industry Minister Chan Chun Sing in a written reply in Parliament.

The Committee released its report on 13 March 2020 with the formation of 17 GRCs and 14 SMCs. For the first time since 1991, six-member GRCs were eliminated and reduced to five. A new Sengkang GRC was formed from portions of the former Punggol East and Sengkang West SMCs and the boundaries of Tampines GRC were altered for the first time since 2001, due to the increase in population in the northeastern area of Singapore. Four new SMCs were also carved out (Kebun Baru, Yio Chu Kang, Marymount and Punggol West), three former SMCs were absorbed into neighbouring GRCs (Fengshan, Punggol East and Sengkang West), while two SMCs (Hong Kah North and Potong Pasir) had their boundaries modified. The remaining SMCs and four GRCs (Aljunied, Holland–Bukit Timah, Jurong and Tanjong Pagar) were left untouched, though the Workers' Party raised questions on the abolition of SMCs that it had previously contested and lost by a narrow margin. The changes saw about 13% of voters being allocated to a new constituency and increased the amount of seats from 89 to 93.

Electoral Boundaries

The changes made in the electoral divisions are as follows:

Name of GRC	Changes
Ang Mo Kio GRC	Ward downsized to five members Absorbed western portions of Sengkang West SMC Carved out Yio Chu Kang division into SMC
Bishan–Toa Payoh GRC	Carved out Bishan North division into SMC, and Novena and Balestier to Jalan Besar GRC Absorbed Toa Payoh portion from Potong Pasir SMC
Chua Chu Kang GRC	Carved out Nanyang division to West Coast GRC and portions of Tengah New Town into Hong Kah North SMC
East Coast GRC	Ward upsized to five members Absorbed Fengshan SMC
Jalan Besar GRC	Absorbed portions of Novena and Balestier portion from Bishan–Toa Payoh GRC
Marine Parade GRC	Carved out a major portion of Bidadari into Potong Pasir SMC
Marsiling–Yew Tee GRC	Absorbed portions of Woodlands and Innova from Sembawang GRC
Nee Soon GRC	Carved out Kebun Baru division into SMC Absorbed portions of Simpang and Yishun from Sembawang GRC
Pasir Ris–Punggol GRC	Ward downsized to five members Carved out Punggol West division into SMC, Sengkang Central division to Sengkang GRC, and Tampines North to Tampines GRC
Sembawang GRC	Carved out Woodlands and a few parts of Innova to Marsiling–Yew Tee GRC, and portions of Simpang and Yishun to Nee Soon GRC
Sengkang GRC	New Constituency Formed from Punggol East SMC, eastern portions of Sengkang West SMC, and Sengkang Central from Pasir Ris–Punggol GRC
Tampines GRC	Absorbed Tampines North from Pasir Ris–Punggol GRC
West Coast GRC	Ward upsized to five members Absorbed portions of Nanyang from Chua Chu Kang GRC and Bulim portion of the Hong Kah North SMC

Disruptions from COVID-19 pandemic

Main article: COVID-19 pandemic in Singapore

During a Straits Times forum on 11 March, Deputy Prime Minister Heng Swee Keat said that the timing of the elections could be affected in view of the worsening pandemic. On 25 March, Senior Minister Teo Chee Hean told Parliament that he believed it would be unconstitutional for the President to form a caretaker government unless a state of emergency had been recommended by the Cabinet to the President.

On 28 March, Tan Cheng Bock responded to Teo's comments by saying that the unconstitutional nature of a caretaker government as a result of a postponing a general election would be far more preferred than having a health emergency by exposing millions of Singaporeans to potential COVID-19 infection.

On 7 April, Minister for Trade and Industry Chan Chun Sing introduced the Parliamentary Elections (COVID-19 Special Arrangements) Bill to Parliament which would allow voters under Stay-Home Notices or Quarantine Orders related to COVID-19 to vote outside of their normal electoral divisions in the upcoming General Election. The Bill was passed by Parliament on 4 May and assented to by the President on 15 May. The Parliamentary Elections (COVID-19 Special Arrangements) Act 2020 came into operation on 26 May.

On 1 July, the Parliamentary Elections (COVID-19 Special Arrangements) Regulations 2020 was made to provide for mobile polling teams at special polling stations and to allow voters who have fever or on COVID-19 stay orders to vote from 7pm to 8pm on polling day.

Restrictions on election campaigning

A PAP campaign vehicle during the GE2020.

On 18 June, the ELD introduced temporary measures to reduce the risk of transmission of COVID-19, such as no rallies and TV screenings pertaining to the election are to be held, instead replacing with e-rallies and a new "Constituency Political Broadcast", and nomination centres will no longer admit members of the public or supporters during nomination day. Walkabouts and campaigning vehicles are still allowed, though safe distancing and minimal physical contact still applies, and candidates are also not allowed to make speeches or physical rallies, including during the campaigning from campaigning vehicles, meaning that there will be no parades held by the candidates after the election, though it can still broadcast any pre-recorded messages.

Restrictions during polling day

A polling card which included a recommended two-hour time slot.

Voters were given a recommended two-hour time slot to cast their vote on Polling Day (from 8 am to 8 pm) on their ballot card as a measure to counter long queues during polling. Measures for safe distancing still apply on polling day. Voters with fever or respiratory symptoms would be denied entry from the polling stations, except during the last hour (7pm to 8 pm). Voters who are not able to vote due to medical issues will be delisted from the registrar of voters due to a constitution where voting is mandatory, but will not need to pay the $50 fee for reinstating their names. Elderly voters above the age of 65 were given a special time slot in the morning. The restrictions caused long queues at polling stations.

For overseas voting (which will be held in ten cities, Dubai, London, Tokyo, Beijing, Washington D.C., Hong Kong, Shanghai, San Francisco, New York City and Canberra), voting will be subject to the approval of the authorities in the affected countries, while ELD announced that they would be announcing the arrangements for returning Singaporeans who are issued a mandatory 14-day stay home notice to vote in hotels and reducing the risk of infecting others. These arrangements were later officially announced on 1 July, when the Singapore government announced that special polling stations will be set up in Marina Bay Sands and JW Marriott Hotel Singapore South Beach to accommodate voters serving their stay-home notices in the two hotels.

350 voters who are quarantined at the time did not vote as they are not allowed to leave their place where they were currently isolated to cast their vote.

Extension of polling hours

The polls were initially slated to close at 8 pm; however, in an unprecedented move, the Elections Department extended the voting hours till 10 pm, just within two hours before its initial closing time. According to the Elections Department, the gloves-wearing requirement (in light of the COVID-19 pandemic) resulted in persistent long queues at some polling stations, thus the extension to ensure that "voters can cast their votes". This drew criticism from opposition parties for compromising the integrity of the election, as several parties were unable to field a polling agent to supervise the sealing of ballot boxes. The Elections Department replied that polling and counting procedures will continue as normal.

Political developments

People's Action Party

On 13 March 2016, the PAP MP for Bukit Batok SMC David Ong resigned over personal indiscretions with a party grassroots activist. In the subsequent Bukit Batok by-election, the PAP candidate and former Aljunied GRC candidate Murali Pillai defeated the opposition SDP candidate Chee Soon Juan to reclaim the seat for the PAP.

In the lead up to the 2017 Singapore presidential election, Speaker of Parliament and MP for Marsiling–Yew Tee GRC Halimah Yacob resigned from the party on 7 August 2017 to fulfil regulations which prohibit the President of Singapore from any party affiliations. As she had vacated her seat in Parliament, there were calls for a by-election, though the Court of Appeal eventually ruled that there was "no duty to call a by-election when a single vacancy arises in a GRC".

On 23 November 2018, Heng Swee Keat and Chan Chun Sing were respectively elected as the party's first and second assistant Secretary-General to the PAP's 35th Central Executive Committee (CEC). The two assistant posts were seen as an indicator of Lee Hsien Loong's successor, given that the upcoming election is likely to be Lee's last. Following the announcement of Heng Swee Keat's appointment as the sole Deputy Prime Minister on 1 May 2019, succeeding Teo Chee Hean and Tharman Shanmugaratnam, former MP Inderjit Singh said that the PAP intends to showcase Heng's imminent ascent to the top post and dispel rumours of any surprises in the leadership succession.

Workers' Party

On 3 November 2017, then-Secretary-General and Aljunied GRC incumbent MP Low Thia Khiang announced during a speech on the party's 60th anniversary that he would not contest the next party elections. During the party's 2016 CEC election, Chen Show Mao had mounted a surprise challenge for the leadership post but lost the election to Low in a 41–65 vote. In the leadership election on 8 April 2018, Pritam Singh was elected unopposed as successor to Low as the party's new Secretary-General.

Observers say that the lack of a contest was a good sign of internal unity, and that the party is keen to demonstrate its multiracial credentials now that it has a non-Chinese secretary-general, for the first time since 2001 with J. B. Jeyaretnam.

On 30 April 2020, Low was hospitalised due to a head injury, and was discharged on 21 May. On 25 June, while Low was on rehabilitation, the party announced he (and along with Chen and Png Eng Huat) will not seek election for the first time in his 32-year career; while on his interview, he cited his satisfaction on his leadership and success for the party, saying 'I felt my work was done'.

New parties

• 2011 presidential election candidate and former Ayer Rajah SMC MP Tan Cheng Bock returned to politics under the PSP that he founded together with several previously contested candidates on 18 January 2019. The PSP was registered by the Registrar of Societies on 28 March 2019. The PSP announced on 26 June 2020 its line-up of candidates for the nine constituencies it will be contesting, with party chief Tan Cheng Bock leading a team in West Coast GRC, a ward that has his former constituency of Ayer Rajah.
• Former leader of the NSP, Lim Tean founded PV which was registered by the Registrar of Societies on 31 October 2018.
• On 29 May 2020, Ravi Philemon and Michelle Lee, former members of the PSP, announced that they had submitted an application to register a new political party, Red Dot United (RDU), with the Registrar of Societies. The party was registered on 15 June 2020.

Other parties without parliamentary presence

• The SDP began campaigning on 23 February 2019, and announced a few key campaign agendas over March and May that year. Ahead of the election, the party recruited ex-DPP leader Benjamin Pwee.
• On 16 October 2019, the SPP saw its first major leadership change since its formation with opposition veteran Chiam See Tong stepping down as secretary-general of the SPP after holding the post for 23 years since December 1996, with former Non-constituency Member of Parliament Steve Chia succeeding Chiam on 5 November 2019.
• On 3 January 2020, four political parties (Singaporeans First, People's Power Party, Reform Party and Democratic Progressive Party) formally agreed to contest in the election as an alliance. Three months later, on 1 April, the four parties decided to join the Singapore Democratic Alliance instead; however, the SDA has since placed their membership applications on hold, though it seeks to maintain an informal alliance. On 25 June, Singaporeans First's chief Tan Jee Say announced the party's dissolution. On 27 June, the Democratic Progressive Party announced its withdrawal from contesting the election.

Timeline

Map of contested electoral divisions among opposition parties

Date	Event
13 March	Publication of the Electoral Boundaries report
15 April	Certification of Registers of Electors
8 June	Appointment of POFMA alternate authorities during election period
18 June	Release of preliminary campaigning guidelines
23 June	Dissolution of 13th Parliament; Writ of Election issued
26 June	Deadline of Submission of Political Donation Certificates
30 June	Nomination Day
30 June – 8 July	Campaigning Period
2 July	First Political Party Broadcast
3–8 July	Constituency Political Broadcasts
9 July	Cooling-off Day and Second Political Party Broadcast
10 July	Polling Day

Pre-nomination day events

List of notable events that occurred prior to Nomination Day on 30 June 2020. All times are reflected in Singapore Standard Time (SGT).

Date	Party	Events	Source
1 March		The Registers of Electors revised eligible candidates with a cut-off date of 1 March. The certification was enacted on 15 April.
13 March		The Electoral Boundaries Review Committee published a report on new electoral boundaries.
21 April		WP announced that NCMP Daniel Goh will be stepping down from its central executive committee (CEC) due to health reasons, and not be running in the next General Election.
30 April		Aljunied GRC incumbent Low Thia Khiang was warded to the Khoo Teck Puat Hospital's ICU ward following a head injury, and the party informed on the hospitalization three days later on 3 May. Low was transferred to a general ward on 4 May, and eventually discharged on 21 May.
13 June		PSP announced that it will contest with 29 candidates at the election as opposed to 44 earlier, coming after talks with other opposition parties. It also announced that the West Coast GRC candidates are almost confirmed.
15 June		RP unveiled a batch of seven candidates: Kenneth Jeyaretnam, Andy Zhu, Noraini Yunus and Darren Soh, as well as first-time candidates Charles Yeo, Mahaboob Batcha and Gurdev Singh.
18 June		The Elections Department Singapore released preliminary campaigning guidelines pertaining to campaigning and social distancing amid the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, just a day before Singapore enters the second phase of reopening.
		PSP unveiled its first batch of six candidates: Francis Yuen Khin Pheng, Muhammad Taufik Supan, Sri Nallakaruppan, Brad Bowyer, Gigene Wong and Hazel Poa.
20 June		SPP unveiled its candidates for two constituencies: Bishan–Toa Payoh GRC: Steve Chia, Williiamson Lee, Osman Sulaiman and Melvyn Chiu Potong Pasir SMC: Jose Raymond
21 June		SDP secretary-general Chee Soon Juan announced his candidacy for Bukit Batok SMC, which he had previously contested in the 2016 by-election.
23 June		At 4 pm, Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong held a televised announcement highlighting future challenges facing Singapore and the relative stability of the COVID-19 situation, then announced the dissolution of the 13th Parliament of Singapore; President Halimah Yacob dissolved the parliament and the writ of election is published. Returning officer Tan Meng Dui adjourned nominations to be held 30 June, and Singapore would go to the polls on 10 July.
		Dr Yaacob Ibrahim, Member of Parliament of Jalan Besar GRC, announced his retirement.
		PSP leader Tan Cheng Bock announced plans to contest eight constituencies: West Coast GRC, Choa Chu Kang GRC, Tanjong Pagar GRC, Hong Kah North, Marymount, Pioneer, Yio Chu Kang, and Kebun Baru, as well as trim the list to 24 candidates. The party's also unveiled a second batch of candidates: Tan Meng Wah, Kayla Low, A’bas Bin Kasmani, Choo Shaun Ming, Harish Pillay and Ang Yong Guan.
		WP released a video with a slogan, "Make Your Vote Count", featuring 12 faces of the party, including leader Pritam Singh, chairperson Sylvia Lim, NCMP Dennis Tan, former Punggol East SMC MP Lee Li Lian and former NSP member Nicole Seah.
		RDU unveiled the first three candidates: Ravi Philemon, Michelle Lee Juan, and Liyana Dhamirah. They also announced that they will be fielded only in Jurong GRC, and were prepared to pass the contest to PV to avoid a possible multi-cornered contest.
		PPP secretary-general Goh Meng Seng announced that the party will be contesting MacPherson SMC and Radin Mas SMC.
24 June		RP leader Kenneth Jeyaretnam announced they will withdraw from West Coast GRC to facilitate opposition unity even though the team had contested there in 2015, avoiding a potential three-cornered fight with the PAP and PSP. It will now only contest in Radin Mas SMC, Yio Chu Kang SMC and Ang Mo Kio GRC, allowing a three-cornered contest for Yio Chu Kang.
		PSP unveiled Lee Hsien Yang, younger brother of Lee Hsien Loong and also the younger son of Lee Kuan Yew, as a party member. The younger Lee is considering contesting the election.
		PAP announced that there will be 26 new candidates this election which will be unveiled over the next few days, but declined to reveal where the candidates would be standing. The first two groups of four new candidates were announced as followed: Desmond Tan Kok Ming, Edward Chia Bing Hui, Ivan Lim Shaw Chuan and Nadia Ahmad Samdin Don Wee Boon Hong, Hany Soh Hui Bin, Mohd Fahmi Aliman and Yip Hon Weng
		PV chief Lim Tean announced that the party will be contesting Punggol West SMC and Pasir Ris–Punggol GRC, anticipating a three-cornered contest for the latter.
		SDP announced that the party will be contesting Holland–Bukit Timah GRC, Marsiling–Yew Tee GRC, Bukit Panjang SMC and Yuhua SMC.
		NSP secretary-general Spencer Ng announced that the party will be contesting Tampines GRC and Sembawang GRC and withdrawing from Pioneer SMC to back PSP.
		RDU unveiled its fourth candidate for Jurong GRC: Nicholas Tang Jian Ye
25 June		PV announced its intention to contest Jalan Besar GRC, Mountbatten SMC, Pasir-Ris Punggol GRC, Pioneer SMC and Punggol West SMC.
		PAP unveiled three more batches of new candidates, respectively introduced by Heng, Masagos Zulkifli and Grace Fu: Ng Ling Ling, Tan Kiat How, Tan See Leng and Zhulkarnain Abdul Rahim Yeo Wan Ling, Alvin Tan Sheng Hui, Wan Rizal Wan Zakariah and Eric Chua Swee Leong Derrick Goh Soon Hee, Raymond Lye Hoong Yip and Poh Li San Emeritus Senior Minister and Marine Parade GRC MP Goh Chok Tong, announced his retirement after serving Marine Parade for 44 years.
		Perennial candidate Ooi Boon Ewe picked up nomination forms and revealed that he will be standing at Bukit Panjang SMC; if nominated, this would be Ooi's second election since 2001 after unsuccessful nominations in the interim elections, and also the second consecutive election with independent candidates standing.
		WP announced its intention to contest East Coast GRC, Marine Parade GRC, Sengkang GRC and Punggol West SMC, while defending its current seats in Aljunied GRC and Hougang SMC to be helmed by former NCMPs Gerald Giam and Dennis Tan, respectively. The party also introduced four new candidates: Muhammad Azhar Abdul Latip, Louis Chua Kheng Wee, Nicole Seah and Yee Jenn Jong. Incumbent MPs Low Thia Khiang, Chen Show Mao and Png Eng Huat will step down as MPs and not contest in the election.
		Tan Jee Say dissolved Singaporeans First and encouraged its former members to join other opposition parties.
		PPP secretary-general Goh Meng Seng announced his candidacy in MacPherson SMC against PAP incumbent Tin Pei Ling, while also withdrawing their interest in contesting Radin Mas SMC and backed RP.
		PSP unveiled a batch of five candidates including a former SAF colonel, a former senior lieutenant-colonel and a lawyer: Nadarajah Loganathan, Wendy Low, Kumaran Pillai, Damien Tay Chye Seng and Michael Chua Teck Leong.
		RP secretary-general Kenneth Jeyaretnam was required to serve a mandatory 14-day stay-home notice at a designated stay-home-notice facility after a visit to the United Kingdom, according to a statement released by the Ministry of Health and the ELD. Jeyaretnam requested for a waiver, but MOH declined his request.
		SDP held an "Ask Me Anything" session on Reddit, where Reddit users were able to ask the SDP questions about its views pertaining to the upcoming election.
26 June		PAP vice-chairman Masagos Zulkifli and Chan Chun Sing unveiled its final batch of new candidates at separate sessions, including the first woman brigadier-general: Gan Siow Huang, Rachel Ong Sin Yen, Sharael Taha and Alex Yeo Sheng Chye Mariam Jaafar, Shawn Huang Wei Zhong (née Inkiriwang), Chan Hui Yuh and Carrie Tan Hui Min; Chan was an intended PAP candidate in the last General election, but ultimately did not participate and was replaced by former MP Yeo Guat Kwang. Transport Minister and Sembawang GRC MP Khaw Boon Wan announced his retirement.
		RDU announced its final candidate for Jurong GRC, ex-SDP candidate Alec Tok Kim Yam, thus completing the five-member lineup that earlier include Ravi Philemon, Michelle Lee Juan, Liyana Dhamirah and Nicholas Tang Jian Ye.
		PSP unveiled its final batch of six new candidates: Lim Cher Hong, Kala Manickam, Leong Mun Wai, Terence Soon Jun Wei, Abdul Rahman Mohamad and Jeffrey Khoo Poh Tiong. Later in the day, the party indicated that they will be contesting in Nee Soon GRC in addition to the initial eight constituencies it was planning to contest in, along with the full lineup for each of them. Lee Hsien Yang is not listed among the candidates for now.
		WP chairman Sylvia Lim unveiled two first-time candidates: Raeesah Begum Farid Khan and Jamus Jerome Lim Chee Wui, and three previously-contested candidates Dennis Tan Lip Fong, Dylan Ng Foo Eng, and Ron Tan Jun Yen. The party also announced the candidates that they would stand to defend their constituencies, while the other four constituencies will be revealed later only after nomination day: Hougang SMC: Dennis Tan Lip Fong Aljunied GRC: Incumbents Sylvia Lim, Pritam Singh, Faisal Manap and former NCMPs Gerald Giam and Leon Perera (respectively replacing Low and Chen).
		RP chairman Andy Zhu accused PSP of reneging on an agreement to not contest Yio Chu Kang SMC in return for RP withdrawing from West Coast GRC. PSP assistant secretary-general Leong Mun Wai later denied that a deal had been reached and "apologised for any misunderstandings", though it did not make any further concessions.
27 June		ELD announced that they had received 226 applications for the Political Donation Certificate, 37 applications for the Certificate of The Malay Community Committee and 35 applications for the Certificate of The Indian and Other Minority Communities Committee.
		PAP released its manifesto for the upcoming election, as well as its slogan: "Our Lives, Our Jobs, Our Future". The party's secretary-general Lee cited that in a normal election, the party would have focused on long-term plans for the nation; however, because of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, their manifesto would instead be about "overcome(ing) this crisis of a generation". PAP also announced that 20 MPs had confirmed their political retirement, among which was deputy speaker and Punggol East SMC MP Charles Chong. PAP's candidate Ivan Lim Shaw Chuan was criticized online as "lacking compassion, and being arrogant and elitist", but Lim later rebutted the criticism saying that "people can have different perspectives of the same incident" and said on an interview that he was "determined to stay the course". Nevertheless, he withdrew from the nomination later that night, with the party accepting his decision.
		After SDP pointed out how the PAP had already erected its flags in Marine Parade GRC, ELD clarified that the rules pertaining to the display of posters and banners during election period did not apply because Nomination Day had not yet passed. A volunteer from the PAP branch office of Marine Parade claimed that the flags were put up "as part of National Day celebrations", and that the erection of its flags had been done annually "for the past 20 to 30 years".
		PSP expressed concerns over the requirement to submit its scripts in advance to the Infocomm Media Development Authority and Mediacorp for the preparation of subtitles for political broadcasts on TV; organising secretary Michael Chua Teck Leong said that the submission of scripts at least 48 hours in advance was "disturbing" and was worried that its scripts could be leaked. PSP member Lee Hsien Yang responded to the controversy surrounding PAP candidate Ivan Lim Shaw Chuan, saying that it raised questions about the PAP's candidate screening process, and commented on how the PAP was not prepared for the controversy.
		RP released its manifesto for the election with the slogan: "Build Back Better, Fairer", citing the goals of overcoming obstacles during the pandemic.
		SDA chairman Desmond Lim announced his decision to step down after the election, and would relinquish his post to SDA's chief media officer Harminder Pal Singh.
		WP secretary-general Pritam Singh and chairman Sylvia Lim introduced five new candidates: three first-timers Nathaniel Koh Kim Kui, Tan Chen Chen and Muhammad Fadli Mohammed Fawzi, and Kenneth Foo Seck Guan and Terence Tan Li Chern, whom had previously contested in Nee Soon GRC and Marine Parade GRC respectively. Singh also urged for a greater opposition presence in parliament, saying that the PAP would still retain a strong mandate as it would be contesting in every (93) seat, compared to the WP contesting 21.
		PPP released its manifesto for the election, and secretary-general Goh Meng Seng announced that this will be his final involvement in a general election. He reiterated his belief that he could contribute more to Parliament as an opposition member if elected, compared to his counterpart Tin Pei Ling from the ruling PAP, though he acknowledged her contributions to MacPherson.
		DPP announced that they will not be participating in the general election and backed its informal alliance with RP and PPP.
		NSP confirmed that they will not be contesting in MacPherson SMC and backed PPP.
		Three members of PV were approached by the police around Pasir Ris MRT station (within Pasir Ris–Punggol GRC) while they were doing community outreach after they were seen carrying a placard with photos of PAP MPs sleeping in Parliament on the placard. PV secretary-general Lim Tean claimed that this incident was the "sort of harassment that opposition members find themselves under all the time"; a police spokesman later said that PV's actions "amounted to a public demonstration, which requires a police permit."
28 June		ELD announced that they had issued 226 Political Donation Certificates (out of 226 applications), 37 Certificates of The Malay Community Committee (out of 37 applications) and 34 Certificates of The Indian and Other Minority Communities Committee (out of 35 applications).
		PAP unveiled the candidates for three electoral divisions: Sembawang GRC: Education minister Ong Ye Kung announced on his Facebook page that he will be defending the constituency, along with incumbent MPs, Lim Wee Kiak and Vikram Nair, and two newcomers, Poh Li San and Mariam Jaafar. Marsiling–Yew Tee GRC: National Development Minister Lawrence Wong and Alex Yam, as well as Chua Chu Kang GRC and Minister of State Zaqy Mohamad and a newcomer Hany Soh Hui Bin who would replace outgoing MP Ong Teng Koon. Sengkang GRC: Labour Chief Ng Chee Meng, Senior Minister of State Lam Pin Min, Senior Parliamentary Secretary and Sembawang GRC MP Amrin Amin and a newcomer Raymond Lye who would replace outgoing MP Charles Chong. PAP's candidate Shawn Huang Wei Zhong was criticised online about his tenure as a NDP commander in 2018 by a Warrant Officer in charge of the NDP logistics control group then. Huang would rebut the allegation raised. He also explained the history of the change of his surname from Ingkiriwang to Huang.
		WP released its 39-page manifesto for the upcoming election, of which eight pages were devoted to the COVID-19 pandemic. WP secretary-general Pritam Singh and chairman Sylvia Lim introduced a final batch of four candidates, among which were new candidate Abdul Shariff Aboo Kassim, former NCMPs and Aljunied GRC candidates Leon Perera and Gerald Giam (both previously contested in East Coast GRC) and He Ting Ru (previously contested in Marine Parade GRC). Singh further explained WP's slogan "Make Your Vote Count", in that WP MPs must be voted into Parliament to serve the public in Parliament and strengthen democracy, adding that there was a "real risk" of a wipeout of elected opposition MPs. Giam, He and Perera, the party's manifesto team, listed and explained the proposals that the party was planning to put forward. Meanwhile, Lee Li Lian announced that she will not seek candidacy this election.
		SPP launched their manifesto for the election, titled "A Better Tomorrow", which highlights current issues, ranging from the cost of living and climate change to promoting greater democracy, among others.
		RDU released a 12-page charter during a Zoom teleconference; Ravi Philemon mentioned the charter is to give Singaporeans a choice that "allowing Singaporeans to point the Government towards the directions they would want the Government to take", while Michelle Lee Juan urged to give Singaporeans leverage so that "they alone can continue to operate Singapore (the way) they wish to."
		Independent candidate Victor Ronnie Lai announced that he is planning to contest in Pioneer SMC; if nominated, Pioneer SMC could see a rare four-cornered contest for the first time since the 1997 general election (for Chua Chu Kang SMC) and the 2013 by-election.
29 June		ELD announced that applications for vehicles with loudspeakers installed will open after 2 pm during nomination day, though only pre-recorded campaigning messages are allowed for broadcast. They also announced arrangements for overseas voters which embassies are allowed to be open subject to the approval of the authorities, and returning Singaporeans will cast their votes in designated hotels whilst serving a mandatory 14-day stay home notice. ELD will announce further changes after the nomination.
		PAP unveiled the candidates for six electoral divisions: Tanjong Pagar GRC: Trade and Industry Minister Chan Chun Sing will defend the constituency, along with incumbent Minister in the Prime Minister's Office Indranee Rajah and backbencher Joan Pereira, and two newcomers Eric Chua Swee Leong and Alvin Tan Sheng Hui; backbencher Chia Shi-Lu will not stand for election. Radin Mas SMC: Current Tanjong Pagar GRC MP Melvin Yong will replace outgoing Minister of State Sam Tan. Jalan Besar GRC: Manpower Minister and Bishan–Toa Payoh GRC incumbent MP Josephine Teo will join the GRC to lead a team with incumbent mayor Denise Phua, Senior Minister of State Heng Chee How, and a newcomer Wan Rizal Wan Zakariah; backbencher Lily Neo will not seek re-election. Jurong GRC: Senior Minister Tharman Shanmugaratnam will defend the constituency along with Senior Parliamentary Secretary Tan Wu Meng, backbencher Rahayu Mahzam, and two newcomers, Shawn Huang Wei Zhong and Xie Yao Quan (the latter replacing recently-withdrew candidate Ivan Lim Shaw Chuan). Social and Family Development Minister Desmond Lee and Ang Wei Neng were announced to be fielded elsewhere in another constituency. Ang Mo Kio GRC: Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong will defend this constituency along with incumbent MPs Darryl David and Gan Thiam Poh, and two newcomers, Ng Ling Ling and Nadia Ahmad Samdin; the party did not announce the whereabouts for the other three MPs Intan Azura Mokhtar, Ang Hin Kee and Koh Poh Koon, but later confirmed that only Koh would be fielded elsewhere in Tampines GRC. Hours after the reveal, Ng was the third PAP candidate to be criticised online about her attempt to take credit for setting up the Social Service Institute, the training arm of National Council of Social Service (NCSS) during her speech and later responded that her role was to help operationalise the institute. Former NMP and then-president of NCSS Gerard Ee mentioned her role on the incident was a "mere Freudian slip". Kebun Baru SMC: Incumbent Nee Soon GRC MP Henry Kwek will defend the constituency. Nee Soon GRC backbencher Er Lee Bee Wah confirms her retirement and will be replaced by Carrie Tan Hui Min. The PAP lineup for the constituency was yet to be announced at the time.
		In response to WP secretary-general Pritam Singh's earlier point that there could be a wipeout of elected opposition MPs, PAP secretary-general Lee Hsien Loong said that the possibility was an unrealistic outcome, claiming that Singh's argument was "a tactic" and added that he was "using reverse psychology". Two other PAP incumbent candidates, Chan Chun Sing and Indranee Rajah, also responded to Singh's point, saying that it would be a mistake for voters to think that the PAP would return to power effortlessly, while adding that it was important for the PAP to get a "clear and strong endorsement" from the people.
		On their Facebook page, SDP first unveiled two new candidates that it will be fielding for the election, Alfred Tan and Min Cheong; hours later, they unveiled another three candidates, first-timer Robin Low, James Gomez and ex-DPP leader Benjamin Pwee.
		Former SF secretary-general Tan Jee Say announced that he sought approval to rejoin SDP; if the party accepts his return, Tan will return to SDP for the first time since 2011, when he resigned from the party to seek candidacy for the presidential election held that year.
		PSP released its 13-page manifesto which focused on economical, social and political development, as well as its "resurgence strategy" to combat the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. PSP also launched its slogan for the election, entitled "You Deserve Better". PSP member Lee Hsien Yang urged Singaporeans to vote to end the PAP's supermajority and allow for greater diversity in Parliament, claiming that the Singapore government was suffering from "eunuch's disease" and adding that the PAP supermajority has led to group-thinking but lack rigour in discussion and debate on policies.
		SDA released its manifesto for the upcoming election, entitled "SDA: A Heart for the People", which sought to tackle areas where SDA felt Singaporeans were struggling with, such as the cost of living, social inequality and immigration, among other issues.

Nomination day

On 30 June 2020 from 11 am to 12 noon SGT, each candidate filed their nomination papers (along with the approval of a proposer, a seconder and at least four assentors), a political donation certificate (by before 26 June), and paid an election deposit of S$13,500 (down from S$14,500 in the previous 2015 election, but also the same amount as seen in the 2016 by-election) in one of the nine designated schools or through online to complete their application. Additionally, in the case for Group Representation Constituencies, their team must consist of at least one minority candidate and must also submit a community committee form (Malay or Indian/other minority which is dependent on the constituency's requirements).

The list of nine schools designated as nomination centres were:

School	Participating constituencies
Bendemeer Primary School	Bishan–Toa Payoh GRCM, Jalan Besar GRCM, Radin Mas SMC, Tanjong Pagar GRCIO
Chongfu School	Kebun Baru SMC, Marsiling–Yew Tee GRCM, Nee Soon GRCIO, Sembawang GRCM
Deyi Secondary School	Aljunied GRCM, Ang Mo Kio GRCIO, Marymount SMC, Yio Chu Kang SMC
Jurong Pioneer Junior College	Chua Chu Kang GRCM, Hong Kah North SMC, Pioneer SMC
Kong Hwa School	MacPherson SMC, Marine Parade GRCM, Mountbatten SMC, Potong Pasir SMC
Methodist Girls’ School	Bukit Panjang SMC, Holland–Bukit Timah GRCIO
Nan Hua High School	Bukit Batok SMC, Jurong GRCIO, West Coast GRCIO, Yuhua SMC
Poi Ching School	Hougang SMC, Tampines GRCM
St Anthony's Canossian Primary School	East Coast GRCM, Pasir Ris–Punggol GRCM, Punggol West SMC, Sengkang GRCM

• ^M- Indicates a GRC requires a Malay minority candidate; ^IO- Indicates a GRC requires an Indian or other minority candidate

As in the case of previous elections, candidates will lose their deposit if they are unable to garner at least one-eighth (12.5%) of the valid votes cast within the contested constituency.

Pre-polling day events

This is a list of events that occurred from nomination day until the eve of polling day on 10 July 2020. All times below are reflected in Singapore Standard Time (SGT). Similar to previous elections since 2011, candidates begin campaigning from the end of nominations day until two days before polling day. The eve of polling day and after the last day for the campaigning period is cooling-off day, during this time in which campaigning is prohibited except for party political broadcasts.

Date	Party	Events	Source
30 June		Nominations were held from 11 am for an hour at nine designated schools. At the close of nominations, the Elections Department confirmed a combined 192 candidates representing from 11 parties and one independent (up from 179 in the last general election) contesting all of the 31 constituencies and 93 parliamentary seats. This makes it the second constitutive election with an all-contest and no uncontested walkovers.
		Three independent candidates, Ooi Boon Ewe, Shirwin Eu and Cheng Peng Wah were seen in Methodist Girls' School, Kong Hwa School and Jurong Pioneer Junior College respectively; of the three, Cheng was the sole independent candidate to have his nomination papers confirmed for Pioneer SMC.
		PAP confirmed the team for 16 electoral divisions: Marine Parade GRC: Incumbent Speaker Tan Chuan-Jin, Senior Minister of State Edwin Tong, Seah Kian Peng, and new members Tan See Leng and Mohd Fahmi Aliman. Incumbent MP Fatimah Lateef did not return. Pasir Ris–Punggol GRC: Senior Minister Teo Chee Hean, Senior Minister of State Janil Puthucheary, and new members Mohamed Sharael Taha, Yeo Wan Ling and Desmond Tan Kok Ming. Incumbent MP Zainal Sapari did not return. Punggol West SMC: Incumbent MP Sun Xueling will defend her constituency. Marymount SMC: Newcomer Gan Siow Huang. Aljunied GRC: Three previously contested candidates Chua Eng Leong, Victor Lye, Shamsul Kamar, and two newcomers Alex Yeo Sheng Chye and Chan Hui Yuh. Hougang SMC: Previously contested candidate Lee Hong Chuang. Tampines GRC: Environment Minister Masagos Zulkifli, Senior Parliament Secretary Baey Yam Keng, ex-Ang Mo Kio GRC and Senior Minister of State Koh Poh Koon, mayor Desmond Choo and Cheng Li Hui. Potong Pasir SMC: Incumbent MP Sitoh Yih Pin will defend his constituency. Chua Chu Kang GRC: Health Minister Gan Kim Yong, Senior Parliament Secretary and Mayor Low Yen Ling, and two new members Don Wee Boon Hong and Zhulkarnain Abdul Rahim. Incumbent MP Yee Chia Hsing did not seek reelection. Hong Kah North SMC: Senior Minister of State Amy Khor will defend her constituency. Holland–Bukit Timah GRC: Foreign Minister Vivian Balakrishnan, Senior Minister of State Sim Ann, Christopher de Souza and newcomer Edward Chia. East Coast GRC: Deputy Prime and Finance Minister and Tampines GRC MP Heng Swee Keat, Senior Minister of State and Mayor Maliki Osman, Fengshan SMC MP Cheryl Chan, Jessica Tan and newcomer Tan Kiat How. During PAP's acceptance speech, Heng made several gaffes in his portion of the speech, which later went viral. Bukit Panjang SMC: Incumbent Holland–Bukit Timah GRC MP Liang Eng Hwa will replace outgoing MP and mayor Teo Ho Pin to defend his constituency. Yio Chu Kang SMC: Newcomer Yip Hon Weng. Mountbatten SMC: Incumbent MP Lim Biow Chuan will defend his constituency. Pioneer SMC: Incumbent West Coast GRC MP Patrick Tay will replace outgoing MP Cedric Foo to defend his constituency.
		WP confirmed its team lineup for four electoral divisions: Marine Parade GRC: Ron Tan Jun Yuen, former NCMP Yee Jenn Jong, and three debut candidates Nathaniel Koh, and Fadli Fawzi and Muhammad Azhar Abdul Latip. Punggol West SMC: Tan Chen Chen Sengkang GRC: He Ting Ru, Louis Chua, Jamus Lim and Raeesah Khan East Coast GRC: Kenneth Foo Seck Guan, Abdul Shariff Aboo Kassim, Terence Tan, Dylan Ng, former NSP candidate Nicole Seah
		Tan Jee Say was confirmed to have returned to SDP, and he would lead a team to contest Holland–Bukit Timah GRC alongside James Gomez, Min Cheong and Alfred Tan. Alongside the electoral divisions confirmed were: Bukit Panjang SMC: Paul Tambyah
		Following the confirmation of nominations for Bukit Batok SMC, incumbent PAP candidate Murali Pillai became the fourth PAP candidate to receive online criticism, this time from a post about his son. In response, Murali hit back, calling the post containing the criticism a "scurrilous attack against my family", adding that the timing of the post "leaves nothing to the imagination". His opponent, Dr Chee Soon Juan from SDP, said that he stood with Murali as well and criticised the post, writing that "politics is about ideas on how we can make our nation better, not personal attacks like this."
		It was revealed that Lee Hsien Yang would not be contesting in the election only after nominations had closed. PSP secretary-general Tan Cheng Bock later said that he wanted Lee to remain "as neutral as possible"; Lee also said that he decided against contesting in the election as he believed that "Singapore does not need another Lee."
		During nomination day, while opposing parties were allowed to scrutinise nomination papers, both teams fielded by PAP and PSP respectively to contest Tanjong Pagar GRC found discrepancies in the opposing team's paperwork; however neither team objected to the opposing team, allowing the contest to go ahead. PAP's team saw a technical lapse in the PSP team's nomination paper (by not filling in the name of the constituency they were going to contest in); PAP later informed PSP of their technical lapse. PAP anchor minister Chan Chun Sing told the media that they wanted the voters "the chance to give us a strong mandate", and "not give that choice to residents just because of a technical error". Similarly, the PSP team spotted a potential error in the PAP team's nomination forms as well, with PSP candidate Michael Chua Teck Leong pointing out that PAP candidate Eric Chua Swee Leong had listed his occupation incorrectly.
		PV confirmed its team lineup for two electoral divisions using its Facebook page: Pasir Ris–Punggol GRC: Jireh Lim, Prabu Ramachandran, Mohamed Nassir Ismail, Goh Keow Wah, and Vigneswari Ramachandran Jalan Besar GRC: Lim Tean, Leong Sze Hian, Nor Azlan Sulaiman, Michael Fang Amin.
		NSP released its manifesto for the upcoming election, focusing on halting the GST hike and policy changes to the Central Provident Fund, among other areas such as public transport and defence expenditure.
1 July		The National Population and Talent Division of the Prime Minister's Office issued statements objecting to the claim that there would be a plan for a population of 10 million in Singapore, which was talked about by both SDP and PV in previous days.
		Two political debates were held live within the Mediacorp Campus on Channel 5, CNA and Channel 8. Workers' Party did not participate in the Chinese-language debate, for which WP later apologised the following day; WP secretary-general Pritam Singh explained that "the proficiency required to participate in a live debate is of a higher order", but the WP would continue to support the party's Chinese supporters. During the English-language debate, SDP secretary-general Chee Soon Juan touched on one of its campaign promises of saying no to a 10 million population in Singapore, citing a 2019 article from The Straits Times, to which PAP representative Vivian Balakrishnan replied that the Prime Minister's Office had issued a statement that day "advising people like you not to indulge in falsehoods" and denied that there would be a population of 10 million in Singapore, adding that the figure was a "strawman".
		PAP incumbent candidate and Law and Home Affairs Minister K. Shanmugam, who is defending his seat at Nee Soon GRC, claimed that the PSP team contesting Nee Soon GRC was a "half-hearted" attempt, adding that PSP had been "offering to trade Nee Soon for some other constituency" with RP. In response to Shanmugam's claim, PSP candidate Bradley Bowyer said that it was a "rumour" that PSP had offered to cede Nee Soon GRC, adding that PAP's attempt "to delegitimise us is the current strategy". Later on, in a Facebook post, Shanmugam said that Bowyer was being "dishonest" to deny that PSP had offered to trade Nee Soon to the RP, to which PSP candidate Leong Mun Wai responded that PSP had always been committed to Nee Soon GRC, while PSP secretary-general Tan Cheng Bock said that contesting Nee Soon GRC was "non-negotiable". Separately, both the PSP and PAP also lodged police reports over finding their election posters damaged, which is illegal according to the Parliamentary Elections Act.
		Independent candidate Cheang Peng Wah revealed that he would be using a horse as his symbol to contest the upcoming election while on a walkabout around Pioneer SMC.
2 July		Several opposition parties had discussions on their plans if they were to be offered a place in parliament as a Non-constituency Member of Parliament. PSP secretary-general Tan Cheng Bock told on media that he would not accept an NCMP seat if offered one, calling the scheme as a ploy not to vote for the opposition, and cited that voting in candidates function as a base to serve efficiency in the House. Likewise, WP secretary-general Pritam Singh questioned the scheme as being a "magnanimity", and replied that it was "very speculative" and told that they would be addressed after the election, while in another interview, NCMP Dennis Tan replied it as a "poisoned chalice".
		PV and its secretary-general Lim Tean were issued correction directions by the alternate authority of the Protection from Online Falsehoods and Manipulation Act Office over Singapore's government expenditure on foreign students.
		PV and SDA both blamed each other over who had caused the three-cornered fight in Pasir Ris–Punggol GRC (the first such fight in a GRC since 1992).
		PAP candidate and Education Minister Ong Ye Kung posted a video on Facebook that showed him having a conversation with a young boy. However, after the authorities informed the PAP that the video was not in line with electoral rules, the video was later taken down.
		WP pushed back against PAP candidate Vivian Balakrishnan's claim that WP was just a "lite version" of the PAP made during the English political debate the previous day. WP secretary-general Pritam Singh said that Vivian's comments were an "electoral ploy", adding that "If that was the case, I hope the PAP takes up all our manifesto points and introduces them into their agenda." Pritam also questioned the PAP's "magnanimity" in highlighting the Non-Constituency Member of Parliament scheme.
		PAP candidate and Deputy Prime Minister Heng Swee Keat denied saying that Singapore should plan to increase its population to 10 million people, in response to SDP secretary-general Chee Soon Juan's speech in the English-language political debate the previous day. He reiterated the Singapore government's stance that it had "never proposed or targeted for Singapore to increase the population to 10 million". PAP candidate Vivian Balakrishnan also called for the SDP to clarify its claim. Nevertheless, the SDP later claimed victory for pressuring the PAP into declaring that it did not have a population target of 10 million, to which a PAP spokesman denounced as a "falsehood" which "renders the campaign pointless, and calls into question the integrity of the whole party".
		Both PSP and PAP were asked by ELD on request by the West Coast Town Council in West Coast GRC to remove some of their election posters in Clementi; West Coast Town Council cited public safety reasons as their justification behind removing the posters.
3 July		The dispute between the PAP and the SDP continued, with SDP chairman Paul Tambyah and secretary-general Chee Soon Juan defending SDP's decision to press the PAP about plans for a population target of 10 million for Singapore, saying that PAP was now forced to clarify and assure Singaporeans that there are no such plans. Paul pointed out that PAP could have clarified the matter earlier but did not do so, adding that he was "baffled" that the PAP called the target a "falsehood" perpetuated by the SDP. Both WP and PSP also reacted to the dispute; WP secretary-general Pritam Singh said that there was "room for fair comment" as it was not clear if SDP's stance could be considered a "falsehood" or not; however he did not endorse either side and said that it was a matter that WP was not involved in. Separately, PSP secretary-general Tan Cheng Bock said that the issue came about due to a lack of transparency from the Singapore government. Deputy Prime Minister Heng Swee Keat claimed that the SDP had "erected a bogeyman" and said that he was expecting integrity and honesty from all candidates contesting in the election, to which Tambyah said that the PAP "should take up any unhappiness it may have over the claim with The Straits Times", adding that Singaporeans should read the article concerned to make their own judgements. PAP later issued a statement, saying that it was "disappointed but not surprised" at SDP's response, and claimed that "the SDP have dug their heels in, repeated their falsehoods and refused to apologise to Singaporeans for misleading them" and that "Dr Chee has not changed, cannot change and will never change".
4 July		In a joint statement by ICA and ELD, 101 Singaporeans would not be able to vote in this general election due to a glitch in the ICA system that processes the local contact address submitted by overseas Singaporeans for the purposes of voting.
		SDP chairman Paul Tambyah and secretary-general Chee Soon Juan responded to PAP's statement issued the previous day; Tambyah said that PAP's comments were "a sign of desperation" and that it showed that PAP had "run out of ideas" and "resorted to the old PAP tactics of just politics of personal destruction", while Chee said PAP was "beating a dead horse". Nevertheless, the two SDP leaders said that it was time for the election campaign to move on from the dispute. In addition, the Association of Women for Action and Research criticised PAP's statement to SDP the previous day as PAP had used an analogy involving spousal abuse to make a point.
		Both SDP and PV's Facebook pages, as well as several other Facebook pages belonging to others, were issued correction directions by the alternate authority of the Protection from Online Falsehoods and Manipulation Act Office over the claim of plans for a population target of 10 million for Singapore.
5 July		Two separate police reports were lodged against Sengkang GRC WP's candidate Raeesah Khan for allegedly making two online comments, both relating to the discrimination of race and religion; one police report was lodged on 4 July against her Facebook post on 17 May 2020, which had criticised the Singapore law enforcement authorities for discriminating against Singapore citizens and said that rich Chinese and white people were treated differently under the law, and another police report on 5 July for her Facebook post on 2 February 2018 that focused on the 2018 City Harvest Church ruling. WP later came out to support Raeesah; Raeesah also apologised and released a statement stating that her intention was "never to cause social divisions but to raise awareness on minority issues", adding that she also regretted making her "insensitive" comments. Since the incident, many netizens labelled her actions as a political move by other parties and many residents criticises her while being investigated, with hashtags such as #IStandWithRaeesah were trending on Twitter. A Change.org petition was made on 6 July to let Raeesah campaign smoothly while conduct investigations only after the elections, which has since garnered over 18,500 signatures. On 7 July, the police revealed that they’re investigating the man who allegedly reported Raeesah over social media comments intended to wound religious and racial feelings.
		Marsiling–Yew Tee GRC candidate Hany Soh Hui Bin fractured her left foot during a house visit in Woodgrove. She uploaded photos of herself bounded in a wheelchair and another photo of her left foot in a cast, and told media that she was determined to see as much residents as possible in other ways possible while having to reduce house visits in about four weeks. At 21:56, a netizen had lodged a police report against Minister for Education Ong Ye Kung for possibly abetting a primary school child to take part in election activities.This was presumably in relation to a three-minute video posted on Ong's Facebook page where Ong was having a dialogue with a young boy from Sembawang, the constituency he is contesting in. After he was informed the video violates election rules, Ong immediately took the video down, apologising for any inconvenience caused. Following the report against Ong, an anonymous police report was lodged against Deputy Prime Minister Heng Swee Keat at 22:58 for his forum speech at the Nanyang Technological University on 28 March 2019, promoting enmity between different groups on grounds or religion or race and doing acts prejudicial to maintenance of harmony, and the user cited its purpose is to be socially divisive and says he feels unsafe in Singapore as someone, including the succeeding Prime Minister, that came from a minority race, including references from Senior Minister Tharman Shanmugaratnam. PAP has yet to release a statement.
6 July		The ELD made an announcement to advise candidates and parties to refrain shouting or drawing crowd unnecessarily as a COVID-19 safe distancing measure after a recent increase of imported and community cases over recent days and also the campaigning for West Coast GRC the previous day.
		A netizen lodged a report against the People's Action Party's press statement, claiming that the PAP statement had promoted "enmity between different groups on grounds of religion or race under section 298A of the penal code". In a statement on 8 July, the police have deemed that no offence has been committed by the PAP, after police reports were made against the party for its statement in regard to WP's candidate Raeesah Khan.
7 July		The Singapore Police Force, after consulting with the Attorney-General's Chambers, has released a statement that "Mr Heng's remarks, in the context they were made, do not evidence any intent to wound anyone's racial feelings or promote enmity between different races,". Since news broke of the statement released by the police, netizens have spoken out about how they felt it was a racist statement.

Online e-rallies

In this election, e-rallies served as replacements to physical rallies, which were unavailable due to precautionary measures from the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. The contesting parties have taken to various social media platforms such as Facebook, YouTube, and Instagram, as well as media outlets like Singapore Press Holdings’ Chinese Media Group to deliver speeches, hold discussions and engage with voters. On 30 June, the ELD announced that ten different venues in Suntec Convention Centre would be made available daily for campaigning and live-streaming online rallies; applications to reserve one of the venues opened on Nomination Day after nominations had closed.

Political debate

Debates were live telecast on 1 July 2020. Two round table debates each airing for an hour were held with a moderator on the current issues in Singapore, broadcast in English at 8 pm on Channel 5 and CNA938, and at 9 pm in Chinese on Channel 8 and Capital 95.8FM. A rerun of the English broadcast was broadcast at 9 pm on CNA. The candidates that participated in the debate were:

List of candidates participating in the live debate

Channel	Moderator	Participating parties
		PAP	PSP	WP	SDP
English	Jaime Ho	Vivian Balakrishnan	Francis Yuen	Jamus Lim	Chee Soon Juan
Chinese	Tung Soo Hua	Ong Ye Kung	Leong Mun Wai	Did not participate	Bryan Lim

Party political broadcasts

Similar to previous elections since 1980, parties who field at least six candidates for the election are eligible for participating in the party broadcast, with the allocated time depending on the number of participating candidates. The order of appearance is based on the number of candidates starting from the lowest.

Time allocated for political broadcast
Time allocated (minutes)	Participating parties
	PAP	NSP	PSP	PV	RP	SDP	WP
	13	3	5	3	2.5	3	4.5

Channels aired on broadcast

Language	Time	Channels aired
English	8pm	Channel 5, CNA938, CLASS 95, GOLD 905, cna.Asia, CNA YouTube, CNA Facebook, TODAY
	9pm	CNA
Chinese	8pm	Channel 8, Capital 958, 8world.com
	11.45 pm	Channel U (11.30 pm for second broadcast)
Malay	8.30 pm	Suria, Warna 942 (8.35 pm)
Tamil	9pm	Vasantham, Oli 968

List of candidates participating in the first broadcast (2 July)

Language	Participating parties (in order of appearance)
	RP	NSP	PV	SDP	WP	PSP	PAP
English	Charles Yeo	Spencer Ng	Michael Fang Amin	Chee Soon Juan	Pritam Singh	Tan Cheng Bock	Heng Swee Keat
Chinese	Darren Soh	Did not participate	Michael Fang Amin	Khung Wai Yeen	Sylvia Lim	Hazel Poa	Chan Chun Sing
Malay	Noraini Yunus	Did not participate	Nassir Ismail	Damanhuri Abas	Faisal Manap	Taufik Supan	Maliki Osman
Tamil	Did not participate	Did not participate	Vigneswari Ramachandran	Did not participate	Did not participate	Kala Manickam	S Iswaran

List of candidates participating in the second broadcast (9 July)

Language	Participating parties (in order of appearance)
	RP	NSP	PV	SDP	WP	PSP	PAP
English	Kenneth Jeyaretnam	Spencer Ng	Lim Tean	Paul Tambyah	Sylvia Lim	Tan Cheng Bock	Lee Hsien Loong
Chinese	Darren Soh	Spencer Ng	Michael Fang Amin	Bryan Lim	Dennis Tan	Tan Meng Wah	Lee Hsien Loong
Malay	Noraini Yunus	Ridzwan Mohammad	Nor Azlan Sulaiman	Damanhuri Abas	Abdul Shariff Aboo Kassim	A’bas Bin Kasmani	Masagos Zulkifli
Tamil	Did not participate	Did not participate	Sivakumaran Chellappa	Did not participate	Did not participate	Kumaran Pillai	K Shanmugam

Note: Jeyaretnam recorded his speech in a hotel instead of at the studio while he was still serving his mandatory 14-day Stay Home Notice.

Constituency Political Broadcasts

In a historic first for elections, a new Constituency Political broadcast will be held between 3 and 8 July on 7 pm every evening during the campaigning period. The allotted time for broadcast is three-minutes per candidate. The broadcasts are pre-recorded. The order of appearance begin with incumbent parties followed by opposing parties, and constituencies are ordered based on alphabetical order, with one GRC or two SMCs in one segment.

List of Constituency Political Broadcasts

Date	Participating constituencies (in order of appearance)	Remarks
3 July	Aljunied GRC Ang Mo Kio GRC Bishan–Toa Payoh GRC Bukit Batok SMC Bukit Panjang SMC	Only Charles Yeo and Noraini Yunus were present during the RP's broadcast for Ang Mo Kio GRC. Osman Sulaiman was absent during the SPP's broadcast for Bishan–Toa Payoh GRC.
4 July	Chua Chu Kang GRC East Coast GRC Holland–Bukit Timah GRC Hong Koh North SMC Hougang SMC
5 July	Jalan Besar GRC Jurong GRC Kebun Baru SMC MacPherson SMC Marine Parade GRC
6 July	Marsiling–Yew Tee GRC Marymount SMC Mountbatten SMC Nee Soon GRC Pasir Ris–Punggol GRC	Broadcast began on 7.19 pm and ended on 9.08 pm, due to technical difficulties on Mediacorp's end. No commercials were aired between segments on that day.
7 July	Pioneer SMC Potong Pasir SMC Punggol West SMC Radin Mas SMC Sembawang GRC Sengkang GRC	Kumar Appavoo was absent during RP's broadcast for Radin Mas SMC (hence no RP broadcast was made). Ivan Yeo and Sebastian Teo were absent during the NSP's broadcast for Sembawang GRC.
8 July	Tampines GRC Tanjong Pagar GRC West Coast GRC Yio Chu Kang SMC Yuhua SMC

Results

Polls closed at 10 pm, and vote counting began soon after. The results was announced by the Returning officer Tan Meng Dui, who is also CEO of the National Environment Agency.

Similar to the 2015 Singaporean general election and 2016 by-election, sample counts were released by the Elections Department prior to the announcement of the actual results to prevent any unnecessary speculation or reliance on unofficial sources of information while counting was still under way.

The first results were announced at 1:22 am for Bukit Panjang SMC where PAP's Liang Eng Hwa was elected with a vote of 53.74%. The last results came at 3:44 am in which Aljunied GRC and Nee Soon GRC are retained by WP and PAP with 59.93% and 61.90% respectively.

The end result saw PAP's majorities reduced island-wide compared to the last election in 2015 at 61.24%, down from the vote share of 69.86%. Aside from retaining the six seats it held in the last election, the WP also went on to win the new Sengkang GRC, making it the second GRC to be won by an opposition party and the first time in history a new constituency was captured by an opposition party on their first attempt; that also lead to the defeat of cabinet minister Ng Chee Meng, who became the third cabinet minister to lose his re-election since independence after Lim Hwee Hua and George Yeo lost Aljunied in 2011.

Excluding overseas electorate, the voter turnout was 95.54%, or 2,535,565 voters.

By Constituency

Candidates and results of 2020 Singaporean general election
Division	Seat	Voters	Rejected	Party	Candidate(s)	Votes	Votes %	Sample counts %
Bukit Batok SMC	1	29,950	533	Singapore Democratic Party	Chee Soon Juan	12,764	45.20 / 100	43 / 100
				People's Action Party	Murali Pillai	15,476	54.80 / 100	57 / 100
Bukit Panjang SMC	1	35,497	586	People's Action Party	Liang Eng Hwa	18,070	53.74 / 100	56 / 100
				Singapore Democratic Party	Paul Tambyah	15,556	46.26 / 100	44 / 100
Hong Kah North SMC	1	28,071	403	People's Action Party	Amy Khor Lean Suan	16,333	60.98 / 100	63 / 100
				Progress Singapore Party	Gigene Wong	10,452	39.02 / 100	37 / 100
Hougang SMC	1	26,468	272	People's Action Party	Lee Hong Chuang	9,776	38.81 / 100	42 / 100
				Workers' Party	Dennis Tan Lip Fong	15,416	61.19 / 100	58 / 100
Kebun Baru SMC	1	22,653	387	Progress Singapore Party	Kumaran Pillai	7,812	37.03 / 100	32 / 100
				People's Action Party	Henry Kwek	13,284	62.97 / 100	68 / 100
MacPherson SMC	1	28,564	625	People's Power Party	Goh Meng Seng	7,477	28.26 / 100	27 / 100
				People's Action Party	Tin Pei Ling	18,983	71.74 / 100	73 / 100
Marymount SMC	1	23,444	305	Progress Singapore Party	Ang Yong Guan	9,918	44.96 / 100	46 / 100
				People's Action Party	Gan Siow Huang	12,143	55.04 / 100	54 / 100
Mountbatten SMC	1	24,267	584	People's Action Party	Lim Biow Chuan	16,227	73.84 / 100	75 / 100
				Peoples Voice	Sivakumaran Chellappa	5,748	26.16 / 100	25 / 100
Pioneer SMC	1	24,672	350	Independent (Loses $13 500 deposit)	Cheang Peng Wah	654	2.78 / 100	2 / 100
				Progress Singapore Party	Lim Cher Hong	8,285	35.24 / 100	32 / 100
				People's Action Party	Patrick Tay	14,571	61.98 / 100	66 / 100
Potong Pasir SMC	1	19,740	278	Singapore People's Party	Jose Raymond	7,275	39.31 / 100	39 / 100
				People's Action Party	Sitoh Yih Pin	11,232	60.69 / 100	61 / 100
Punggol West SMC	1	26,579	216	People's Action Party	Sun Xueling	15,637	60.97 / 100	65 / 100
				Workers' Party	Tan Chen Chen	10,012	39.03 / 100	35 / 100
Radin Mas SMC	1	24,980	817	Reform Party	Kumar Appavoo	5,905	25.97 / 100	24 / 100
				People's Action Party	Melvin Yong	16,834	74.03 / 100	76 / 100
Yio Chu Kang SMC	1	26,005	413	Progress Singapore Party	Kayla Low	9,500	39.17 / 100	39 / 100
				People's Action Party	Yip Hon Weng	14,756	60.83 / 100	61 / 100
Yuhua SMC	1	21,376	406	People's Action Party	Grace Fu Hai Yien	14,111	70.54 / 100	69 / 100
				Singapore Democratic Party	Robin Low	5,894	29.46 / 100	31 / 100
Bishan–Toa Payoh GRC	4	101,366	2,043	People's Action Party	Ng Eng Hen Chee Hong Tat Saktiandi Supaat Chong Kee Hiong	62,853	67.26 / 100	67 / 100
				Singapore People's Party	Steve Chia Osman Sulaiman Melvyn Chiu Williamson Lee	30,594	32.74 / 100	33 / 100
Chua Chu Kang GRC	4	106,693	1,410	Progress Singapore Party	Francis Yuen Kin Pheng Tan Meng Wah Choo Shaun Ming Abdul Rahman Mohamad	41,942	41.36 / 100	41 / 100
				People's Action Party	Gan Kim Yong Low Yen Ling Don Wee Boon Hong Zhulkarnain Abdul Rahim	59,462	58.64 / 100	59 / 100
Holland–Bukit Timah GRC	4	115,012	1,993	Singapore Democratic Party	James Gomez Min Cheong Alfred Tan Tan Jee Say	35,972	33.64 / 100	32 / 100
				People's Action Party	Vivian Balakrishnan Sim Ann Christopher de Souza Edward Chia	70,963	66.36 / 100	68 / 100
Jalan Besar GRC	4	107,936	2,943	Peoples Voice	Lim Tean Leong Sze Hian Nor Azlan Sulaiman Michael Fang Amin	34,185	34.63 / 100	33 / 100
				People's Action Party	Josephine Teo Heng Chee How Denise Phua Wan Rizal Wan Zakariah	64,522	65.37 / 100	67 / 100
Marsiling–Yew Tee GRC	4	117,176	2,097	Singapore Democratic Party	Bryan Lim Damanhuri Abas Benjamin Pwee Khung Wai Yeen	40,641	36.82 / 100	36 / 100
				People's Action Party	Lawrence Wong Alex Yam Zaqy Mohamad Hany Soh Hui Bin	69,722	63.18 / 100	64 / 100
Sengkang GRC	4	120,166	1,194	People's Action Party	Ng Chee Meng Lam Pin Min Amrin Amin Raymond Lye Hoong Yip	55,214	47.87 / 100	47 / 100
				Workers' Party	He Ting Ru Louis Chua Jamus Lim Raeesah Khan	60,136	52.13 / 100	53 / 100
Aljunied GRC	5	151,007	1,582	People's Action Party	Victor Lye Thiam Fatt Alex Yeo Sheng Chye Chan Hui Yuh Chua Eng Leong Shamsul Kamar	57,244	40.07 / 100	40 / 100
				Workers' Party	Pritam Singh Sylvia Lim Muhamad Faisal Manap Gerald Giam Leon Perera	85,603	59.93 / 100	60 / 100
Ang Mo Kio GRC	5	185,465	5,009	People's Action Party	Lee Hsien Loong Darryl David Gan Thiam Poh Ng Ling Ling Nadia Ahmad Samdin	124,430	71.91 / 100	72 / 100
				Reform Party	Kenneth Jeyaretnam Andy Zhu Noraini Yunus Charles Yeo Darren Soh	48,600	28.09 / 100	28 / 100
East Coast GRC	5	121,772	1,393	Workers' Party	Kenneth Foo Seck Guan Abdul Shariff Aboo Kassim Terence Tan Dylan Ng Nicole Seah	53,228	46.59 / 100	46 / 100
				People's Action Party	Heng Swee Keat Maliki Osman Tan Kiat How Cheryl Chan Wei Ling Jessica Tan Soon Neo	61,009	53.41 / 100	54 / 100
Jurong GRC	5	131,234	2,517	People's Action Party	Tharman Shanmugaratnam Tan Wu Meng Rahayu Mahzam Shawn Huang Wei Zhong Xie Yao Quan	91,692	74.62 / 100	75 / 100
				Red Dot United	Michelle Lee Ravi Philemon Nicholas Tang Liyana Dhamirah Alec Tok	31,191	25.38 / 100	25 / 100
Marine Parade GRC	5	139,738	1,787	Workers' Party	Ron Tan Jun Yen Yee Jenn Jong Nathaniel Koh Kim Kui Muhammad Fadli Bin Mohammed Fawzi Muhammad Azhar Bin Abdul Latip	54,850	42.24 / 100	43 / 100
				People's Action Party	Tan Chuan-Jin Edwin Tong Seah Kian Peng Tan See Leng Mohd Fahmi Aliman	74,993	57.76 / 100	57 / 100
Nee Soon GRC	5	147,047	2,199	Progress Singapore Party	Kala Manickam Taufik Supan Bradley Bowyer Sri Nallakaruppan Damien Tay	53,070	38.10 / 100	39 / 100
				People's Action Party	K. Shanmugam Carrie Tan Derrick Goh Louis Ng Muhammad Faishal Ibrahim	86,219	61.90 / 100	61 / 100
Pasir Ris–Punggol GRC	5	166,587	3,392	Singapore Democratic Alliance	Desmond Lim Abu Mohamed Halminder Pal Singh Kelvin Ong Kuswadi Atnawi	37,179	23.67 / 100	25 / 100
				Peoples Voice (Loses $67 500 deposit)	Jireh Lim Prabu Ramachandran Mohamed Nassir Ismail Goh Keow Wah Vigneswari Ramachandran	19,127	12.18 / 100	12 / 100
				People's Action Party	Teo Chee Hean Janil Puthucheary Mohamed Sharael Taha Yeo Wan Ling Desmond Tan Kok Ming	100,772	64.15 / 100	63 / 100
Sembawang GRC	5	147,876	2,947	People's Action Party	Ong Ye Kung Vikram Nair Lim Wee Kiak Poh Li San Mariam Jaafar	94,068	67.29 / 100	69 / 100
				National Solidarity Party	Spencer Ng Sathin Ravindran Ivan Yeo Tiong Boon Sebastian Teo Yadzeth Hairis	45,727	32.71 / 100	31 / 100
Tampines GRC	5	151,708	3,516	People's Action Party	Masagos Zulkifli Baey Yam Keng Desmond Choo Cheng Li Hui Koh Poh Koon	94,561	66.41 / 100	67 / 100
				National Solidarity Party	Reno Fong Mohd Ridzwan Mohammad Yeo Ren-Yuan Choong Hon Heng Vincent Ng	47,819	33.59 / 100	33 / 100
Tanjong Pagar GRC	5	134,642	1,930	Progress Singapore Party	Wendy Low Harish Pillay Michael Chua A’bas Kasmani Terence Soon	45,609	36.87 / 100	37 / 100
				People's Action Party	Chan Chun Sing Indranee Rajah Joan Pereira Eric Chua Swee Leong Alvin Tan Sheng Hui	78,079	63.13 / 100	63 / 100
West Coast GRC	5	146,251	1,645	People's Action Party	S. Iswaran Desmond Lee Foo Mee Har Rachel Ong Sin Yen Ang Wei Neng	71,545	51.69 / 100	52 / 100
				Progress Singapore Party	Tan Cheng Bock Hazel Poa Nadarajah Loganathan Jeffrey Khoo Leong Mun Wai	66,871	48.31 / 100	48 / 100

Analysis

Top 10 performing constituencies

• Constituencies with no comparison to 2015 were due to them being new constituencies.

#	Constituency	PAP			Opposition
		Votes	%	Swing		Votes	%	Swing
1	Jurong GRC	91,692	74.62%	4.66%	RDU	31,191	25.38%	New
2	Radin Mas SMC	14,571	74.03%	3.22%	RP	5,905	25.97	13.26%
3	Mountbatten SMC	16,277	73.84%	2%	PV	5,748	26.16%	New
4	Ang Mo Kio GRC	124,430	71.91%	6.72%	RP	48,600	28.09%	6.72%
5	MacPherson SMC	18,983	71.74%	6.16%	PPP	7,477	28.26%	New
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Top 10 best opposition performers

• Constituencies with no comparison to 2015 were due to them being new constituencies.

#	Constituency	Opposition				PAP
		Votes	%	Swing		Votes	%	Swing
1	Hougang SMC	15,416	61.19%	3.50%	WP	9,776	38.81%	3.50%
2	Aljunied GRC	85,603	59.93%	8.97%	WP	57,244	40.07%	8.97%
3	Sengkang GRC	60,136	52.13%	New	WP	55,214	47.87%	New
4	West Coast GRC	66,871	48.31%	New	PSP	71,545	51.69%	26.88%
5	East Coast GRC	53,228	46.59%	7.29%	WP	61,009	53.41%	7.29%
6	Bukit Panjang SMC	15,556	46.26%	14.64%	SDP	18,070	53.74%	14.64%
7	Bukit Batok SMC	12,764	45.20%	6.43%	SDP	15,476	54.80%	6.43%
8	Marymount SMC	9,918	44.96%	New	PSP	12,143	55.04%	New
9	Marine Parade GRC	54,850	42.24%	6.31%	WP	74,993	57.76%	6.31%
10	Chua Chu Kang GRC	41,942	41.36%	New	PSP	59,462	58.64%	18.25%

Vote swings

• Only the following constituencies may be compared with 2015 results as they existed in both elections, although most had changes in their electoral boundaries.

#	Constituency	PAP			Opposition
		Votes	%	Swing		Votes	%	Swing

Sample count accuracies

#	Constituency	PAP				Opposition
		Votes	%	Sample	Accuracy		Votes	%	Sample	Accuracy

Reactions

Pre-polling day

Malaysia: In an interview with Asia Times, former Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad said that he hoped that there would be "change" in Singapore after the election. He also expressed hope that Singapore could undergo an "unprecedented" regime change similar to Malaysia in the 2018 Malaysian general election. During the ongoing 2020 Malaysian political crisis, deputy president of the United Malays National Organisation, Mohamad Hasan, said that the current Prime Minister of Malaysia, Muhyiddin Yassin, should follow Singapore and call for a snap election before the Parliament of Malaysia is able to reconvene in July.

Post-election

United States: The United States Secretary of State Mike Pompeo congratulated Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong on the PAP's victory and reaffirmed the "valuable partnership" between the two countries.

See also

• Constituencies of Singapore
• Elections in Singapore
• Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on politics
• List of political parties in Singapore
• List of candidates in the 2020 Singaporean general election