Early reports say the Workers' Party has won the key
battleground of Aljunied GRC, beating
the PAP team led by Foreign Minister George Yeo.
The WP win in Aljunied was reportedly more than 2 percentage
points, which means it did not require a recount.
According to a Yahoo! source, the winning margin was more than 10
percent. An aide to Minister Yeo also told the Today
newspaper that "we have lost."
Aljunied GRC, comprising of over 143,000 voters, was the most hotly
contested ward in this General Elections. It is the first time that
a GRC has fallen into Opposition hands.
Just last week, Minister Mentor Lee Kuan Yew said Aljunied GRC
residents who voted for the Workers'
Party would have five years to
repent had "created greater anger, greater resentment in
many people".
Meanwhile the Hougang SMC seat vacated by Low has reportedly stayed
in WP hands after Yaw Shin Leong beat the PAP's Desmond Choo,
albeit by a slim margin.
In the only three-cornered fight in Punggol SMC, PAP's Michael
Palmer beat WP's Lee Li Lian and Singapore Democratic
Alliance's Desmond
Lim.
SDA's Lim told Channel NewsAsia that the three-cornered
fight diluted the number of votes for the opposition.
In Mountbatten SMC, the PAP's Lim Biow Chuan beat National
Solidartity Party's J Chong Aruldoss. Lim took 11,965 votes
compared to Aruldoss' 8,436, just over 41 per cent of the
votes.
In Bukit Panjang SMC, PAP's Teo Ho Pin beat the SDP's Alec Tok
by 66 percent to 33 per cent of votes.
In Radin Mas SMC , PAP's Tan Chin Siong beat NSP's Yip Yew Weng
by 67 per cent to 32 per cent of votes.
In Whampoa SMC, PAP's Heng Chee How beat the NSP's Ken Sun by 66
per cent to 33 per cent of votes.
In Marine Parade, an NSP source tells Yahoo! they have failed to
win the contest, seen as the battle between the PAP's Tin Pei Ling
and the party's Nicole Seah. NSP estimates they clinched 45% of
votes there.
