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There are currently two types of elections in Singapore. Parliamentary and presidential elections. According to the Constitution of Singapore, general elections for Parliament must be conducted within three months of the dissolution of Parliament, which has a maximum term of five years from the first sitting of Parliament, and presidential elections are conducted every six years.

The Parliament of Singapore is unicameral with 93 seats. Since the legislative assembly election in 1959, the People's Action Party (PAP) has had an overwhelming majority, and for nearly two decades was the only political party to win any seats, and has always formed the Government of Singapore.

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Elections in Singapore

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two types of elections in Singapore. Parliamentary and presidential elections. According to the Constitution of Singapore, general elections for Parliament...

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General elections in Singapore

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General elections in Singapore General elections in Singapore must be held within three months after five years have elapsed from the date of the first...

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Presidential elections in Singapore

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Presidential elections in Singapore, in which the President of Singapore is directly elected by a popular vote, were introduced after a constitutional...

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Elections Department Singapore

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of Singapore which are responsible for overseeing the procedure for elections in Singapore, including parliamentary elections, presidential elections and...

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2006 Singaporean general election

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General elections were held in Singapore on 6 May 2006. President S.R. Nathan dissolved parliament on 20 April 2006 on the advice of Prime Minister Lee...

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2015 Singaporean general election

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General elections were held in Singapore on Friday, 11 September 2015 to elect 89 members of Parliament. The outgoing Parliament had been dissolved and...

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2011 Singaporean general election

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Loong. Voting is mandatory in Singapore and is based on the first-past-the-post system. Elections are conducted by the Elections Department, which is under...

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2020 Singaporean general election

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Singapore since Singapore's independence in 1965, using the first-past-the-post electoral system. The elections were the eighteenth general elections...

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History of Singapore

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Politics of Policy-Making in Singapore. Eastern Univ Pr. ISBN 978-9812102188 "Presidential Elections". Elections Department Singapore. 18 April 2006. Archived...

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President of Singapore

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Constitution, Arts. 18(2)(a) to (c). "Presidential Elections Committee" (PDF). Elections Department Singapore. Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 June 2017...

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List of political parties in Singapore

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established in the lead-up to Singapore first Legislative Council elections in 1948. Singapore is a republic. While the country has a multi-party system, the...

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1959 Singaporean general election

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General elections were held in Singapore on 30 May 1959. They were held under the new constitution and were the first in which all 51 seats in the Legislative...

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Singapore

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Politics of Policy-Making in Singapore. Eastern Univ Pr. ISBN 978-981-210-218-8 "Presidential Elections". Elections Department Singapore. 18 April 2006. Archived...

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Politics of Singapore

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Singapore is a parliamentary representative democratic republic in which the president of Singapore is the head of state, the prime minister of Singapore...

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2001 Singaporean general election

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General elections were held in Singapore on 3 November 2001. President S.R. Nathan dissolved parliament on 18 October 2001 on the advice of Prime Minister...

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1963 Singaporean general election

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General elections were held in Singapore on 21 September 1963, five days after Singapore became part of Malaysia. Voters elected all 51 members of the...

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Constituencies of Singapore

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Constituencies in Singapore are electoral divisions which may be represented by single or multiple seats in the Parliament of Singapore. Constituencies...

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Next Singaporean general election

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General elections are due to be held in Singapore no later than 23 November 2025 to determine the composition of the fifteenth Parliament. The elections will...

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Human rights in Singapore

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Human rights in Singapore refers to rights both legal and in practice. Since Singapore's independence in 1965, the legal rights of its citizens have been...

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Singapore Alliance Party

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The Singapore Alliance Party, or simply the Singapore Alliance, was a political coalition formed on 2 June 1961 that contested several elections in Singapore...

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Representative democracy in Singapore

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Parliamentary elections in Singapore are required to be held regularly to elect the Parliament by universal suffrage. Although the right to vote in Singapore law...

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2017 Singaporean presidential election

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Presidential elections were scheduled to be held in Singapore on 13 September 2017. Following amendments to the Constitution of Singapore, which resulted in the...

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Colony of Singapore

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independent Republic of Singapore, due to political, economic and racial disputes. The first Singaporean elections, held in March 1948 to select members...

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1968 Singaporean general election

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General elections were held in Singapore on 13 April 1968, the first as a sovereign country after its independence three years prior. The People's Action...

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1976 Singaporean general election

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General elections were held in Singapore on 23 December 1976. The result was a victory for the People's Action Party, which won all 69 seats, the third...

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Public holidays in Singapore

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schedule of 11 public holidays in Singapore which are gazetted and recognized since the establishment of Singapore's 1998 Holidays Act. There are generally...

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1972 Singaporean general election

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General elections were held in Singapore on 2 September 1972. The result was a fourth victory for the People's Action Party, which won all 65 seats, the...

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Race in Singapore

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The concept of race or ethnicity in contemporary Singapore emerged from the attitudes of the colonial authorities towards race and ethnicity. Before the...

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