10th Parliament of Singapore

The 10th Parliament of Singapore was the previous Parliament of Singapore. The first session commenced on 25 March 2002 and was prorogued on the 1 December 2004. The second session begun from 12 January 2005 and was dissolved on 20 April 2006.[1] The membership was set by the 2001 Singapore General Election on 3 November 2001, and it has been only changed due to Lee Hsien Loong being elected as the Prime Minister in Singapore in 2004.

10th Parliament of Singapore
Majority parliament
25 March 2002 – 20 April 2006
House
Speaker of Parliament	Abdullah Tarmugi 25 March 2002 – 20 April 2006
Prime Minister	Goh Chok Tong 25 March 2002 – 12 August 2004 Lee Hsien Loong 12 August 2004 – 20 April 2006
Leader of the Opposition	Chiam See Tong 25 March 2002 – 20 April 2006
Session(s)
1st Session
25 March 2002 – 1 December 2004
2nd Session
12 January 2005 – 20 April 2006
Cabinet(s)
10th Cabinet
Goh Chok Tong 25 March 2002 – 12 August 2004
10th Cabinet
Lee Hsien Loong 12 August 2004 – 20 April 2006
Parliamentarians
Elected NCMP Nominated 84 1 9
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The 10th Parliament is controlled by a People's Action Party majority, led by Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong and members of the cabinet, which assumed power on 3 November 2001, and later led by Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong, who assumed power on 12 August 2004. The Opposition is led by the Mr Chiam See Tong of the Singapore Democratic Alliance. The Speaker of the Parliament of Singapore is Abdullah bin Tarmugi, of the People's Action Party. He was elected as the Speaker of the House for the 10th Parliament on 25 March 2002.

Result of the Singapore General Election, 2001

Party		Votes	%	Seats	+/–
	People's Action Party	470,765	75.29	82	+1
	Singapore Democratic Alliance	75,248	12.03	1	0
	Singapore Democratic Party	50,607	8.09	0	0
	Workers' Party	19,060	3.05	1	0
	Democratic Progressive Party	5,334	0.85	0	0
	Independents	4,253	0.68	0	0
Total		625,267	100.00	84	+1
Valid votes		625,267	97.87
Invalid/blank votes		13,636	2.13
Total votes		638,903	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		2,036,923	94.61
Source: Singapore Elections[lower-alpha 1]

1. 1,361,617 of the 2,036,923 voters were registered in uncontested constituencies

Officeholders

Speakers

• Abdullah bin Tarmugi (the People's Action Party MP for East Coast GRC) was elected Speaker of the Parliament on 25 March 2002.

Leaders

• Prime Minister of Singapore: Lee Hsien Loong (People's Action Party)
• Leader of the Opposition: Chiam See Tong (Singapore Democratic Alliance)

House Leaders

• Leader of the House: Mah Bow Tan
• Deputy Leader of the House: Dr Ng Eng Hen

Whips

• Government Whip: Lee Boon Yang[2]
• Deputy Government Whip: Inderjit Singh and Amy Khor

References

1. "Sessions of Parliament | Parliament Of Singapore". www.parliament.gov.sg. Retrieved 1 September 2018.
2. "Portrait of Dr. Lee Boon Yang, Minister for Manpower - BookSG - National Library Board, Singapore". eresources.nlb.gov.sg. Retrieved 30 October 2020.