2025 Singaporean general election

2025 Singaporean general election

3 May 2025

All 97 directly elected seats in Parliament
(and up to 12 NCMPs)
Registered2,758,846
Turnout92.83% ( 2.98pp)
  First party Second party
 
Leader Lawrence Wong Pritam Singh
Party PAP WP
Leader's seat Marsiling–Yew Tee GRC Aljunied GRC
Last election 61.23%, 83 seats 11.22%, 10 seats
Seats won 87 10
Seat change 4
0
Popular vote 1,570,803 359,161
Percentage 65.57% 14.99%
Swing 4.34pp 3.77pp

Results by constituency

Prime Minister before election

Lawrence Wong
PAP

Prime Minister after election

Lawrence Wong
PAP

General elections were held in Singapore on 3 May 2025 to elect members of Parliament. They were the sixteenth general elections since the introduction of self-government in 1959, the fourteenth since independence in 1965, and the first under Lawrence Wong, who succeeded Lee Hsien Loong as prime minister in May 2024 and as secretary-general of the governing People's Action Party (PAP) that December. The election was described as "a key test of public confidence" in Wong. The 14th Parliament was dissolved on 15 April, with nomination day being 23 April. A record 211 candidates contested the election, including 53 women, the highest number of female candidates in Singapore's history. The number of elected seats was increased to 97, up from the 93 in the previous election.

Political parties focused their campaigns on the cost of living, with the opposition pushing for a reduction in the Goods and Services Tax (GST) or exemptions for necessities. The opposition also called for reforms to public housing policies. Additionally, the Progress Singapore Party (PSP) and the People's Alliance for Reform (PAR), among other parties, advocated for stricter immigration controls. The PAP focused its campaign on constituency-level achievements and emphasised policy discussions, marking a stark contrast to previous elections which had focused more on personal attacks and national-level rhetoric. The elections also saw attempted foreign interference, especially by politicians from the Malaysian Islamic Party (PAS).

The PAP retained its two-thirds supermajority, winning 87 seats and improving its popular vote share from the previous election to 65.57%. The Workers' Party (WP) retained all ten of its seats and gained two additional seats accorded to the "best losers", both of which were previously held by the PSP. As a result, the PSP lost its representation in Parliament and the 15th Parliament comprised only two political parties. Voter turnout was 92.83% – the lowest since 1968. Wong formed his cabinet on 21 May and the 15th Parliament was opened on 5 September.