Political observers stated that the vote swing towards opposition parties in the 2020 General Election is due to people caring beyond bread and butter issues.
The People’s Action Party’s (PAP) manifesto focused on saving lives and jobs, but many voters believe that issues like social justice and having an alternate voice in Parliament is much more necessary and crucial at this current point of time.
The PAP won once again but their vote share slid by close to nine percentage to 61.24 percent from the last General Election where it garnered 69.9 percent.
A quick check on the figures of the current results when we compare it with the General Election results in 2015 shows a drop in support of PAP in almost all the constituencies in Singapore. There is definitely some unhappiness with the PAP-led government, and younger voters are beginning to take the leap of faith in support of opposition parties.
Police announced that it was investigating Ms Khan, WP Member of Parliament-elect, on July 5, in the middle of the campaigning period over comments she posted online.
Tan Cheng Bock, Chief of the Progress Singapore Party, stated that such police reports against Ms Khan are considered as “gutter politics” and PAP later called on the WP to clarify its stand on her posts and questioned WP’s decision to let her continue running.
But this did not stop the Sengkang’s WP team from gaining 52.13 percent of the vote beating the PAP team which consisted of Minister in the Prime Minister’s Office Ng Chee Meng, Senior Minister of State Lam Pin Min, Senior Parliamentary Secretary Amrin Amin and new candidate Raymond Lye.