Education Minister Chan Chun Sing has reiterated residents remain the key focus for his Tanjong Pagar GRC team, following the People's Action Party's (PAP) win in the constituency during the 2025 general election. The PAP clinched Tanjong Pagar GRC with 81.03 per cent of votes over the People's Alliance for Reform (PAR), making this the ruling party's biggest electoral win since the scheme was introduced in 1988. At the 2020 general election, PAP also won Tanjong Pagar GRC, securing 63.1 per cent of the vote against the Progress Singapore Party (PSP). Speaking to reporters at Holland Drive Market & Food Centre on Sunday (May 4), Chan said: «Our tagline has always been: if you take care of the residents, the residents will take care of the results.»

The People's Action Party (PAP) is grateful to Singaporeans for the mandate given to them, Prime Minister Lawrence Wong said at the post-election press conference on Sunday (May 4). PM Wong, who is also the party's secretary-general, said that Singaporeans had «given the PAP a clear and strong mandate to govern», with 65 per cent of the popular vote and 82 of the 92 contested seats in Parliament, in addition to the five in Marine Parade-Braddell Heights GRC. Thanking supporters, PM Wong said that this was a «clear signal of trust, stability and confidence» that Singaporeans have in the Government. «The results will put Singapore in a better position to face this turbulent world,» he said, adding that many are watching the elections closely, including international media, investors or foreign governments. «They will have taken note of tonight's results. It's a clear signal of trust, stability and confidence in your government. Singaporeans too can draw strength from this and look ahead to our future with confidence.»

The People's Action Party (PAP) is grateful to Singaporeans for the mandate given to them, Prime Minister Lawrence Wong said at the post-election press conference on Sunday (May 4). PM Wong, who is also the party's secretary-general, said that Singaporeans had «given the PAP a clear and strong mandate to govern», with 65 per cent of the popular vote and 82 of the 92 contested seats in Parliament, in addition to the five in Marine Parade-Braddell Heights GRC. Thanking supporters, PM Wong said that this was a «clear signal of trust, stability and confidence» that Singaporeans have in the Government. «The results will put Singapore in a better position to face this turbulent world,» he said, adding that many are watching the elections closely, including international media, investors or foreign governments. «They will have taken note of tonight's results. It's a clear signal of trust, stability and confidence in your government. Singaporeans too can draw strength from this and look ahead to our future with confidence.»

The People's Action Party's (PAP) vote share in this General Election has gone up to 65.57 per cent from the 61.24 per cent the party won in in 2020.  The party received over 70 per cent of the votes in more than 10 constituencies.  Of the 97 seats, PAP won 87, giving it more than the two-thirds majority needed to pass constitutional amendments.  The Workers' Party (WP) will get both the non-constituency Member of the Parliament of Singapore (NCMP) seats on top of having 10 elected MPs.  The law requires a minimum of 12 opposition MPs in Parliament.  In Tampines GRC, WP won 47.37 per cent of the votes, while in Jalan Kayu SMC, WP's Andre Low secured 48.53 per cent of the votes.  The NCMP seats are usually offered to the opposition candidates with the highest percentage of votes among the losing parties.  The candidates must also have obtained at least 15 per cent of the total number of votes in the constituency they contested for.

The People's Action Party (PAP) was voted back to power again, winning 87 out of 97 parliamentary seats. The ruling party won 65.57 per cent of the vote share, up from 61.24 per cent in 2020. The Workers' Party (WP) claimed the remaining 10 seats after retaining Aljunied GRC, Sengkang GRC and Hougang SMC. PAP's simple majority was secured after it won Pasir Ris-Changi GRC early Sunday morning (May 4). Returning Officer Han Kok Juan announced the first poll results at about 11.10pm on Saturday, with PAP's Melvin Yong securing the party's first elected seat by claiming Radin Mas SMC.

Results for Sembawang West SMC in GE2025 Poh Li San (PAP) 53.19% Chee Soon Juan (SDP) 46.81% The People's Action Party (PAP) has won Sembawang West SMC against the Singapore Democratic Party (SDP). PAP's Poh Li San received 11,978 votes while SDP's Chee Soon Juan received 10,541 votes. Sembawang West SMC has 24,206 electors. Sembawang West SMC is among the newly formed SMCs introduced ahead of the 2025 general election, and was contested for the first time. SDP's Chee Soon Juan calls results 'disappointing' Addressing supporters and media at the MOE (Evans) Stadium, Singapore Democratic Party (SDP) chief Chee Soon Juan said his «jaw just dropped» when he saw the results for Bukit Panjang SMC, Sembawang SMC and Marsiling-Yew Tee GRC, the wards SDP contested. He thanked everyone for their enthusiastic support, adding that he wished «better results» for them.

Results for East Coast GRC in GE2025 People's Action Party (PAP) 58.76% Workers' Party (WP) 41.24% The People's Action Party (PAP) has won East Coast GRC with 58.76% of votes over the Workers' Party (WP).  PAP received 79,664 votes while WP received 55,912 votes.  The PAP team is led by Minister for Culture, Community and Youth Edwin Tong, incumbents Tan Kiat How, Jessica Tan and new faces Hazlina Abdul Halim and Dinesh Vasu Dash.  The WP team is led by candidate Yee Jenn Jong, Nathaniel Koh and new faces – Paris V. Parameswari, Sufyan Mikhail Putra, and Jasper Kuan.  In the 2020 election, PAP won a 53.41 per cent of the votes against the WP.  Deputy Prime Minister Heng Swee Keat, who led the team to victory alongside Tan Kiat How, Cheryl Chan, Maliki Osman and Jessica Tan at the last general election has since stepped down from politics. 

The People's Action Party (PAP) was voted back to power again, winning 87 out of 97 parliamentary seats. The ruling party won 65.57 per cent of the vote share, up from 61.24 per cent in 2020. The Workers' Party (WP) claimed the remaining 10 seats after retaining Aljunied GRC, Sengkang GRC and Hougang SMC. PAP's simple majority was secured after it won Pasir Ris-Changi GRC early Sunday morning (May 4). Returning Officer Han Kok Juan announced the first poll results at about 11.10pm on Saturday, with PAP's Melvin Yong securing the party's first elected seat by claiming Radin Mas SMC.

Results for Pasir Ris-Changi GRC in GE2025 People's Action Party (PAP)  67.66% Singapore Democratic Alliance (SDA) 32.34% The People's Action Party (PAP) has won Pasir Ris-Changi GRC with 67.66 per cent of votes over the Singapore Democratic Alliance (SDA).  PAP received 60,887 votes while SDA received 29,109 votes.  The PAP's team for Pasir Ris-Changi GRC is led by Minister in the Prime Minister’s Office and Leader of the House Indranee Rajah. Her team comprises of Senior Minister of State in the Prime Minister’s Office Desmond Tan, Sharael Taha and new face Valerie Lee. Indranee was previously MP for Tanjong Pagar GRC, a PAP stronghold. The SDA's team is led by party Chairman Desmond Lim and includes secretary-general Abu Mohamed, Harminder Pal Singh and new member Chia Yun Kai. 

The People's Action Party (PAP) was voted back to power again, winning 51 of 97 parliamentary seats so far. The simple majority was secured after it won Pasir Ris-Changi GRC and Mountbatten SMC. Returning Officer Han Kok Juan announced the first poll results at about 11.10pm on Saturday (May 3), with PAP's Melvin Yong securing the party's first elected seat by claiming Radin Mas SMC. The ballot results for 12 SMCs including Jalan Kayu, Tampines Changkat, Jurong Central, Pioneer, Bukit Panjang and Potong Pasir as well as eight GRCs including the four-MP Marsiling-Yew Tee and five-MP Tanjong Pagar were subsequently announced, with all but Hougang SMC going to the PAP. WP's Dennis Tan successfully retained the party stronghold of Hougang SMC, securing one opposition seat in Parliament.

Results for Mountbatten SMC in GE2025 Gho Sze Kee (PAP) 63.84% Jeremy Tan 36.16% The People's Action Party's (PAP) Gho Sze Kee has won Mountbatten SMC against independent candidate Jeremy Tan with 63.84 per cent of the votes. Gho received 12,507 votes while Tan received 7,083 votes. Mountbatten SMC has 22,843 electors. In GE2020, PAP won Mountbatten SMC with a vote share of 73.82 per cent against People's Voice. Former MP Lim Biow Chuan retires from politics At a press conference on April 20, Manpower Minister Dr Tan See Leng announced that four-term MP Lim Biow Chuan — who represented Mountbatten SMC from 2011— will retire from politics. Dr Tan added that Gho, 46, will bring a «refreshing» look to Mountbatten.

Of the 2,758,846 registered voters for Polling Day, 18,389 are Singaporeans living abroad who have successfully registered as overseas voters, said the Elections Department (ELD) on April 18. Among the latter, 8,630 will vote in person while the rest will do so by post. On May 2, polling stations in Dubai, London, Washington, New York and San Francisco opened at 8am local time. Registered voters in these locations have had the opportunity to cast their vote and some took to social media to document their unique experience voting from abroad.

It seems like the polling stations are not the only place Singaporeans are heading to this Polling Day (May 3). Shortly after noon today, the Immigration & Checkpoints Authority (ICA) posted on their Facebook page that travellers to Johor Bahru (JB) can expect travel delays of up to five hours or more. They updated their post at 2pm that the delay was now up to three hours.  The ICA also advised travellers to check traffic conditions before embarking on their journey, noting «extremely heavy departure traffic» at both Woodlands and Tuas Checkpoints.

Singaporeans began heading to the polls early Saturday (May 3) morning as voting for the 14th General Election (GE) kicked off at 8am. Dozens of voters at a polling station in Blk 608 Clementi West St 1 started lining up as early as 7.30am, despite strong winds and torrential rain. Voters braved the rain early morning on Polling Day at Clementi. PHOTO: AsiaOne/Rauf Khan Speaking to AsiaOne, many voters described the process as «smooth» and «quite straightforward». Lujahhan, a 51-year-old, came with her husband and daughter to vote around 8.10am and was pleased with the «very easy and quick» process.

Singaporeans will head to the polls today (May 3), with polling stations open from 8am to 8pm. Below are some pointers to take note of before you head down to the polling stations to cast your vote. Before going down The Elections Department (ELD) is encouraging voters to consider casting your vote in the afternoon to avoid long queues in the morning. You can check your polling station's queue status by scanning the QR code on your poll card before heading to your respective polling station. You are to bring along your original NRIC or passport and poll card for voting. An alternative is your digital NRIC and ePoll card on the Singpass app. ELD urge voters to refrain from wearing any attire or carrying any items with images that may be construed as influencing other voters or canvassing support for any particular political party, candidate or groups of candidates. This could be clothes, bags, water bottles, fans or badges with prints on them that are identical to or closely resemble a political party or candidate's allotted symbol.

Members of the public are advised to be wary of a fake YouTube channel impersonating a trading platform, with videos aimed at deceiving users into executing malicious scripts that compromise cryptocurrency wallets. This was shared by the Singapore Police Force and the Cyber Security Agency of Singapore (CSA) in a joint media statement on Friday (May 2).  According to the statement, the fake YouTube channel, which bears the name and logo of trading platform TradingView, provided instructions for users to install a purportedly official application. TradingView is a legitimate online platform used to chart and analyse financial markets, including stocks, forex and cryptocurrencies. It is downloadable as a desktop and mobile application via its official website. The statement added that victims of the scam channel were directed to download and execute Windows PowerShell scripts containing a malicious PowerShell command. Upon running the command, a Remote Access Trojan (RAT) was installed onto the victims' devices, compromising their cryptocurrency wallets.

Candidates running for GE2025, their supporters and members of the public can gather at five stadiums to wait for the election results on Saturday (May 3).  The Police Elections Permit Office has designated three stadiums for the People's Action Party (PAP), one for the Worker's Party (WP) and another for the Singapore Democratic Party (SDP).  PAP Bedok Stadium PAP Bukit Gombak Stadium PAP Yio Chu Kang Stadium WP Serangoon Stadium SDP MOE (Evans) Stadium The assembly centres will be open from the closing of the polls at 8pm until 30 minutes after the announcement of the final electoral result, said the police.

What would you do if your car was next to a vehicle which was on fire?  For one man, his first instinct was to save it.  A video uploaded to Facebook group Roads.sg on Friday (May 2) showed a parked vehicle up in flames along McNair Road.  A man then appears to get into the Honda Civic parked next to the burning vehicle, driving it away from the fire. This was despite warnings from Singapore Civil Defence Force (SCDF) and Singapore Police Force officers who could be heard in the video signalling and shouting for the man to «go away». A voice behind the camera could also be heard exclaiming, «Crazy fella».  After the driver exits the parking lot and comes to a stop, police officers can be seen approaching the car, with one banging on the passenger-side door and telling the driver to «come out first». The video caption stated that the Honda Civic owner was allegedly not wearing any pants during the incident. In a response to AsiaOne's queries, SCDF said they were alerted to a fire at Block 111 McNair Road on May 1 at about 8pm. 

From objectifying comments online to catcalling in person, this general election has seen a focus on women candidates — with much of it centring not on their policies or ideas, but their physical appearance. Association of Women for Action and Research (Aware) took to Instagram on Thursday (May 1) to slam sexist and racist remarks that have surfaced throughout the campaign period. The gender advocacy organisation described these actions as «distasteful» and «dangerous». «A woman on the ballot should not have to face being objectified, degraded and stereotyped,» Aware wrote. «It is insulting and humiliating.»

13 youth are under police investigation for suspected involvement in damaging wheelchairs at designated general polling stations.  In a statement on Thursday (May 1), the police shared that the alleged perpetrators are aged between 13 and 20 years old and there were two separate cases where government property was damaged.  The first incident happened on April 28 at about 10.55pm at an open space that had been designated for use as a polling station.  Police received a call for assistance at Block 51A Sengkang West Avenue, where three wheelchairs belonging to the Elections Department were damaged. Officers from Ang Mo Kio Police Division established the identities of five persons believed to be involved.  Preliminary investigations found that they had allegedly used the wheelchairs to race with one another. One of them had also allegedly thrown one of the wheelchairs in the air. In the second incident, which happened on May 1, the Police received a call for assistance at Block 176B Boon Lay Drive, where a sheltered basketball court had been cordoned off to be used as a polling station.

Prime Minister Lawrence Wong has promised that he and his team would focus on what matters the most, such as solving problems, improving lives and taking Singapore forward. In the final People's Action Party's (PAP) rally at Yusof Ishak Secondary School on Thursday (May 1) for Punggol GRC, PM Wong, who is also the secretary-general of the party, asked Singaporeans if they want «more politics» or «real solutions». «Do we want a country where everything is turned into a fight, divided by anger, or do we want a country where we can find common ground, lift each other up and move forward as one? »I say, let's choose unity over division. Let's choose integrity over half truths. Let's choose action over posturing. Let's choose Singapore and build our future together.«  He advised Singaporeans to »calm down« and consider their options. »If you truly believe that the PAP is still the best party for Singapore in these uncertain times, then stand with us,« he said. »Support me and my team. Vote for the PAP."

The Progress Singapore Party (PSP) disagreed with the notion that losing some cabinet ministers would weaken the government, stating that voters need not worry for the People's Action Party (PAP) and should «worry about ordinary Singaporeans instead». At the party's final rally this general election on Thursday (May 1), PSP vice-chair Hazel Poa said: «PAP also says that if you vote for opposition, they could lose ministers. »But look at Minister Ong Ye Kung. He lost in GE2011 in Aljunied GRC, but he was brought back in the next election through a different GRC. «So do not worry for PAP. Let’s worry about ordinary Singaporeans instead,» she added. Prime Minister Lawrence Wong, Senior Minister Lee Hsien Loong and Ong were some of the PAP candidates who made similar statements during the election period. These came as the focus was sharpened on the battleground ward of Punggol, where PAP had deployed Deputy Prime Minister Gan Kim Yong to fend off Workers' Party's advances. PSP secretary-general Leong Mun Wai also chimed in on the topic during the rally held at Jurong West Stadium.

In his nearly 30-minute speech to a packed crowd in Hougang on Thursday (May 1), Workers' Party secretary-general Pritam Singh made several counterpoints to what the People's Action Party (PAP) had said throughout the nine days of campaigning this General Election. Notably among them was Pritam's rebuttal to PAP's warning that losing ministers would weaken Singapore, reiterating his earlier remarks that Deputy Prime Minister Gan Kim Yong, who made a surprise move from Chua Chu Kang GRC to contest Punggol GRC this GE, was not «indispensable». «If Gan is not re-elected, Singaporeans need not feel guilty — after all, you did not put him at risk, the PAP did,» said the party chief, adding that DPM Gan and other ministers can continue serving Singapore even if they lose in an election. Further refuting PM Wong's caution that a weakened mandate would make it harder for the PAP to represent Singaporean's interests internationally, Pritam also said that the PAP will still have a «very big» majority in Parliament even if all 26 WP candidates were elected.

Workers' Party (WP) chairperson Sylvia Lim believes Singaporeans are ready to accept more «rational, respectable and responsible opposition MPs». In the political parties' second and final television broadcast this general election aired on Thursday (May 1), Lim's speech was themed around a «new spirit» as Singapore celebrates 60 years of independence this year. «We are cohesive enough as a society, robust enough as an economy and mature enough as a nation,» the 60-year-old said. Lim added that even if all WP candidates this election are elected, the People's Action Party (PAP) will still have a strong mandate to govern. «But it will govern subject to scrutiny by well-qualified, dedicated, and independent WP MPs.» WP is fielding 26 candidates this election. It will be defending 10 seats in Aljunied GRC, Sengkang GRC and Hougang SMC while challenging for 16 more in the GRCs of Tampines, Punggol, East Coast, and the SMCs of Tampines Changkat and Jalan Kayu.

Who do you believe can secure a brighter future for you and your children? This is one of the many questions Prime Minister Lawrence Wong posed to Singaporeans during the People's Action Party's (PAP) final party political broadcast on Thursday (May 1). The 52-year-old, who is the party's secretary-general, added: «I believe all of us want Singapore to continue to succeed. We want to reach greater heights. We want a better future for ourselves and the next generation. »The question is: how do we get there? All the opposition parties say this is the PAP's job. The PAP will form the government. The PAP will do the heavy lifting.« PM Wong continued: »They only want more seats in Parliament to have more alternative voices. More seats, but not more responsibility.« Opposition parties offer all sorts of sweet deals, he said. »They even outbid one another - if one party offers something, another will offer something bigger. They make these promises freely because they don't have to bear the responsibility of delivering what they propose."

People's Alliance for Reform (PAR) leader Lim Tean has described the current government as «the most incompetent People's Action Party (PAP) government in history». He also voiced that the reasons given by PAP are «nothing more than a distraction to mask their utter incompetence in government the last five years». Aside from PAR, other opposition parties such as the National Solidarity Party (NSP), People's Power Party (PPP), Red Dot United (RDU), Singapore Democratic Party's (SDP) and Progress Singapore Party (PSP) also delivered their speech in the final round of party political broadcasts on Thursday (May 1) for General Election 2025. Most parties used their airtime to call on Singaporeans to vote for fairer policies and greater political diversity in Parliament. During the 60-min broadcast, NSP candidate, Lee Wei pointed out the need for better representation in Parliament, stating, «Without a stronger, fairer parliamentary system, your concerns are too easily ignored once the votes are counted.» PPP's candidate Thaddeus Thomas echoed this sentiment, asserting that «no party holds a monopoly on good policy ideas».