More than a third of Singaporeans, or 35.9 per cent, had decided which party to vote for even before this year’s General Election was officially called, a post-election study by the Institute of Policy Studies (IPS) has found.Researchers from the IPS at the National University of Singapore polled 2,872 people of voting age from May 8 to June 30.The General Election, which was held on May 3, saw the People’s Action Party (PAP) increase its share of votes to 65.57 per cent from 61.24 per cent.The PAP won 87 out of 97 seats, while the remaining 10, as well as two non-constituency MP seats, went to the Workers’ Party (WP).The results of the survey, which were released on Tuesday (Sept 2), found that over one-third of respondents indicated that they had already made up their mind on which party to back even before Parliament was dissolved on April 15.More than a third, or 36.3 per cent, also said that they decided on their vote following the dissolution of Parliament and during the nine-days of election hustings.Only 18.1 per cent of voters made up their mind on which candidate or party to back on Polling Day. Read more