Singaporean general election, 2001

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Singaporean general election, 2001
84 (of the 94) seats to the Parliament of Singapore
November 3, 2001
		First party	Second party	Third party
Leader		Goh Chok Tong	Chiam See Tong	Low Thia Khiang
Party		PAP	SDA	WP
Leader since		1992	2001	2001
Leader's seat		Marine Parade GRC	Potong Pasir SMC	Hougang SMC
Last election		81 seats, 65.0%	new party	1 seat + NCMP, 14.2%
Seats won		82	1 + NCMP	1
Seat change		+1	±0	±0
Popular vote		470,765	75,248	3.0%
Swing		+10.3%	±0.00%	-11.2%
Electoral divisions in blue are won by People's Action Party, in green is won by Singapore Democratic Alliance, and in red is won by Workers' Party of Singapore.
Incumbent Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong PAP Prime Minister-designate Goh Chok Tong PAP

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The Singapore parliamentary general elections of 2001 were held on 3 November. The People's Action Party, the incumbent ruling party, won 82 out of 84 seats in the election, including 55 walkovers. Due to the large number of uncontested seats, only 675,306 of the 2,036,923 eligible voters (33.2%) actually voted.

Contents 1 Electoral boundaries 2 Election Results 3 See also 4 References 5 External links

[edit] Electoral boundaries

• Mergers
  • Boon Lay SMC merged into West Coast GRC
  • Bukit Gombak SMC merged into Hong Kah GRC
  • Cheng San GRC merged into Aljunied GRC, Ang Mo Kio GRC and Pasir Ris-Punggol GRC.
  • Kampong Glam SMC merged into Jalan Besar GRC
  • Kreta Ayer-Tanglin GRC merged into Jalan Besar GRC and Tanjong Pagar GRC
  • Pasir Ris GRC merged into Pasir Ris-Punggol GRC and Tampines GRC

• New GRCs
  • Holland-Bukit Panjang GRC, created from Bukit Timah GRC, Sembawang GRC and Tanjong Pagar GRC.
  • Jurong GRC, created from Bukit Timah GRC
  • Pasir Ris-Punggol GRC, created from Pasir Ris GRC and Cheng San GRC

• New SMCs
  • Bukit Timah SMC carved from Bukit Timah GRC
  • Joo Chiat SMC carved from East Coast GRC
  • Nee Soon East SMC carved from Sembawang GRC

• Changes in electoral seats within GRCs
  • Jalan Besar GRC, Tampines GRC and West Coast GRC were increased from 4 seats to 5 seats.
  • Ang Mo Kio GRC was increased from 5 seats to 6 seats.

[edit] Election Results

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Summary of the 3 November 2001 Parliament of Singapore election results

Parties and alliances	Leader	Contested seats	Seats won	Popular vote	%	+/-
People's Action Party	Goh Chok Tong	84	82†	470,765	75.3%	+10.3%
Singapore Democratic Alliance National Solidarity Party Pertubuhan Kebangsaan Melayu Singapura Singapore Justice Party Singapore People's Party	Chiam See Tong	13	1	75,248	12.0%	-
Singapore Democratic Party	Chee Soon Juan	11	0	50,607	8.1%	-2.5%
Workers' Party	Low Thia Khiang	2	1	19,060	3.0%	-11.2%
Democratic Progressive Party	Tan Lead Shake	2	0	5,334	0.9%	+0.2%
Independent		2	0	4,253	0.7%	-
Total			84	625,267	100.0	-
Spoilt votes				13,636	-
Did not vote				36,403	-
Total voting electorate				675,306	-
†includes uncontested victories

[edit] See also

• list of Singaporean electoral divisions

[edit] References

• "Hsien Loong: Election soon". (Nov. 8, 2005). New Straits Times, p. 31.

[edit] External links

• Singapore Elections Webpage

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