Pre–election day events of the Singaporean general election, 2011

Nomination

New candidates

Singapore Democratic Party

• Dr Ang Yong Guan, 56-year-old Consultant Psychiatrist at Paragon Medical, President of the Singapore Psychiatric Association from 1997 to 1998 and Chairman of the Chapter of Psychiatrists, Academy of Medicine from 2001 to 2003.
• Alec Tok, 46-year-old Artistic Director at One Kind Theatre LLC.
• Mohd Isa Abdul Aziz, 53-year-old Business Development Manager for an Australian Oil and Gas company and a member of the Central Executive Committee of the Singapore Democratic Party.
• Sadasivam Veriyah, 58-year-old ex-teacher and a unionist, former member of the People's Action Party.
• Tan Jee Say, 57-year-old investment adviser and former Principal Private Secretary to then-DPM Goh Chok Tong.
• Dr. Vincent Wijeysingha, 41-year-old Executive Director of Transient Workers Count Too (TWC2), a non-government organization advocating the rights of low-waged migrant workers.

People's Action Party

• Alex Yam, 30-year-old NTUC activist
• Ang Hin Kee, 46-year-old chief executive of NTUC e2i.
• Ang Wei Neng, 44-year-old vice-president of SBS Transit West District.
• Chan Chun Sing, 42-year-old former SAF Chief of Army
• Chia Shi-Lu, 40-year-old orthopedic surgeon at Singapore General Hospital
• David Ong, 50-year-old businessman
• Desmond Choo, 33-year-old deputy director of NTUC's youth development unit and the executive secretary of the Union of Security Employees.
• Desmond Lee, 35-year-old legal and regulations department of Temasek Holdings.
• Edwin Tong, 42-year-old lawyer
• Foo Mee Har, 45-year-old Standard Chartered Bank banker
• Gan Thiam Poh, 48-year-old DBS banker
• Heng Swee Keat, 50-year-old former managing director of Monetary Authority of Singapore.
• Intan Azura Mokhtar, 35-year-old NIE trainer
• Janil Puthucheary, 39-year-old surgeon from KK Women's and Children's Hospital
• Lawrence Wong, 39-year-old from Energy Market Authority and former civil servant
• Low Yen Ling, 37-year-old former EDB director
• Ong Teng Koon, 34-year-old commodities trader
• Ong Ye Kung, 42-year-old assistant secretary-general from NTUC.
• Patrick Tay, 40-year-old trade unionist.
• Sim Ann, 36-year-old high-flying civil servant
• Tan Chuan-Jin, 42-year-old former SAF.
• Tin Pei Ling, 27-year-old in Ernst & Young.
• Vikram Nair, 33-year-old lawyer
• Zainal Sapari, 46-year-old educator, former Pasir Ris area schools' superintendent

Retiring politicians

All politicians who were retiring or stepping down from their seats were from the PAP.

• Abdullah Tarmugi, Speaker of the Parliament, MP for East Coast GRC.^[1]
• Ahmad Magad, MP for Pasir Ris-Punggol GRC.^[1]
• Ang Mong Seng, MP for Hong Kah GRC.^[1]
• Chan Soo Sen, MP for Joo Chiat SMC.^[2]
• Ho Peng Kee, MP for Nee Soon East SMC while requesting for the merger into Nee Soon GRC. He also retired from Senior Minister of State for Law and Home Affairs.^[3]
• Koo Tsai Kee, MP for Tanjong Pagar GRC. He has also been stepped down from the Senior Minister of State for Defence together. His constituency is merged into Tanjong Pagar-Tiong Bahru.^[4]
• Lee Boon Yang, MP for Jalan Besar GRC.^[5]
• Lim Boon Heng, MP for Jurong GRC. He is fairly the last to retire.^[5]
• Madeleine Ho, MP for West Coast GRC, thus making way for the new professional minister Lawrence Wong.^[6]
• Matthias Yao, MP for MacPherson SMC.^[6]
• Ong Ah Heng, MP for Nee Soon Central SMC.^[7]
• Ong Kian Min, MP for Tampines GRC.^[7]
• Ong Seh Hong, MP for Marine Parade GRC, thus the constituencies were reorganised and the new professional minister Tan Chuan-Jin.^[7]
• S Jayakumar, MP for East Coast GRC. He earlier exercised retirement from politics and requested in 2009, only in 2011 it was confirmed.^[8]
• Sin Boon Ann, MP for Tampines GRC, making way for the new professional minister Heng Swee Keat.^[8]
• Wee Siew Kim, MP for Ang Mo Kio GRC.^[9]
• Yeo Cheow Tong, MP for Hong Kah GRC without a minister after the previous election, earlier he decided to retire but it is already too crowded.^[10]
• Yu-Foo Yee Shoon, MP for Holland-Bukit Timah GRC.^[10]

Staking claims

Soon after the announcement of the new electoral boundaries, various opposition parties indicated their intent to contest, subject to negotiations between political parties to avoid three-cornered fights. The parties declaring an interest to contest each constituency and their nomination status is reflected below.

Nominations by various opposition parties as on nomination day on 27 April 2011. Banded shading indicates constituencies with three-party contests. There was no contest in Tanjong Pagar after the opposition team intending to submit a nomination were disqualified.

Group Representation Constituencies

Announced candidates of Singapore general election, 2011
Division	Seats	Voters	Political Party	Candidate(s)	Nomination status	Notes
Aljunied GRC	5	143,148	People's Action Party	George Yeo Lim Hwee Hua Zainul Abidin bin Mohamed Rasheed Cynthia Phua Ong Ye Kung	Nominated	Ong Ye Kung was a new candidate, while the rest were incumbents.
			Workers' Party	Low Thia Khiang Lim Swee Lian Sylvia Chen Show Mao Pritam Singh Muhamad Faisal Manap	Nominated	Chen Show Mao, Pritam Singh and Muhamad Faisal Bin Abdul Manap were new candidates. Sylvia Lim contested in Aljunied in 2006, while Low Thia Khiang was an incumbent in Hougang.
Ang Mo Kio GRC	6	179,071	People's Action Party	Lee Hsien Loong Yeo Guat Kwang Inderjit Singh Seng Han Thong Ang Hin Kee Intan Azura Mokhtar	Nominated
			Reform Party	Alex Tan Zhixiang Arthero Lim Tung Hee Vignes Ramachandran Lim Zi Rui Mansor Rahman Osman Sulaiman	Nominated
			Singapore Democratic Party	NA	Expressed interest, but withdrew	In favor of RP
			Singapore People's Party	Alex Tan Zhixiang Others unannounced	Withdrew interest[11]	In favor of RP. Alex Tan, later "loaned" to the RP, had wanted the SPP to contest the GRC.
Bishan-Toa Payoh GRC	5	122,492	People's Action Party	Wong Kan Seng, Ng Eng Hen, Josephine Teo Li Min, Hri Kumar, Zainudin Nordin	Nominated
			Singapore People's Party	Chiam See Tong Benjamin Pwee Wilfred Leung Jimmy Lee Mohamad Hamim Aliyas	Nominated
			Reform Party	NA	Withdrew interest[12]	In favour of SPP
			Singapore Democratic Alliance	NA	Withdrawn[13]	In favour of SPP
			Singapore Democratic Party	NA	Expressed interest,[13] but has withdrawn	In favor of SPP
			Socialist Front	NA	Withdrew from elections
Chua Chu Kang GRC	5	158,648	National Solidarity Party	Teo Kway Huang Sebastian Tan Lay Thiam Tony Poa Koon Koon Hazel Nor Lella Mardiiiah Mohamed Jeisilan Sivalingam	Nominated
			People's Action Party	Gan Kim Yong Alvin Yeo Zaqy Mohamad Alex Yam Low Yen Ling	Nominated
			Reform Party	NA	Withdrew interest[12]	In favour of NSP
East Coast GRC	5	120,324	People's Action Party	Lim Swee Say Maliki Osman Lee Yi Shyan Jessica Tan Raymond Lim	Nominated
			Workers' Party	Eric Tan Heng Chong Png Eng Huat Glenda Han Gerald Giam Mohamed Fazli Bin Talip	Nominated
Holland-Bukit Timah GRC	4	91,607	People's Action Party	Vivian Balakrishnan Christopher de Souza Liang Eng Hwa Sim Ann	Nominated
			Singapore Democratic Party	Tan Jee Say Ang Yong Guan Vincent Wijeysingha Michelle Lee	Nominated
Jurong GRC	5	125,276	National Solidarity Party	Neo Ting Wei Christopher Abdul Rasheed Ong Beng Soon Elvin Ong Hock Siong Noraini Yunus	Nominated
			People's Action Party	Tharman Shanmugaratnam Halimah Bte Yacob Ang Wei Neng Desmond Lee David Ong	Nominated
			Reform Party	NA	Withdrew interest[12]	In favour of NSP
Marine Parade GRC	5	154,451	National Solidarity Party	Cheo Chai Chen Ivan Yeo Tiong Boon Abdul Salim Harun Spencer Ng Chung Hon Nicole Rebecca Seah Xue Ling	Nominated
			People's Action Party	Goh Chok Tong Tan Chuan Jin Fatimah Lateef Seah Kian Peng Tin Pei Ling[14]	Nominated
			Democratic Progressive Party	NA	Withdrew from elections	Did not appear on nomination day and probably in favor of NSP
Moulmein-Kallang GRC	4	87,595	People's Action Party	Lui Tuck Yew Yaacob Ibrahim Denise Phua Lay Peng Edwin Tong	Nominated
			Workers' Party	Mohd Rahizan Toh Hong Boon L Somasundram Freida Chan	Nominated
			National Solidarity Party	NA	Withdrew interest[15]	In favour of WP
Nee Soon GRC	5	148,290	People's Action Party	K Shanmugam Muhammad Faishal Ibrahim Lee Bee Wah Lim Wee Kiak Patrick Tay Teck Guan[16]	Nominated
			Workers' Party	John Yam Angela Oon Sajeev Watson Chong Poh Lee Guan	Nominated
Pasir Ris-Punggol GRC	6	168,971	People's Action Party	Teo Chee Hean Teo Ser Luck Penny Low Janil Puthucheary Gan Thiam Poh Zainal Bin Sapari	Nominated
			Singapore Democratic Alliance	Harminder Pal Singh Sidney Soon Jeffrey Lim Noraine Anabi Tony Tan Mohammad Shafni Ahmad	Nominated
			Workers' Party	NA	Expressed interest,[17] but has withdrawn	In favor of SDA
Sembawang GRC	5	142,459	People's Action Party	Khaw Boon Wan Ellen Lee Hawazi Daipi Ong Teng Koon Vikram Nair	Nominated
			Singapore Democratic Party	James Gomez John Tan Jarrod Luo Jie Mohd Isa Abdul Aziz Sadasivam Veriyah	Nominated
Tampines GRC	5	137,532	National Solidarity Party	Goh Meng Seng Reno Fong Chin Leong Syafarin Sarif Raymond Lim Peng Ann Gilbert Goh	Nominated
			People's Action Party	Mah Bow Tan Ng Phek Hoong Irene Masagos Zulkifli Bin Masagos Mohamad Baey Yam Keng Heng Swee Keat	Nominated	Baey Yam Keng replaced Steve Tan Peng Hoe on nomination day when the latter pulled out for "personal reasons".[18]
Tanjong Pagar GRC	5	139,771	People's Action Party	Lee Kuan Yew Lily Neo Chia Shi-Lu Indranee Thurai Rajah Chan Chun Sing	Uncontested Walkover	Chia Shi-Lu replaced Baey Yam Keng on nomination day.[18]
			Democratic Progressive Party	NA	Expressed interest[19]	Withdrew from elections (Did not appear on nomination day)
			Independents	Ng Teck Siong Lim Mie Ng Pian Ying Abdullah Salam Nazem Suki	Disqualified by the Elections Department	Submitted nomination forms 35 seconds late[20]
West Coast GRC	5	121,045	People's Action Party	Lim Hng Kiang Fong Jen Arthur S Iswaran Foo Mee Har Lawrence Wong Shyun Tsai	Nominated
			Reform Party	Kenneth Jeyaretnam Frankie Low Andy Zhu Kumar Appavoo Ho Soak Harn	Nominated

Single Member Constituencies

Announced candidates of Singapore general election, 2011
Division	Seats	Voters	Political Party	Candidate(s)	Nomination status	Notes
Bukit Panjang SMC	1	33,053	People's Action Party	Teo Ho Pin	Nominated	Incumbent
			Singapore Democratic Party	Alec Tok	Nominated
Hong Kah North SMC	1	27,701	People's Action Party	Amy Khor Lean Suan	Nominated	Incumbent for Hong Kah North ward which was part of Hong Kah GRC
			Reform Party	NA	Withdrew interest[21]	In favour of SPP
			Singapore People's Party	Sin Kek Tong	Nominated
Hougang SMC	1	24,560	People's Action Party	Desmond Choo Pey Ching	Nominated	New candidate
			Workers' Party	Yaw Shin Leong	Nominated	Contested in Ang Mo Kio in 2006. Replaced incumbent Low Thia Khiang, who contested in Aljunied
Joo Chiat SMC	1	22,069	Independent	Andrew Kuan[22]	Withdrew interest[23]	In favour of WP
			People's Action Party	Chong You Fook Charles[24]	Nominated	From Pasir Ris-Punggol GRC; incumbent Chan Soo Sen retired.
			Workers' Party	Yee Jen Jong	Nominated
Mountbatten SMC	1	23,731	National Solidarity Party	Jeannette Chong-Aruldoss	Nominated
			People's Action Party	Lim Biow Chuan	Nominated
			Singapore Democratic Alliance	NA	Withdrew interest[25]	In favor of NSP
			Socialist Front	NA	Withdrew from elections
			Independent	Kannappan Chettiar	Withdrew from elections[26]	In favour of NSP
			Independent	Boon Suan Ban	Withdrew from elections	Did not submit political donation form on time[26]
			Independent	Zeng Guo Yuan	Withdrew from elections	Tore up nomination papers on nomination day[26]
Pioneer SMC	1	25,745	National Solidarity Party	Steve Chia Kiah Hong	Nominated[27]
			People's Action Party	Cedric Foo	Nominated	Incumbent for Pioneer ward which was part of West Coast GRC
			Reform Party	NA	Withdrew interest[12]	In favour of NSP
Potong Pasir SMC	1	17,327	Singapore People's Party	Lina Chiam	Nominated	Incumbent Chiam See Tong's wife, the former contesting in Bishan-Toa Payoh GRC
			People's Action Party	Sitoh Yih Pin	Nominated
Punggol East SMC	1	33,281	People's Action Party	Michael Palmer	Nominated	Incumbent for Punggol East ward which was part of Pasir Ris-Punggol GRC
			Singapore Democratic Alliance	Desmond Lim	Nominated
			Workers' Party	Lee Li Lian	Nominated
Radin Mas SMC	1	31,014	National Solidarity Party	Yip Yew Weng	Nominated
			People's Action Party	Sam Tan Chin Siong	Nominated	Incumbent for Radin Mas ward which was part of Tanjong Pagar GRC
			Reform Party	NA	Withdrew interest[12]	In favour of NSP/SDA
			Singapore Democratic Alliance	Mohd Nazem Suki[28]	Announced candidate withdrawn[29]	In favour of NSP
			Socialist Front	NA	Withdrew from elections
Sengkang West SMC	1	26,882	People's Action Party	Lam Pin Min	Nominated	Incumbent for Sengkang West ward which was part of Ang Mo Kio GRC
			People's Liberal Democratic Party	Ooi Boon Ewe	Withdrew from elections	Unable to get his assentors on the nomination day
			Singapore Democratic Alliance	Ismail Yaacob	Announced candidate withdrawn[29]	In favour of WP
			Workers' Party	Koh Choong Yong	Nominated
Whampoa SMC	1	21,631	National Solidarity Party	Ken Sun	Nominated
			People's Action Party	Heng Chee How	Nominated	Incumbent for Whampoa ward which was part of Jalan Besar GRC
			Singapore Democratic Party	NA	Withdrew interest[30]	In favour of NSP
			Workers' Party	NA	Withdrew interest[31]	In favour of NSP
Yuhua SMC	1	23,199	National Solidarity Party	NA	Withdrew interest[15]	In favour of SDP
			People's Action Party	Grace Fu	Nominated	Incumbent for Yuhua ward which was part of Jurong GRC
			Reform Party	NA	Withdrew interest[21]	In favour of SDP
			Singapore Democratic Party	Teo Soh Lung	Nominated

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