SINGAPORE: The Workers' Party's (WP's) Dennis Tan has won its stronghold, Hougang Single Member Constituency (SMC), beating the People’s Action Party's (PAP) Lee Hong Chuang with 61.19 per cent of the valid votes.
Mr Lee garnered 38.81 per cent of the vote, down from the 42.34 per cent he garnered in the 2015 General Election when he contested for the first time.
AdvertisementAdvertisementHis opponent, Mr Tan, was chosen by the WP to stand in place of former Member of Parliament for Hougang, Mr Png Eng Huat, who did not contest in this election.
This is also Mr Tan’s second time contesting in an election. In 2015, he lost in Fengshan but secured enough votes to become a Non-Constituency MP.
Hougang has been an opposition stronghold since the WP’s Low Thia Khiang wrested it from the PAP in 1991.
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