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Three months later, on 1 April, the four parties decided to join the Singapore Democratic Alliance instead; [100] however, the SDA has since placed their membership applications on hold, though it seeks to maintain an informal alliance. [101] [102] [103] On 25 June, Singaporeans First's chief Tan Jee Say announced the party's dissolution. [104]
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 ...
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 ...
In July 2018, SDP was among the six other opposition parties (the others were Reform Party, Singaporeans First, People's Power Party, Democratic Progressive Party, National Solidarity Party, and a new party formed by former NSP chief Lim Tean, People's Voice Party) present in a meeting led by former PAP MP Tan Cheng Bock, on the possibility of ...
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 ...
SPP was founded on 21 November 1994 by Sin Kek Tong, who led a pro-Chiam See Tong faction out of the Singapore Democratic Party (SDP). Over two years, Sin stood as the pro-tem leader until Chiam joined the party and assumed leadership in December 1996, at the time the Parliament was dissolved ahead of the 1997 general election.
Prior to the elections, there was a joint alliance between the four parties, Singaporeans First, People's Power Party, Reform Party and Democratic Progressive Party, who initially announced to form an alliance of their own, [13] but ended up applying for the SDA on 1 April [14] and has never materialized. [15] [16] [17]
Raeesah was eventually warned by the Singapore Police Force on 17 September 2020. [56] On 10 July, the Workers' Party became the best performing opposition party to date, having won a total of 10 seats and garnering 50.49% of votes in constituencies they contested, surpassing the previous record held by SDP in 1991, which got 48.6%.