12th Parliament of Singapore

The 12th Parliament was controlled by a People's Action Party majority, led by Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong and members of the cabinet, which assumed power on May 7, 2011. The Opposition was led by the Secretary General of the Worker's Party of Singapore, Mr Low Thia Khiang. The Speaker of the Parliament of Singapore was Halimah Yacob, of the People's Action Party. She was elected as the 9th Speaker of the House for the 12th Parliament on January 14, 2013.

Result of the Singapore General Election, 2011

**Summary of the 7 May 2011 Parliament of Singapore election results**^[4]
Parties and alliances	Leader	Contested seats	Seats won	Popular vote	% of valid votes	+/-	% of valid votes in contested wards	+/-
People's Action Party	Lee Hsien Loong	87	81^†	1,212,154	60.14	6.46	60.14	6.46
Workers' Party	Low Thia Khiang	23	6	258,510	12.82	3.51	46.58	8.15
National Solidarity Party	Goh Meng Seng	24	0	242,682	12.04	0.95^*	39.25	6.37^*
Singapore Democratic Party	Chee Soon Juan	11	0	97,369	4.83	0.76	36.76	13.53
Reform Party	Kenneth Jeyaretnam	11	0	86,294	4.28	New party	31.78	New party
Singapore People's Party	Chiam See Tong	7	0	62,639	3.11	9.88^*	41.42	8.90^*
Singapore Democratic Alliance	Desmond Lim	7	0	55,988	2.78	10.21	30.06	2.46
Valid votes			87	2,015,636	97.83% of total votes cast
Invalid (e.g. blank or spoilt) votes				44,737	2.17% of total votes cast
Total votes cast				2,060,373	Voter turnout: 93.18% of eligible voters
Did not vote				150,729
Eligible voters (excluding walkover voters)				2,211,102
Walkover voters (all from Tanjong Pagar GRC)				139,771
Electorate				2,350,873
^† Includes uncontested victories. ^* Formerly a constituent party of Singapore Democratic Alliance. Swings reflected are from the SDA's 2006 vote share.

The Workers' Party and the Singapore People's Party, being the best performing opposition parties were awarded 2 and 1 Non-Constituency Member of Parliament Seat respectively in accordance with the Constitution. The NCMP Seats are currently held by Gerald Giam Yean Song and Yee Jenn Jong of the Workers' Party and Lina Chiam of Singapore People's Party.

Officeholders

Speakers

Michael Palmer (the People's Action Party MP for Punggol East SMC) was elected Speaker of the Parliament on October 10, 2011. He resigned on December 14, 2012, due to an extramarital affair. ^[1]
Charles Chong of the People's Action Party, MP of Joo Chiat SMC was designated as Acting Speaker of the Parliament on December 14, 2012, by Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong. He was succeeded by Halimah Yacob on January 14, 2013.
Halimah Yacob of the People's Action Party, MP of Jurong GRC was elected Speaker of Parliament on January 14, 2013.
Charles Chong and Seah Kian Peng of the People's Action Party are elected Deputy Speaker of the parliament on 17 October 2011.

Leaders

Prime Minister of Singapore: Lee Hsien Loong (People's Action Party)
Leader of the Opposition: Low Thia Khiang (Worker's Party)

House Leaders

Leader of the House: Dr Ng Eng Hen
Deputy Leader of the House: Heng Chee How^[5]

Whips

Government Whip: Gan Kim Yong
Deputy Government Whip: Dr. Teo Ho Pin and Dr. Amy Khor

Members

Main article: List of members of the 12th Parliament of Singapore

References

1 2 "Michael Palmer resigns as Speaker". TODAYonline. 12 December 2012. Retrieved 12 December 2012.
↑ http://www.parliament.gov.sg/sessions-parliament
↑ "Dissolution of Parliament on 25 August 2015 | Prime Minister‘s Office Singapore". www.pmo.gov.sg. Retrieved 2015-08-27.
↑ Singapore Parliamentary General Election 2011
↑ http://www.parliament.gov.sg/leader-house

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Members of the 12th Parliament of Singapore (2011–2015)

Speaker: Halimah Yacob

Group Representation Constituencies (GRCs)

Aljunied^WP	Chen, S M Lim, S L Low, T K Faisal Singh

Ang Mo Kio^PAP	Ang, H K Singh Intan Lee, H L Seng, H T Yeo, G K

Bishan-Toa Payoh^PAP	Nair Ng, E H Teo, L M Wong, K S Zainudin

Chua Chu Kang^PAP	Gan, K Y Low, Y L Yam, Z M Yeo, K H Zaqy

East Coast^PAP	Lee Y S Lim S K Lim, S S Maliki Tan, S N

Holland-Bukit Timah^PAP	de Souza Liang, E H Sim, Ann Vivian

Jurong^PAP	Ang, W N Halimah Lee, T S Ong, K H Tharman

Marine Parade^PAP	Fatimah Goh, C T Seah, K P Tan, C J Tin, P L

Moulmein-Kallang^PAP	Lui, T Y Lee, B Y Phua, L P Yaacob

Nee Soon^PAP	Lee, B W Lim, W K Faishal Shanmugam Tay, T G

Pasir Ris-Punggol^PAP	Gan, T P Puthucheary Low, Penny Teo, C H Teo, S L Zainal

Sembawang^PAP	Hawazi Khaw, B W Lee, G H Ong, T K Nair

Tampines^PAP	Baey, Y K Heng, S K Mah, B T Masagos Ng, P H

Tanjong Pagar^PAP	Chan, C S Chia, S L Indranee Neo, Lily

West Coast^PAP	Fong, Jen Foo, M H Iswaran Lim, H K Wong, S T

Single Member Constituencies (SMCs)

Bukit Panjang^PAP	Teo, H P

Hong Kah North^PAP	Khor, L S

Hougang^WP	Png, E H

Joo Chiat^PAP	Chong, Y F

Mountbatten^PAP	Lim, B C

Pioneer^PAP	Foo, C K

Potong Pasir^PAP	Sitoh, Y P

Punggol East^WP	Lee, L L

Radin Mas^PAP	Tan, C S

Sengkang West^PAP	Lam, P M

Whampoa^PAP	Heng, C H

Yuhua^PAP	Fu, H Y

Non-elected members

NCMP	Giam, Y S Loh, W L Yee, J J

NMPs	Dhinakaran Faizah Fang, K W Koh, Y M Lien, T C Liew, K E Tan, K B Tan, S S Teo, S S Chia, Y Y Chua, K S Karthikeyan Kuik, S Y Ismail Soh, S L Tan, C L Tan, G K Tan, T Y

The party affiliation of each member is indicated right after the constituency he or she represents. PAP: People's Action Party; SPP: Singapore People's Party; WP: The Workers' Party
For NCMPs, Gerald Giam and Yee Jenn Jong are from the WP, while Lina Loh is from the SPP. NMPs do not belong to any party. There were two terms of NMPs in this parliament, with nine NMPs in each term.

Other Current/Former MPs Nav Boxes: 13; 12; 11

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