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Singapore's ruling party PAP wins Bukit Batok by-election

Xinhua, May 8, 2016 Adjust font size:

K Muralidharan Pillai, the candidate for Singapore's ruling party People's Action Party (PAP), won the by-election for Bukit Batok Single Member Constituency (SMC) with 61.2 percent of the votes, according to results of the polls by Elections Department of Singapore (ELD).

The final results showed PAP garnered the SMC, while Chee Soon Juan, the candidate for Singapore's opposition party Singapore Democratic Party (SDP), had 38.8 percent of the votes. There are 25,727 registered electors in the SMC.

Singapore's Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong congratulated Murali Pillai on his win, saying Murali and his team have campaigned hard, but now their real work begins.

"He has served faithfully in Bukit Batok for many years, and with your support, will serve residents for many more." added PM Lee.

Singapore's ruling party PAP garnered 83 of the 89 parliamentary seats in general election September 2015 with a landslide victory, winning 69.86 percent of votes. The 89 parliamentary seats were split into 16 Group Representation Constituencies (GRCs), where the candidates from a contesting party is required to be fielded as a team, and 13 SMCs.

The Bukit Batok single seat was vacated after PAP's representative David Ong resigned over an alleged extramarital affair in March.

In the General Election last September, PAP's David Ong won the Bukit Batok SMC with 73.02 percent of the votes. Singapore Democratic Party's (SDP) Sadasivam Veriyah took 26.38 percent, while independent candidate Samir Salim Neji garnered 0.6 percent. Enditem