2011 GENERAL ELECTION DATE -- 7 May 11
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One thing I'm definitely positively sure: crowds will throng the stadiums for opposition rallies like never before. You wanna attend such rallies, you may have to park as far as 2km away.
PAP rallies as usual, will force the civil servants to attend and make up the numbers. They will squeeze in front of the cameras to give you that big crowd effect lol. Just like how they film ancient soldiers on a barren battlefield.
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Originally posted by tranquilice:
But 2nd May is Monday, if polling day is on this day, then next day better give public holiday.Counting votes and announcing the outcom always extend past midnight.
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Polling day on 30 April?
1. After today (11 April) Parliament sitting, the next sitting of Parliament is adjourned to a date to be fixed. (http://www.parliament.gov.sg/)Most probably means parliament is waiting to be dissolved anytime soon.2. Senior Minister (SM) Goh Chok Tong will make an official visit to Hong Kong and China from 11 to 19 April 2011. (http://app.mfa.gov.sg/2006/press/view_press.asp?post_id=6919)
He will be back just in time for the nomination day on 20 April.
3. PAP already introduced 21 new candidates. Every election, PAP usually introduces around 20 to 25 new candidates. They will want to hold election faster and get over it.
If polling day is on 30 April, this means that...
Dissolve parliament on Wed 13 April.
There has to be at least 7 days between dissolve of parliament and nomination day.
Nomination day on Wed 20 April.
There has to be at least 9 days of campaigning plus another 1 day of cooling off day
Campaigning period: Wed 20 April to Thu 28 April (9 days)
Cooling off day: Fri 29 April
Polling day: Sat 30 AprilWill parliament be dissolved this Wednesday? Very soon we will know.
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Dissolve tomorrow? Impossible!
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Originally posted by ditzy:
Dissolve tomorrow? Impossible!
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Originally posted by tranquilice:
If not tomorrow, when?
the day after tomorrow.... -
Originally posted by I-like-flings(m):
the day after tomorrow....
No big difference. Only 24 hours apart.
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i say next week then dissolve.
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Originally posted by tranquilice:
No big difference. Only 24 hours apart.
24hrs difference can be end of the world already hor.. dun pray pray... -
Originally posted by ditzy:
i say next week then dissolve.
If next week dissolve, then polling day will falls on 7 May but there is the ASEAN meeting which they will attend. -
Originally posted by I-like-flings(m):
24hrs difference can be end of the world already hor.. dun pray pray...
Thought is next year? -
When is the next parliament sitting? I remember one's coming up.
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Originally posted by Junyang700:
When is the next parliament sitting? I remember one's coming up.
No more next sitting, already over on 11 April. Now most probably waiting for dissolve. -
Originally posted by tranquilice:
No more next sitting, already over on 11 April. Now most probably waiting for dissolve.Then probably by end of this week, parliament dissolve liao. LOL....
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look like... can buy 4D liao
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If parliament dissolve today (Thu) or tomorrow (Fri), polling day will be 30 Apr or 2 May, or else will be on 14 May.
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may be even later, look like the election might be delayed due to unforeseen complications.
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Originally posted by Clivebenss:
may be even later, look like the election might be delayed due to unforeseen complications.
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Originally posted by tranquilice:
The longer they delay, the more risk they face.Sometimes things just happen. Leadership needed to gel the team. This takes time.
Someone have to carry the baby.
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damage control first.
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Political analysts said the polling will be held before 7 May. Likely date is either 2 May or 3 May.
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could it be a weekday?
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Originally posted by Clivebenss:
could it be a weekday?
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Latest Updates
Tomorrow PM will announce the PAP manifesto for the coming GE. As expected, parliament will be dissolved a few days later and at the same time, writ of election will be issued by the president.
Most possible dates of issue of writ of election: 20 April or 21 April
Most possible date of nomination: 27 April
Most possible date of polling: 7 MayAlthough there is the ASEAN meeting on 7 May and 8 May, it was reported that government will send a representative to attend on 7 May (likely SM Jayakumar as he will not be contesting in the coming GE) while PM will attend on 8 May.
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General Election Polling Day: May 3 or 7?
By Alicia Wong | SingaporeScene – Sat, Apr 16, 2011 1:24 PM SGT
Some political watchers are expecting Polling Day to be on 3 May or 7 May. (AFP Photo)
Political watchers have narrowed down Singapore's Polling Day to two dates: May 3 or 7.
Director of the Institute of Policy Studies, Ong Keng Yong has heard rumours that Polling Day will be on May 3, but he feels May 7 is more likely as Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong has no need to rush, he told The Straits Times.
While PM Lee is supposed to be at the Asean Summit in Jakarta on the May 7 weekend, On said Senior Minister S Jayakumar, who is not contesting the General Election, could represent him and PM Lee could fly over on May 8.
The Prime Minister could then also take the opportunity to remind workers of what the government has done for them during the May Day Rally, he added.
Political watcher and law lecturer Eugene Tan, however, felt May 3 is a more likely date for Singapore to go to the polls as it will come just after the goodies from the $3.2 billion Grow and Share Package will be disbursed.
There has to be at least 15 days between the day the President dissolves Parliament and issues the Writ of Election , and Polling Day.
This means, if Polling Day is on May 7, the Writ will have to be issued next Tuesday or Wednesday. (It depends on whether Good Friday, a public holiday on April 22, is counted in the minimum five days required before Nomination Day.)
Nomination Day will then be on April 24 or 25.
However political risk consultant Azhar Ghani felt that Polling Day any time before the Asean summit in Jakarta would be too rushed.
He told the same paper the PAP seems to have taken a wait-and-see approach and could well hold the elections in late May. One possible date is May 21.
On Thursday, Education Minister Ng Eng Hen hinted the GE would be held "sooner rather than later".
Meanwhile, while most political parties are ramping up activity and walkabouts in anticipation of the GE, one party has decided to sit out the coming polls.
The Socialist Front (SF) will not be contesting because it wants to avoid causing three-cornered fights, party chief Chia Ti Lik said on Friday.
The SF and National Solidarity Party have both shown interest in the single-seat wards of Whampoa and Mountbatten.
The decision to sit out the GE has created a rift between Chia and party chairman Ng Teck Siong, who wants to contest in Mountbatten.
Chia said the party would be willing to support Ng's campaign only if other opposition parties back out of the SMC. Otherwise, the party may choose to "take up disciplinary action against our chairman," said Chia.
The SF is the youngest political party in Singapore. It was registered last September and has about 20 members.
