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It retained West Coast GRC in a fight against the Progress Singapore Party, though with the narrowest margin of victory among all electoral divisions; [9] the top scoring GRC was the neighbouring Jurong GRC won by the party. [10] The Workers' Party won the new Sengkang GRC and retained Aljunied GRC and Hougang SMC.
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).
Two senior members of Singapore's largest opposition party quit on Wednesday after admitting to an inappropriate relationship, the latest scandal to hit a country otherwise used to stable and ...
The earliest political parties were established in the lead-up to Singapore first Legislative Council elections in 1948. Singapore is a republic. While the country has a multi-party system, the dominant political party have often been the People's Action Party since 1965, along with the main opposition party, the Workers' Party.
Nicole Rebecca Seah Xue Ling (Chinese: 佘雪玲; pinyin: Shé Xuělíng; born 17 October 1986) is a Singaporean former politician.A former member of the opposition Workers' Party (WP), Seah contested in the 2020 general election but lost to the governing People's Action Party (PAP) by a close margin.
Goh left the Workers' Party (WP) in 2006 after the election due to "some Internet postings which had tarnished the WP's reputation" [2] despite being a member of the central executive committee (CEC) and a member of the "A team" of the Workers' Party. [3] He joined the National Solidarity Party and became its secretary-general. [3]
Lee's People's Action Party (PAP) is all but certain of a healthy victory with even the main opposition downbeat on its chances. As election nears, Singapore may raise spending to ease economic ...
The Workers' Party's team defeated the PAP team by 72,289 votes (54.7%) to 59,829 (45.2%), [18] marking the first occasion in Singapore's history in which an opposition party had won an election in a GRC. Since the election, Singh has represented the Eunos ward within the constituency in Parliament. [19]