August 25, 03:16 PM 
514 Chai Chee Lane 03-16, Singapore 469029 Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong alluded to the impending General Election (GE) in his National Day Rally speech on August 23 when he said that he would be calling for elections 'soon'.
In his speech on Sunday, he added that the coming GE would be critical as it will decide the team that will work with Singaporeans for the next 15 to 20 years.
Accordingly, President Tony Tan on Tuesday, August 25, on the advice of PM Lee, announced that Parliament has been dissolved.
The'>
Posted by Gov.sg on Tuesday, 25 August 2015
Proclamation on Dissolution of Parliament Source: Elections Department Website
The Parliamentary Elections Act (CAP 218) dictates that to conduct an election, the President, advised by the PM, has to dissolve Parliament and issue Writ of Election to the Returning Officer.
Between the issuing of the Writ of Election and Nomination Day, there must be no less than five days or no more than a month. Between Nomination Day and Polling Day, there must at least be 10 days in between, with one of it being Cooling-Off Day.
If the Writ of Elections is issued on Tuesday, counting 15 days from August 25, Polling Day can be held as early as Friday, September 11 2015, factoring in a campaign period of nine days and one cooling off day.
Proclamation on General Election to be Held. Source: Elections Department website
Timelines of the previous two GEs
GE 2011
On April 19, 2011, President S.R. Nathan dissolved parliament following the advice of PM Lee.
Campaign Period (10 days): Nomination day was held on April, 27 2011, Cooling Off Day was May 6 2011. GE 2011 was held on May 7 2011.
GE 2006
On April 20, 2006, President S.R. Nathan dissolved parliament following the advice of PM Lee.
Campaign Period (10 days): Nomination day was held on April, 28 2006. GE 2006 was held on May 6 2006.
A September 12 date for GE 2015?
While GE 2015 can be held as early as September 11, should the pattern of 11 days of campaigning be followed as per the previous two GEs, then GE 2015 may be held on Saturday, September 11.
This would mean that the GE 2015 campaigning period would fall mostly on the September school holidays and Polling Day will be held on the last Saturday before students go back to school.
Schools have traditionally been used as polling centres.
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