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Urgent: Singapore's ruling party PAP wins election, while the opposition retained Aljunied

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 opposition Workers' Party (WP) retained Aljunied group representation constituency, according to the Elections Department (ELD).

The seats the PAP won 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. While WP retained Hougang SMC and Aljunied GRC by slim margin.

PAP won the election with a landslide 69.86 percent of votes, while WP defended 6 seats in the parliament. Endi