GE2020: PAP wins with 61.24% of voteWP claims two GRCs including new Sengkang GRC: The ruling party won 83 seats out of an available 93. The victory saw the PAP’s vote share slide by close to nine percentage points from the last General Election, where it garnered 69.9 per cent of the votes.
OH YES!!!!! Then I became greedy. I was like, if only PAP won with 60% this round... one can hope. It would be ideal to bring it down to 57%. That would be a wonderful wake-up call. Well, this would happen in time to come then. When the sample count came in, I was quite thrilled. Those counts are fairly representative of the final results. And when the final tally was announced, I was relieved. I couldn't believe that East Coast GRC was won by PAP at only 53.41%. Woah, East Coast GRC people, what a coup. And of course, aye aye Sengkang, Aljunied and Hougang!
This GE2020, Tanjong Pagar GRC is held by PAP with 63.13%. PSP took 36.87%. Okay lor. I would have loved it to be closer to 58.5% - 60% to PAP. But this is cool too. Also, Tanjong Pagar GRC had 1930 spoilt votes. WALAOEH. I did raise my eyes at the number of spoilt votes in Pasir Ris-Punggol GRC (3392), Sembawang GRC (2947) and Jalan Besar GRC (2943), and the wow-inducing 5009 spoilt votes of a total 178,039 votes cast in......... Ang Mo Kio GRC. 🙄
I was really tired, but I stayed up. I wanted to hear what our Prime Minister had to say about the results at the post-election conference. I wanted to watch his facial expressions and listen to his tones. 61.24% is okay with me. I was happy with the results because I was hoping for it to send a message. It did. We need diversity in the Parliament. And for the incumbent to stop talking down to voters like we're stupid, and don't threaten us. I'm pleased that we now have 10 Opposition Members of Parliament who aren't afraid to speak out, and they're guided by one another's experience.
Mr Lee said the result also showed a “clear desire” for a diversity of voices in Parliament.“Singaporeans want the PAP to form the government, but they, and especially the younger voters, also want to see more opposition presence in Parliament,” he said.He added that he looks forward to the participation and contribution of the Opposition in Parliament.He said it is “only right” that WP chief Pritam Singh be “formally designated” as the Leader of the Opposition, and that he will be provided with “appropriate staff support and resources to perform his duties”.
Imho, Pritam Singh is an excellent and credible Workers' Party chief. And now, it is only right that he be named the Leader of the Opposition, not just in name, but with the recognition and (reluctant) support of the incumbent party, and rightfully allocated staff and resources. The incumbent can call it whatever they want. These terms calling Workers' Party's manifesto and proposition as "PAP-lite", and "taking a half step to the left". They're hilarious. Well, it isn't that wrong, to a layman. Whatever. We'll take it. Do your thing, Workers' Party. Be the credible Opposition worth voting for.
Mr Singh said early on Saturday (July 11) that he was grateful to voters in the three constituencies for trusting his party with their vote, adding that he was very humbled by it.“I’m not feeling euphoric at all… There’s a lot of work to do and I think we’ve got to work hard,” he told reporters outside Teambuild Centre along Geylang Road, where the party’s headquarters is.While WP won 10 out of 93 elected seats in the House, Mr Singh said that this was still far short of its medium-term aim of clinching a third of parliamentary seats that would allow it to make a strong position on constitutional amendment bills, for example.“It’s still not exactly a quantum leap,” he said. “We should still focus on strengthening the party as an organisation and speaking up in Parliament intelligently and thoughtfully, such that we represent what people are feeling.”
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