PAP returned to power in 2006 Parliamentary Elections, Singapore
{{date|May 7, 2006}}
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The incumbent [[w:People's Action Party|People's Action Party]] (PAP) has retained its power in the [[w:Singapore|Singapore]] parliament after getting 66.6% of the valid votes. It maintained 82 of the available 84 seats after securing 45 of the 47 contested seats, together with 37 of the seats that it won on Nomination Day on 26th April through walkovers. The opposition parties [[w:Singapore Democratic Alliance|Singapore Democratic Alliance]] (SDA) and [[w:Workers' Party of Singapore|Workers' Party]] (WP) also retained one seat each.

Despite having more seats contested in this election compared to the [[w:Singapore general election, 2001|2001 General Elections]], the breakdown of seats remains unchanged from the previous election. However, the PAP only won a reduced majority, having only 66.6% of the valid votes compared to the 75% that it won in the previous election because of the spectre of terrorism and a poor economy then.

The PAP took all 7 contested [[w:Group Representation Constituencies|Group Representation Constituencies]] (GRC) in Ang Mo Kio, Aljunied, East Coast, Jalan Besar, Tampines, Pasir Ris-Punggol and Sembawang, making up 38 of the seats. It also took seven of nine of the single seats in Bukit Panjang, Chua Chu Kang, Joo Chiat, MacPherson, Nee Soon Central, Nee Soon East and Yio Chu Kang.

Among the opposition parties, the WP had the best showing, taking 16.34% of the valid votes, which is an improvement over the 2.7% that in received in the previous election. In the [[w:Hougang|Hougang]] ward, the incumbent [[w:Low Thia Khiang|Low Thia Khiang]] of the WP took 13,987 (62.74%) of the votes, defeating [[w:Eric Low Siak Meng|Eric Low Siak Meng]] of the PAP who only managed 8,306 (37.26%) of the votes while the remaining 277 votes were voided.  The opposition win in Hougang is a big disappointment for PAP, which had dangled a carrot of some S$100 million in housing upgrading grants. 

Despite losing all of its GRC contests, its best performance was in the controversial and hotly-contested Aljunied, where it took 43.9% of the votes against [[w:George Yeo|George Yeo]]'s PAP team who won 56.08% of the votes. Just a few days before, [[w:James Gomez|James Gomez]] of the WP was heavily criticised by the PAP for a non-submission of a certificate proving of his status as a minority. It then became a heavily debated issue in the campaigning until the PAP decided that it should move on to more important issues. Opposition position poster girl [[w:Sylvia Lim|Sylvia Lim]] of the WP Aljunied team seems to be the most likely to be appointed as a [[w:Non-Constituency Member of Parliament|Non-Constituency Member of Parliament]] (NCMP) as she got the highest non-winning number of votes.

[[w:Chiam See Tong|Chiam See Tong]] of the SDA beat PAP's [[w:Sitoh Yih Pin|Sitoh Yih Pin]] in the [[w:Potong Pasir|Potong Pasir]] ward with a margin of 8,242 (55.84%) over 6,518 (44.16%) votes. The remaining 186 of the votes were voided. This is an improvement over the previous election where he only won 52.4% of the votes. However, they did not manage to win any other seats. They received more than 30 percent votes for the seats that they did not win.

Contrary to the performance of the other opposition parties, the [[w:Singapore Democratic Party|Singapore Democratic Party]] (SDP) performed poorly in this election compared to the previous election. It lost all the 7 seats that it contested and only received 4.06% of the valid votes compared to 8.1% in 2001. SDP blamed the losses on the ban of political [[w:podcast|podcasts]]. SDP also alleged that the media waged a relentless campaign against it and that the lawsuit against it by the PAP prevented it from raising the issue involving the [[w:National Kidney Foundation Singapore scandal|National Kidney Foundation scandal]].

==Election Results==

===Seats by party===
{| {{prettytable}}
|-
! colspan = "2" | Party || Total seats <br> contested || Seats returned <br> unopposed || Seats won
|-
| PAP || [[Image:Pap logo.gif|40px]] || align = "center"| 84 || align = "center"|37 || align = "center"| 82
|-
| SDA || [[Image:Sda logo.gif|40px]] || align = "center"| 20 || align = "center"| 0 || align = "center"| 1
|-
| SDP || [[Image:Sdp logo.gif|40px]] || align = "center"| 7  || align = "center"| 0 || align = "center"| 0
|-
| WP  || [[Image:Wp logo.gif|40px]]  || align = "center"| 20 || align = "center"| 0 || align = "center"| 1
|}

===Votes by party===

{| {{prettytable}}
|-
! colspan = "2" | Party || Total votes || % of valid votes || +/- %
|-
| PAP || [[Image:Pap logo.gif|40px]] || align = "center"| 747,860 || align = "center"| 66.60 || -8.69
|-
| SDA || [[Image:Sda logo.gif|40px]] ||  align = "center"| 145,902 || align = "center"| 12.99 || +0.96
|-
| SDP || [[Image:Sdp logo.gif|40px]] ||  align = "center"| 45,634 || align = "center"| 4.06 || -4.04
|-
| WP  || [[Image:Wp logo.gif|40px]]  ||  align = "center"| 183,604 || align = "center"| 16.34 || +13.30
|}

===Full results===
{| {{prettytable}}
|-
! colspan ="8" | Results of [[w:Singapore general election, 2006|Singapore general election, 2006]] <sup class=noprint>[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/wiki.phtml?title=Template:Singapore_general_election,_2006&action=edit edit]</sup>
|-
!Division || Seats  || Voters || colspan = "2" | Party|| Candidate(s) || Votes || Votes %
|-
| colspan = "8" | '''Group Representation Constituency (GRC)'''
|-
|rowspan="2" | [[w:Aljunied Group Representation Constituency|Aljunied GRC]]
|rowspan="2" | 5 
|rowspan="2" | 145,099
| PAP || [[Image:Pap logo.gif|40px]] ||Cynthia Phua<br>George Yeo Yong-Boon<br>Lim Hwee Hua<br>Yeo Guat Kwang<br>Zainul Abidin Bin Mohamed Rasheed || 74,810 || 56.08 
|-
| WP || [[Image:Wp logo.gif|40px]] ||Goh Meng Seng<br>James Gomez<br>Lim Swee Lian Sylvia<br>Mohammed Rahizan Bin Yaacob<br>Tan Wui-Hua || 58,585 || 43.92
|-
|rowspan="2" | [[w:Ang Mo Kio Group Representation Constituency|Ang Mo Kio GRC]]
|rowspan="2" | 6 
|rowspan="2" | 159,838
| PAP || [[Image:Pap logo.gif|40px]] ||Inderjit Singh<br>Lam Pin Min<br>Lee Bee Wah<br>Lee Hsien Loong<br>Sadasivan Balaji<br>Wee Siew Kim || 96,591 || 66.13
|-
| WP || [[Image:Wp logo.gif|40px]] ||Abdul Salim Bin Harun<br>Gopal Krishnan<br>Han Su May<br>Lee Wai Leng<br>Tan Kian Hwee Melvin<br>Yaw Shin Leong || 49,468 || 33.87
|-
|[[w:Bishan-Toa Payoh Group Representation Constituency|Bishan-Toa Payoh GRC]]
|5  
|115,303
| PAP || [[Image:Pap logo.gif|40px]] ||Hri Kumar Sangaran<br>Ng Eng Hen<br>Wong Kan Seng<br>Yong Li Min Josephine Teo<br>Zainudin Bin Nordin || ''Walkover'' || ''Walkover''
|-
|rowspan="2" | [[w:East Coast Group Representation Constituency|East Coast GRC]]
|rowspan="2" | 5 
|rowspan="2" |116,611
| PAP || [[Image:Pap logo.gif|40px]] ||Abdullah Tarmugi<br>Shanmugam Jayakumar<br>Jessica Tan Soon Neo<br>Lee Yi Shyan<br>Raymond Lim Siang Keat || 66,890 || 63.85
|-
| WP || [[Image:Wp logo.gif|40px]] ||Abdul Rahim Abdul Rahman<br>Brandon Siow Wei-Min<br>Chia Ti Lik<br>Eric Tan Heng Chong<br>Perry Tong Tzee Kwang || 37,867 || 36.15
|-
| [[w:Holland-Bukit Timah Group Representation Constituency|Holland-Bukit Timah GRC]]
| 5 
| 118,092
|  PAP || [[Image:Pap logo.gif|40px]] ||De Souza Christopher J<br>Foo Yee Shoon<br>Liang Eng Hwa<br>Lim Swee Say<br>Vivian Balakrishnan || ''Walkover'' || ''Walkover''
|-
|[[w:Hong Kah Group Representation Constituency|Hong Kah GRC]]
|5 
|144,609
| PAP || [[Image:Pap logo.gif|40px]] ||Amy Khor Lean Suan<br>Ang Mong Seng<br>Yeo Cheow Tong<br>Yeo Khirn Hai Alvin<br>Zaqy B Mohamad || ''Walkover'' || ''Walkover''
|-
|rowspan="2" | [[w:Jalan Besar Group Representation Constituency|Jalan Besar GRC]]
|rowspan="2" | 5
|rowspan="2" | 92,963 
| PAP || [[Image:Pap logo.gif|40px]] ||Denise Phua Lay Peng<br>Heng Chee How<br>Lee Boon Yang<br>Lily Neo<br>Yaacob Ibrahim || 58,898 || 68.26
|-
| SDA || [[Image:Sda logo.gif|40px]] ||Cheo Chai Chen<br>Fong Chin Leong, Reno<br>Muhamad Ali Aman<br>Sebastian Teo Kway Hwang<br>Vincent Yeo Boon Keng || 26,146 || 30.74
|-
| [[w:Jurong Group Representation Constituency|Jurong GRC]]
| 5  
| 116,573
| PAP || [[Image:Pap logo.gif|40px]] ||Grace Fu Hai Yien<br>Halimah Bte Yacob<br>Lim Boon Heng<br>Ong Chit Chung<br>Tharman Shanmugaratnam  ||  ''Walkover'' || ''Walkover''
|-
|[[w:Marine Parade Group Representation Constituency|Marine Parade GRC]]
|6  
|155,106
| PAP || [[Image:Pap logo.gif|40px]] ||Fatimah Lateef<br>Goh Chok Tong<br>Lim Biow Chuan<br>Muhammad Faishal Ibrahim<br>Ong Seh Hong<br>Seah Kian Peng || ''Walkover'' || ''Walkover'' 
|-
|rowspan="2" | [[w:Pasir Ris-Punggol Group Representation Constituency|Pasir Ris-Punggol GRC]]
|rowspan="2" | 6  
|rowspan="2" | 178,393
| PAP || [[Image:Pap logo.gif|40px]] ||Ahmad Bin Mohd Magad<br>Charles Chong You Fook<br>Michael Anthony Palmer<br>Penny Low<br>Teo Chee Hean<br>Teo Ser Luck || 113,271 || 68.70
|-
| SDA || [[Image:Sda logo.gif|40px]] ||Ishak Bin Haroun<br>Lim Bak Chuan, Desmond<br>Lineker Lee Hock Huat<br>Mohd Hamim Bin Aliyas<br>Ong Beng Soon, Elvin<br>Yen Kim Khooi || 51,610 || 31.30
|-
|rowspan="2" | [[w:Sembawang Group Representation Constituency|Sembawang GRC]]
|rowspan="2" | 6  
|rowspan="2" | 184,752
| PAP || [[Image:Pap logo.gif|40px]] ||Ellen Lee Geck Hoon<br>Hawazi Daipi<br>K Shanmugam<br>Khaw Boon Wan<br>Lim Wee Kiak<br>Mohd Maliki Osman || 130,142 || 76.70
|-
| SDP || [[Image:Sdp logo.gif|40px]] ||Chee Siok Chin<br>Christopher Neo Ting Wei<br>Francis Yong Chu Leong<br>Gerald Sng Choon Guan<br>Mohd Isa Abdul Aziz<br>Narayanasamy Gogelavany || 39,534 || 23.30
|-
|rowspan="2" | [[w:Tampines Group Representation Constituency|Tampines GRC]]
|rowspan="2" | 5 
|rowspan="2" | 126,078
| PAP || [[Image:Pap logo.gif|40px]] ||Mah Bow Tan<br>Masagos Zulkifli Bin Masagos Mohamad<br>Ng Phek Hoong, Irene<br>Ong Kian Min<br>Sin Boon Ann || 80,356 || 68.51
|-
| SDA || [[Image:Sda logo.gif|40px]] ||Abdul Rahman Mohamad<br>Lim Tung Hee, Arthero<br>Ng Say Eng<br>Ong Hock Siong<br>Tan Lead Shake || 36,942 || 31.49
|-
|[[w:Tanjong Pagar Group Representation Constituency|Tanjong Pagar GRC]]
|6  
|148,095
| PAP || [[Image:Pap logo.gif|40px]] ||Baey Yam Keng<br>Indranee Thurai Rajah<br>Koo Tsai Kee<br>Lee Kuan Yew<br>Lui Tuck Yew<br>Tan Chin Siong || ''Walkover'' || ''Walkover''
|-
|[[w:West Coast Group Representation Constituency|West Coast GRC]]
|5  
|137,685
| PAP || [[Image:Pap logo.gif|40px]]  ||Fong Jen Arthur<br>Foo Chee Keng Cederic<br>Ho Geok Choo Madeleine<br>Iswaran S<br>Lim Hng Kiang || ''Walkover'' || ''Walkover''
|-
| colspan = "8" | '''Single Member Constituency (SMC)'''
|-
|rowspan="2" | [[w:Bukit Panjang Single Member Constituency|Bukit Panjang SMC]]
|rowspan="2" | 1
|rowspan="2" | 30,448
|  PAP || [[Image:Pap logo.gif|40px]] || Teo Ho Pin || 21,647 || 77.18
|-
| SDP || [[Image:Sdp logo.gif|40px]] || Ling How Doong || 6,400 || 22.82
|-
|rowspan="2" | [[w:Chua Chu Kang Single Member Constituency|Chua Chu Kang SMC]]
|rowspan="2" | 1
|rowspan="2" | 24,959
| PAP || [[Image:Pap logo.gif|40px]] || Gan Kim Yong || 14,151 || 60.37
|-
| SDA || [[Image:Sda logo.gif|40px]] || Steve Chia Kiah Hong || 9,290 || 39.63
|-
|rowspan="2" | [[w:Hougang Single Member Constituency|Hougang SMC]]
|rowspan="2" | 1
|rowspan="2" | 23,741
| PAP || [[Image:Pap logo.gif|40px]]  || Eric Low Siak Meng || 8,306 || 37.26
|-
| WP || [[Image:Wp logo.gif|40px]] || Low Thia Khiang || 13,987 || 62.74
|-
|rowspan="2" | [[w:Joo Chiat Single Member Constituency|Joo Chiat SMC]]
|rowspan="2" | 1
|rowspan="2" | 21,828
|| PAP || [[Image:Pap logo.gif|40px]] || Chan Soo Sen || 12,222 || 65.01
|-
| WP || [[Image:Wp logo.gif|40px]] || Tan Bing Seng || 6,577 || 34.99
|-
|rowspan="2" | [[w:MacPherson Single Member Constituency|MacPherson SMC]]
|rowspan="2" | 1
|rowspan="2" | 21,026
| PAP || [[Image:Pap logo.gif|40px]] || Matthias Yao || 13,182 || 68.28
|-
| SDA || [[Image:Sda logo.gif|40px]] || Sin Kek Tong || 6,067 || 31.52
|-
|rowspan="2" | [[w:Nee Soon Central Single Member Constituency|Nee Soon Central SMC]]
|rowspan="2" | 1 
|rowspan="2" | 23,135
| PAP || [[Image:Pap logo.gif|40px]] || Ong Ah Heng || 14,210 || 65.37
|-
| WP || [[Image:Wp logo.gif|40px]] || Lian Chin Way || 7,587 || 34.63
|-
|rowspan="2" | [[w:Nee Soon East Single Member Constituency|Nee Soon East SMC]] 
|rowspan="2" | 1
|rowspan="2" | 32,569
| PAP || [[Image:Pap logo.gif|40px]] || Ho Peng Kee || 20,945 || 68.72
|-
| WP || [[Image:Wp logo.gif|40px]] || Poh Lee Guan || 9,533 || 31.28
|-
|rowspan="2" | [[w:Potong Pasir Single Member Constituency|Potong Pasir SMC]]
|rowspan="2" | 1
|rowspan="2" | 15,864
| PAP || [[Image:Pap logo.gif|40px]] || Sitoh Yih Pin || 6,518 || 44.16
|-
| SDA || [[Image:Sda logo.gif|40px]] || Chiam See Tong || 8,542 || 55.84
|-
|rowspan="2" | [[w:Yio Chu Kang Single Member Constituency|Yio Chu Kang SMC]]
|rowspan="2" | 1
|rowspan="2" | 25,073
|  PAP || [[Image:Pap logo.gif|40px]] || Seng Han Thong || 15,721 || 68.27
|-
| SDA || [[Image:Sda logo.gif|40px]] || Yip Yew Weng || 7,305 || 31.73
|}

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The incumbent People's Action Party (PAP) has retained its power in the Singapore parliament after getting 66.6% of the valid votes. It maintained 82 of the available 84 seats after securing 45 of the 47 contested seats, together with 37 of the seats that it won on Nomination Day on 26th April through walkovers. The opposition parties Singapore Democratic Alliance (SDA) and Workers' Party (WP) also retained one seat each.

Despite having more seats contested in this election compared to the 2001 General Elections, the breakdown of seats remains unchanged from the previous election. However, the PAP only won a reduced majority, having only 66.6% of the valid votes compared to the 75% that it won in the previous election because of the spectre of terrorism and a poor economy then.

The PAP took all 7 contested Group Representation Constituencies (GRC) in Ang Mo Kio, Aljunied, East Coast, Jalan Besar, Tampines, Pasir Ris-Punggol and Sembawang, making up 38 of the seats. It also took seven of nine of the single seats in Bukit Panjang, Chua Chu Kang, Joo Chiat, MacPherson, Nee Soon Central, Nee Soon East and Yio Chu Kang.

Among the opposition parties, the WP had the best showing, taking 16.34% of the valid votes, which is an improvement over the 2.7% that in received in the previous election. In the Hougang ward, the incumbent Low Thia Khiang of the WP took 13,987 (62.74%) of the votes, defeating Eric Low Siak Meng of the PAP who only managed 8,306 (37.26%) of the votes while the remaining 277 votes were voided.  The opposition win in Hougang is a big disappointment for PAP, which had dangled a carrot of some S$100 million in housing upgrading grants. 

Despite losing all of its GRC contests, its best performance was in the controversial and hotly-contested Aljunied, where it took 43.9% of the votes against George Yeo's PAP team who won 56.08% of the votes. Just a few days before, James Gomez of the WP was heavily criticised by the PAP for a non-submission of a certificate proving of his status as a minority. It then became a heavily debated issue in the campaigning until the PAP decided that it should move on to more important issues. Opposition position poster girl Sylvia Lim of the WP Aljunied team seems to be the most likely to be appointed as a Non-Constituency Member of Parliament (NCMP) as she got the highest non-winning number of votes.

Chiam See Tong of the SDA beat PAP's Sitoh Yih Pin in the Potong Pasir ward with a margin of 8,242 (55.84%) over 6,518 (44.16%) votes. The remaining 186 of the votes were voided. This is an improvement over the previous election where he only won 52.4% of the votes. However, they did not manage to win any other seats. They received more than 30 percent votes for the seats that they did not win.

Contrary to the performance of the other opposition parties, the Singapore Democratic Party (SDP) performed poorly in this election compared to the previous election. It lost all the 7 seats that it contested and only received 4.06% of the valid votes compared to 8.1% in 2001. SDP blamed the losses on the ban of political podcasts. SDP also alleged that the media waged a relentless campaign against it and that the lawsuit against it by the PAP prevented it from raising the issue involving the National Kidney Foundation scandal.


 Party 

 Total votes 

 % of valid votes 

 +/- %

 PAP 

 40px 

 747,860 

 66.60 

 -8.69

 SDA 

 40px 

 145,902 

 12.99 

 +0.96

 SDP 

 40px 

 45,634 

 4.06 

 -4.04

 WP  

 40px  

 183,604 

 16.34 

 +13.30
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