Singapore 2001 general election
What was the result of the 2001 general election in Singapore?
People's Action Party won 82 of 84 seats with 75.3% of the vote.
Singapore- Held:
- Final result
- Elections Department Singapore (data.gov.sg), read 28 October 2026
Which party won the most seats?
Results published by the Elections Department, read : People's Action Party won 82 of 84 seats with 75.3% of the vote.
- People's Action Party 82 +1 seat 75.3% +10.3 points
- Singapore Democratic Alliance 1 12.0%
- Singapore Democratic Party 0 0 seats 8.1% −2.5 points
- Workers' Party 1 0 seats 3.0% −11.1 points
- Democratic Progressive Party 0 0 seats 0.9% +0.1 points
- Seats won
- Change on the previous election at the right
- Share of the vote
- Share at the previous election
- Change in points at the right
Changes are against the Singapore 1997 general election, party by party.
Key numbers
75.3%
Share of the vote won by People's Action Party
People's Action Party won 82 of 84 seats. A majority needs 43.
+1 seats
Seats gained by People's Action Party
The largest gain in seats compared with 1997.
Seats and votes by party
| Party | Seats | ± seats | % | ± points | Votes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| People's Action Party | 82 | +1 | 75.3 | +10.3 | 470,765 |
| Singapore Democratic Alliance | 1 | 12.0 | 75,248 | ||
| Singapore Democratic Party | 0 | 0 | 8.1 | −2.5 | 50,607 |
| Workers' Party | 1 | 0 | 3.0 | −11.1 | 19,060 |
| Democratic Progressive Party | 0 | 0 | 0.9 | +0.1 | 5,334 |
| Independents | 0 | 0 | 0.7 | +0.2 | 4,253 |
± is the change against the Singapore 1997 general election, party by party. Shares are computed by us from the votes.
Votes by party
- People's Action Party 470,765
- Singapore Democratic Alliance 75,248
- Singapore Democratic Party 50,607
- Workers' Party 19,060
- Democratic Progressive Party 5,334
- Independents 4,253
Contains information from Parliamentary General Election Results by Candidate, accessed on 28 October 2026 from the Elections Department Singapore, which is made available under the terms of the Singapore Open Data Licence version 1.0. Shown in our own layout; the Elections Department does not endorse it.
We summed each party's votes over the constituencies that were contested, and counted its seats from the winner of each constituency: a team wins every seat of its group constituency. Shares are of those votes. Non-constituency members, who join Parliament without winning a constituency, are not counted.
10 of the 23 constituencies were won without a vote, because only one candidate or team stood there. A walkover adds seats and no votes.
How do the votes compare with the seats?
- People's Action Party75.3% of votes97.6% of seats
- Singapore Democratic Alliance12.0% of votes1.2% of seats
- Workers' Party3.0% of votes1.2% of seats
- Singapore Democratic Party8.1% of votes0.0% of seats
The Gallagher index of disproportionality is 18.5 (0 when seats follow votes exactly); the effective number of parties is 1.7 by votes and 1.0 by seats; People's Action Party led Singapore Democratic Alliance by 63.3 points of the vote.
Time and source Data as of
Sources
- Elections Department Singapore, Parliamentary General Election Results by Candidate, on data.gov.sg. Singapore Open Data Licence version 1.0; shown in our own layout, not endorsed by the Department. (source). Licence: Singapore Open Data Licence version 1.0