PAP supporters cheering at Yio Chu Kang Stadium on May 3. - ST
SINGAPORE: Historically, the PAP’s national vote share dips after a new prime minister takes office, but Prime Minister Lawrence Wong reversed the trend by securing a clear – and unexpected – mandate of 65.57 per cent on Saturday (May 3).
When Lee Hsien Loong led the PAP into battle for the first time in 2006, the party’s vote share slipped nearly 9 percentage points, even if it was from the anomalous result of the 2001 polls, called weeks after the Sept 11, 2001 terror attacks in America.
