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Singapore 2006 general election

What was the result of the 2006 general election in Singapore?

People's Action Party won 82 of 84 seats with 66.6% of the vote.

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  • 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 66.6% of the vote.

  • People's Action Party 82 0 seats 66.6% −8.7 points
  • Workers' Party 1 0 seats 16.3% +13.3 points
  • Singapore Democratic Alliance 1 0 seats 13.0% +0.9 points
  • Singapore Democratic Party 0 0 seats 4.1% −4.0 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 2001 general election, party by party.

43 of 84 seats make a majority

Key numbers

  1. 66.6%

    Share of the vote won by People's Action Party

    People's Action Party won 82 of 84 seats. A majority needs 43.

  2. +13.3 points

    Share of the vote gained by Workers' Party

    The largest gain in votes compared with 2001. People's Action Party lost 8.7 points.

Seats and votes by party

PartySeats± seats%± pointsVotes
People's Action Party82066.6−8.7748,130
Workers' Party1016.3+13.3183,578
Singapore Democratic Alliance1013.0+0.9145,628
Singapore Democratic Party004.1−4.045,937

± is the change against the Singapore 2001 general election, party by party. Shares are computed by us from the votes.

Votes by party
  • People's Action Party 748,130
  • Workers' Party 183,578
  • Singapore Democratic Alliance 145,628
  • Singapore Democratic Party 45,937

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.

7 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 Party66.6% of votes97.6% of seats
  • Workers' Party16.3% of votes1.2% of seats
  • Singapore Democratic Alliance13.0% of votes1.2% of seats
  • Singapore Democratic Party4.1% of votes0.0% of seats
Each party's share of the vote (outlined) and of the seats (filled)

The Gallagher index of disproportionality is 26.0 (0 when seats follow votes exactly); the effective number of parties is 2.0 by votes and 1.0 by seats; People's Action Party led Workers' Party by 50.3 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