section_path: Electoral system/Election date
section_name: Election date
paragraph_text: Election date
  
  On 8 March 2024, the Elections Department (ELD) announced that 50,000 public servants had been appointed as election officials. After Lawrence Wong became prime minister in May 2024, the South China Morning Post speculated that elections could be held as early as September; elections were typically held around the school breaks of March and September. Goh Chok Tong held his first general election in August 1991, ten months after he assumed office in November 1990; his successor Lee Hsien Loong held his first general election in May 2006, two years after he assumed office in August 2004. However, Eugene Tan, an associate professor at Singapore Management University, felt a September election would be "hasty" for Wong to establish his mandate, and that the election was more likely to be held after the announcement of the 2025 budget. Holding the elections in 2025 would coincide with the country's SG60 National Day celebrations.
  
  Following Lee Hsien Loong's announcement in April 2024 that he would step down as prime minister in May, Channel NewsAsia (CNA) speculated that the general elections could be held at the end of that year. However, Lee's successor, Lawrence Wong, said in November that the Electoral Boundaries Review Committee (EBRC) had not yet been convened. Following the formation of the EBRC in January 2025, political observers interviewed by The Straits Times speculated that the election could be held as early as April or May, following the passage of the 2025 budget. July was deemed unlikely because it would be right before the SG60 National Day celebrations.