Datasets
Modern Era Milestones
Dated Parliament and Elections Department anchors for Singapore's modern-era leadership successions and constitutional redesign of Parliament and the presidency — without a fabricated continuous timeline.
Modern Era Institutional Milestones
Rows are institutional anchors only. Do not invent intervening economic or social chronologies. Current officeholders: officeholders.
Leadership succession anchors
| Date / period | Anchor | Source note |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | Lee Kuan Yew steps down as Prime Minister; Goh Chok Tong succeeds | Roots memoriam narrative |
| Aug 2004 | Lee Hsien Loong succeeds Goh Chok Tong as Prime Minister; Lee Kuan Yew becomes Minister Mentor | Roots memoriam narrative |
| 14 May 2011 | Lee Kuan Yew and Goh Chok Tong leave Cabinet | Roots memoriam narrative |
| 15 May 2024 | Lawrence Wong appointed Prime Minister | Parliament MP office-holding table |
Constitutional and electoral redesign
| Year | Change | Source note |
|---|---|---|
| 1984 | NCMP scheme introduced (best opposition losers; ≥15% vote threshold; original cap referenced as maximum of 6) | Parliament Historical Development |
| 1988 | GRCs first used to ensure minority representation via multi-member teams | Parliament Members of Parliament page |
| 1990 | NMP scheme: up to 9 nominated non-partisan MPs | Parliament Members of Parliament page |
| 1991 | Directly elected President with custodial powers | Parliament Historical Development |
| 3 May 2025 | Most recent general election polling day (Nomination Day 23 Apr 2025) | ELD parliamentary results index |
Fifteenth Parliament composition (after GE2025)
| Component | Count | Source note |
|---|---|---|
| Elected MPs | 97 | Parliament Members of Parliament page |
| NCMPs | 2 | Same |
| NMPs | 9 | Same |
| Total MPs | 108 | Same |
| GRCs / SMCs at GE2025 | 18 / 15 | Same |
Sources: linked Parliament and ELD pages, accessed 8 Aug 2026. Vote shares and constituency winners are election-result detail — use ELD constituency pages and elections and grc system, not this table.
Record details
- Also known as
- ["modern Singapore milestones","post-1990 constitutional changes"]
- Jurisdiction
- SG
- What each row represents
- one dated modern-era succession or Parliament redesign milestone
- Update cadence
- on demand when Parliament/Roots publish new succession milestones
- Source format
- markdown
Dates describe this record’s own period and applicability. A verification date does not mean a rule is currently in force.
Sources
- Roots.gov.sg — In Memoriam: Lee Kuan Yew Accessed 2026-08-08
- Parliament of Singapore — Historical Development Accessed 2026-08-08
- Parliament of Singapore — Members of Parliament Accessed 2026-08-08
- Parliament of Singapore — Lawrence Wong Accessed 2026-08-08
- Elections Department — Parliamentary General Election Results Accessed 2026-08-08
Collection as of 2026-10-07 · An expanding collection. Published counts show available knowledge, not complete coverage of Singapore.