section_path: Electoral system/Political parties/Pre-election composition
section_name: Pre-election composition
paragraph_text: Pre-election composition
  
  Under Singapore's constitution, the opposition will be guaranteed a set number of parliamentary seats which may consist of elected members of parliament (MP) from the opposition team and unsuccessful candidates in this election from the best-performing losing opposition party or parties, collectively known as Non-constituency Members of Parliament (NCMP). The 2016 constitution set a 12-seat minimum. The opposition consisted of ten elected seats all by the Workers' Party and two NCMP seats from the Progress Singapore Party (PSP).