12th Parliament of Singapore

12th Parliament of Singapore
Majority parliament
10 October 2011 – 25 August 2015
House
Seating arrangements of the House
Speaker of Parliament	Michael Palmer 10 October 2011 — 12 December 2012[1] Charles Chong (acting) 12 December 2012 — 14 January 2013 Halimah Yacob 14 January 2013 — present
Prime Minister	Lee Hsien Loong 7 May 2011 — present
Leader of the Opposition	Low Thia Khiang 7 May 2011 — present
Sessions
1st Session
10 October 2011–15 April 2014
2nd Session
16 May 2014–25 August 2015
Cabinets
12th Cabinet
Lee Hsien Loong 10 October 2011–present
Parliamentarians
Elected NCMP Nominated 87 3 9
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The 12th Parliament of Singapore was the previous Parliament of Singapore that began on October 10, 2011 and was dissolved on the August 25, 2015.^[2][3] The membership was set by the 2011 Singapore General Election on May 7, 2011 and changed three times due to expulsion of Hougang Single Member Constituency MP in 2012 and resignation of Punggol East Single Member Constituency MP and Speaker of Parliament over extra-marital affairs in 2013, as well as the Death of Lee Kuan Yew, former Prime Minister of Singapore and MP of Tanjong Pagar Group Representation Constituency.

The 12th Parliament was controlled by a People's Action Party majority, led by Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong and members of the cabinet, which assumed power on May 7, 2011. The Opposition was led by the Secretary General of the Worker's Party of Singapore, Mr Low Thia Khiang. The Speaker of the Parliament of Singapore was Halimah Yacob, of the People's Action Party. She was elected as the 9th Speaker of the House for the 12th Parliament on January 14, 2013.

Result of the Singapore General Election, 2011

 Summary of the 7 May 2011 Parliament of Singapore election results^[4]

Parties and alliances	Leader	Contested seats	Seats won	Popular vote	% of valid votes		+/-	% of valid votes in contested wards		+/-
People's Action Party	Lee Hsien Loong	87	81^†	1,212,154	60.14		6.46	60.14		6.46
Workers' Party	Low Thia Khiang	23	6	258,510	12.82		3.51	46.58		8.15
National Solidarity Party	Goh Meng Seng	24	0	242,682	12.04		0.95^*	39.25		6.37^*
Singapore Democratic Party	Chee Soon Juan	11	0	97,369	4.83		0.76	36.76		13.53
Reform Party	Kenneth Jeyaretnam	11	0	86,294	4.28		New party	31.78		New party
Singapore People's Party	Chiam See Tong	7	0	62,639	3.11		9.88^*	41.42		8.90^*
Singapore Democratic Alliance	Desmond Lim	7	0	55,988	2.78		10.21	30.06		2.46
Valid votes			87	2,015,636	97.83% of total votes cast
Invalid (e.g. blank or spoilt) votes				44,737	2.17% of total votes cast
Total votes cast				2,060,373	Voter turnout: 93.18% of eligible voters
Did not vote				150,729
Eligible voters (excluding walkover voters)				2,211,102
Walkover voters (all from Tanjong Pagar GRC)				139,771
Electorate				2,350,873
^† Includes uncontested victories. ^* Formerly a constituent party of Singapore Democratic Alliance. Swings reflected are from the SDA's 2006 vote share.

The Workers' Party and the Singapore People's Party, being the best performing opposition parties were awarded 2 and 1 Non-Constituency Member of Parliament Seat respectively in accordance with the Constitution. The NCMP Seats are currently held by Gerald Giam Yean Song and Yee Jenn Jong of the Workers' Party and Lina Chiam of Singapore People's Party.

Officeholders

Speakers

• Michael Palmer (the People's Action Party MP for Punggol East SMC) was elected Speaker of the Parliament on October 10, 2011. He resigned on December 14, 2012, due to an extramarital affair. ^[1]
• Charles Chong of the People's Action Party, MP of Joo Chiat SMC was designated as Acting Speaker of the Parliament on December 14, 2012, by Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong. He was succeeded by Halimah Yacob on January 14, 2013.
• Halimah Yacob of the People's Action Party, MP of Jurong GRC was elected Speaker of Parliament on January 14, 2013.
• Charles Chong and Seah Kian Peng of the People's Action Party are elected Deputy Speaker of the parliament on 17 October 2011.

Leaders

• Prime Minister of Singapore: Lee Hsien Loong (People's Action Party)
• Leader of the Opposition: Low Thia Khiang (Worker's Party)

House Leaders

• Leader of the House: Dr Ng Eng Hen
• Deputy Leader of the House: Heng Chee How^[5]

Whips

• Government Whip: Gan Kim Yong
• Deputy Government Whip: Dr. Teo Ho Pin and Dr. Amy Khor

Members

References

1. "Michael Palmer resigns as Speaker". TODAYonline. 12 December 2012. Retrieved 12 December 2012.
2. http://www.parliament.gov.sg/sessions-parliament
3. "Dissolution of Parliament on 25 August 2015 | Prime Minister's Office Singapore". www.pmo.gov.sg. Retrieved 2015-08-27.
4. Singapore Parliamentary General Election 2011
5. http://www.parliament.gov.sg/leader-house