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The Workers' Party (abbreviation: WP) is a major social democratic political party in Singapore and one of the three contemporary political parties represented in Parliament, alongside the governing People's Action Party (PAP) and the other opposition Progress Singapore Party (PSP).
It was confirmed by Workers' Party on 13 May 2011 that Yee would be taking up the NCMP position. [4] With Yee taking up the NCMP position together with Gerald Giam , Workers' Party set a new record in the Singapore's post-independence political arena becoming the first non-ruling party to have 8 (6 MP + 2 NCMP) seats in parliament.
Lee Li Lian (Chinese: 李丽连; pinyin: Li Lìlián; born 19 July 1978) is a Singaporean politician.A member of the opposition Workers' Party (WP), she was the Member of Parliament for Punggol East SMC between 2013 and 2015.
The Workers' Party team won with 54.72% of the vote against the PAP team, [2] marking the first time in Singapore's electoral history an opposition party had won an election in a GRC. Chen was elected to Parliament for a second term after the Workers' Party team won the 2015 general election in Aljunied GRC again with 50.96% of the vote against ...
On polling day, Gomez and his Workers' Party colleagues in Aljunied GRC lost to the PAP's team by 56,593 votes (43.9%) to 74,843 (56.1%). This was the highest percentage of the vote garnered by any opposition losing candidates, and was therefore enough to secure one of the team's members (Party Chairman Sylvia Lim) a seat as a Non-Constituency ...
Workers' Party is a name used by several political parties throughout the world. The name has been used by both organisations on the left and right of the political spectrum. The name has been used by both organisations on the left and right of the political spectrum.
A spate of political scandals in Singapore, including a corruption case and the resignations of senior lawmakers, has been a "setback" to the ruling party, Deputy Prime Minister Lawrence Wong told ...
Tang Liang Hong (simplified Chinese: 邓亮洪; traditional Chinese: 鄧亮洪; pinyin: Dèng Liàng Hóng; born 1935) is a politician and lawyer from Singapore.. Tang stood as a candidate for the opposition Workers' Party in the Cheng San Group Representation Constituency at the 1997 general election.