Red Dot United | |
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Chinese name | 红点同心党 Hóng Diǎn Tóngxīn Dǎng |
Malay name | Titik Merah Bersatu |
Tamil name | ஒன்றுபட்ட சிவப்புப் புள்ளி Oṉṟupaṭṭa Civappup Puḷḷi |
Abbreviation | RDU |
Chairman | David Foo Ming Jin |
Secretary-General | Ravi Philemon |
Founders |
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Founded | 26 May 2020 |
Headquarters | 228 Changi Road, Icon @ Changi, Singapore 419741 |
Political position | Centre-left |
Colours | Navy Blue |
Slogan | United We Can! |
Parliament | 0 / 104
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Website | |
reddotunited | |
Red Dot United (abbreviation: RDU) is an opposition political party in Singapore.
History
[edit]The party was founded on 26 May 2020 by members of the Progress Singapore Party (PSP) who had resigned from the PSP.
Although the average processing time for a registration application is two months,[1] RDU received approval on 15 June 2020, three weeks after application, in what appeared to be an expedited process.[2]
RDU had put forward candidates to contest in the five-seat Jurong Group Representation Constituency for the 2020 Singaporean general election, which was called on 23 June 2020 with the dissolution of the 13th Parliament of Singapore.[2][3][4] On 10 July, their only team lost to the PAP team helmed by Senior Minister Tharman Shanmugaratnam in the election's widest winning margin of 74.62%-25.38% share.[5]
Leadership
[edit]List of secretaries-general
[edit]No | Name | Term Start | Term End |
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1 | Ravi Philemon | 26 May 2020 | Incumbent |
List of chairpersons
[edit]No | Name | Term Start | Term End |
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1 | Michelle Lee | 26 May 2020 | 23 Apr 2021 |
2 | David Foo | 23 Apr 2021 | Incumbent |
Central Executive Committee
[edit]Title | Name |
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Chair | David Foo |
Secretary-General | Ravi Philemon |
Treasurer | Liyana Dhamirah |
Committee Members | Abdillah Zamzuri |
Alex Lye | |
Chips Pang | |
Emily Woo | |
Fazli Talip | |
Mohamed Feroz | |
Mohamed Nizar |
Electoral history
[edit]Election | Seats up for election | Seats contested by party | Seats won by walkover | Contested seats won | Contested seats lost | Total seats won | Change | Total votes | Share of votes | Popular vote | Resulting Government | Party leader |
2020 | 93 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 / 93
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31,191 | 25.38% | 1.25% | No seats | Ravi Philemon |
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Former PSP members file application to form new political party Red Dot United". CNA. Retrieved 24 June 2020.
- ^ a b "Red Dot United gets approval for registration as political party, set to take part in coming GE". TODAYonline. Retrieved 24 June 2020.
- ^ Baharudin, Hariz (26 June 2020). "Singapore GE2020: Red Dot United introduces team to contest Jurong GRC". The Straits Times. Retrieved 1 July 2020.
- ^ Heijmans, Philip; Mokhtar, Faris (23 June 2020). "Singapore's Lee Calls Election for New Mandate to Fight Pandemic". www.bloomberg.com. Retrieved 1 July 2020.
- ^ "GE2020 official results: Tharman leads PAP to thumping win in Jurong GRC with 75 % of votes against RDU". Straits Times. 11 July 2020. Retrieved 12 July 2020.