10th Parliament of Singapore
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10th Parliament of Singapore | |||||||
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Majority parliament | |||||||
25 March 2002 – 20 April 2006 | |||||||
House | |||||||
Speaker of Parliament |
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Prime Minister |
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Leader of the Opposition |
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Session(s) | |||||||
1st Session | |||||||
25 March 2002 – 1 December 2004 | |||||||
2nd Session | |||||||
12 January 2005 – 20 April 2006 | |||||||
Cabinet(s) | |||||||
10th Cabinet | |||||||
Goh Chok Tong 25 March 2002 – 12 August 2004 | |||||||
10th Cabinet | |||||||
Lee Hsien Loong 12 August 2004 – 20 April 2006 | |||||||
Parliamentarians | |||||||
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The 10th Parliament of Singapore was the previous Parliament of Singapore. The first session commenced on 25 March 2002 and was prorogued on the 1 December 2004. The second session begun from 12 January 2005 and was dissolved on 20 April 2006.[1] The membership was set by the 2001 Singapore General Election on 3 November 2001, and it has been only changed due to Lee Hsien Loong being elected as the Prime Minister in Singapore in 2004.
The 10th Parliament is controlled by a People's Action Party majority, led by Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong and members of the cabinet, which assumed power on 3 November 2001, and later led by Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong, who assumed power on 12 August 2004. The Opposition is led by the Mr Chiam See Tong of the Singapore Democratic Alliance. The Speaker of the Parliament of Singapore is Abdullah bin Tarmugi, of the People's Action Party. He was elected as the Speaker of the House for the 10th Parliament on 25 March 2002.
Result of the Singapore General Election, 2001
PAP won a landslide victory and its best result since 1980. The party achieved its third highest score among the general elections it has contested since 1959. The PAP's vote percentage of 75.3% signalled an overwhelming endorsement of the PAP to lead the nation out of the crisis that came at a time of great uncertainty over world security and the recession that came after the September 11 attacks.
Two candidates, Tan Kim Chuang and Tan Lead Shake, had each forfeited their $9,000 election deposit, the latter being a straight contest where Tan Cheng Bock won the best performing election result at 87.96% in Ayer Rajah Constituency; This is the last election to date where there was a forfeiture of election deposit outside multi-cornered contests.
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Party | Votes | % | +/– | Seats | |||||
Walkover | Won | NCMP | Total | +/− | |||||
People's Action Party | 470,765 | 75.29 | ![]() | 55 | 27 | 0 | 82 | ![]() | |
Singapore Democratic Alliance | 75,248 | 12.03 | new party | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | new party | |
Workers' Party | 19,060 | 3.05 | ![]() | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ![]() | |
Singapore Democratic Party | 50,607 | 8.09 | ![]() | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ![]() | |
Democratic Progressive Party | 5,334 | 0.85 | ![]() | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ![]() | |
Independents | 4,253 | 0.68 | ![]() | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ![]() | |
Total | 625,267 | 100.00 | – | 55 | 29 | 1 | 85 | ![]() | |
Valid votes | 625,267 | 97.87 | |||||||
Invalid/blank votes | 13,636 | 2.13 | |||||||
Total votes | 638,903 | 100.00 | |||||||
Registered voters/turnout | 675,306 | 94.61 |
Electorate in Uncontested Constituencies = 1,361,617
By constituency
Officeholders
Speakers
- Abdullah bin Tarmugi (the People's Action Party MP for East Coast GRC) was elected Speaker of the Parliament on 25 March 2002.
Leaders
- Prime Minister of Singapore: Lee Hsien Loong (People's Action Party)
- Leader of the Opposition: Chiam See Tong (Singapore Democratic Alliance)
House Leaders
Whips
- Government Whip: Lim Swee Say
- Deputy Government Whip: Inderjit Singh and Amy Khor
References
- ^ "Sessions of Parliament | Parliament Of Singapore". www.parliament.gov.sg. Retrieved 1 September 2018.
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