PAP wins but support falls


Singaporeans returned the People’s Action Party (PAP) to government, handing it 83 of the 93 seats, but there was a major upset in Sengkang GRC, which fell to the Workers’ Party (WP), amid a stronger showing for the opposition.

In what was dubbed a crisis election, or the Covid-19 polls, the PAP won 61.24% of the votes, an 8.7-point swing from its 69.9% share in the 2015 polls.

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