List of Singapore opposition party MPs elected explained

This is a list of members of the Parliament of Singapore who were elected as a member of a opposition party since 1965. In Singapore, the People's Action Party has been the governing party since 1959.

With the changes to the number of NCMP seats from 3 to 9 in 2010, Low Thia Khiang has left Hougang SMC and joined Aljunied GRC to be able to secure the breakthrough of opposition GRC, and to cap to 3 NCMPs. Another change in the number of NCMP seats is in 2016, it was increased to 12, and the requirement to have another GRC won by the opposition party.

List

Election[1] [2]	Member of Parliament[3]	Constituency	Party		Parliament	NCMP Elected
1981 (b)	J.B. Jeyaretnam	Anson SMC		Workers' Party	5th
1984	Chiam See Tong	Potong Pasir SMC		Singapore Democratic Party	6th	1
	J.B. Jeyaretnam	Anson SMC		Workers' Party
1988	Chiam See Tong	Potong Pasir SMC		Singapore Democratic Party	7th	2
1991	Cheo Chai Chen	Nee Soon Central SMC		Singapore Democratic Party	8th	N/A
	Chiam See Tong	Potong Pasir SMC		Singapore Democratic Party
	Ling How Doong	Bukit Gombak SMC		Singapore Democratic Party
	Low Thia Khiang	Hougang SMC		Workers' Party
1997	Chiam See Tong	Potong Pasir SMC		Singapore People's Party	9th	1
	Low Thia Khiang	Hougang SMC		Workers' Party
2001	Chiam See Tong	Potong Pasir SMC		Singapore Democratic Alliance	10th	1
	Low Thia Khiang	Hougang SMC		Workers' Party
2006	Chiam See Tong	Potong Pasir SMC		Singapore Democratic Alliance	11th	1
	Low Thia Khiang	Hougang SMC		Workers' Party
2011	Low Thia Khiang Sylvia Lim Chen Show Mao Pritam Singh Muhamad Faisal Manap	Aljunied GRC		Workers' Party	12th	3
	Yaw Shin Leong	Hougang SMC		Workers' Party
2012 (b)	Png Eng Huat	Hougang SMC		Workers' Party		N/A
2013 (b)	Lee Li Lian	Punggol East SMC		Workers' Party		N/A
2015	Low Thia Khiang Sylvia Lim Chen Show Mao Pritam Singh Muhamad Faisal Manap	Aljunied GRC		Workers' Party	13th	3
	Png Eng Huat	Hougang SMC		Workers' Party
2020	Pritam Singh Sylvia Lim Muhamad Faisal Manap Gerald Giam Leon Perera	Aljunied GRC		Workers' Party	14th	2
	Dennis Tan Lip Fong	Hougang SMC		Workers' Party
	He Ting Ru Louis Chua Jamus Lim Raeesah Khan	Sengkang GRC		Workers' Party

(b) = by-election

Notes and References

1. Web site: Parliamentary General Election Results . Singapore Elections Department . December 2, 2018 . en . https://web.archive.org/web/20150910073201/http://www.eld.gov.sg/elections_past_parliamentary.html . September 10, 2015 . dead .
2. Web site: Parliamentary By-election Results . Singapore Elections Department . December 2, 2018 . en . https://web.archive.org/web/20150510214227/http://www.eld.gov.sg/elections_past_by.html . 10 May 2015 . dead .
3. Web site: List of MPs By Parliament . Parliament Of Singapore . December 2, 2018 . en.