How To Register A Political Party In Singapore

Forming a new national or state political party organization.

How to register a political party in singapore. Information of the political party. Provisional registration full registration. Pass around a paper or online form that announces it as a petition to create a political party. Singapore the four opposition parties which intended to form a new alliance to contest the next general election are now instead looking to join the singapore democratic alliance sda. As such the following rules pertaining to political associations apply.

If the party wishes to use an abbreviation of its name set out that. Application for provisional registration of a proposed political party among others must be. Set out the name of the party. All members of political parties must be singaporean citizens. Announcements note to overseas voters please apply for a local contact address lca from ica before restoring your name to the registers of electors.

The official website of the elections department singapore. You will have to be registered as a political association a special category under the societies act. Include signed minutes of the first meeting of the founding members of the political party. Party must not have external affiliations. Singapore s political system which it borrowed from the british is a westminster style democracy.

Under the current legislation all political parties termed political associations must be registered under the societies act. Angkatan islam singapura a k a. Registration of a political party is two fold. It is based on a constitution that gives every adult in singapore the vote a prime minister a parliament an independent judiciary and multi party elections. This may simply be a hard number like 1000 or it may be a certain percentage of voters registered in your area like 5 percent.

The requirements are as follow. A governing constitution for the society. Pan malayan islamic party alliance party singapura a k a. The fec determines if a committee has demonstrated enough national or state activity to qualify as a national or state party. In writing and signed by the applicants of whom not more than two thirds shall be of the same gender.