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1. Workers Party

Secretary-General of the Workers’ Party (WP), Low Thia Khiang, announced that the WP will be contesting in all the electoral divisions that they had contested in the previous elections.

The 28 seats that the WP will contest consists of 5 Group Representation Constituencies (GRC) — Aljunied GRC, Jalan Besar GRC, Nee Soon GRC, Marine Parade GRC, and East Coast GRC — and 5 Single Member Constituencies (SMC) — Punggol East SMC, Hougang SMC, MacPherson SMC, Fengshan SMC, and Sengkang West SMC.

The WP will be defending 3 electoral divisions — Aljunied GRC, Punggol East SMC, and Hougang SMC.

2. Singapore Democratic Party

If the Workers’ Party are the opposition of the East, then the Singapore Democratic Party (SDP) are the opposition of the West. SDP, led by Dr Chee Soon Juan, traditionally focuses their electoral campaign on the West side of the island.

Yesterday (26 July), Dr Chee had informed the media that the SDP will be setting their sights in contesting on the same areas as the party did in the previous GE — Holland-Bukit Timah GRC, Sembawang GRC, Bukit Panjang SMC, and Yuhua SMC — including the newly created Bukit Batok SMC.

3. Singapore People’s Party

The Singapore People’s Party (SPP) has confirmed they will definitely be contesting in the Mountbatten SMC as well as the Potong Pasir SMC.

The Potong Pasir SMC was the closest contested electoral division in the previous GE — Lina Chiam of the SPP was edged by PAP’s Sitoh Yih Pin by only 118 votes.

Jeannette Chong-Aruldoss from the SPP had also long announced her intention to stand for Mountbatten — even possessing a Facebook page called “Jeannette for Mountbatten“.

Apart from the two confirmed SMCs, SPP will also consider fielding candidates in Bishan-Toa Payoh GRC and Hong Kah North SMC.


4. Reform Party

The Reform Party’ Secretary General, Kenneth Jeyaretnam, has confirmed with the media that the Reform Party (RP) will be looking to build on party walkabouts since the 2011 GE.

Mr Jeyaretnam also took a swipe at Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong by suggesting to the media that PM Lee was afraid of the election contest for the coming General Election.
The Reform Party will be contesting in West Coast GRC, Radin Mas SMC, and Ang Mo Kio GRC.

5. Singaporeans First Party

The newly created party is considering to contest for 2 GRCs. Founder Tan Jee Say previously contested at the Holland- Bukit Timah GRC in the previous General Election under the SDP banner.

Mr Tan told the media that he is looking to contest in Tampines GRC and Marine Parade GRC, but is open to further discussion with the other opposition parties as well.


We are interested in Tampines and Marine Parade, but now that Marine Parade has absorbed Joo Chiat, we will have to see what the Workers’ Party plans to do there as well

– SingFirst Secretary General, Tan Jee Say



6. Democratic Progressive Party

Secretary-General Benjamin Pwee told the media that the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) will remain committed to their plans to competing in the Bishan-Toa Payoh GRC, setting the stage for a potential clash with the Singapore People’s Party.

Mr Pwee did not announced further plans.

7. People Power Party

Political veteran Goh Meng Seng had initially wanted to contest at Whampoa SMC, but it was absorbed into the Jalan Besar GRC.

Mr Goh has since tweaked his plans to contest in Bukit Batok SMC and Fengshan SMC instead.

8. Singapore Democratic Alliance

Singapore Democratic Alliance (SDA) Secretary-General, Desmond Lim, has confirmed that the SDA is looking to spar with Teo Chee Hean in Pasir Ris-Punggol.


The SDA will be competing for 6 seats in the Pasir Ris- Punggol ward.

This is it

The opposition parties of Singapore have more or less planned out their campaign, with almost every constituency being contested.

In fact, we expect every constituency to be contested in the coming General Elections for the first time ever. That’s right, even Lee Kuan Yew’s Tanjong Pagar GRC.

Final Summary

Worker’s Party:

5 GRCs — Aljunied GRC (5 seats), Marine Parade GRC (5 seats), Nee Soon GRC (5 seats), East Coast GRC (4 seats), Jalan Besar GRC (4 seats).

5 SMCs — Hougang SMC (1 seat), Punggol East SMC (1 seat), Sengkang West SMC (1 seat), MacPherson SMC (1 seat), Fengshan SMC (1 seat).

Singapore Democratic Party:

2 GRCs — Sembawang GRC (5 seats), Holland-Bukit Timah GRC (4 seats).

3 SMCs — Bukit Batok SMC (1 seat), Yuhua SMC (1 seat), Bukit Panjang SMC (1 seat).

Singapore’s People Party:

1 GRC — Bishan – Toa Payoh GRC (5 seats).

3 SMCs — Hong Kah SMC (1 seat), Mountbatten SMC (1 seat), Potong Pasir SMC (1 seat).

Reform Party:

2 GRCs — Ang Mo Kio GRC (6 seats), West Coast GRC (4 seats)

1 SMC — Radin Mas SMC (1 seat).

Singaporeans First Party:

2 GRCs — Tampines GRC (5 seats), and Marine Parade GRC (5 seats)

Democratic Progressive Party:

1 GRC — Bishan – Toa Payoh GRC (5 seats)

People’s Power Party:

2 SMCs — Bukit Batok SMC (1 seat), and Fengshan SMC (1 seat)

Singapore Democratic Alliance:

1 GRC — Pasir Ris – Punggol GRC (6 seats)

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