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
Prime
Minister
Leader
of the
Opposition
Session(s)
1st Session
24 August 2020 –
Cabinet(s)
14th Cabinet
Lee Hsien Loong
27 July 2020 –
Parliamentarians
ElectedNCMPNominated
9329
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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

Leaders

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.


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