SINGAPORE ELECTIONS TRIVIA

How well do you know Singapore's political and elections history? All answers can be found in the Singapore Elections web site.

1.   Apart from the long ruling People's Action Party (PAP), which fielded candidates in all seats in many elections, the only other party that has done the same in an elections is

Barisan Sosialis
Labour Front
Liberal Socialist Party

 

2.   Who was the first Non-constituency Member of Parliament (NCMP) in Singapore?

J. B. Jeyaretnam
Dr Lee Siew Choh
M. P. D. Nair

 

3.   The common denominating symbol of the Pertubuhan Kebangsaan Melayu Singapura (PKMS) and the United National Front (UNF) is

Animal
Hand
Sun

 

4.   Under a PAP government, which opposition political party other than the Barisan Sosialis has won the most number of seats?

Singapore Democratic Alliance
Singapore Democratic Party
The Workers' Party

 

5.   The general elections that saw the highest number of candidates contest is

GE1959
GE1963
GE1972

 

6.   Prominent PAP politician and former Singapore Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew has contested the most number of elections - 14 in all - since age 32. Who is the next most tenacious politician after him?

M. P. D. Nair
S. Rajaratnam
Wong Hong Toy

 

7.   The co-relation between Singapore United Front (SUF), United Front (UF), United National Front (UNF) and United People's Front (UPF) is

UF was renamed SUF
UF was renamed UNF
UPF broke away from UNF

 

8.   The Workers' Party fielded more new candidates than PAP in

GE1972
GE1980
Both

 

9.   From GE1959 to GE2001, how many General Elections have the PAP won?

11
12
13

 

10.   For GEs 1968, 1972, 1976 and 1980 where PAP achieved clean sweeps, which was PAP's highest scoring constituency?

Kreta Ayer
Rochore
Tanjong Pagar

 

11.   After Singapore's independence, the PAP's full monopoly of the legislature was broken in

1980
1981
1984

 

12.   The most number of seats United People's Party (UPP) had in the legislature was

1
2
3

 

13.   The long surviving electoral constituency in Singapore history is

Bukit Batok
Bukit Ho Swee
Bukit Timah

 

14.   PAP's biggest dip in percentage of votes was in

GE1963
GE1984
GE1991

 

15.   Who other than Lee Kuan Yew whose opponents lost their election deposits in his debut elections?

Goh Chok Tong
Lim Boon Heng
Dr Tan Cheng Bock

 

16.   The Workers' Party almost won this GRC from PAP twice in consecutive general elections. Which GRC is it?

Cheng San GRC
Eunos GRC
Tiong Bahru GRC

 

17.   Which party did Barisan Sosialis split away from, and which party did it merge with in the end?

LSP, The Workers' Party
PAP, The Workers' Party
PAP, SDP

 

18.   Which general elections saw the least contests but the longest campaign period?

GE1968
GE1980
GE1997

 

19.   Both the Labour Front and the Labour Party carried this tool in their logo. What tool is it?

Hammer
Hatchet
Spade

 

20.   The closest contest in an elections was in

Delta
River Valley
Rochore