Goh Meng Seng is a Singaporean politician who was the Secretary General for the 2011 election of the National Solidarity Party (NSP) in Singapore

Singapore

Singapore , officially the Republic of Singapore, is a Southeast Asian city-state off the southern tip of the Malay Peninsula, north of the equator. An island country made up of 63 islands, it is separated from Malaysia by the Straits of Johor to its north and from Indonesia's Riau Islands by the...

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Political career

Goh contested in the 2006 general election with the Workers' Party of Singapore

Workers' Party of Singapore

The Workers' Party of Singapore is a centre-left opposition political party in Singapore. The party currently has six elected seats in Parliament, with the party's Secretary-General Low Thia Khiang, Chairman Sylvia Lim, Chen Show Mao, Muhamad Faisal Manap and Pritam Singh serving as Members of...

 (Workers' Party) in the Aljunied Group Representation Constituency

Aljunied Group Representation Constituency

Aljunied Group Representation Constituency is a five-member group representation constituency in the north-eastern region of Singapore. The GRC consists of a large part of Hougang, Serangoon Gardens, a portion of Bedok and Aljunied...

 (Aljunied GRC) as one of 5 team members. The team garnered 43.9% of the district votes, finished as one of the top three non-ruling party district performers and was eligible for a Non-constituency Member of Parliament

Non-Constituency Member of Parliament

Non-Constituency Members of Parliament are members of the opposition parties who are appointed as members of the Parliament of Singapore even though they had lost in the parliamentary election....

 (NCMP) position which was taken up by team-leader Sylvia Lim.

Goh left Workers' Party in 2006 after the election due to "some Internet postings which had tarnished the WP's reputation" despite being a member of the Central Executive Committee (CEC) and a member of the "A team" of the Workers' Party. He joined the National Solidarity Party and became its Secretary General. Goh contested in the 2011 general election in the five-man Tampines Group Representation Constituency

Tampines Group Representation Constituency

Tampines Group Representation Constituency is a five-member Group Representation Constituency in the eastern region of Singapore...

 as team leader against the incumbent Mah Bow Tan

Mah Bow Tan

Mah Bow Tan is a politician from Singapore. A member of the governing People's Action Party , he is currently a Member of Parliament representing the Tampines Group Representation Constituency...

 (the Minister for National Development), receiving 42.78% of the votes. Though his team lost, they improved significantly by 11.29% relative to the Singapore Democratic Alliance

Singapore Democratic Alliance

The Singapore Democratic Alliance is an alliance of political parties in Singapore. The SDA was formed shortly before the 2001 general election to provide a common grouping under which different opposition parties could stand as a united front in elections against the ruling People's Action Party...

 team that contested in the same district and finished with 31.49% of the votes against Mah in the 2006 general election.

Goh stepped down from his post as Secretary-General of NSP after the 2011 election in June 2011 "for a breather and to take stock of his future" He also gave up his seat in the Central Executive Committee of NSP and went into partisan political sabbatical to help Presidential hopeful Tan Kin Lian

Tan Kin Lian

Tan Kin Lian is the former CEO of NTUC Income. Since stepping down as CEO in April 2007, his activities have included organising public rallies for people who lost their money due to investing in Lehman Brothers' Minibond products to seek redress, and setting up FISCA, an organisation to teach...

 in his bid for presidency. Goh Meng Seng left National Solidarity Party after 2011 elections.