In which year did Sylvia Lim become a Non-Constituency Member of Parliament?
2001
2006
2010
2015
Answer
Sylvia Lim became a Non-Constituency Member of Parliament (NCMP) in 2006. NCMPs are elected to represent the interests of voters who did not elect a Member of Parliament (MP) from an opposition party in the general election. Lim was elected as an NCMP after the 2006 general election, in which her party, the Workers' Party, won only one seat in Parliament.
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