10th Parliament of Singapore
10th Parliament of Singapore | |||||||
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Majority parliament | |||||||
25 March 2002 – 20 April 2006 | |||||||
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Speaker of Parliament |
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Prime Minister |
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Leader of the Opposition |
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Sessions | |||||||
1st Session | |||||||
25 March 2002–1 December 2004 | |||||||
2nd Session | |||||||
12 January 2005–20 April 2006 | |||||||
Cabinets | |||||||
10th Cabinet | |||||||
Lee Hsien Loong 25 March 2002–20 April 2006 | |||||||
Parliamentarians | |||||||
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The 10th Parliament of Singapore was the previous Parliament of Singapore. The first session begun from March 25, 2002 and prorogued on the December 1, 2004. The second session begun from January 12, 2005 and was dissolved on April 20, 2006.[1] The membership was set by the 2001 Singapore General Election on November 2001, and it has been only changed due to Lee Hsien Loong being elected as the Prime Minister in Singapore in 2004.
The 10th Parliament is controlled by a People's Action Party majority, led by Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong and members of the cabinet, which assumed power on November 2001, and later led by Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong, who assumed power on December 2004. The Opposition is led by the Mr Chiam See Tong of the Singapore Democratic Alliance. The Speaker of the Parliament of Singapore is Abdullah bin Tarmugi, of the People's Action Party. He was elected as the Speaker of the House for the 10th Parliament on March 25, 2002.
Result of the Singapore General Election, 2001
Party | Votes | % | Seats | +/– |
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People's Action Party | 470,765 | 75.3 | 82 | +1 |
Singapore Democratic Alliance | 75,248 | 12.0 | 1 | 0 |
Singapore Democratic Party | 50,607 | 8.1 | 0 | 0 |
Workers' Party | 19,060 | 3.0 | 1 | 0 |
Democratic Progressive Party | 5,334 | 0.9 | 0 | 0 |
Independents | 4,253 | 0.7 | 0 | 0 |
Invalid/blank votes | 13,636 | – | – | – |
Total | 638,903 | 100 | 84 | +1 |
Registered voters/turnout[lower-alpha 1] | 675,306 | 94.6 | – | – |
Source: Singapore Elections |
- ↑ Contested seats only; across all constituencies the number of registered voters was 2,036,923.
Officeholders
Speakers
- Abdullah bin Tarmugi (the People's Action Party MP for East Coast GRC) was elected Speaker of the Parliament on March 25, 2002.
Leaders
- Prime Minister of Singapore: Lee Hsien Loong (People's Action Party)
- Leader of the Opposition: Chiam See Tong (Singapore Democratic Alliance)
House Leaders
- Leader of the House: Mah Bow Tan
- Deputy Leader of the House: Dr Ng Eng Hen
Whips
- Government Whip: Lim Swee Say
- Deputy Government Whip: Inderjit Singh and Amy Khor
References
- ↑ "Sessions of Parliament | Parliament Of Singapore". www.parliament.gov.sg. Retrieved 2018-09-01.