SINGAPORE: The People's Action Party (PAP) has held on to East Coast GRC in the 2020 General Election, winning 53.41 per cent of votes.
The Workers’ Party (WP) team got 46.59 per cent of the votes cast.
AdvertisementAdvertisement[h=3]GE2020 live: Singapore voters head to the ballot box on Polling Day[/h]Led by Deputy Prime Minister Heng Swee Keat, the five-member PAP team comprises Mr Maliki Osman, Ms Cheryl Chan, Ms Jessica Tan and new face Mr Tan Kiat How.
Mr Heng had left Tampines GRC to anchor East Coast GRC, replacing former Manpower Minister Lim Swee Say who is retiring from politics. It was a surprise move, as Mr Heng’s candidacy in East Coast was only revealed late on the morning of Nomination Day.
In a Facebook post, Mr Heng had earlier said that the PAP cannot afford a “succession gap” in East Coast GRC in uncertain times.
AdvertisementAdvertisementThe constituency is a traditional battleground between PAP and WP, with the opposition fielding Mr Terence Tan, Mr Dylan Tan and Mr Kenneth Foo, Ms Nicole Seah, as well as new face Abdul Shariff Aboo Kassim this election.
The lineup is entirely different from the team it fielded for the 2015 General Election, but party chief Pritam Singh had said that Mr Heng’s move to East Coast meant that the PAP regarded the WP’s slate for East Coast as “a very strong one”.
In 2011, it was a close contest in East Coast, with the PAP retaining the constituency with 54.8 per cent of votes – the worst-performing GRC won by the PAP that year.
In 2015, the PAP won by a bigger margin of 60.7 per cent of the vote.
Previously a four-member GRC, East Coast reabsorbed Fengshan SMC this General Election and is now a five-member constituency with 121,772 eligible voters.
[h=3]BOOKMARK THIS: Our comprehensive coverage of GE2020 and its developments[/h]Download our app or subscribe to our Telegram channel for the latest updates: Telegram: Contact @cnalatest
Let's block ads! (Why?)
More...