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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).
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]
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.
The election process begins when the President, acting on Cabinet's advice, issues a writ of election addressed to the returning officer.On nomination day, the returning officer and their representatives will be present at designated nomination centres between 11:00 am and 12:00 noon to receive prospective candidates' nomination papers, and political donation certificates certifying that they ...
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 ...
Singapore's ruling party is stung by its worst ever election results on Saturday (July 11). The People's Action Party - PAP- signaled a possible delay to its meticulous succession plans. Here's ...
Singapore Democratic Party, People's Action Party, Workers' Party, Progress Singapore Party The dispute between the PAP and the SDP continued, with SDP chairman Paul Tambyah and secretary-general Chee Soon Juan defending SDP's decision to press the PAP about plans for a population target of 10 million for Singapore, saying that PAP was now ...