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Singapore 2015 general election

What was the result of the 2015 general election in Singapore?

People's Action Party won 83 of 89 seats with 69.9% 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 83 of 89 seats with 69.9% of the vote.

  • People's Action Party 83 +2 seats 69.9% +9.7 points
  • Workers' Party 6 0 seats 12.5% −0.3 points
  • Singapore Democratic Party 0 0 seats 3.8% −1.1 points
  • National Solidarity Party 0 0 seats 3.5% −8.5 points
  • Reform Party 0 0 seats 2.6% −1.6 points
  • Singaporeans First 0 2.3%
  • Singapore People's Party 0 0 seats 2.2% −0.9 points
  • Singapore Democratic Alliance 0 0 seats 2.1% −0.7 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 2011 general election, party by party.

45 of 89 seats make a majority

Key numbers

  1. 69.9%

    Share of the vote won by People's Action Party

    People's Action Party won 83 of 89 seats. A majority needs 45.

  2. +2 seats

    Seats gained by People's Action Party

    The largest gain in seats compared with 2011.

Seats and votes by party

PartySeats± seats%± pointsVotes
People's Action Party83+269.9+9.71,579,183
Workers' Party6012.5−0.3282,143
Singapore Democratic Party003.8−1.184,931
National Solidarity Party003.5−8.579,826
Reform Party002.6−1.659,517
Singaporeans First02.350,867
Singapore People's Party002.2−0.949,107
Singapore Democratic Alliance002.1−0.746,550
People's Power Party01.125,475
Independents00.12,780

± is the change against the Singapore 2011 general election, party by party. Shares are computed by us from the votes.

Votes by party
  • People's Action Party 1,579,183
  • Workers' Party 282,143
  • Singapore Democratic Party 84,931
  • National Solidarity Party 79,826
  • Reform Party 59,517
  • Singaporeans First 50,867
  • Singapore People's Party 49,107
  • Singapore Democratic Alliance 46,550
  • People's Power Party 25,475
  • Independents 2,780

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.

How do the votes compare with the seats?

  • People's Action Party69.9% of votes93.3% of seats
  • Workers' Party12.5% of votes6.7% of seats
  • Singapore Democratic Party3.8% of votes0.0% of seats
  • National Solidarity Party3.5% of votes0.0% of seats
  • Reform Party2.6% of votes0.0% of seats
  • Singaporeans First2.3% of votes0.0% of seats
  • Singapore People's Party2.2% of votes0.0% of seats
  • Singapore Democratic Alliance2.1% of votes0.0% of seats
Each party's share of the vote (outlined) and of the seats (filled)

The Gallagher index of disproportionality is 17.7 (0 when seats follow votes exactly); the effective number of parties is 2.0 by votes and 1.1 by seats; People's Action Party led Workers' Party by 57.4 points of the vote.

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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