14th Parliament of Singapore

The 14th Parliament of Singapore will be the next Parliament of Singapore. It will open on 24 August 2020.[1] The membership was set by the 2020 Singapore General Election on 10 July 2020.

14th Parliament of Singapore
Majority parliament
24 August 2020 –
House
Speaker of Parliament	Tan Chuan-Jin 24 August 2020 –
Prime Minister	Lee Hsien Loong 24 August 2020 –
Leader of the Opposition	Pritam Singh 24 August 2020 –
Session(s)
1st Session
24 August 2020 –
Cabinet(s)
14th Cabinet
Lee Hsien Loong 27 July 2020 –
Parliamentarians
Elected NCMP Nominated 93 2 9
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The 14th Parliament is controlled by a People's Action Party majority, led by Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong and members of the cabinet, which assumed power on 25 July 2020. The Opposition is led by the Secretary General of the Workers' Party, Pritam Singh. Tan Chuan-Jin, of the People's Action Party, may continue his term as the Speaker of Parliament, with details to be released at a later date.

Result of the 2020 Singapore general election

 Summary of the 10 July 2020 Parliament of Singapore election results[2][3]

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	N/A	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	655	0.03		0.09	2.78		N/A
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

The Progress Singapore Party, being the best performing opposition parties were awarded two Non-Constituency Member of Parliament seats in accordance with the Constitution. Hazel Poa, and Leong Mun Wai were appointed as NCMPs.[4]

Officeholders

Speaker

• Tan Chuan-Jin of the People's Action Party, MP of Marine Parade GRC, may be re-elected as Speaker of Parliament on 24 August 2020.[5]

Leaders

• Prime Minister: Lee Hsien Loong (People's Action Party)
• Leader of the Opposition: Pritam Singh (Workers' Party)

House Leaders

• Leader of the House: TBD
• Deputy Leader of the House: TBD

Whips

• Government Whip: TBD
• Deputy Government Whip: TBD
• Opposition Whip: Pritam Singh (WP)
• Deputy Opposition Whip: Sylvia Lim Swee Lian (WP)

References

1. "[LIVE HD] Singapore PM Lee Hsien Loong announces new Cabinet - YouTube". Retrieved 25 July 2020. We will be opening Parliament on the 24th of August.
2. Elections Department (15 July 2020). "Press Release on Total Votes Cast at Singapore General Election 2020" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on 20 July 2020. Retrieved 15 July 2020.
3. Elections Department (16 July 2020). "2020 Parliamentary General Election Results". Archived from the original on 20 July 2020. Retrieved 16 July 2020.
4. "GE2020: PSP's Hazel Poa and Leong Mun Wai will take up NCMP seats". CNA. Retrieved 25 July 2020.
5. "Tan Chuan-Jin becomes Singapore's 10th Speaker of Parliament". CNA. Retrieved 25 July 2020.