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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 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 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.
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 ...
General elections were held in Singapore on Friday, 10 July 2020 to elect 93 members [b] to the Parliament of Singapore across 31 constituencies. [c] Parliament was dissolved and the general election called by President Halimah Yacob on 23 June, on the advice of Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong. [2]
Low Thia Khiang at a Workers' Party general election rally, Bedok Stadium, Singapore. Low's gambit paid off as he led the Workers' Party to a historic breakthrough in the election, with a victory in Aljunied GRC but Chiam lost in Bishan–Toa Payoh GRC. [17] The win marked the first time that an opposition party won a GRC.
Former presidential candidate and Progress Singapore Party (PSP) founder Tan Cheng Bock also congratulated Tharman in a Facebook post a day later, saying that Tharman's campaign was "well-organised and dignified" and saying that Tharman "is the people's choice". [197]
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 ...