Post-Election Conference 2015

In the same way as it has done after the General Election (GE) of 2006 and that of 2011, the Institute of Policy Studies (IPS) is organising its Post-GE Conference to provide in-depth analysis of the recently concluded GE of 11 September 2015. IPS researchers will share the findings of three surveys on different aspects of GE2015. IPS and non-IPS experts will provide their analysis of the performance of the political parties, voter behaviour and the influence and role of media in shaping the outcome of GE2015. The final panel discussion at the Conference will see representatives of the key political parties share their policy and political agenda for the new Parliamentary term. We hope the Conference will allow the audience to discuss the implications of the outcome of GE2015 for political development but more broadly, for what it portends for the country’s economic and social future too. Space is limited and there is a registration fee to help the Institute cover the cost of presenting the event.

Registration is on a first-come, first served basis. The Conference is open to media coverage. The data from the previous IPS Post-Election Survey (2011) can be found here.

Please click here to view the programme.

Please click here to view the bio-data of the speakers of the event.


Downloads

• Post-Election Conference Full Report
• Post-Election Conference (Session 1): Presentation by Dr Gillian Koh (Revised, 6 November 2015)
• Post-Election Conference (Session 1): Presentation by Associate Professor Tan Ern Ser
• Post-Election Conference (Session 2): Presentation by Associate Professor Eugene Tan
• Post-Election Conference (Session 2): Presentation by Associate Professor Randolph Tan
• Post-Election Conference (Session 3): Presentation by Dr Carol Soon
• Post-Election Conference (Session 3): Presentation by Associate Professor Zhang Weiyu
• Post-Election Conference (Session 3): Presentation by Mr Tan Tarn How
  

Video Highlights

• Post-Election Conference 2015 – Session 1: The IPS GE2015 Surveys
• Post-Election Conference 2015 – Session 2: Parties, Policies and People
• Post-Election Conference 2015 – Session 3: Media Use and its Impact
• Post-Election Conference 2015 – Session 4: The Policy and Political Agenda of the Parties

Media Coverage

• Berita Harian. 2015. Pengundi anggap pembangkang masih ada peranan. 5 November
• 联合早报. 2015. 建立在具体论争上　行动党欢迎各政党对国家治理提出想法与建议. 11月5日
• 联合早报. 2015. 社交媒体虽普及主流媒体仍是选民获取选举信息主要平台. 11月5日
• 联合早报. 2015. 学者： 本届和上届大选成绩属“特殊情况”. 11月5日
• The Middle Ground. 2015. About complaints, condo – and a car. 5 November
• The Middle Ground. 2015. Blame the young, the old, the Chinese, everyone. 5 November
• The New Paper. 2015. Less desire for political diversity. 5 November
• The Straits Times. 2015. 3Rs played key role in vote swing: Law don. 5 November
• The Straits Times. 2015. Opposition parties point fingers at electoral system for poor showing. 5 November
• The Straits Times. 2015. Shift towards PAP among the better-off. 5 November
• TODAY. 2015. Campaigns did little to change voters’ mind: Survey. 5 November
• TODAY. 2015. Social media not a strong factor in GE2015, research shows. 5 November
• Channel NewsAsia. 2015. GE2015 was not an ‘Internet Election’, survey finds. 4 November
• Channel NewsAsia. 2015. How the opposition was ‘blown away’ at GE2015: Academics weigh in. 4 November
• Channel NewsAsia. 2015. PAP’s election win more narrow than it seems: Ong Ye Kung. 4 November
• Six-six.com. 2015. Beneath the hood of GE2015. 4 November
• The Business Times. 2015. Desire for political diversity in Singapore has dropped: IPS post-GE2015 survey. 4 November
• The Middle Ground. 2015. Encik Tikam won’t talk about voting (but the numbers will). 4 November
• The Middle Ground. 2015. The burning questions of GE2015 – more or less answered. 4 November
• The New Paper. 2015. What actually mattered to voters during GE2015?. 4 November
• The Straits Times. 2015. GE2015: 7 takeaways from the IPS post-election conference that explain PAP’s performance. 4 November
• The Straits Times. 2015. GE2015: Social media use was high, but not as decisive for voters, IPS survey on media use finds. 4 November
• TODAY. 2015. More support status quo, yet want more political competition: Post-GE2015 survey. 4 November
• Yahoo News. 2015. Lee Kuan Yew’s death, AHPETC saga were not top factors in GE2015: Survey. 4 November

Additional Information

• Photos from the Post-Election Conference on Flickr. Please credit the Institute of Policy Studies when publishing the photos.
• Conference updates on Twitter @IPS_sg