City-state awaits people’s verdict

Big day: President Tharman Shanmugaratnam and his wife Jane Yumiko Ittogi.— AP/Reuters

Voting closed here in a general election that is seen as the first key test of support for Prime Minister Lawrence Wong, who took office last year.

His People’s Action Party (PAP) is widely expected to comfortably extend its 66-year dominance in the city-state.