Peoples Voice (Singapore)

Political party in Singapore

Peoples Voice

Malay name| Suara Rakyat
Chinese name| 人民之声
Rénmín Zhīshēng
Tamil name| மக்கள் குரல்
Makkaḷ Kural
Leader| Lim Tean
Founder| Lim Tean
Founded| 31 August 2018; 6 years ago (2018-08-31)
Registered| T18SS0160F
Headquarters| 5C Goodwood Hill, Singapore 258904
Ideology| Populism
Colours|  Black
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Peoples Voice (abbreviation: PV) is an opposition political party in Singapore.

## History

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Peoples Voice was formed after Lim Tean resigned from the National Solidarity Party in 2017, thus stepping down from the secretary-general position as well, citing fundamental differences in approach to politics.[1][2][3] PV was officially registered on 31 October 2018 with the Registry of Societies.[2]

In March 2019, Leong Sze Hian was made the PV shadow finance minister.[4] Kok Ming Cheang is the shadow cabinet minister for health.[5]

PV had put forward 10 candidates to contest in the Mountbatten Single Member Constituency, Jalan Besar Group Representation Constituency (GRC) and Pasir Ris–Punggol GRC for the 2020 Singaporean general election, which was called on 23 June 2020 with the dissolution of the 13th Parliament of Singapore, for the latter it was also a three-cornered contest against a third party, Singapore Democratic Alliance.[6][7][8] On 10 July, the party won none of the constituencies, and their five-member team for Pasir Ris–Punggol GRC team had lost a combined $67,500 election deposit (five times the deposit of $13,500 per candidate) for garnering only 12.18% of the votes, falling just 0.32% short of the one-eighth threshold (12.5%) in order to keep their deposit.[9] In terms of the share, they got 21.26% of the votes cast on all the constituencies contested, and 2.37% based on overall popular vote.

In June 2023, PV leader Lim Tean announced the formation of an alliance with three other opposition parties: Reform Party, People's Power Party and the Democratic Progressive Party. The alliance, called People's Alliance, will contest in the 2025 Singapore General Election under the banner of the alliance. Under the new alliance, Lim Tean will assume the position of Secretary-General while Reform Party's Secretary-General, Kenneth Jeyaretnam will be the chairman. Other notable members include Goh Meng Seng, the Secretary-General of the People's Power Party, who wiill assume the position of Organising Secretary.[10]

No  | Leader  | Years

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1  | Lim Tean | 2020–present

## Electoral history

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Election | Seats up for election | Seats contested by party | Seats won by walkover | Contested seats won | Contested seats lost | Total seats won | Change | Total votes | Share of votes | Popular vote | Resulting Government | Party leader

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2020 | 93  | 10  | 0  | 0  | 10  |

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|  | 59,060  | 21.26%  | 2.37%  | No seats  | Lim Tean

## See also

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* Elections in Singapore
* List of political parties in Singapore
* Politics of Singapore

## References

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1. ^ "NSP Secretary General Lim Tean quits party suddenly". Mothership.sg. Archived from the original on 2019-09-27. Retrieved 2019-09-27.
2. ^ a b "Former opposition party chief Lim Tean forms new political party, People's Voice". TODAYonline. Archived from the original on 2019-09-27. Retrieved 2019-09-27.
3. ^ "Lim Tean resigns as NSP secretary-general". CNA. Archived from the original on 2019-09-27. Retrieved 2019-09-27.
4. ^ "Leong Sze Hian joins People's Voice Party as 'Shadow Finance Minister'". Archived from the original on 30 September 2019. Retrieved 30 September 2019.
5. ^ "PAP's Choice of PM Candidate Worries Singaporeans". Archived from the original on 30 September 2019. Retrieved 30 September 2019.
6. ^ "GE2020: Nominations close with all 93 seats contested; 3-way fights in 2 constituencies". Retrieved 1 July 2020.
7. ^ "GE2020: PAP's Lim Biow Chuan up against Peoples Voice's Sivakumaran Chellappa in Mountbatten SMC". CNA. Retrieved 2020-07-01.
8. ^ Heijmans, Philip; Mokhtar, Faris (23 June 2020). "Singapore's Lee Calls Election for New Mandate to Fight Pandemic". www.bloomberg.com. Retrieved 2020-07-01.
9. ^ "GE2020 official results: PAP wins Pasir Ris-Punggol GRC with 64.15% of votes, PV party to lose election deposit". 11 July 2020. Retrieved 12 July 2020.
10. ^ "4 opposition parties form alliance to contest in Singapore's next General Election". CNA. Retrieved 2023-06-17.

## External links

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* Official website[dead link]

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Parenthesis indicate seats represented in the Parliament of Singapore

Active|

| Represented
in Parliament|

* People's Action Party (83)
* Workers' Party (9)
* Progress Singapore Party (2)*

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Unrepresented
in Parliament|

* People's Alliance
* Democratic Progressive Party
* People's Power Party
* Peoples Voice
* Reform Party
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* Singapore Justice Party
* Singapore Malay National Organisation
* Singapore Democratic Party
* The Coalition
* National Solidarity Party
* Red Dot United
* Singapore People's Party
* Singapore United Party†

Defunct|

* Barisan Sosialis
* Malayan Democratic Party
* National Party of Singapore†
* Pan-Malayan Islamic Party
* Angkatan Islam
* Partai Rakyat
* People's Front
* People's Liberal Democratic Party†
* People's Republican Party†
* Persantu Melayu Singapura
* Singapore Alliance
* Singapore Chinese Party
* Malayan Chinese Association
* Singapore Indian Congress
* Singapore Regional Indian Congress
* Malayan Indian Congress
* Singapore National Front†
* Socialist Front†
* United Democratic Party
* United Malays National Organisation
* United National Front
* United People's Front
* United Singapore Democrats

Dissolved|

* Citizens' Party
* Democratic Party
* Katong United Residents' Association
* Kesatuan Melayu
* Labour Front
* Singapore Socialist Party
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* Liberal Socialist Party
* Malayan Communist Party
* Progressive Party†
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* Singaporeans First
* Singapore People's Alliance
* United People's Party

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