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Political parties in Singapore lists political parties in Singapore. Singapore, led by the People's Action Party, it is a dominant party state. Opposition parties are generally considered to have no real chance of gaining power. There are presently about 23 registered political parties.

Contents 1 Political parties 1.1 Major parties that contested in elections 1.2 Minor parties that contested in elections 1.3 Never contested 1.4 Compare: election results 2 Defunct parties 3 See also 4 References 5 External links

[edit] Political parties

[edit] Major parties that contested in elections

• National Solidarity Party
• People's Action Party - Ruling party
• Singapore Democratic Alliance
  • Pertubuhan Kebangsaan Melayu Singapura (Singapore Malay National Organisation)
  • Singapore People's Party
• Singapore Democratic Party
• Workers' Party of Singapore
• Democratic Progressive Party

[edit] Minor parties that contested in elections

• Democratic Progressive Party
• Parti Kesatuan Ra'ayat (United Democratic Party)
• United National Front
• United People's Front

[edit] Never contested

• Alliance Party Singapore
• Katong United Residents' Association
• National Party of Singapore
• People's Republican Party
• Persatuan Melayu Singapura (Singapore Malay Society)
• Reform Party - New political party in 2008^[1]
• Singapore Indian Congress
• Singapore National Front
• National Socialists of Singapore

[edit] Compare: election results

e • d Summary of the 6 May 2006 Parliament of Singapore election results

Parties and alliances	Leader	Contested seats	Seats won	Popular vote	%	+/-
People's Action Party	Lee Hsien Loong	84	82†	747,860	66.60	-8.69
Workers' Party	Low Thia Khiang	20	1	183,604	16.34	+13.30
Singapore Democratic Alliance National Solidarity Party Pertubuhan Kebangsaan Melayu Singapura Singapore Justice Party Singapore People's Party	Chiam See Tong	20	1	145,902	12.99	+0.96
Singapore Democratic Party	Chee Soon Juan	7	0	45,634	4.07	-4.04
Total			84	1,123,000	100.0
Spoilt votes				26,727	-
Did not vote				97,000	-
Total voting electorate				1,222,884	-
†includes uncontested victories

[edit] Defunct parties

• Angkatan Islam Singapura (formally known as the Pan-Malayan Islamic Party)
• Barisan Sosialis (merged with the Workers' Party of Singapore in 1988)
• Democratic Party (merged with the Progressive Party to form the Liberal Socialist Party in 1950s)
• Labour Front (merged with Liberal Socialist Party to form Singapore People's Alliance in 1959)
• Labour Party (dissolved in 1955)
• Liberal Socialist Party (dissolved in 1959)
• Malayan Chinese Association (still exists in Malaysia as the Malaysian Chinese Association)
• Malayan Democratic Union (dissolved in 1948)
• Malayan Indian Congress (still exists in Malaysia as the Malaysian Indian Congress)
• Progressive Party (merged with the Democratic Party to form the Liberal Socialist Party)
• Parti Pakyat (still exists in Malaysia as Parti Keadilan Rakyat)
• People's Front, The
• Singapore Alliance
• Singapore Chinese Party
• Singapore Justice Party (merged with the Singapore People's Party in 2001)
• Singapore People's Alliance (dissolved in 1965)
• Singapore Malay Union
• Singapore Socialist Party (merged to form Labour Front)
• Singapore United Front (formally known as the United Front, merged with the Workers' Party of Singapore in 1988)
• United People's Party (dissolved in 1968)

[edit] See also

• Index of political parties to browse parties by name
• List of political parties to browse parties by country
• List of political parties by ideology to browse parties by name
• Membership of internationals to browse parties by membership of internationals
• Non-Constituency Member of Parliament
• Group Representation Constituency

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• Political parties in Singapore

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