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The '''Democratic Progressive Party''' (abbrev: '''DPP'''; Chinese: 民主进步党) is a political party in Singapore.


The history of the party dates back to 16 March 1973, when it was first set up by a splinter group from the [[Workers' Party]] and named the United Front. It was renamed the Singapore United Front on 5 March 1982. In early 1988, the members of the party re-merged with Workers' Party and the Singapore United Front became defunct (though the party remained an officially registered organisation).


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After the 1988 general elections, some former members of the Workers' Party revived the Singapore United Front, renaming it the Democratic Progressive Party.
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| secretary_general = Seow Khee Leong
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The '''Democratic Progressive Party''' ([[abbreviation|abbrev]]: '''DPP'''; [[Simplified Chinese|Chinese]]: 民主进步党) is a political party in [[Singapore]].
The father and son pair of Tan Lead Shake and Tan Soo Phuan stood as candidates for the party in the 1997 general election and 2001 general election, though they did not achieve much electoral success. Tan Soo Phuan lost his election deposit of S$6,000 at the 1997 general election after he failed the achieve the necessary threshold of 12.5% of the votes which was required to retain his deposit in Chua Chu Kang SMC. In the 2001 general election, Tan Lead Shake lost the election deposit of S$13,000 in Ayer Rajah SMC for the same reason.


==Overview==
Tan Lead Shake stood as a candidate for the Singapore Democratic Alliance at the 2006 general election in Tampines GRC and was expelled from the DPP for breaching a party order not to contest the election.
The history of the party dates back to 16 March 1973 when it was first setup by a splinter group from the [[Workers' Party of Singapore|Workers' Party]] and named the '''United Front'''. It was renamed the '''Singapore United Front''' on 5 March 1982, and in 1988, it was presumably merged back into the WP. However, the party continues to exist in the register.


After the [[Singaporean general election, 1991|1991 elections]], some members resigned from the WP and again revived the party. In particular, a father and son combination of Mr Tan Soo Phuan and his son Tan Lead Shake, an IT network administrator rose in prominence. The party contested the general elections of [[Singaporean general election, 1997|1997]] and [[Singaporean general election, 2001|2001]] but failed to win a seat. Furthermore, in the [[Singaporean general election, 1997|1997 General Elections]], Mr Tan Soo Phuan lost S$6,000 of his election deposit as he failed to win 1/8 of the votes in the constituency that he contested, at [[Chua Chu Kang SMC]]. However in the [[Singapore general election, 2001|2001 General Elections]], it was his son's turn to lose the election deposit of S$13,000 in [[Ayer Rajah SMC]] where he contested.
No-one from the DPP contested the 2011 general election.


The party's Chairman is Mansor Rahman. [http://www.wp.org.sg/news/press_releases/20060127_wp_dpp.htm], while the Secretary-General is Mr Seow Khee Leong.
In January 2013, a group of former members of the Singapore People's Party joined the DPP, including Benjamin Pwee who became the party's Acting Secretary-General. Pwee was confirmed as the party's Secretary-General at an Ordinary Party Congress meeting on 31 March 2013.<br>


Mr Tan Lead Shake, was part of the [[Singapore Democratic Alliance]] (SDA) team in [[Singaporean general election, 2006|2006 General Elections]] that contested in [[Tampines GRC]].
==Related articles==
 
* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Democratic_Progressive_Party_%28Singapore%29 Wikipedia article]
Said Mr Tan: "As a small party, we (at DPP) are very limited in manpower and resources. So we think it would be good to cooperate with other parties to contest."
 
On 28 June 2008, Tan Lead Shake's wife was arrested on suspicion of murder. The younger brother of Tan succumbed to his injuries and died in the morning while his wife remains in a critical condition. His wife, a China Born National, is the second wife after his divorce with his first wife. This incident has greatly affected Tan's reputation as an opposition party member.
 
==Note==
The party is not related to the [[Democratic Progressive Party]] in [[Taiwan]], the ruling party from 2000 to 2008, which is now led by chairperson Dr. [[Tsai Ing-wen]].
 
==Reference==
*[http://www.wp.org.sg/news/press_releases/20060127_wp_dpp.htm Press release regarding DPP, however page has since removed by the Workers' Party]
 
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Latest revision as of 22:55, 7 October 2018

The Democratic Progressive Party (abbrev: DPP; Chinese: 民主进步党) is a political party in Singapore.

The history of the party dates back to 16 March 1973, when it was first set up by a splinter group from the Workers' Party and named the United Front. It was renamed the Singapore United Front on 5 March 1982. In early 1988, the members of the party re-merged with Workers' Party and the Singapore United Front became defunct (though the party remained an officially registered organisation).

After the 1988 general elections, some former members of the Workers' Party revived the Singapore United Front, renaming it the Democratic Progressive Party.

The father and son pair of Tan Lead Shake and Tan Soo Phuan stood as candidates for the party in the 1997 general election and 2001 general election, though they did not achieve much electoral success. Tan Soo Phuan lost his election deposit of S$6,000 at the 1997 general election after he failed the achieve the necessary threshold of 12.5% of the votes which was required to retain his deposit in Chua Chu Kang SMC. In the 2001 general election, Tan Lead Shake lost the election deposit of S$13,000 in Ayer Rajah SMC for the same reason.

Tan Lead Shake stood as a candidate for the Singapore Democratic Alliance at the 2006 general election in Tampines GRC and was expelled from the DPP for breaching a party order not to contest the election.

No-one from the DPP contested the 2011 general election.

In January 2013, a group of former members of the Singapore People's Party joined the DPP, including Benjamin Pwee who became the party's Acting Secretary-General. Pwee was confirmed as the party's Secretary-General at an Ordinary Party Congress meeting on 31 March 2013.

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