 The general election of 2011 was yet another watershed election due to the first time a GRC was lost by the ruling party PAP , to the opposition party WP . Four years later , Lee Kuan Yew , founding father and the first Prime Minister of Singapore , died on 23 March 2015 . Singapore declared a period of national mourning from 23 – 29 March . There was a golden jubilee weekend , featuring an extra holiday in 2015 . Fun packs , which are usually given to people who attend the National Day Parade was given to every Singaporean and PR household . The NDP was the first one without the founding prime minister Lee Kuan Yew . Therefore , there was a tribute to him the NDP . The NDP was also the first which foreign dignitaries were invited over to see the parade . 
