Red Dot United (

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: RDU) is an

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History

The party was founded on 26 May 2020 by members of the

Progress Singapore Party The Progress Singapore Party (abbreviation: PSP) is a centre-left political party in Singapore and is one of the three contemporary political parties represented in Parliament, alongside the governing People's Action Party (PAP) and opposition ...

(PSP) who had resigned from the PSP. Although the average processing time for a registration application is two months, received approval on 15 June 2020, three weeks after application, in what appeared to be an expedited process. had put forward candidates to contest in the five-seat

Jurong Group Representation Constituency The Jurong Group Representation Constituency is a five-member Group Representation Constituency located in the western area of Singapore. The GRC consists of a large section of Jurong, sections of Bukit Batok and areas near Upper Bukit Timah Ro ...

for the

2020 Singaporean general election General elections were held in Singapore on Friday, 10 July 2020 to elect 93 members to the Parliament of Singapore across 31 constituencies. Parliament was dissolved and the general election called by President Halimah Yacob on 23 June, on ...

, which was called on 23 June 2020 with the dissolution of the

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. On 10 July, their only team lost to the PAP team helmed by

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in the election's widest winning margin of 74.62%-25.38% share.

Leadership

List of secretaries-general

List of chairpersons

Central Executive Committee

Electoral history

References

External links

* {{Singaporean political parties Political parties in Singapore Political parties established in 2020 2020 establishments in Singapore