Singapore: PAP headed for a big victory in singapore general elections, PM Lawrence's party has been in power for 66 years; know
Singapore: Voting for 92 parliamentary seats in singapore concluded on Sunday. lawrence Wong, who became prime minister last year, is likely to get a big victory once again. His party- PAP has been in power in singapore for the last 66 years. According to the initial trends of the results, PAP is expected to get a clear majority.
After the indications from the initial counting of votes after the election in singapore, the election Department of singapore said that the People's Action party (PAP) is once again on the verge of achieving a big victory. According to the report of the news agency 'AP', the initial figures of the vote counting are pointing towards the victory of prime minister lawrence Wong. Earlier, voting for the singapore General election 2025 ended on Sunday. This election is considered to be the first major test for prime minister lawrence Wong, as he became the Prime minister of the country only last year.
Prime minister Wong's People's Action party (PAP) has been in power for the last 66 years and it is believed that it will once again win easily. However, it is also being monitored whether the opposition can win some more seats amid the people's anger over the government's strict policies and inflation.
More than 1,200 polling stations were set up for voting across the country. These polling stations were set up in schools, housing blocks, and other places. According to the information, voting in the country lasted for about 12 hours. This time about 27.6 lakh people were eligible to vote. PAP has already won five out of 97 seats because there was no opposition candidate in these seats.
Which parties are in the fray?
Now if we talk about the parties participating in this election, then in this election PAP is fielding candidates on all 32 seats, the big opposition party (WP) is contesting 26 seats, Progress singapore party (PSP) is contesting 13 seats. Other parties contesting the elections include SPP, SDP, PPP, PAR, RDU, NSP, SUP, and SDA.
Voting began in singapore on Saturday. On the other hand, voting had started abroad from Friday itself. More than 18,000 Singaporeans living in Dubai, London, Washington, New York, and san francisco were also casting their votes on May 2. The results of this election are expected to come by late saturday night. Now the eyes of the country and the world are on this election because many big companies use singapore for business in Asia.
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