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Singapore Politics, sometimes defined as the art and science of government[1], is a process by which collective decisions are made within groups. ...
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The politics of Singapore is based on a unitary state with some aspects modelled on the Westminster system of parliamentary government. ...
| | | Constitution | | Legislative A legislature is a governmental deliberative assembly with the power to adopt laws. ...
| | Executive Flag of the President of Singapore - banner of arms The President of Singapore is the head of state. ...
Sellapan Ramanathan (born July 3, 1924 in Singapore) is the sixth and current President of Singapore. ...
The constituencies of Singapore are electoral divisions in the politics of Singapore which may be represented single or multiple seats in the Parliament of Singapore. ...
Non-Constituency Members of Parliament (NCMPs) are members of the opposition parties who were appointed as members of the Parliament of Singapore even though they had lost in the parliamentary election. ...
A Nominated Member of Parliament (NMP) is an unelected MP that does not represent any electoral district in the Parliament of Singapore. ...
Political parties in Singapore lists political parties in Singapore. ...
| | Judiciary The government of Singapore consists of several departments, known as ministries and statutory boards in Singapore. ...
The Prime Minister of Singapore is the head of government of the Republic of Singapore (and prior to 9 August 1965, the State of Singapore). ...
Lee, Hsien Loong (Simplified Chinese: æŽæ˜¾é¾™; Traditional Chinese: æŽé¡¯é¾; Pinyin: LÇ XiÇŽnlóng; born February 10, 1952) is the third Prime Minister of Singapore. ...
The cabinet of Singapore forms the executive and it is headed by the prime minister, who is the head of government. ...
In law, the judiciary or judicature is the system of courts which administer justice and provide a mechanism for the resolution of disputes. ...
| | Elections Judicial power in Singapore is vested in the Supreme Court as well as surbodinate courts by the constitution. ...
There are currently two types of Elections in Singapore in Singapore: parliamentary; and (since 1993) presidential. ...
| | | | See also: History of Singapore | | edit The Singapore national referendum of 1962, or also commonly refered to as the Merger Referendum of Singapore was held in Singapore on September 1, 1962, which called for people to vote on the terms of merger with Malaysia. ...
Presidential elections in Singapore were first held in 1991 when constitutional admendments allowed Singaporeans to elect the President of Singapore by popular vote. ...
The Parliamentary elections in Singapore began with the independence of Singapore from the Federation of Malaysia on 9 August 1965, thus renaming the Singapore State Governments Legislative Assembly as the Parliament of Singapore. ...
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Women in Singapore traditionally played a small role in the politics of Singapore and Singapores public life. ...
The history of Singapore had a relatively minor role in the greater history of Southeast Asia until 1819, when the Englishman Sir Thomas Stamford Raffles founded a British port on the island. ...
| The unicameral Parliament of Singapore is the legislature of Singapore with the President as its head [1]. It currently consists of 94 Members of Parliament. Based on the concept of parliamentary sovereignty in the United Kingdom, it is supreme to all other government institutions and may change or repeal with a majority vote any legislation passed by previous parliaments. The maximum term of any one Parliament is five years, after which a parliamentary election must be held within three months of the dissolution of Parliament. Unicameralism is the practice of having only one legislative or parliamentary chamber. ...
A legislature is a governmental deliberative assembly with the power to adopt laws. ...
Flag of the President of Singapore - banner of arms The President of Singapore is the head of state. ...
A Member of Parliament, or MP, is a representative elected by the voters of an electoral district to a parliament; in the Westminster system, specifically to the lower house. ...
Parliamentary sovereignty, parliamentary supremacy, or legislative supremacy is a concept in constitutional law that applies to some parliamentary democracies. ...
The Parliamentary elections in Singapore began with the independence of Singapore from the Federation of Malaysia on 9 August 1965, thus renaming the Singapore State Governments Legislative Assembly as the Parliament of Singapore. ...
In parliamentary systems, a dissolution of parliament is the dispersal of a legislature at the call of an election. ...
The Parliament originally met at the Old Parliament House, Singapore from 1955 through 1999. In 1999, Parliament moved into a new facility; the main building is newly constructed and the rear building is the Former Attorney's General Chambers. Parliament House The Old Parliament House (Chinese: å‰å›½ä¼šå¤§åŽ¦), also known as the Arts House at the Old Parliament, is a building in Singapore gazetted as a national monument on 14 February 1992. ...
1955 (MCMLV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
1999 (MCMXCIX) was a common year starting on Friday, and was designated the International Year of Older Persons by the United Nations. ...
1999 (MCMXCIX) was a common year starting on Friday, and was designated the International Year of Older Persons by the United Nations. ...
History Until 1965, Parliament was known as the Legislative Assembly, established under the 1955 Constitution of Singapore. This was Singapore's first democratically elected legislature, replacing the colonial Legislative Council. Following elections held under the revised Constitution in 1959, which provided for full self-government, the People's Action Party (PAP) gained a majority of seats, and its leader, Lee Kuan Yew, became the first Prime Minister. The role of the Assembly remained unchanged when Singapore became a state of Malaysia in 1963. 1965 (MCMLXV) was a common year starting on Friday (the link is to a full 1965 calendar). ...
This article is about the term as used within the Commonwealth of Nations; there is also an Legislative Assembly in Oregon and there used to be a Legislative Assembly in France during the French Revolution. ...
1955 (MCMLV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
The Constitution of Singapore is the supreme law of Singapore and it is a codified constitution. ...
The Legislative Council of Singapore became a council in its own right on 1946, when the Repeal Act abolished the Straits Settlements, and Singapore became a Crown Colony on its own. ...
1959 (MCMLIX) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
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Lee Kuan Yew (Chinese: æŽå…‰è€€; Pinyin: LÇ GuÄngyà o; born September 16, 1923; also spelt Lee Kwan-Yew) was the first Prime Minister of the Republic of Singapore from 1959 to 1990. ...
The Prime Minister of Singapore is the head of government of the Republic of Singapore (and prior to 9 August 1965, the State of Singapore). ...
1963 (MCMLXIII) was a common year starting on Tuesday (the link is to a full 1963 calendar). ...
Following Singapore's secession from the Federation on August 9, 1965, the Constitution was amended on December 22 of that year to rename the Legislative Assembly, "the Parliament". This was made effective retroactively from the date of Singapore's independence. August 9 is the 221st day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (222nd in leap years), with 144 days remaining. ...
1965 (MCMLXV) was a common year starting on Friday (the link is to a full 1965 calendar). ...
December 22 is the 356th day of the year (357th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar. ...
Composition The Parliament can have a maximum of 99 members, of which 84 are elected by the people, up to 6 may be appointed Non-Constituency Members of Parliament, and a maximum of 9 Nominated Members of Parliament. Non-Constituency Members of Parliament (NCMPs) are members of the opposition parties who were appointed as members of the Parliament of Singapore even though they had lost in the parliamentary election. ...
A Nominated Member of Parliament (NMP) is an unelected MP that does not represent any electoral district in the Parliament of Singapore. ...
The 84 elected members of parliament (MPs) are elected on a plurality voting basis and represent either single-member constituencies (SMCs) or group Representation Constituencies (GRCs). [2]. Formerly, there were no GRCs, and all constituencies of Singapore had only one member and were numerous, but the amendment to the Parliamentary Elections Act in 1991 led to the creation of GRCs. [3][4] The following is a historical list of members for the current and past nine Parliaments of Singapore External references Members of Parliament Categories: Singaporean Members of Parliament | Government of Singapore | Politics of Singapore | Singaporean politicians | Singapore-related lists ...
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The constituencies of Singapore are electoral divisions in the politics of Singapore which may be represented single or multiple seats in the Parliament of Singapore. ...
The Parliamentary Elections Act is an act of Parliament passed by the Parliament of Singapore regulating the procedures, requirements and laws for parliamentary elections in Singapore. ...
The party which forms the majority of seats will have its leader as the Prime Minister, who will then select members of Parliament to form the Cabinet. Unlike the British parliamentary model, however, the President of Singapore is popularly elected since 1993 instead of being elected by parliament. Out of the current 84 elected members of parliament, ten are female [5]. In the last general election in 2006, the incumbent People's Action Party (PAP) won 82 of the 84 seats, with the same configuration as the previous election in 2001, but with a loss of 9% of the popular vote. [6] The Prime Minister of Singapore is the head of government of the Republic of Singapore (and prior to 9 August 1965, the State of Singapore). ...
The cabinet of Singapore forms the executive and it is headed by the prime minister, who is the head of government. ...
Flag of the President of Singapore - banner of arms The President of Singapore is the head of state. ...
1993 (MCMXCIII) was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar and marked the Beginning of the International Decade to Combat Racism and Racial Discrimination (1993-2003). ...
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Singapore general election, 2001, was held on 3 November 2001. ...
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Summary of the 6 May 2006 Parliament of Singapore election results | Parties and alliances | Leader | Contested
seats | Seats won | Popular vote | % | +/- |
 | People's Action Party | Lee Hsien Loong | 84 | 82† | 747,860 | 66.60 | -8.69 |
 | Workers' Party of Singapore | Low Thia Khiang | 20 | 1 | 183,604 | 16.34 | +13.30 |
 | Singapore Democratic Alliance: | Chiam See Tong | 20 | 1 | 145,902 | 12.99 | +0.96 |
 | Singapore Democratic Party | Chee Soon Juan | 7 | 0 | 45,634 | 4.07 | -4.04 | | Total | 84 | 1,123,000 | 100.0 | | Spoilt votes | 26,727 | - | | Did not vote | 97,000 | - | | Total voting electorate | 1,222,884 | - | | † includes uncontested victories | The constitution also provides for the appointment of other members of parliament not voted in at an election. Up to six Non-Constituency Members of Parliament from the opposition political parties can be appointed [2]. Currently, there is one Non-Constituency Member of Parliament. Image File history File links Pap_logo. ...
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Lee, Hsien Loong (Simplified Chinese: æŽæ˜¾é¾™; Traditional Chinese: æŽé¡¯é¾; Pinyin: LÇ XiÇŽnlóng; born February 10, 1952) is the third Prime Minister of Singapore. ...
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Workers Party logo The Workers Party of Singapore, or commonly abbreviated as WP, is one of the largest opposition parties in Singapore, with 1 of the 84 elected seats in the current session of Parliament of Singapore. ...
Low Thia Khiang Low Thia Khiang (Chinese: 刘程强, Pinyin: Liú Chéngqiáng) is the Member of Parliament for Hougang, Singapore since 1991. ...
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The Singapore Democratic Alliance (SDA) is an alliance of political parties in Singapore. ...
The National Solidarity Party is a centrist party in Singapore. ...
The Singapore Malay National Organisation (PKMS, short for Pertubuhan Kebangsaan Melayu Singapura in Malay) is a political party in Singapore. ...
The Singapore Malay National Organisation (PKMS, short for Pertubuhan Kebangsaan Melayu Singapura in Malay) is a political party in Singapore. ...
The Singapore Justice Party is a party which is based mostly in Marine Parade district of Singapore since the party had taken part in general elections after 1988 by fielding its candidates only at Marine Parade Group Representation Constituency (GRC). ...
Party logo The Singapore Peoples Party is a left of centre party in Singapore. ...
Chiam See Tong Chiam See Tong (Chinese: 詹时ä¸; Pinyin: ZhÄn ShÃzhÅng; born March 12, 1935) represents the Potong Pasir Single-Member Constituency in the Parliament of Singapore. ...
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Party logo The Singapore Democratic Party (SDP) is a liberal party in Singapore. ...
Dr. Chee Soon Juan, Secretary-General of the Singapore Democratic Party (SDP) Dr. Chee Soon Juan (Simplified Chinese: å¾é¡ºå…¨; Traditional Chinese: å¾é †å…¨; Pinyin: Xú Shùnquán) is the Secretary-General of the Singapore Democratic Party (SDP) and a trained neuropsychologist. ...
Non-Constituency Members of Parliament (NCMPs) are members of the opposition parties who were appointed as members of the Parliament of Singapore even though they had lost in the parliamentary election. ...
A constitutional provision for the appointment of up to nine Nominated Members of Parliament (NMPs) was made in 1990 [2]. NMPs are appointed by the president for a term of two and a half years on the recommendation of a Select Committee chaired by the Speaker of Parliament and are not connected to any political parties. In 2005, nine NMPs were sworn in, out of which five were female. A Nominated Member of Parliament (NMP) is an unelected MP that does not represent any electoral district in the Parliament of Singapore. ...
A Select Committee is a committee made up of a small number of parliamentary members appointed to deal with particular areas or issues originating in the Westminster System of parliamentary democracy. ...
The term Speaker is usually the title given to the presiding officer of a countrys lower house of parliament or congress (ie: the House of Commons or House of Representatives). ...
Both non-constituency and nominated members of parliament cannot vote on the following issues:
- amendment of the constitution
- public funds
- vote of no confidence in the government
- removing the president from office
Law making Before any law is passed, it is first introduced in parliament as a draft called a bill. Bills are usually introduced by a minister on behalf of the cabinet, known as Government Bill. However, any member of parliament can introduce a bill, known as a Private Member's Bill. All bills must go through three readings in parliament and receive the president's assent to become an Act of Parliament. In Westminster System parliaments, an Act of Parliament is a part of the law passed by the Parliament. ...
Each bill goes through several stages before it becomes a law. The first stage is a mere formality known as the first reading, where it is introduced without a debate. This is followed by the second reading, where members of parliament debate on the general principles of the bill. If parliament opposes the bill, it may vote to reject the bill. A first reading is when a bill is introduced to a legislature. ...
A second reading is the state of the legislative process where a draft of a bill is read a second time. ...
If the bill goes through the second reading, the bill is sent to a Select Committee where every clause in the bill is examined. Members of parliament who support the bill in principle but do not agree with certain clauses can propose amendments to those clauses at this stage. Following its report back to parliament, the bill will go through its third reading where only minor amendments will be allowed before it is passed. A third reading is the stage of a legislative process in which a bill is read with all amendments and given final approval by a legislative body. ...
Most bills passed by parliament are scrutinised by the Presidential Council for Minority Rights which makes a report to the Speaker of Parliament stating whether there are clauses in a bill which affects any racial or religious community [7]. If approved by the council, the bill will be presented for the president's assent. The Presidential Council for Minority Rights is a govenment body in Singapore. ...
The last stage involves the granting of assent by the president, before the bill officially becomes a law.
References
Citations - ^ About Us. Parliament of Singapore website. URL accessed on June 9, 2005.
- ^ a b c The Legislature. Attorney-General's Chambers of Singapore website. URL accessed on January 29, 2005.
- ^ Parliamentary Elections Act. Singapore Statutes Online. URL accessed on 2006-05-08.
- ^ Legislation history. Singapore Statutes Online. URL accessed on 2006-05-08.
- ^ List of current ministers. Parliament of Singapore website. URL accessed on 8 May 2006.
- ^ "Singapore's PAP returned to power", Channel NewsAsia, May 7, 2006.
- ^ Law Making. Singapore Parliament website. URL accessed on June 9, 2005.
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