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SINGAPORE ELECTIONS 2020
The 2020 Singaporean general election was held on Friday, 10 July 2020. It elected members of parliament to the 14th Parliament of Singapore since Singapore's independence in 1965, using the first-past-the-post electoral system. Voting was mandatory for all Singaporeans aged 21 or above as of 1 March 2020 for the purpose of this election.
This election was the 18th general election in Singapore and the 13th since independence. The ruling People's Action Party has secured its 15th consecutive term in government since 1959. 192 candidates (including 73 new candidates and one independent candidate) from 11 parties had contested, the most ever in the history of Singapore, surpassing the record set from the 2015 election. There were a record 40 female candidates.
Two constituencies, Pasir Ris–Punggol GRC and Pioneer SMC, saw a three-cornered fight, with the former being the first multi-cornered contest inside a Group Representation Constituency since the 1992 Marine Parade by-election 28 years prior. This election also marked the second consecutive election not to have a walkover in any constituency.
The end results saw the ruling People's Action Party winning 83 seats and the Workers' Party winning the other 10, in which the WP have successfully retained their wards of Aljunied GRC and Hougang SMC in addition to winning the newly created Sengkang GRC, making it the largest representation for opposition-elect in Parliament since 1966.
PAP's overall vote share dropped to 61.24% which was the lowest share since the 2011 elections, while the WP's vote broke its best record for its overall vote share for any opposition with 50.49% of the votes, surpassing the previous record held by Singapore Democratic Party in 1991 with 48.6%. Six candidates, one from a SMC and five from a GRC, had lost their $13,500 deposit in the election.
As a result of the election, two non-constituency seats will be offered to two members from the new Progress Singapore Party with the best-performing non-elected result for West Coast GRC, which will be announced at a later date
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