No surprises in sample results, but all eyes will be on perennial ruling party’s vote share
PUBLISHED : 3 May 2025 at 21: 32
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People’s Action Party supporters gather at an assembly area to wait for results of the general election in Singapore on May 3. (Photo: Reuters)
SINGAPORE – Samples from official vote counting in Singapore’s election on Saturday night showed the People’s Action Party (PAP) was on course to win its 14th successive poll and extend its six-decade rule.
Samples of voting in nine of the 32 constituencies being contested in the city-state showed the PAP had won in all of them. The vote count was ongoing and more sample counts were being released by the Elections Department.
The early vote counts released by the department were from random samples of 100 votes taken in each polling station, with a 4% margin of error. A final result is not expected until the early hours of Sunday.
The election is seen as a referendum on the
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