In the 2015 General Election, the PAP's Charles Chong narrowly won Punggol East with 51.8 per cent of the votes against the WP's Lee Li Lian.The PAP's share of the vote in Sengkang West, 62.1 per cent, was also below the party's national average of 69.9 per cent in 2015, Assoc Prof Tan noted.
READ: 'It's crunch time': Opposition parties react to GE2020 announcement, WP puts up video featuring Nicole Seah “PAP will have an upper hand because of the demography of this area – young families who want stability of government,” he suggested. He added that it has always been easier for an opposition party to win a single-seat constituency than a GRC, as the opposition usually finds it difficult to field a strong slate of candidates needed to run in a GRC.
“As an experienced political party, the WP knows that they cannot take it for granted Aljunied GRC will be a shoo-in for them. So they will palpably put a lot of effort into making sure to retain Aljunied, an uppermost political priority for them,” he said.Mr Lim from Vriens & Partners said that the appeal of the WP could have dulled in certain areas.
“That will be made all the harder given the likely campaigning challenges posed by the COVID-19 outbreak," he added.While the fight in Sengkang GRC looks set to be between the PAP and WP, observers said that other parties may join the contest.announced by the Electoral Boundaries Review Committee"As a new GRC, I would expect fierce competition from the opposition parties.
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