Singapore General Elections 2020: Constituency candidates

Nomination Day for the Singapore General Elections 2020 fell on 30 June 2020. In total, there were 192 candidates across 11 political parties.[1] This entry is a directory of the 192 candidates, sorted by their party and constituency. Following the election results on 10 July 2020, 83 People's Action Party (PAP) candidates have been elected into parliament while 10 seats are occupied by the Workers' Party candidates from Hougang Single Member Constituency (SMC), Aljunied Group Representation Constituency (GRC) and Sengkang GRC.[2]

The logos of the 11 political parties in GE2020.

PAP vs. WP

 
The WP (left) and PAP (right) emblems.

The following tables list the constituencies contested by People's Action Party (PAP) and Workers' Party (WP) and their respective candidates.

Group Representation Constituencies (GRC)

Constituency PAP WP
Aljunied GRC Victor Lye Pritam Singh
Shamsul Kamar Sylvia Lim
Chua Eng Leong Faisal Manap
Alex Yeo Gerald Giam
Chan Hui Yuh Leon Perera
East Coast GRC Heng Swee Keat Nicole Seah
Jessica Tan Dylan Ng
Maliki Osman Kenneth Foo Seck Guan
Cheryl Chan Terence Tan
Tan Kiat How Abdul Shariff Aboo Kassim
Marine Parade GRC Tan Chuan-Jin Yee Jenn Jong
Seah Kian Peng Ron Tan
Edwin Tong Muhammad Fadli Mohammed Fawzi
Tan See Leng Muhammad Azhar Abdul Latip
Fahmi Aliman Nathaniel Koh
Sengkang GRC Ng Chee Meng He Ting Ru
Lam Pin Min Jamus Lim
Amrin Amin Louis Chua
Raymond Lye Raeesah Khan
 
WP's Nicole Seah and PAP's Heng Swee Keat are two of the candidates vying for East Coast GRC. Photo from AsiaOne.

Single Member Constituencies (SMC)

Constituency PAP WP
Punggol West SMC Sun Xueling Tan Chen Chen
Hougang SMC Lee Hong Chuang Dennis Tan

PAP vs. PSP

 
The PSP (left) and PAP (right) emblems.

The following tables list the constituencies contested by People’s Action Party (PAP) and Progress Singapore Party (PSP) and their respective candidates.

Group Representation Constituencies (GRC)

Constituency PAP PSP
Chua Chu Kang GRC Gan Kim Yong Francis Yuen
Low Yen Ling Tan Meng Wah
Zhulkarnain Abdul Rahim Abdul Rahman Mohamad
Don Wee Choo Shaun Ming
Nee Soon GRC K Shanmugam Sri Nallakaruppan
Carrie Tan Bradley Bowyer
Faishal Ibrahim Kala Manickam
Louis Ng Taufik Supan
Derrick Goh Damien Tay
Tanjong Pagar GRC Indranee Rajah Michael Chua
Chan Chun Sing Wendy Low
Joan Pereira Harish Pillay
Eric Chua Abas Kasmani
Alvin Tan Terence Soon
West Coast GRC S. Iswaran Tan Cheng Bock
Desmond Lee Leong Mun Wai
Foo Mee Har Hazel Poa
Ang Wei Neng Nadarajah Loganathan
Rachel Ong Jeffrey Khoo
 
PAP's Desmond Lee (left) and PSP's Tan Cheng Bock (right) are two of the candidates vying for West Coast GRC. Photo from The Straits Times.

Single Member Constituencies (SMC)

Constituency PAP PSP
Hong Kah North SMC Amy Khor Gigene Wong
Kebun Baru SMC Henry Kwek Kumaran Pillai
Marymount SMC Gan Siow Huang Ang Yong Guan
Pioneer SMC Patrick Tay Lim Cher Hong
Yio Chu Kang SMC Yip Hon Weng Kayla Low

PAP vs. SDP

 
The SDP (left) and PAP (right) emblems.

The following tables list the constituencies contested by People’s Action Party (PAP) and Singapore Democratic Party (SDP) and their respective candidates.

Group Representation Constituencies (GRC)

Constituency PAP SDP
Holland-Bukit Timah GRC Vivian Balakrishnan Tan Jee Say
Edward Chia Alfred Tan
Sim Ann Min Cheong
Christopher de Souza James Gomez
Marsiling-Yew Tee GRC Lawrence Wong Benjamin Pwee
Alex Yam Bryan Lim
Zaqy Mohamad Damanhuri Abas
Hany Soh Khung Wai Yeen

Single Member Constituencies (SMC)

 
PAP's Murali Pillai (left) and SDP's Chee Soon Juan (right) are vying for Bukit Batok SMC. Photo credit to Kevin Lim, Desmond Wee/ST PHOTO.
Constituency PAP SDP
Bukit Batok SMC Murali Pillai Chee Soon Juan
Bukit Panjang SMC Liang Eng Hwa Paul Tambyah
Yuhua SMC Grace Fu Robin Low

PAP vs. SPP

 
The SPP (left) and PAP (right) emblems.

The following tables list the constituencies contested by People’s Action Party (PAP) and Singapore Progress Party (SPP) and their respective candidates.

Group Representation Constituencies (GRC)

Constituency PAP SPP
Bishan-Toa Payoh GRC Ng Eng Hen Steve Chia
Chee Hong Tat Williamson Lee
Saktiandi Supaat Osman Sulaiman
Chong Kee Hiong Melvyn Chiu

Single Member Constituencies (SMC)

Constituency PAP SPP
Potong Pasir SMC Sitoh Yih Pin Jose Raymond

PAP vs. NSP

 
The NSP (left) and PAP (right) emblems.

The following table lists the constituencies contested by People’s Action Party (PAP) and National Solidarity Party (NSP) and their respective candidates.

Group Representation Constituencies (GRC)

Constituency PAP NSP
Sembawang GRC Ong Ye Kung Spencer Ng
Lim Wee Kiak Ivan Yeo Tiong Boon
Vikram Nair Sebastian Teo
Poh Li San Yadzeth Hairis
Mariam Jaafar Sathin Ravindran
Tampines GRC
Masagos Zulkifli Reno Fong Chin Leong
Koh Poh Koon Mohamad Ridzwan
Baey Yam Keng Eugene Yeo Ren Yuan
Desmond Choo Choong Hon Heng
Cheng Li Hui Vincent Ng Kian Guan

PAP vs. RP

 
The RP (left) and PAP (right) emblems.

The following tables list the constituencies contested by People’s Action Party (PAP) and Reform Party (RP) and their respective candidates.

Group Representation Constituencies (GRC)

Constituency PAP RP
Ang Mo Kio GRC Lee Hsien Loong Kenneth Jeyaretnam
Darryl David Andy Zhu Lai Cheng
Ng Ling Ling Charles Yeo Yao Hui
Gan Thiam Poh Soh Guan Soon
Nadia Samdin Noraini Yunus

Single Member Constituencies (SMC)

Constituency PAP RP
Radin Mas SMC Melvin Yong Kumar Appavoo

PAP vs. PV

 
The PV (left) and PAP (right) emblems.

The following tables list the constituencies contested by People’s Action Party (PAP) and Peoples Voice (PV) and their respective candidates.

Group Representation Constituencies (GRC)

Constituency PAP PV
Jalan Besar GRC Josephine Teo Lim Tean
Heng Chee How Leong Sze Hian
Denise Phua Nor Azlan Bin Sulaiman
Wan Rizal Wan Zakariah Michael Fang Amin
Pasir Ris-Punggol GRC* Teo Chee Hean Jireh Lim Kay Cheow
Janil Puthucheary Prabu Ramachandran
Sharael Taha Mohamed Nassir Ismail
Yeo Wan Ling Gilbert Goh Keow Wah
Desmond Tan Kok Ming Vigneswari V Ramachandran

*The Pasir Ris-Punggol GRC sees a three-party contest between PAP, PV and the Singapore Democratic Alliance (SDA).

 
PAP's Josephine Teo (left) and PV's Lim Tean (right) are two of the candidates vying for Jalan Besar GRC. Photo credit to Kua Chee Siong, Facebook/ The Straits Times.

Single Member Constituencies (SMC)

Constituency PAP PV
Mountbatten SMC Lim Biow Chuan Sivakumaran Chellappa

PAP vs. PPP

 
The PPP (left) and PAP (right) emblems.

The following table lists the constituency contested by People’s Action Party (PAP) and People’s Progress Party (PPP) and their respective candidates.

Single Member Constituencies (SMC)

Constituency PAP PPP
Macpherson SMC Tin Pei Ling Goh Meng Seng

PAP vs. SDA

 
The SDA (left) and PAP (right) emblems.

The following table lists the constituency contested by People’s Action Party (PAP) and Singapore Democratic Alliance (SDA) and their respective candidates.

Group Representation Constituencies (GRC)

Constituency PAP SDA
Pasir Ris-Punggol GRC* Teo Chee Hean Desmond Lim Bak Chuan
Janil Puthucheary Harminder Pal Singh
Sharael Taha Abu Mohamed
Yeo Wan Ling Kelvin Ong
Desmond Tan Kok Ming Kuswadi Atnawi

*The Pasir Ris-Punggol GRC sees a three-party contest between PAP, SDA and the People's Voice (PV).

PAP vs. RDU

 
The RDU (left) and PAP (right) emblems.

The following table lists the constituency contested by People’s Action Party (PAP) and Red Dot United (RDU) and their respective candidates.

Group Representation Constituencies (GRC)

Constituency PAP RDU
Jurong GRC Tharman Shanmugaratnam Ravi Philemon
Tan Wu Meng Michelle Lee
Rahayu Mahzam Alec Tok Kim Yam
Xie Yao Quan Liyana Dhamirah
Shawn Huang Nicholas Tang

References/ Citations

  1. Sim, Royston. "Singapore GE2020: All 93 seats to be contested at July 10 election; 192 candidates from 11 parties file papers on Nomination Day". The Straits Times. June 30, 2020. Accessed on 30 June 2020.
  2. Matthew Mohan and Rachel Phua. "GE2020: PAP wins with 61.24% of vote; WP claims two GRCs including new Sengkang GRC". Channel News Asia. July 11, 2020. Accessed on 13 July 2020.