People's Liberal Democratic Party | |
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| Chinese name | 人民自由民主党 Rénmín Zìyóu Mínzhǔdǎng |
| Malay name | Parti Liberal Demokratik Rakyat ڤرتي ليبر ديموکراتيک رعيت |
| Tamil name | மக்கள் தாராண்மை ஜனநாயக கட்சி Makkaḷ tārāṇmai jaṉanāyaka kaṭci |
| Founder | Ooi Boon Ewe |
| Founded | 2 May 2006; 19 years ago (2006-05-02) |
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ThePeople's Liberal Democratic Party (abbreviation:PLDP) was apolitical party inSingapore. It was formed byOoi Boon Ewe, an independent candidate in the2001 general election in Singapore. The party was approved in the midst of the2006 general election hustling, but was days late for nomination.
As PLDP was registered after nomination day for the2006 general election, Ooi was not able to contest the election under the PLDP banner.
PLDP attempted to contest in the2011 general election, with Ooi running for theSengkang West Single Member Constituency. However, on Nomination Day, Ooi's assentor did not turn up,[1] leading to Ooi publicly appealing to the opposition's supporters to be his assentor but to be rejected by the crowd. He subsequently shed tears over again the inability to participate in elections, being in his 70s and having desired to become a Member of Parliament.[2]
Later in 2011, Ooi resigned as PLDP's chairman to contest in the2011 presidential election as the presidential candidate must be anon-partisan member.[3]
On 7 August 2025, the Singapore Ministry of Home Affairs sought proof of the party's existence along with 13 other political parties due to its failure to comply with theForeign Interference (Countermeasures) Act 2021. If there is no proof of existence provided to the Singapore Government within 3 months, the Registrar of Societies will deem the party as officially defunct.[4]
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Notes:† The party has yet to contest in an election. | |||||
