Singapore GE 2020: Singaporeans will go to the polls on July 10

In a photo taken on Sept 11, 2015, during the general election, Singapore residents casting their votes at Jing Shan Primary School. Singaporeans will go to the polls on July 10, in a general election that will see the contest for hearts and minds waged on a drastically different battleground due to the coronavirus pandemic. - The Straits Times/ANN

SINGAPORE (The Straits Times/ANN): Singaporeans will go to the polls on July 10, in a general election that will see the contest for hearts and minds waged on a drastically different battleground due to the Covid-19 (coronavirus) pandemic.

The widely anticipated announcement of the election date came on Tuesday (June 23), when President Halimah Yacob dissolved Singapore's 13th Parliament and issued the Writ of Election.