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Sitoh Yih Pin
Sitoh Yih Pin CBE (Chinese: 司徒宇斌; pinyin: Sītú Yǔbīn; born 2 December 1963) is a Singaporean retired politician. A member of the governing People's Action Party (PAP), he was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Potong Pasir Single Member Constituency (SMC) between 2011 and 2025.
An accountant by profession, Sitoh first entered electoral politics in the 2001 general election as the PAP candidate for Potong Pasir SMC; he lost to incumbent Chiam See Tong.
Despite losing to Chiam again in the 2006 general election, Sitoh defeated Lina Loh, Chiam's wife, in the 2011 general election, after her husband left to contest Bishan–Toa Payoh Group Representation Constituency (GRC).
He retired from electoral politics at the 2025 general election.
Sitoh graduated from the National University of Singapore with a Bachelor of Accountancy in 1987. He is a registered chartered accountant in Singapore and Australia. Sitoh worked as an audit manager at KPMG before starting his own accounting firm, Nexia TS Public Accounting, in 1993.
Sitoh made his political debut during the 2001 general election as the PAP candidate for Potong Pasir SMC; he won 47.57% of the vote, being defeated by Chiam, who was standing under the banner of the newly created Singapore Democratic Alliance (SDA), comprising his Singapore People's Party (SPP) and three other parties.
Sitoh challenged Chiam again in Potong Pasir SMC during the 2006 general election, losing for the second time in a row with a decreased 44.18% of the vote. At that election, in a PAP strategy to reclaim the two opposition constituencies of Potong Pasir and Hougang (both SMCs), Senior Minister Goh Chok Tong had promised to help a victorious Sitoh gain a post in the new Cabinet, on top of extra latitude when speaking and voting in Parliament and not being subjected to the PAP whip.
On 28 February 2011, prior to the general election in the same year, the SDA removed Chiam from his position as chairperson of the coalition. Subsequently, on 2 March, Chiam announced that he would withdraw the SPP from the SDA.
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Sitoh Yih Pin CBE (Chinese: 司徒宇斌; pinyin: Sītú Yǔbīn; born 2 December 1963) is a Singaporean retired politician. A member of the governing People's Action Party (PAP), he was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Potong Pasir Single Member Constituency (SMC) between 2011 and 2025.
An accountant by profession, Sitoh first entered electoral politics in the 2001 general election as the PAP candidate for Potong Pasir SMC; he lost to incumbent Chiam See Tong.
Despite losing to Chiam again in the 2006 general election, Sitoh defeated Lina Loh, Chiam's wife, in the 2011 general election, after her husband left to contest Bishan–Toa Payoh Group Representation Constituency (GRC).
He retired from electoral politics at the 2025 general election.
Sitoh graduated from the National University of Singapore with a Bachelor of Accountancy in 1987. He is a registered chartered accountant in Singapore and Australia. Sitoh worked as an audit manager at KPMG before starting his own accounting firm, Nexia TS Public Accounting, in 1993.
Sitoh made his political debut during the 2001 general election as the PAP candidate for Potong Pasir SMC; he won 47.57% of the vote, being defeated by Chiam, who was standing under the banner of the newly created Singapore Democratic Alliance (SDA), comprising his Singapore People's Party (SPP) and three other parties.
Sitoh challenged Chiam again in Potong Pasir SMC during the 2006 general election, losing for the second time in a row with a decreased 44.18% of the vote. At that election, in a PAP strategy to reclaim the two opposition constituencies of Potong Pasir and Hougang (both SMCs), Senior Minister Goh Chok Tong had promised to help a victorious Sitoh gain a post in the new Cabinet, on top of extra latitude when speaking and voting in Parliament and not being subjected to the PAP whip.
On 28 February 2011, prior to the general election in the same year, the SDA removed Chiam from his position as chairperson of the coalition. Subsequently, on 2 March, Chiam announced that he would withdraw the SPP from the SDA.
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