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3nd LD: Singapore's ruling party PAP wins election, while one constituency encountered recounting

Xinhua, September 12, 2015 Adjust font size:

Singapore's ruling People's Action Party (PAP) won 83 of the 89 parliamentary seats in general election on Saturday, while the result of Aljunied group representation constituency encountered recounting, according to the Elections Department (ELD).

The seats the PAP won so far were from 15 group representation constituencies (GRCs) and 12 single member constituencies (SMCs), including the regained Punggol East SMC from the opposition Workers' Party, and East Coast GRC in which close fight were anticipated.

Singapore's Prime Minister, also PAP's Secretary-General Lee Hsien Loong with his team won the Ang Mo Kio GRC, winning 78.6 percent of the vote.

Lee Hsien Loong thanked supporters in Malay, Mandarin, English, saying that "We are very humbled." Lee Hsien Loong said he and his team will work hard in the next five years to make Ang Mo Kio a better place to live and work.

PAP has won back the Punggol East SMC in a close contest that saw veteran Charles Chong edge out incumbent Lee Li Lian. Charles Chong received 51.76 percent of the vote.

PAP also won a resounding victory in Tanjong Pagar GRC, the constituency of Singapore's founding Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew before, with 77.7 percent of the votes.

However, the anticipated close fight in East Coast GRC did not materialize. PAP beat WP with 60.7 percent of the vote.

The opposition Workers' Party defended its stronghold of Hougang SMC, with Png Eng Huat retaining his seat with 57.69 percent of the vote.

The opposition Workers' Party filed a strong team led by its Secretary-General Low Thia Khiang to Aljunied GRC. The result of sample count earlier suggested that close fight were there.

The ruling People's Action Party (PAP) was challenged in all available 89 parliamentary seats for the first time in the island- nation's history. The 89 seats were split into 16 GRCs, where the candidates from a contesting party is required to be fielded as a team, and 13 single member constituencies SMCs.

The ruling People's Action Party took 81 of the 87 seats in last general election in 2011 with 60.14 percent of the popular votes, which is lower than the 66.6 percent in general election 2006. Endi