Singapore By Election 2016

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Singapore by election 2016. A by election held on may 7 2016 was won by pap s murali pillai over singapore democratic party s chee soon juan. The previous parliament was dissolved on 25 august 2015 by president tony tan on the advice of prime minister lee hsien loong and candidates were nominated on 1 september that year. There are 2 types of electoral divisions or constituencies in singapore.

The number of constituencies or electoral divisions is not permanently fixed. The singapore parliament has a term of 5 years but may be dissolved at any time before the expiry of its 5 year term by the president on the advice of the prime minister. The official website of the elections department singapore.

On 27 april two candidates were nominated murali pillai of the people s action party and chee soon juan of the singapore democratic party. Links to political party websites. This followed the sudden resignation of incumbent member of parliament david ong kim huat on 12 march 2016.

Announcements note to overseas voters please apply for a local contact address lca from ica before restoring your name to the registers of electors. The communities are the chinese community the malay community and the indian or other minority communities. Little has been heard about david ong since his resignation.

Election expenses of singapore ge2020 candidates open for inspection from aug 21 aug 20 2020 6 14 pm charles yeo becomes reform party chairman party to conduct ge2020 post mortem. The 2015 singaporean general election was held on 11 september to form singapore s parliament. The election was the first since singapore s independence which saw all seats contested.

Singapore elections is a comprehensive archive of singapore election results. On 20 april president tony tan keng yam issued the writs of election. A by election for the bukit batok single member constituency in singapore was concluded on polling day of 7 may 2016 with murali pillai as the winning candidate.