The Parliament of Singapore is the unicameral legislature of the Republic of Singapore, which governs the country alongside the President of Singapore. Based on the Westminster system, it consists of
Parliament House, Singapore, 2023
Sir Stamford Raffles, who is widely regarded as the founder of modern Singapore
Major-General Sir Harry St. George Ord served from 1867 to 1873 as the first governor of the Straits Settlements following its transformation into a Crown colony.
Singapore's first prime minister Lee Kuan Yew, photographed in 2002
The Workers' Party is a major social democratic political party in Singapore and one of the two contemporary political parties represented in Parliament, alongside the governing People's Action Party.
Parliament of Singapore
…Nominated MPs (NMPs). Following the 2025 general election, 97 MPs from two political parties, the governing People's Action Party (PAP) and the opposition Workers' Party (WP), were elected to the 15th Parliament. 2 NCMPs from the latter were also appointed ("elected" in the language of Singaporean law). Nine NMPs are…
David Marshall, the first Chief Minister of Singapore and founder of the Workers' Party
A residential block (pictured in 2023) in Hougang SMC, a safe seat for the WP. The party, fielding Low Thia Khiang, first won the constituency in 1991.
A Workers' Party election rally at the Serangoon Stadium.
North Vista Secondary School, one of the counting centres for the Punggol East SMC (later as Sengkang GRC since 2020).