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Singapore 2020 general election

What was the result of the 2020 general election in Singapore?

People's Action Party won 83 of 93 seats with 61.2% of the vote.

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  • Final result
  • Elections Department Singapore (data.gov.sg), read 28 October 2026

Which party won the most seats?

Results published by the Elections Department, read : People's Action Party won 83 of 93 seats with 61.2% of the vote.

  • People's Action Party 83 0 seats 61.2% −8.6 points
  • Workers' Party 10 +4 seats 11.2% −1.3 points
  • Progress Singapore Party 0 10.2%
  • Singapore Democratic Party 0 0 seats 4.5% +0.7 points
  • National Solidarity Party 0 0 seats 3.8% +0.2 points
  • Peoples Voice 0 2.4%
  • Reform Party 0 0 seats 2.2% −0.4 points
  • Singapore People's Party 0 0 seats 1.5% −0.6 points
  • Seats won
  • Change on the previous election at the right
  • Share of the vote
  • Share at the previous election
  • Change in points at the right

Changes are against the Singapore 2015 general election, party by party.

47 of 93 seats make a majority

Key numbers

  1. 61.2%

    Share of the vote won by People's Action Party

    People's Action Party won 83 of 93 seats. A majority needs 47.

  2. +4 seats

    Seats gained by Workers' Party

    The largest gain in seats compared with 2015.

Seats and votes by party

PartySeats± seats%± pointsVotes
People's Action Party83061.2−8.61,527,491
Workers' Party10+411.2−1.3279,922
Progress Singapore Party010.2253,996
Singapore Democratic Party004.5+0.7111,054
National Solidarity Party003.8+0.293,653
Peoples Voice02.459,183
Reform Party002.2−0.454,599
Singapore People's Party001.5−0.637,998
Singapore Democratic Alliance001.5−0.637,237
Red Dot United01.331,260
People's Power Party000.3−0.87,489
Independents000.0−0.1655

± is the change against the Singapore 2015 general election, party by party. Shares are computed by us from the votes.

Votes by party
  • People's Action Party 1,527,491
  • Workers' Party 279,922
  • Progress Singapore Party 253,996
  • Singapore Democratic Party 111,054
  • National Solidarity Party 93,653
  • Peoples Voice 59,183
  • Reform Party 54,599
  • Singapore People's Party 37,998
  • Singapore Democratic Alliance 37,237
  • Red Dot United 31,260
  • People's Power Party 7,489
  • Independents 655

Contains information from Parliamentary General Election Results by Candidate, accessed on 28 October 2026 from the Elections Department Singapore, which is made available under the terms of the Singapore Open Data Licence version 1.0. Shown in our own layout; the Elections Department does not endorse it.

We summed each party's votes over the constituencies that were contested, and counted its seats from the winner of each constituency: a team wins every seat of its group constituency. Shares are of those votes. Non-constituency members, who join Parliament without winning a constituency, are not counted.

How do the votes compare with the seats?

  • People's Action Party61.2% of votes89.2% of seats
  • Workers' Party11.2% of votes10.8% of seats
  • Progress Singapore Party10.2% of votes0.0% of seats
  • Singapore Democratic Party4.5% of votes0.0% of seats
  • National Solidarity Party3.8% of votes0.0% of seats
  • Peoples Voice2.4% of votes0.0% of seats
  • Reform Party2.2% of votes0.0% of seats
Each party's share of the vote (outlined) and of the seats (filled)

The Gallagher index of disproportionality is 21.7 (0 when seats follow votes exactly); the effective number of parties is 2.5 by votes and 1.2 by seats; People's Action Party led Workers' Party by 50.0 points of the vote.

Time and source Data as of

Sources
  • Elections Department Singapore, Parliamentary General Election Results by Candidate, on data.gov.sg. Singapore Open Data Licence version 1.0; shown in our own layout, not endorsed by the Department. (source). Licence: Singapore Open Data Licence version 1.0