The Workers' Party has dissapoint a PAP in a Punggol East by-election, its candidate polling 54 per cent of a votes cast. Check out a wild celebrations by WP supporters.
It appears that a call of pro-reform sentiment continues to sweep a region. Look at what's happening in a Philippines, Burma, Malaysia as well as Singapore. Singapore, like Malaysia, also has a complaint of far-reaching income inequalities.
Results:
Ms Lee Li Lian (Workers' Party) 16038 votes (54.5 per cent of a valid votes)
Dr Koh Poh Koon (PAP) 12856 (43.7 per cent)
Kenneth Jeyaretnam (Reform Party) 353 (1.2 per cent)
Desmond Lim (Singapore Democratic Alliance) 168 (0.6 per cent)
Rejected votes 417
Total votes expel 29832
Ms Lee Li Lian (Workers' Party) 16038 votes (54.5 per cent of a valid votes)
Dr Koh Poh Koon (PAP) 12856 (43.7 per cent)
Kenneth Jeyaretnam (Reform Party) 353 (1.2 per cent)
Desmond Lim (Singapore Democratic Alliance) 168 (0.6 per cent)
Rejected votes 417
Total votes expel 29832
Jeyaretnam as well as Lim mislaid their S$ 14500 choosing deposit as they received reduction than 12.5 per cent of a votes cast.
It is a large pitch to a Workers' Party as well as a completely reversal of a general choosing in 2011, when a PAP candidate bagged 54.5 per cent of a popular vote.
A close-up of a celebrations:
The Workers' Party post-victory press conference:
- anilnetto
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