12th Parliament of Singapore

12th Parliament of Singapore
12th Parliament of Singapore
Majority parliament
10 October 2011 – 25 August 2015
House
	Seating arrangements of the House
Speaker of Parliament	Michael Palmer; 10 October 2011 – 12 December 2012 ; Charles Chong (acting); 12 December 2012 – 14 January 2013; Halimah Yacob; 14 January 2013 – 7 August 2017;
Prime; Minister	Lee Hsien Loong; 7 May 2011 – 25 August 2015 ;
Leader; of the; Opposition	Low Thia Khiang; 7 May 2011 – 25 August 2015;
Session(s)
1st Session
	10 October 2011 – 15 April 2014
2nd Session
	16 May 2014 – 25 August 2015
Cabinet(s)
12th Cabinet
	Lee Hsien Loong; 10 October 2011 – 25 August 2015
Parliamentarians
<11th	13th>

The 12th Parliament of Singapore was a meeting of the Parliament of Singapore. The first session commenced on 10 October 2011 and was prorogued on 25 August 2015.^[2]^[3] The membership was set by the 2011 Singapore General Election on 7 May 2011 and changed three times due to expulsion of Hougang Single Member Constituency MP in 2012 and resignation of Punggol East Single Member Constituency MP and Speaker of Parliament over extra-marital affairs in 2013, as well as the death of Lee Kuan Yew, former Prime Minister of Singapore and MP of Tanjong Pagar Group Representation Constituency.

The 12th Parliament was controlled by a People's Action Party majority, led by Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong and members of the cabinet, which assumed power on 7 May 2011. The Opposition was led by the Secretary General of the Worker's Party of Singapore, Mr Low Thia Khiang. The Speaker of the Parliament of Singapore was Halimah Yacob, of the People's Action Party. She was elected as the 9th Speaker of the House for the 12th Parliament on 14 January 2013.

Result of the 2011 Singaporean general election



Party		Votes	%	Seats	+/–
	People's Action Party	1,212,154	60.14	81	–1
	Workers' Party	258,510	12.83	6	+5
	National Solidarity Party	242,682	12.04	0	New
	Singapore Democratic Party	97,369	4.83	0	0
	Reform Party	86,294	4.28	0	New
	Singapore People's Party	62,639	3.11	0	New
	Singapore Democratic Alliance	55,988	2.78	0	–1
Total		2,015,636	100.00	87	+3

Valid votes		2,015,636	97.83
Invalid/blank votes		44,737	2.17
Total votes		2,060,373	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		2,350,873	93.18
Source: Singapore Elections^[usurped]^[a]

The Workers' Party and the Singapore People's Party, being the best performing opposition parties were awarded 2 and 1 Non-Constituency Member of Parliament Seat respectively in accordance with the Constitution. The NCMP Seats were held by Gerald Giam Yean Song and Yee Jenn Jong of the Workers' Party and Lina Chiam of Singapore People's Party.

Officeholders

Speakers

Michael Palmer (People's Action Party; until 14 December 2012)^[1]
- Charles Chong (People's Action Party; 14 December 2012-13 January 2013 as acting speaker)
Halimah Yacob (People's Action Party; from 14 January 2013)
Deputy Speakers: Charles Chong and Seah Kian Peng (People's Action Party; from 17 October 2011)

Leaders

Prime Minister of Singapore: Lee Hsien Loong (People's Action Party)
Leader of the Opposition: Low Thia Khiang (Workers' Party)

House Leaders

Leader of the House: Dr Ng Eng Hen (People's Action Party)
Deputy Leader of the House: Heng Chee How (People's Action Party)^[4]

Whips

Members

Elected Members of Parliament

Constituency	Division	Member
Aljunied GRC	Bedok Reservoir–Punggol	Low Thia Khiang	Workers' Party
	Eunos	Pritam Singh	Workers' Party
	Kaki Bukit	Muhamad Faisal Manap	Workers' Party
	Paya Lebar	Chen Show Mao	Workers' Party
	Serangoon	Sylvia Lim	Workers' Party
Ang Mo Kio GRC	Ang Mo Kio–Hougang	Yeo Guat Kwang	People's Action Party
	Cheng San–Seletar	Ang Hin Kee	People's Action Party
	Jalan Kayu	Intan Azura Mokhtar	People's Action Party
	Kebun Baru	Inderjit Singh	People's Action Party
	Teck Ghee	Lee Hsien Loong	People's Action Party
	Yio Chu Kang	Seng Han Thong	People's Action Party
Bishan–Toa Payoh GRC	Bishan East	Wong Kan Seng	People's Action Party
	Bishan North	Josephine Teo	People's Action Party
	Thomson	Hri Kumar Nair	People's Action Party
	Toa Payoh Central	Ng Eng Hen	People's Action Party
	Toa Payoh East	Zainudin Nordin	People's Action Party
Bukit Panjang SMC		Teo Ho Pin	People's Action Party
Chua Chu Kang GRC	Bukit Gombak	Low Yen Ling	People's Action Party
	Chua Chu Kang	Gan Kim Yong	People's Action Party
	Keat Hong	Zaqy Mohamad	People's Action Party
	Nanyang	Alvin Yeo	People's Action Party
	Yew Tee	Alex Yam	People's Action Party
East Coast GRC	Bedok	Lim Swee Say	People's Action Party
	Changi–Simei	Jessica Tan	People's Action Party
	Fengshan	Raymond Lim	People's Action Party
	Kampong Chai Chee	Lee Yi Shyan	People's Action Party
	Siglap	Maliki Osman	People's Action Party
Holland–Bukit Timah GRC	Bukit Timah	Sim Ann	People's Action Party
	Cashew	Vivian Balakrishnan	People's Action Party
	Ulu Pandan	Christopher de Souza	People's Action Party
	Zhenghua	Liang Eng Hwa	People's Action Party
Hong Kah North SMC		Amy Khor	People's Action Party
Hougang SMC		Png Eng Huat^[b]	Workers' Party
Joo Chiat SMC		Charles Chong	People's Action Party
Jurong GRC	Bukit Batok	David Ong	People's Action Party
	Bukit Batok East	Halimah Yacob	People's Action Party
	Jurong Central	Ang Wei Neng	People's Action Party
	Jurong Spring	Desmond Lee	People's Action Party
	Taman Jurong	Tharman Shanmugaratnam	People's Action Party
Marine Parade GRC	Braddell Heights	Seah Kian Peng	People's Action Party
	Geylang Serai	Fatimah Lateef	People's Action Party
	Kembangan–Chai Chee	Tan Chuan-Jin	People's Action Party
	MacPherson	Tin Pei Ling	People's Action Party
	Marine Parade	Goh Chok Tong	People's Action Party
Moulmein–Kallang GRC	Jalan Besar	Edwin Tong	People's Action Party
	Kampong Glam	Denise Phua	People's Action Party
	Kolam Ayer	Yaacob Ibrahim	People's Action Party
	Moulmein	Lui Tuck Yew	People's Action Party
Mountbatten SMC		Lim Biow Chuan	People's Action Party
Nee Soon GRC	Canberra	Lim Wee Kiak	People's Action Party
	Chong Pang	K. Shanmugam	People's Action Party
	Nee Soon Central	Muhammad Faishal Ibrahim	People's Action Party
	Nee Soon East	Patrick Tay	People's Action Party
	Nee Soon South	Lee Bee Wah	People's Action Party
Pasir Ris–Punggol GRC	Pasir Ris East	Zainal Sapari	People's Action Party
	Pasir Ris West	Teo Chee Hean	People's Action Party
	Punggol Central	Teo Ser Luck	People's Action Party
	Punggol North	Penny Low	People's Action Party
	Punggol South	Gan Thiam Poh	People's Action Party
	Punggol West	Janil Puthucheary	People's Action Party
Pioneer SMC		Cedric Foo	People's Action Party
Potong Pasir SMC		Sitoh Yih Pin	People's Action Party
Punggol East SMC		Lee Li Lian^[c]	Workers' Party^[c]
Radin Mas SMC		Sam Tan	People's Action Party
Sembawang GRC	Admiralty	Vikram Nair	People's Action Party
	Marsiling	Hawazi Daipi	People's Action Party
	Sembawang	Khaw Boon Wan	People's Action Party
	Woodgrove	Ong Teng Koon	People's Action Party
	Woodlands	Ellen Lee	People's Action Party
Sengkang West SMC		Lam Pin Min	People's Action Party
Tampines GRC	Tampines Central	Heng Swee Keat	People's Action Party
	Tampines Changkat	Irene Ng	People's Action Party
	Tampines East	Mah Bow Tan	People's Action Party
	Tampines North	Baey Yam Keng	People's Action Party
	Tampines West	Masagos Zulkifli	People's Action Party
Tanjong Pagar GRC	Buona Vista	Chan Chun Sing	People's Action Party
	Kreta Ayer–Kim Seng	Lily Neo	People's Action Party
	Queenstown	Chia Shi-Lu	People's Action Party
	Tanglin–Cairnhill	Indranee Rajah	People's Action Party
	Tanjong Pagar–Tiong Bahru	Vacant^[d]	People's Action Party
West Coast GRC	Ayer Rajah	Foo Mee Har	People's Action Party
	Boon Lay	Lawrence Wong	People's Action Party
	Clementi	Arthur Fong	People's Action Party
	Telok Blangah	Lim Hng Kiang	People's Action Party
	West Coast	S. Iswaran	People's Action Party
Whampoa SMC		Heng Chee How	People's Action Party
Yuhua SMC		Grace Fu	People's Action Party

Non-constituency Members of Parliament

Member		Constituency contested
Gerald Giam	Workers' Party	East Coast GRC
Lina Loh	Singapore People's Party	Potong Pasir SMC
Yee Jenn Jong	Workers' Party	Joo Chiat SMC

Nominated Members of Parliament

Ramasamy Dhinakaran, from 14 February 2012 until 13 August 2014
Faizah Jamal, from 14 February 2012 until 13 August 2014
Nicholas Fang Kuo Wei, from 14 February 2012 until 13 August 2014
Janice Koh, from 14 February 2012 until 13 August 2014
Laurence Lien Tsung Chern, from 14 February 2012 until 13 August 2014
Mary Liew Kiah Eng, from 14 February 2012 until 13 August 2014
Eugene Tan, from 14 February 2012 until 13 August 2014
Tan Su Shan, from 14 February 2012 until 13 August 2014
Teo Siong Seng, from 14 February 2012 until 13 August 2014
Chia Yong Yong, from 26 August 2014
Thomas Chua Kee Seng, from 26 August 2014
Karthikeyan s/o R. Krishnamurthy, from 26 August 2014
Kuik Shiao-Yin, from 26 August 2014
Mohd. Ismail bin Hussein, from 26 August 2014
Rita Soh Siow Lan, from 26 August 2014
Benedict Tan Chi'-Loong, from 26 August 2014
Randolph Tan Gee Kwang, from 26 August 2014
Tan Tai Yong, from 26 August 2014

Notes

^ 139,771 of the 2,350,873 registered voters were in uncontested constituencies, leaving 2,211,102 voters able to vote.
^ Yaw Shin Leong was the MP for the area prior to 14 February 2012.
^ ^a ^b Michael Palmer was the MP for the area prior to 12 December 2012. Palmer was from the People's Action Party.
^ Lee Kuan Yew died in office on 23 March 2015, with Indranee Rajah acted as interim MP for the division.

References

^ ^a ^b "Speaker of Parliament, PAP MP Michael Palmer resigns due to 'improper conduct'". sg.news.yahoo.com. 12 December 2012. Retrieved 12 December 2012.
^ "Sessions of Parliament". Archived from the original on 25 June 2017. Retrieved 2 December 2018.
^ "Dissolution of Parliament on 25 August 2015 | Prime Minister's Office Singapore". www.pmo.gov.sg. Archived from the original on 26 August 2015. Retrieved 27 August 2015.
^ "Leader of the House". Archived from the original on 25 June 2017. Retrieved 2 December 2018.

[RV-4] 139,771 of the 2,350,873 registered voters were in uncontested constituencies, leaving 2,211,102 voters able to vote.

[BE1-6] Yaw Shin Leong was the MP for the area prior to 14 February 2012.

[BE2-7] Michael Palmer was the MP for the area prior to 12 December 2012. Palmer was from the People's Action Party.

[8] Lee Kuan Yew died in office on 23 March 2015, with Indranee Rajah acted as interim MP for the division.

[palmer-1] "Speaker of Parliament, PAP MP Michael Palmer resigns due to 'improper conduct'". sg.news.yahoo.com. 12 December 2012. Retrieved 12 December 2012.

[2] "Sessions of Parliament". Archived from the original on 25 June 2017. Retrieved 2 December 2018.

[3] "Dissolution of Parliament on 25 August 2015 | Prime Minister's Office Singapore". www.pmo.gov.sg. Archived from the original on 26 August 2015. Retrieved 27 August 2015.

[5] "Leader of the House". Archived from the original on 25 June 2017. Retrieved 2 December 2018.

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