GE2020: PAP wins with 61.24% of vote; WP claims two GRCs including new Sengkang GRC

SINGAPORE: The People’s Action Party has clinched 61.24 per cent of the votes in this year’s General Election, but a swing to the Opposition saw the Workers’ Party make inroads into Parliament by claiming its second Group Representation Constituency in polls held amid the COVID-19 pandemic.

With the WP’s victory in the newly-formed four-member Sengkang GRC, this election marks the first time that an opposition party will hold two GRCs since the GRC scheme came into effect in 1988. For the second time in Singapore’s history, all seats were contested, with two constituencies - Pioneer SMC and Pasir Ris-Punggol GRC - seeing three-cornered fights. Altogether, there were 10 opposition parties and one independent candidate who vied for a spot in Parliament.

This was followed by PAP's Melvin Yong in the new Radin Mas SMC, who clinched 74.03 per cent of the votes; the party's incumbent Lim Biow Chuan in Mountbatten SMC with 73.84 per cent; and Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong’s team in Ang Mo Kio GRC, which scored a 71.91 per cent against RP secretary-general Kenneth Jeyaretnam's team.

Two exceptions to the decline in vote share were Ms Tin Pei Ling's improved showing in MacPherson SMC with 71.74 per cent, and Mr Lim in Mountbatten.It was constituencies contested by the PSP that saw some of the largest vote swings against the ruling party. Even in Tanjong Pagar GRC, long considered a PAP stronghold, the incumbent team - which included Minister for Trade and Industry Chan Chun Sing and Minister in the Prime Minister’s Office Indranee Rajah - saw its winning margin reduced by 14 percentage points against a PSP team that finished with 36.87 per cent of the vote.

“I think it’s a beginning of a new chapter for PSP, and I think the movement that I’ve created will grow," he said. "I think the team that I have built will go further in the next election." Mr Singh, in a press conference following the results, said his team would “continue to endeavor for good outcomes on the ground” and to represent voters “faithfully in Parliament”.

“The votes and the encouragement we received showed us that a very large part of East Coast GRC voters do want to see more fairness in our political system,” she added.The SDP had gambled by fielding two of its strongest candidates, party secretary general Chee Soon Juan and party chairman Paul Tambyah, in single-seat wards. Both were unsuccessful in their bids, but made gains.

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