Parliament's Seating Plan for 15th Term: Find Out Who Sits Where

Seats allocated as per tradition, in what is set to be the Republic's largest Parliament

- Goh Yan Han

Prime Minister Lawrence Wong will be flanked by his deputy Gan Kim Yong and Coordinating Minister for National Security K. Shanmugam when Parliament reopens on Sept 5.

The next closest to him are Senior Minister Lee Hsien Loong, Coordinating Minister for Public Services Chan Chun Sing and Coordinating Minister for Social Policies Ong Ye Kung.

This is a switch-up from the previous term of Parliament, when PM Wong was seated between SM Lee and then Deputy Prime Minister Heng Swee Keat.

Parliament on Aug 21 released the seating plan for the 15th term on its website, showing the designated spots for the 99 MPs in the House.

The seats have been allocated as per tradition.

On the right side of the Speaker is where the Government sits—this means members of the Cabinet and political office-holders.

In the front row, PM Wong takes the middle spot, nine seats from the Speaker.

On his right is Deputy Prime Minister Gan, while on his left is Mr Shanmugam.

The remaining Cabinet ministers fill out the rest of the row, which has 18 seats in total. Leader of the House Indranee Rajah, who is Minister in the Prime Minister's Office, is seated closest to the Speaker.