but his party was approved after the nomination day (2 May), making him unable to contest. Post–nomination day to election day events These are the events of political parties, candidates and highlights during the campaigning period from 27 April to 6 May 2006. Election rallies On 27 April, the Singapore Police Force (SPF) released a list of 24 sites for election rallies scheduled to be held from 28 April to 5 May. All sites were for evening rallies that were scheduled to occur from 7 p.m. to 10 pm, except for a "Lunchtime Rally Site" at Boat Quay next to UOB Plaza. Outdoor election meetings were required to be licensed by permits, and were issued by the SPF Police Election Meetings Office on a first-come, first-served basis, starting from 27 April. Since the morning of 26 April, more than 20 people, agents of the parties and candidates, were seen gathered at the office preparing to queue overnight for the permits. List of election rallies On 28 April, the first election rally for the People's Action Party, whose symbol featured a lightning bolt, was forced a change in venue from Serangoon Stadium to an indoor location, due to heavy rain and lightning. Reactions to nomination day When nominations were completed, opposition parties had successfully contested more than half the seats, thus denying PAP a walkover majority to form a government on nomination day, the first time since 1988. Lee Hsien Loong's response stated that he was happy that there were many opposition candidates contesting in the election, and said it is good for the maturation of Singapore's political system. He accepted the challenge from the opposition saying that "we [the PAP] don't have a majority, so we will fight this election." Workers' Party chairman Sylvia Lim said that her party would fight for more seats in parliament but did not expect to topple the PAP government. "There is no way the opposition will win every seat they contest," she said. Steve Chia (NSP) had said earlier that the SDA's aim was to win 15 seats and form a shadow cabinet, to provide effective scrutiny for the government. For WP, their strongest GRC team consisting of its more prominent candidates led by chairman Sylvia Lim, challenged Aljunied GRC (led by Foreign Minister George Yeo) as one of the fiercest contests in the election. WP also fielded a very young team in Ang