2015 Singaporean general election

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/2015_Singaporean_general_election
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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:politics
gptkbp:broadcastDebate Yes
gptkbp:campaignPeriod 1 September 2015 to 9 September 2015
gptkbp:coolingOffDay 10 September 2015
gptkbp:country gptkb:Singapore
gptkbp:date 11 September 2015
gptkbp:dissolutionOfParliament 25 August 2015
gptkbp:dissolved gptkb:Tony_Tan
gptkbp:district 29
gptkbp:firstTimeAllSeatsContested Yes
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label 2015 Singaporean general election
gptkbp:invalidVotes 47,315
gptkbp:majoritySeats 45
gptkbp:nextEdition 2020 Singaporean general election
gptkbp:nominationDay 1 September 2015
gptkbp:notableEvent First election after Lee Kuan Yew's death
Highest winning margin for PAP since 2001
Workers' Party lost Punggol East SMC
First time People's Action Party won all but one GRC
First time since independence that all seats were contested
gptkbp:numberOfGRCs 16
gptkbp:numberOfSMCs 13
gptkbp:opposedBy gptkb:Workers'_Party
gptkbp:oppositionSeats 6
gptkbp:parliament gptkb:13th_Parliament_of_Singapore
gptkbp:parliamentDissolvedOnAdviceOf Lee Hsien Loong
gptkbp:party gptkb:Independent_candidates
gptkb:People's_Action_Party
gptkb:National_Solidarity_Party
gptkb:Singapore_Democratic_Alliance
gptkb:Singapore_Democratic_Party
gptkb:Singapore_People's_Party
gptkb:Singaporeans_First
gptkb:Reform_Party
gptkb:Workers'_Party
gptkb:People's_Power_Party
gptkbp:pollingDay 11 September 2015
gptkbp:presidentDuringTerm gptkb:Tony_Tan
gptkbp:previousEdition 2011 Singaporean general election
gptkbp:primeMinister Lee Hsien Loong
gptkbp:seatingCapacity 89
gptkbp:totalElectorate 2,462,926
gptkbp:totalVotesCast 2,304,331
gptkbp:validVotes 2,257,016
gptkbp:voterTurnout 93.56%
gptkbp:votingSystem first-past-the-post
gptkbp:winner gptkb:People's_Action_Party
gptkbp:winningPercentage 69.86%
gptkbp:winningSeats 83
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Singaporeans_First
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6