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.
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). On 14 August 1976, SJP left the UPF. In November 1976, SJP joined the Joint Opposition Council, a political alliance with PKMS, BS and UF.
SJP contested the 1980 general election and fielded two candidates in Ayer Rajah and West Coast Constituencies. 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. 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). From March 2006, Aminuddin bin Ami was appointed as the secretary-general of SJP. In March 2011, after SPP left the SDA, Lim left SPP and rejoined SJP. He was subsequently appointed as the secretary-general of SJP.
Leadership
List of secretaries-general NoNameYearsRef1Muthusamy Ramasamy1975 - Unknown2Aminuddin bin Ami2006 - Unknown3Desmond Lim2011 - Present
Electoral performance Parliament ElectionLeaderVotes %SeatsPositionResultContestedTotal+/–SeatsWonLost1976Muthusamy Ramasamy5,1990.65%202 7th 19805,2710.83%202 8th 198410,9061.24%202 7th 198814,6601.09%303 6th 199115,2221.94%404 5th Seats contested ElectionConstituencies contestedContested vote %+/– 1976 SMC: Boon Lay, Bukit Batok 17.8% 1980 SMC: Ayer Rajah, West Coast 16.0% 1984 SMC: Ayer Rajah, West Coast 24.4% 1988 3-member GRC: Marine Parade 26.2% 1991 4-member GRC: Marine Parade 22.8%
By-election Election Leader Constituencycontested Votes % Seats Result Contested Total +/–WonLost1992 Muthusamy Ramasamy Marine Parade GRC 764 1.14% 0 4
: Loss of candidate election deposit(s) in contested seat(s)
References
A small introduction on Justice Party