GE2020 expenses: PAP candidates spent nearly S$7 million, while opposition candidates used S$2.2 million

Other parties forked out between S$11,000 and slightly more than S$116,000, while the sole independent candidate, Mr Cheang Peng Wah, put in S$31,537 towards his election bid in Pioneer SMC."For a new party in particular, the need to get the message out there in what is a very crowded opposition space in a very short time probably necessitated that sort of higher spending," said political analyst Eugene Tan, an associate professor of law at the Singapore Management University.

Averaging out cost by voter, however, the four-member PAP team in Bishan-Toa Payoh GRC spent the most - S$3.17 per elector. Bishan-Toa Payoh, with 101,366 voters, is the smallest GRC in terms of electors. PAP won with 67.26 per cent of the vote against Singapore People's Party. With 35,437 electors, Bukit Panjang is the largest SMC and Mr Liang’s costs work out to S$3.12 per voter, lower than Punggol West SMCs’ Ms Sun Xueling’s S$3.47 per voter.

While GE2020 was called an Internet election, as there were no physical rallies due to the COVID-19 pandemic, most parties spent little or nothing on Internet election advertising. The PAP spent about S$2.63 per voter across all constituencies, more than double the amount spent by opposition parties on average, but way below the S$4 cap allotted for each voter under election rules.The party that spent the least, at S$0.10 per voter, was Red Dot United. It spent S$13,257 to contest one constituency - Jurong GRC, losing to the PAP team led by Senior Minister Tharman Shanmugaratnam.

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