After the election, candidates, their principal election agents and their election agents will need to submit the following forms:
Singaporean politics is a matter only for Singaporeans to decide and should be free from foreign influence. To guard against foreign interference in Singapore elections, every candidate must submit to the Returning Officer a declaration that the candidate and his election agents:
The declaration must be submitted not later than the seventh day after the election result is published in the Government Gazette and this can be done via the Candidate Services after Polling Day for contested elections (or after close of nomination proceedings for uncontested elections). If candidates wish to, they may also submit their post-election declarations at the Elections Department.
Post-election Declaration (pdf file: 81 KB)
The principal election agent of every candidate must submit the return respecting election expenses and the declarations by both the principal election agent and the candidate to the Returning Officer within 31 days after the election result is published in the Government Gazette. The return and declarations are required to ensure accountability and transparency in each candidate’s campaign finances. The return and declarations may be submitted online via Candidate Services. Candidates are strongly encouraged to provide the supporting documents (i.e. bills and receipts) in softcopy to facilitate processing. They may do so by storing and submitting the documents in a USB flash drive (not returnable).
For more information on the inspection of the return respecting election expenses and declarations, candidates may refer to the Post-election Activities webpage.
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Declarations by Principal Election Agent and Candidate
For each return respecting election expenses, the principal election agent of the candidate must provide details on all expenses incurred, all disputed and unpaid claims, and all donations accepted by every election agent or the candidate on account of or in respect of the conduct or management of the election of the candidate. These details are necessary for compliance purposes. Both the principal election agent and the candidate will have to declare that the return prepared by the principal election agent is complete and correct, and that no other expenses of any nature have been incurred in, or for the purpose of, the candidate’s candidature at that election. The principal election agent should ensure that both declarations are duly signed before submitting the return to the Returning Officer.
The Return Respecting Election Expenses and Declarations by Candidate and Principal Election Agent form has four sections which must be completed accurately as follows:
Fill in the total amount of expenses for each category, in Singapore dollars, rounded up to the nearest dollar. Some examples are provided below:
Online election advertising
e.g. Paid online election advertising, such as payment for social media sponsored posts, website banner advertisments, and hosting or designing of the candidate website;
Non-online election advertising
e.g. Design and production of traditional election advertisements such as posters, banners and flags, vehicular wraps for perambulating vehicles, distribution of flyers, rental of vehicles for putting up posters and banners, etc.;
Transport expenses
e.g. Rental of perambulating vehicles, rental of buses to ferry helpers or supporters; and
Other expenses
e.g. Food and refreshment, purchase of Registers of Electors and electoral division maps.
Note: No item of expenditure should be reported under more than one category of spending. The principal election agent must record the amount accurately and put it into the category which seems to fit best.
(1) Disputed claims
Claims for payment of election expenses are legally required to be paid no later than 28 days after the day on which the election result is published in the Government Gazette.
If an election agent disputes any claim in respect of election expenses incurred by the candidate, and refuses or fails to pay the claim within the specified time period of 28 days, details of such a claim should be provided in this section.
For each disputed claim, fill in the details of:
the name and address of the claimant;
a description of the item or service to which the claim relates and the name of the election agent against whom the claim is made; and
the amount in dispute in Singapore dollars, rounded up to the nearest dollar.
(2) Unpaid claims
Claims for payment of election expenses are legally required to be submitted not later than 14 days after the election result is published in the Government Gazette.
Where a claim in respect of election expenses incurred by the candidate is not sent to the election agent within the 14-day deadline, details of such a claim should be provided in this section.
For each unpaid claim, fill in the details of:
the name and address of the claimant;
a description of the item or service to which the claim relates and the name of the election agent against whom the claim is made; and
the amount in dispute in Singapore dollars, rounded up to the nearest dollar.
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If the principal election agent of a candidate spots any error[1] or omission in any content in the return respecting election expenses (i.e. the original return) after its submission, he may apply to the Returning Officer to correct the error or omission in the original return via Candidate Services. The application must be accompanied by:
The principal election agent may make more than one application to correct the original return. Every fresh return respecting election expenses and fresh set of statement and declaration by the principal election agent and the candidate must be treated as replacing any original return and any statement and declaration relating to the original return. However, applications to correct errors or omissions in earlier returns will not be allowed beyond 31 days after the election result is published in the Government Gazette.
[1] “Error” includes any misnomer, misspelling, misprint, misplacement, mistake, inaccuracy, omission, and any clerical, technical or printing error, and any error of any other description or nature. Examples of technical corrections include blank entries due to inadvertent omissions, miscalculation during tallies, and corrections made without a signature initialled against it.
Return Respecting Election Expenses and Declarations by Candidate and Principal Election Agent (pdf file: 228 KB)
A candidate and his principal election agent must submit the Post-election Donation Report and Post-election Declaration forms to the Registrar, Registry of Political Donations regarding all donations received during the election period, within 31 days after the statement of poll is published. A nil report and declaration is required if no such donation was received.
The donations to be reported in the Post-election Donation Report are those made on and between the date of the candidate’s pre-election declaration and the date of the candidate’s post-election declaration (i.e. the reporting period).
As the details of recordable donations would have been set out in the Return Respecting Election Expenses and Declarations by Candidate and Principal Election Agent form, the principal election agent and the candidate are required to disclose only the total amount of those donations. They must also declare that they have not received anonymous donations totalling $5,000 or more. For more details on political donations, candidates and election agents may refer to the Political Donations webpage, Part 3 of the Political Donations Act 2000 and the Political Donations Regulations.
If the candidate has appointed other election agents in addition to his principal election agent, each of the other election agents must also submit a declaration using the Post-election Declaration by Election Agent of Presidential Candidate form. These submissions can be done via Candidate Services or in person at the Elections Department after Polling Day for contested elections (or after close of nomination proceedings for uncontested elections).
Post-election Donation Report and Declaration (pdf file: 172 KB)
Post-election Declaration by Election Agent of Presidential Candidate (pdf file: 103 KB)
