, PSP's West Coast team were given the opportunity to pick two of the five candidates for the NCMP positions.
It garnered 48.31 per cent of the vote against the People's Action Party team led by Minister for Communications and Information S Iswaran.will join the 10 elected members from the opposition Workers' Party in Parliament.Progress Singapore Party candidates Tan Cheng Bock; Hazel Poa, Jeffrey Khoo, Nadarajah Loganathan; and Leong Mun Wai.
The NCMP scheme allows losing opposition candidates with the highest percentage of votes to be offered seats in Parliament - if the number of elected opposition members falls short of 12. In the case of this General Election, two NCMP seats were offered, to ensure that the new Parliament has at least 12 opposition MPs.
Dr Tan had said during the election campaign that he would not take up the NCMP role if he got the opportunity, calling the scheme a “ploy” to entice voters from opposition parties.
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