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#GE2025: WP candidates at Serangoon stadium as the results come in.

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#GE2025: Transport Minister Chee Hong Tat is greeted with cheers of his name after winning Bishan-Toa Payoh GRC, securing 75.21% of the votes.
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#GE2025: Workers’ Party chief Pritam Singh and his wife were greeted by cheers from supporters as they arrived at Serangoon stadium.
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#GE2025: The crowd erupts in cheers as PM Lawrence Wong takes the stage and thanks supporters in different languages. With him on stage is his team comprising Alex Yam, Hany Soh, and Senior Minister of State for Manpower Zaqy Mohamad.
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#GE2025: PAP's Ng Chee Meng says he will make Jalan Kayu SMC “stronger, kinder and more inclusive”, following a narrow win with 51.47% of votes against Andre Low of the Workers’ Party.
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#GE2025: In a thank you speech to supporters and Jalan Kayu SMC voters, WP's Andre Low says if allowed, he would like to run for the next general election five years later.
#GE2025: SM Lee’s team wins Ang Mo Kio GRC with new high in vote share of 78.95%

This was higher than the 71.91% that then Prime Minister Lee’s team achieved in 2020 and beats the previous high of 78.64% in 2015.

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#GE2025: SDP leaders fail to win seats; Chee Soon Juan narrows margin in new SMC while Paul Tambyah’s performance weakens

The party has not held any seats in Parliament since 1997.

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[LIVE] #GE2025 Results

Tampines GRC
PAP 52.02%, WP 47.37%, PPP 0.43%, NSP 0.18%

East Coast GRC
PAP 58.76%, WP 41.24%

Sembawang GRC
PAP 67.75%, SDP 29.93%, NSP 2.32%

Sengkang GRC
WP 56.31%, PAP 43.69%

Nee Soon GRC
PAP 73.81%, RDU 26.19%

West Coast-Jurong West GRC
PAP 60.01%, PSP 39.99%

Jurong East-Bukit Batok GRC
PAP 76.66%, RDU 23.34%

Kebun Baru SMC
PAP 68.5%, PSP 31.5%

Sembawang West SMC
PAP 53.19%, SDP 46.81%

Punggol GRC
PAP 55.17%, WP 44.83%

Aljunied GRC
WP: 59.68%, PAP 40.32%

Mountbatten SMC
PAP 63.84%, Independent candidate Jeremy Tan 36.16%

Pasir Ris-Changi GRC
PAP 67.66%, SDA 32.34%

Hougang SMC
WP 62.17%, PAP 37.83%

Tampines Changkat SMC
PAP 56.17%, WP 43.83%

Ang Mo Kio GRC
PAP 78.95%, PPP 10.21%, SUP 10.84%

Jalan Kayu SMC
PAP 51.47%, WP 48.53%

Yio Chu Kang SMC
PAP 78.73%, PAR 21.27%

Marsiling-Yee Tee GRC
PAP 73.46%, SDP 26.54%

Jalan Besar GRC
PAP 75.21%, PAR 24.79%

Tanjong Pagar GRC
PAP 81.03%, PAR 18.97%

Bishan-Toa Payoh GRC
PAP 75.21%, SPP 24.79%

Chua Chu Kang GRC
PAP 63.59%; PSP 36.41%

Holland-Bukit Timah GRC
PAP 79.29%, RDU 20.71%

Potong Pasir SMC
PAP 69.18%, SPP 22.47%, PAR 8.35%

Bukit Panjang SMC
PAP 61.41%, SDP 38.59%

Pioneer SMC
PAP 65.42%, PSP 34.58%

Jurong Central SMC
PAP 80.51%, RDU 19.49%

Bukit Gombak SMC
PAP 75.83%, PSP 24.17%

Queenstown SMC
PAP 81.12%, PAR 18.88%

Marymount SMC
PAP 70.70%, PSP 29.30%

Radin Mas SMC
PAP 69.17%, Independent candidate Darryl Lo 23.47%, PAR 7.36%
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#GE2025: Michael Thng, candidate of Workers' Party Tampines GRC team hugged Faisal Manap, during his thank you speech.

This comes after PAP retained its seats in Tampines GRC with a narrow margin of 52.02% against WP, which achieved 47.37% of the votes.
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#GE2025: DPM Gan Kim Yong comforts the candidates of Sengkang GRC, who lost by 43.69%.

The team is also embraced by their fellow PAP members when they left stage.

The team said that it was a dignified and clean fight, and assured the residents in Sengkang GRC: “PAP will never abandon you.”

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#GE2025: Investors, foreign powers will see strong mandate as a signal of ‘trust, stability and confidence’: PM Wong

The election results put Singapore in a better position to face a turbulent world, he says.

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#GE2025: Is this the end of the road for PSP?

The Progress Singapore Party will struggle to remain relevant to voters without its vocal NCMPs, especially Leong Mun Wai, in Parliament.

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#GE2025: PM Wong leads PAP to improved vote share of 65.57%; WP retains strongholds, makes no new gains

The PAP claimed 87 out of 97 seats – four more than the previous term.

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#GE2025: PSP Leong Mun Wai speaks after GE2025 results

PSP chief Leong Mun Wai says the results are “very shocking”, as the party obtained between 24.17 and 39.99% of the vote share across the six constituencies. This means that it will lose both its NCMP seats and its parliamentary presence.

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#GE2025: WP lost in Jalan Kayu by 806 votes, and the gap between registered voters and turnout was 2,208 (including 122 overseas voters whose votes have yet to be counted).

In Tampines, WP trailed PAP by 6,379 votes, and the gap between registered voters and turnout was 10,810 (including 641 overseas voters whose votes have yet to be counted).

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#GE2025: Chee Soon Juan speaks after SDP loss in Sembawang West

"When I had to relocate and move everything to Sembawang West, and then start anew again, it was just an uphill battle, which I was up for," says Dr Chee Soon Juan after he and party chairman Paul Tambyah failed in their bids to win seats even though it was a mixed showing.
#GE2025: Political stability, policy continuity should buoy business confidence in Singapore: economists, trade chambers

“Businesses and investors will be reassured that rationality and prudence will prevail (in Singapore), and fiscal support will be forthcoming if the economic downturn worsens,” said a Maybank economist.

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➡️ Little change in Singapore's STI on Monday after PAP's GE2025 win https://bt.sg/9cKy
#GE2025 results expected to have limited impact on Singapore stocks, say market watchers

“Historically, the STI has shown to be more impacted by the Singapore Budget announcements, which can more directly affect the various business sectors in Singapore,” notes an observer.

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#GE2025: Miles away, overseas Singaporeans say their votes ‘still matter’ for the country’s future

“As disconnected as one may feel abroad (during the GE period), I still felt the need to keep up with the election’s happenings. I wanted to ensure that my voice is heard,” said an undergraduate based in Edinburgh.

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