2020 Singapore General Election

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/2020_Singapore_General_Election
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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf General Election
gptkbp:broadcastDebate Yes
gptkbp:campaignPeriod 2020-06-30 to 2020-07-08
gptkbp:country gptkb:Singapore
gptkbp:COVID19Measures Yes
gptkbp:date 2020-07-10
gptkbp:dissolutionOfParliament 2020-06-23
gptkbp:dissolved President Halimah Yacob on advice of PM Lee Hsien Loong
gptkbp:district 31
gptkbp:electionAuthority gptkb:Elections_Department_Singapore
gptkbp:electionDeposit $13,500 per candidate
gptkbp:firstTimeNoPhysicalRallies Yes
gptkbp:firstTimeOnlineRallies Yes
gptkbp:firstTimeVoters Younger than previous elections
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label 2020 Singapore General Election
gptkbp:mainCandidate 192
gptkbp:nextEdition 2025 Singapore General Election
gptkbp:nominationDay 2020-06-30
gptkbp:notableLoss PAP lost Sengkang GRC
gptkbp:notableNewParty gptkb:Progress_Singapore_Party
gptkbp:numberOfGRCs 17
gptkbp:numberOfIndependentCandidates 1
gptkbp:numberOfSMCs 14
gptkbp:overseasVoting Yes
gptkbp:PAPPopularVote 61.24%
gptkbp:PAPSeatsWon 83
gptkbp:parliament 14
gptkbp:parliamentaryTerm 5 years
gptkbp:party gptkb:People's_Action_Party
gptkb:Progress_Singapore_Party
gptkb:Workers'_Party
11
gptkbp:pollingDay 2020-07-10
gptkbp:president gptkb:Halimah_Yacob
gptkbp:previousEdition 2015 Singapore General Election
gptkbp:primeMinister Lee Hsien Loong
gptkbp:PSPPopularVote 10.18%
gptkbp:PSPSeatsWon 0
gptkbp:seatingCapacity 93
gptkbp:specialVotingArrangements COVID-19 safety measures
gptkbp:type Parliamentary
gptkbp:voterTurnout 95.81%
gptkbp:votingSystem 2,535,565
gptkbp:winner gptkb:People's_Action_Party
gptkbp:WPBestResult Yes
gptkbp:WPPopularVote 11.22%
gptkbp:WPSeatsWon 10
gptkbp:WPWonSengkangGRC Yes
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Jalan_Besar_SMC
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7