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Singapore general election 2025

Singapore general election 2025
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Singapore’s Merlion statue. Singapore’s election sees cost of living and foreign interference take centre stage. Photo: Shutterstock
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Singapore election: race, foreign meddling hot topics with seats too close to call

Singapore’s election sees cost of living and foreign interference take centre stage as PM warns against weakened government amid tight races.

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Singapore’s PAP boosts diversity with record female candidates for election

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Lawrence Wong flags Malaysian influence attempt in Singapore election

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Singapore election: do politicians ‘abandon’ residents when they switch wards?

The debate arose after Health Minister Ong Ye Kung accused SDP chief Chee Soon Juan of abandoning Bukit Batok to contest in Sembawang West.

Singapore Democratic Party chief Chee Soon Juan has been criticised by Health Minister Ong Ye Kung for “abandoning” Bukit Batok residents and contesting in another ward in the 2025 election. Photo: EPA-EFE
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Singapore orders curb on 3 foreigners’ Facebook posts for election interference

The authorities say the posts ‘intended to promote or prejudice the electoral success or standing of a political party or candidate’.

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Are Singapore election rallies a good gauge of voting results?

With the competing parties holding their first rallies in 10 years, there is strong interest to hear what their candidates have to say.

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Opinion | Can the PAP stem a rising opposition tide in Singapore’s election?

Long-term trends favour the opposition, but a fresh approach and focus on global affairs could boost the PAP’s mandate.

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Supporters of the opposition Workers Party in red and the ruling People’s Action Party in white wave flags in support of their political party at a nomination centre in Singapore on Wednesday. Photo: EPA-EFE
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Singapore election: PAP’s Gan in Punggol to face Harpreet Singh’s WP team

The May 3 election is seen as a test of public confidence in Prime Minister Lawrence Wong’s leadership.

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No more ‘riff-raff’? Singapore’s opposition narrows talent gap with ruling PAP

The opposition has fielded more candidates ahead of the May 3 election that are seen by analysts as a ‘step-up in the calibre’.

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Trump tariffs don’t worry Singaporean voters. Here’s what matters more to them

Domestic issues and more perspectives in parliament likely to be on voters’ minds for next month’s election, analysts say.

The facade of the Singapore Parliament building on Tuesday. Singapore will hold a general election on May 3. Photo: Xinhua
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Singapore election set for May 3

The election will ultimately be seen as a referendum on Prime Minister Lawrence Wong’s leadership.

Top of voters’ minds will be cost-of-living pressures in Singapore, which has grappled with global inflationary pressures. Photo: Reuters
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Singapore PM, opposition leader both enjoy over 70% approval in new voter survey

The survey also revealed Singaporeans are prioritising the cost of living, job opportunities, salaries, and housing affordability ahead of a keenly anticipated election.

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‘Hot potato’: Singapore’s criticism of ex-NMP seen as bid to cool tensions

Calvin Cheng on Thursday apologised for Facebook comments in which he offered to send pro-Palestinian activists to Gaza.

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Diversity or detachment? Singapore’s civil service a political talent pool

From ex-army chief to clinical psychologist, the public sector has been a reliable hunting ground for new candidates for the PAP, and now the opposition.

People gather next to the Merlion statue at Marina Bay waterfront in Singapore. The city state is expected to hold a general election later this year. Photo: AFP
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4 in 10 Singaporean voters have decided on PAP if election held tomorrow: survey

About 22 per cent of the respondents say the ruling party has been in power for too long, and change is necessary.

Four in 10 Singaporean voters would vote for the ruling People’s Action Party, according to a survey. Photo: EPA-EFE
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How Singapore’s opposition hopes to loosen the PAP’s 66-year grip on power

The Workers’ Party aims to build on its gains. Tan Cheng Bock’s PSP is back in the fray, too. Can they chip away at the PAP’s supermajority?

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Singapore takes first step towards election, analysts predict midyear polls

The next election – the first since Prime Minister Lawrence Wong took office – is likely to centre on bread-and-butter issues, analysts say.

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When is Singapore’s next general election? Here’s what we know

Analysts say new PM Lawrence Wong shouldn’t be in a hurry – but they haven’t ruled out a September election based on past timelines.

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Voters queue to cast their ballots at a polling station in Singapore in 2020. Photo: EPA-EFE
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Can Singapore’s opposition really win the next general election?

Such a scenario is unlikely, observers say, noting it could be a gambit by new PM Lawrence Wong to make voters go for the safe option of returning the PAP to power.

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