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Still, new parties continued to be established, and to date, there are therefore a total of 30 registered political parties today, of which ten have never contested in an election, 13 parties have officially dissolved with most through mergers with other parties. A few opposition parties, those of Workers' Party and Singapore Democratic Party ...
Two senior members of Singapore's largest opposition party quit on Wednesday after admitting to an inappropriate relationship, the latest scandal to hit a country otherwise used to stable and ...
Singapore's ruling People's Action Party (PAP) extended its unbroken rule in Friday's election, but its vote share slipped near a record low as opposition parties made historic inroads in a ballot ...
The Singapore Democratic Alliance (abbreviation: SDA) is an opposition political coalition between Singapore Justice Party (SJP), Singapore Malay National Organization (PKMS), Democratic Progressive Party (DPP), National Solidarity Party (NSP) and Singapore People's Party (SPP) in 2001. As of 2023, only SJP and PKMS are in the alliance.
The Singapore Democratic Party had made preparations ahead of the election, and began their walkabout and campaigning around August 2023. [93] They also have announced on contesting Sembawang GRC for the first time since the 2011 election. [94] [95] The party also relocated their headquarters to WGECA Tower on 11 November 2023. [96]
In Singapore, the People's Action Party has been the governing party since 1959. With the changes to the number of NCMP seats from 3 to 9 in 2010, Low Thia Khiang has left Hougang SMC and joined Aljunied GRC to be able to secure the breakthrough of opposition GRC, and to cap to 3 NCMPs.
However, Ng's mention of the "ownself check ownself system" which had been borrowed from opposition parties – specifically from Pritam Singh of the Workers' Party (WP) who first coined the term back in 2011 – also raised concerns, citing that it was "very difficult for someone to set up the system to question the system". Analysts implied ...
There are other major op parties such as the Singapore People's Party, Reform Party, and the Singapore Democratic Party (SDP), that do not hold a seat in parliament. J.B. Jeyaretnam of the Workers' Party became the first opposition party member of parliament in 15 years when he won a 1981 by-election. Despite acquiring an increasing percentage ...