12th Parliament of Singapore
Majority parliament
10 October 2011 – 25 August 2015
House
Seating arrangements of the House
Speaker of Parliament	Michael Palmer[1] 10 October 2011 – 12 December 2012 Charles Chong (acting) 12 December 2012 – 14 January 2013 Halimah Yacob 14 January 2013 – 7 August 2017
Prime Minister	Lee Hsien Loong 7 May 2011 – 25 August 2015
Leader of the Opposition	Low Thia Khiang 7 May 2011 – 25 August 2015
Session(s)
1st Session
10 October 2011 – 15 April 2014
2nd Session
16 May 2014 – 25 August 2015
Cabinet(s)
12th Cabinet
Lee Hsien Loong 10 October 2011 – 25 August 2015
Parliamentarians
Elected NCMP Nominated 87 3 9
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The 12th Parliament of Singapore was a meeting of the Parliament of Singapore. The first session commenced on 10 October 2011 and was prorogued on 25 August 2015.^[2][3] The membership was set by the 2011 Singapore General Election on 7 May 2011 and changed three times due to expulsion of Hougang Single Member Constituency MP in 2012 and resignation of Punggol East Single Member Constituency MP and Speaker of Parliament over extra-marital affairs in 2013, as well as the death of Lee Kuan Yew, former Prime Minister of Singapore and MP of Tanjong Pagar Group Representation Constituency.

The 12th Parliament was controlled by a People's Action Party majority, led by Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong and members of the cabinet, which assumed power on 7 May 2011. The Opposition was led by the Secretary General of the Worker's Party of Singapore, Mr Low Thia Khiang. The Speaker of the Parliament of Singapore was Halimah Yacob, of the People's Action Party. She was elected as the 9th Speaker of the House for the 12th Parliament on 14 January 2013.

Result of the 2011 Singaporean general election

Party		Votes	%	Seats	+/–
	People's Action Party	1,212,154	60.14	81	–1
	Workers' Party	258,510	12.83	6	+5
	National Solidarity Party	242,682	12.04	0	New
	Singapore Democratic Party	97,369	4.83	0	0
	Reform Party	86,294	4.28	0	New
	Singapore People's Party	62,639	3.11	0	New
	Singapore Democratic Alliance	55,988	2.78	0	–1
Total		2,015,636	100.00	87	+3
Valid votes		2,015,636	97.83
Invalid/blank votes		44,737	2.17
Total votes		2,060,373	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		2,350,873	93.18
Source: Singapore Elections[a]

The Workers' Party and the Singapore People's Party, being the best performing opposition parties were awarded 2 and 1 Non-Constituency Member of Parliament Seat respectively in accordance with the Constitution. The NCMP Seats were held by Gerald Giam Yean Song and Yee Jenn Jong of the Workers' Party and Lina Chiam of Singapore People's Party.

Officeholders

Speakers

• Michael Palmer (the People's Action Party MP for Punggol East SMC) was elected Speaker of the Parliament on October 10, 2011. He resigned on 14 December 2012, due to an extramarital affair.^[1]
• Charles Chong of the People's Action Party, MP of Joo Chiat SMC was designated as Acting Speaker of the Parliament on 14 December 2012, by Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong. He was succeeded by Halimah Yacob on 14 January 2013.
• Halimah Yacob of the People's Action Party, MP of Jurong GRC was elected Speaker of Parliament on 14 January 2013.
• Charles Chong and Seah Kian Peng of the People's Action Party are elected Deputy Speaker of the parliament on 17 October 2011.

Leaders

• Prime Minister of Singapore: Lee Hsien Loong (People's Action Party)
• Leader of the Opposition: Low Thia Khiang (Worker's Party)

House Leaders

• Leader of the House: Dr Ng Eng Hen
• Deputy Leader of the House: Heng Chee How^[4]

Whips

• Government Whip: Gan Kim Yong
• Deputy Government Whip: Dr. Teo Ho Pin and Dr. Amy Khor

Members

Elected Members of Parliament

Non-constituency Members of Parliament

Nominated Members of Parliament

• Ramasamy Dhinakaran, from 14 February 2012 until 13 August 2014
• Faizah Jamal, from 14 February 2012 until 13 August 2014
• Nicholas Fang Kuo Wei, from 14 February 2012 until 13 August 2014
• Janice Koh, from 14 February 2012 until 13 August 2014
• Laurence Lien Tsung Chern, from 14 February 2012 until 13 August 2014
• Mary Liew Kiah Eng, from 14 February 2012 until 13 August 2014
• Eugene Tan, from 14 February 2012 until 13 August 2014
• Tan Su Shan, from 14 February 2012 until 13 August 2014
• Teo Siong Seng, from 14 February 2012 until 13 August 2014
• Chia Yong Yong, from 26 August 2014
• Thomas Chua Kee Seng, from 26 August 2014
• Karthikeyan s/o R. Krishnamurthy, from 26 August 2014
• Kuik Shiao-Yin, from 26 August 2014
• Mohd. Ismail bin Hussein, from 26 August 2014
• Rita Soh Siow Lan, from 26 August 2014
• Benedict Tan Chi'-Loong, from 26 August 2014
• Randolph Tan Gee Kwang, from 26 August 2014
• Tan Tai Yong, from 26 August 2014