11th Parliament of Singapore | |||||
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Overview | |||||
Legislative body | Parliament of Singapore | ||||
Meeting place | Parliament House | ||||
Term | 2 November 2006 – 19 April 2011 | ||||
Election | 6 May 2006 | ||||
Government | People's Action Party | ||||
Opposition | Workers' Party Singapore Democratic Alliance | ||||
Parliament of Singapore | |||||
Members | 94 | ||||
Speaker | Abdullah Tarmugi | ||||
Leader of the House | Wong Kan Seng (until 2007) Mah Bow Tan (from 2007) | ||||
Prime Minister | Lee Hsien Loong | ||||
Leader of the Opposition | Low Thia Khiang | ||||
Party control | PAP supermajority | ||||
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The 11th Parliament of Singapore was the previous Parliament of Singapore. The first session commenced on 2 November 2006 and was prorogued on 13 April 2009. The second session commence from 18 May 2009 and was dissolved on 19 April 2011.[1] The membership was set by the 2006 Singapore General Election on 7 May 2006, and it has changed twice due to the deaths of Jurong GRC MP Dr Ong Chit Chung in 2008, and Ang Mo Kio GRC MP Balaji Sadasivan who was also the Senior Minister of State for Foreign Affairs.
The 11th Parliament is controlled by a People's Action Party majority, led by Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong and members of the cabinet, which assumed power on 7 May 2006. The Opposition is led by the Secretary General of the Worker's Party of Singapore, Mr Low Thia Kiang. The Speaker of the Parliament of Singapore is Abdullah bin Tarmugi of the People's Action Party. He was re-elected as the Speaker of the House for the 11th Parliament on 2 November 2006.
Political party | Members | ||
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At election | At dissolution | ||
People's Action Party | 82 | 80 | |
Workers' Party | 2 | 1 | |
Singapore Democratic Alliance | 1 | 2 | |
Nominated Members of Parliament | 0 | 9 | |
Vacant seats | 0 | 2 | |
Total | 85 | 94 | |
Government majority | 39 | 34 |
The Worker's Party, being the best performing opposition party with 16.34 percent of the popular vote, was awarded a Non-constituency Member of Parliament seat in accordance with the Constitution. The NCMP seat was eventually taken up by Sylvia Lim, the chairperson of the Worker's Party.
Member | Party | Constituency contested | |
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Sylvia Lim | Workers' Party | Aljunied GRC |
Constituency | Name | Party | Date seat vacated | Cause of vacancy | |
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Jurong GRC | Ong Chit Chung | PAP | 14 July 2008 | Death | |
Ang Mo Kio GRC | Balaji Sadasivan | PAP | 27 September 2010 | Death |