Singapore Justice Party

Template:Short description Template:More citations needed Template:Use dmy dates Template:Infobox political party The Singapore Justice Party (abbreviation: SJP) is a political party in Singapore.

History

The SJP was formed in August 1972 to represent the Indian community in Singapore.<ref name=":0">Template:Cite news</ref>

In 1975, SJP joined the United People Front (UPF), a political alliance with the United National Front, Singapore Chinese Party, Singapore Malay National Organisation (PKMS) and members of the Barisan Sosialis (BS) and United Front (UF).<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> On 14 August 1976, SJP left the UPF.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> In November 1976, SJP joined the Joint Opposition Council, a political alliance with PKMS, BS and UF.<ref name=":0" />

SJP contested the 1980 general election and fielded two candidates in Ayer Rajah and West Coast Constituencies.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> From 1988 to 1992, the party was mostly active in Marine Parade Group Representation Constituency, where it contested in two general elections and one by-election.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> In the contested elections, it had lost to the People's Action Party. It did not participate in the 1997 general election.

In the run-up to the 2001 general election, responding to Chiam See Tong's call for a united front against the ruling People's Action Party, the party joined with the National Solidarity Party, the Singapore People's Party and the Singapore Malay National Organisation to form the Singapore Democratic Alliance (SDA). Although SJP failed to win any seats since it was formed, the SDA managed to win one seat at Potong Pasir, with Chiam See Tong of the Singapore People's Party as Member of Parliament. In addition, Steve Chia of the National Solidarity Party was appointed as Non-Constituency Member of Parliament (NCMP).

In 1996, the chairman Desmond Lim Bak Chuan had left SJP to join the Singapore People's Party (SPP).<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> From March 2006, Aminuddin bin Ami was appointed as the secretary-general of SJP. In March 2011, after SPP left the SDA,<ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Lim left SPP and rejoined SJP.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> He was subsequently appointed as the secretary-general of SJP.<ref name=":1">Template:Cite news</ref>

Leadership

List of secretaries-general

No	Name	Years	Ref
1	Muthusamy Ramasamy	1975 - Unknown	<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
2	Aminuddin bin Ami	2006 - Unknown
3	Desmond Lim	2011 - Present	<ref name=":1" />

Electoral performance

Parliament

Election	Leader	Votes	%	Seats					Position	Result
				Contested			Total	+/–
				Seats	Won	Lost
1976	Muthusamy Ramasamy	5,199	0.65%	2	0	2	Template:Composition bar	Template:Steady	Template:Increase 7th	Template:N/a
1980		5,271	0.83%	2	0	2	Template:Composition bar	Template:Steady	Template:Decrease 8th	Template:N/a
1984		10,906	1.24%	2	0	2	Template:Composition bar	Template:Steady	Template:Increase 7th	Template:N/a
1988		14,660	1.09%	3	0	3	Template:Composition bar	Template:Steady	Template:Increase 6th	Template:N/a
1991		15,222	1.94%	4	0	4	Template:Composition bar	Template:Steady	Template:Increase 5th	Template:N/a

Seats contested

Election	Constituencies contested	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	+/–
1976	Template:LeftSMC: Boon Lay, Bukit Batok	17.8%	Template:N/A
1980	Template:LeftSMC: Ayer Rajah, West Coast	16.0%	Template:LeftTemplate:Nowrap
1984	Template:LeftSMC: Ayer Rajah, West Coast	24.4%	Template:LeftTemplate:Nowrap
1988	Template:Left3-member GRC: Marine Parade	26.2%	Template:LeftTemplate:Nowrap
1991	Template:Left4-member GRC: Marine Parade	22.8%	Template:LeftTemplate:Nowrap

By-election

Election	Leader	Constituency contested	Votes	%	Seats				Result
					Contested		Total	+/–
					Won	Lost
1992	Muthusamy Ramasamy	Marine Parade GRC{{#if:1|1|[1]}}	764	1.14%	0	4	Template:Composition bar	Template:Steady	Template:No2

1. ^{{#if:| }} : Loss of candidate election deposit(s) in contested seat(s)

References

• A small introduction on Justice Party