Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online.The Singapore parliamentary general elections of 2001 were held on 3 November. The People''s Action Party, the incumbent ruling party, won 82 out of 84 seats in the election, including 55 walkovers. Due to the large number of uncontested seats, only 675,306 of the 2,036,923 eligible voters (33.2%) actually voted. The People''s Action Party is the leading political party in Singapore. It has been the city-state''s ruling political party since 1959. From the 1963 general elections, the PAP has dominated Singapore''s parliamentary democracy and has been central to the city-state''s rapid political, social, and economic development. However, it has been criticised for laws that suppress free speech and other civil liberties. In the 2006 Singapore general election, the PAP won 82 of the 84 elected seats in the Parliament of Singapore while receiving 66.6% of total votes cast.