2011 Singaporean general election

Common card · No. 363060

General elections were held in Singapore on 7 May 2011 to elect members of Parliament. They were the thirteenth general elections since the introduction of self-government in 1959 and the eleventh since independence in 1965. President S.R. Nathan dissolved parliament on 19 April on the advice of Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong three weeks before the election. The number of elected seats was increased from 84 to 87 from the previous election. This was the second election contested by Lee as prime minister. Key issues in the elections included immigration, the cost of living and housing, as well as ministerial salaries, opposition representation, the management of the 2010 Summer Youth Olympics, and the national security including the Mas Selamat Kastari's breakout in 2008. As a result, the election is described by analysts and pundits as a "watershed" election, whereas it saw the most number of seats being contested at the time, and the electorate surpassed two million, making it the most...

Read on Wikipedia · Image FelipeRev, CC0