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Republic of Singapore · Majulah Singapura · 2,758,846 electors

Ninety-seven seats,
thirty-three constituencies.

Singapore elects its Parliament in constituencies drawn around its public-housing towns: fifteen single seats, and eighteen group constituencies where a team of four or five, at least one from a minority community, is elected on a single vote. On 3 May 2025 the People's Action Party won 87 seats with 65.57% of the vote; the Workers' Party held 10.

The 15th Parliament · first sat 5 September 2025

107 members,
96 of them elected.

97 MPs were returned in May 2025. Two Workers' Party candidates who lost narrowly sit as Non-Constituency MPs, and the President appointed 9 Nominated MPs, who belong to no party. NCMPs have voted like elected MPs since 2016; NMPs may not vote on constitutional amendments, money bills, no-confidence motions or removing a President.

  • 86People's Action PartyGovernment · 87 elected in 2025
  • 12Workers' Party10 elected · 2 NCMPs (Eileen Chong Pei Shan, Low Wu Yang Andre)
  • 9Nominated MPsAppointed for two and a half years
  • 1VacantSince 20 July 2026 · no by-election
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49 of 97 elected seats for a majority
  • PAP 86
  • WP 10
  • NCMP 2
  • NMP 9
  • Vacant 1

Muhammad Faishal Ibrahim (PAP, Marine Parade–Braddell Heights GRC) resigned on 20 July 2026. A GRC vacancy does not by itself force a by-election; the team's four remaining MPs cover his ward.

Who holds office · 6 November 2026

The Istana,
and the House.

  • President Tharman Shanmugaratnam Since 14 September 2023 Elected on 1 September 2023; term ends 13 September 2029.
  • Prime Minister Lawrence Wong MP for Marsiling–Yew Tee GRC Since 15 May 2024 Also Minister for Finance; Secretary-General of the PAP.
  • Deputy Prime Minister Gan Kim Yong MP for Punggol GRC Minister for Energy, Trade and Industry (Trade)
  • Speaker of Parliament Seah Kian Peng MP for Marine Parade–Braddell Heights GRC Since 2 August 2023 Re-elected when the 15th Parliament opened on 5 September 2025.
  • Leader of the House Indranee Rajah MP for Pasir Ris–Changi GRC Arranges government business in the House; deputy Zaqy Mohamad.
  • Leader of the Opposition Vacant Since 15 January 2026 Vacant since 15 January 2026. Pritam Singh (Workers' Party) held the post from 2020, when it was first formally designated; Parliament found him unsuitable after his conviction (motion of 14 January 2026), the Prime Minister ended the designation, and the Workers' Party declined to nominate a successor.

Photos: Tharman Shanmugaratnam — Mohd Fyrol Anwar Aziz Marican, Lim Sin Thai, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Gan Kim Yong — Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office, CC BY 4.0 · Seah Kian Peng — Robertsky, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Indranee Rajah — Smuconlaw ., CC BY-SA 4.0 . Others public domain. Via Wikimedia Commons.

How each is chosen →

General Election 2025 · 3 May 2025 · turnout 92.83%

65.6% of the votes,
89.7% of the seats.

Party Votes · seats Seats
PAP 65.6% 89.7% 87
WP 15.0% 10.3% 10
PSP 4.9% 0.0% 0
RDU 4.0% 0.0% 0
SDP 3.7% 0.0% 0
PAR 2.5% 0.0% 0
SDA 1.2% 0.0% 0
SPP 1.2% 0.0% 0

Upper bar: share of the 2,395,665 valid votes nationally · lower bar: share of the 97 seats. 4 more parties and independents: 2.0% together, no seats.

Winner takes the constituency. Each SMC goes to whoever tops the poll and each GRC to the whole winning team, so a national lead becomes a larger lead in seats. The Workers' Party contested 8 constituencies and won 50.1% of the votes there, taking Aljunied, Sengkang and Hougang.

One walkover. No one stood against the PAP team in Marine Parade–Braddell Heights GRC on Nomination Day, 23 April 2025: its 131,820 electors did not vote, and its 5 seats were won unopposed. National shares count only contested constituencies.

NCMP top-up. The Constitution guarantees at least twelve opposition members: with 10 elected, the two best losing opposition candidates were offered NCMP seats (ELD).

Every constituency →

The next elections

Due by
5 December 2030.

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How Singapore is governed

One chamber,
no local vote.

A parliamentary republic with an elected President. Voters choose two things: their constituency's MPs, every five years at most, and the President, every six.

Top to root →
  1. Head of state · Elected President Elected for six years; a custodial veto over the past reserves and key appointments.
  2. Executive · Appointed Prime Minister and Cabinet The President appoints the MP who commands a majority; ministers on the PM's advice.
  3. Legislature · Elected Parliament 97 elected MPs in 33 constituencies, plus Non-Constituency and Nominated MPs. One chamber.
  4. Judiciary · Appointed Supreme Court Judges appointed by the President on the Prime Minister's advice, after consulting the Chief Justice.
  5. Local · Ex officio Town councils, CDCs No local elections since 1957. Elected MPs run 19 town councils; five appointed Mayors lead the CDCs.

In this edition

Contains information from Parliamentary General Election Results by Candidate accessed on 6 November 2026 from data.gov.sg which is made available under the terms of the Singapore Open Data Licence version 1.0.