A Study Of The One-party Phenomenon In Singapore Elections

Singapore People's Action Party has maintained one-party dominance after winning the first parliamentary elections,and Singapore has always been considered a "formal" democracy.The people's action party has control of congress for a long time,in addition to the ruling people's action party itself has a high capacity,get with voters,but also because of the people's action party shall practice a system of a series of unfair to constrain the opposition.Although the People's Action Party allowed the opposition party to participate freely in the parliamentary elections on the surface,the development of the opposition system was restricted in the design of the electoral system.Especially the implementation of the GRC system greatly restricted the fair competition between the opposition party and the People's Action Party,and discrimination against the opposition is a kind of "legitimacy".Mainly displays in: first,the ruling People's Action Party firmly in charge of the election committee,the High Court,the media and the state financial allocations,through these institutions to influence the direction of voters;Second,the implementation of the GRC system increased the opposition campaign pressure,and it is one of the most unfair systems to limit the opposition party to challenge the Action Party,so that the opposition has never been able to integrate enough power to counter the powerful People's Action Party;Finally,the ruling party's People's Action Party,by controlling the Election Committee,will re-divide or merge the constituencies in accordance with the principles conducive to the ruling party to disperse the opposition's vote resources.This makes Singapore's opposition in the general election has been in a passive position.At the same time,the people's action party performance by improving the rule,and set up the district councilors and committee members to ease the public's dissatisfaction with the long-term ruling of the Action Party,in response to growing democratic aspirations of the younger generation,and it is also an important means of further differentiation opposition.Singapore unique electoral system for Singapore people's action party long-term monopoly power,the opposition has been long-standing people's action party's practice,no power.In Singapore's founding leader,Lee kuan yew's death in 2015 election,once again,the people's action party won a general election without suspense.But in the 2011 elections,the opposition workers' party(PKK)can be seen in GRC breakthrough GRC system can only temporarily limit the opposition campaign,this kind of situation will not last.Although the opposition is not challenge the dominance of the ruling people's action party,but the opposition are also performed well in the previous election,politics in Singapore government plays a more and more important role.The people's action party can no longer ignore the voice of the opposition,because behind the opposition is eager for the aggressive opinion of democracy.With opposition to unity,democracy has increased;the opposition will be more to establish a long-term one-party situation in Singapore will be broken.