General Election 2020 (Singapore) Results in one image

Singaporeans woke up to a new reality on July 2020.

For the general election 2020, there are 31 electoral divisions comprising 14 single-member constituencies (SMC) and 17 group representation constituencies (GRC) with a total of 93 seats in parliament that would be contested by the incumbent PAP party and 10 other opposition parties: Workers’ Party, Singapore Democratic Party, National Solidarity Party, Singapore People’s Party, Singapore Democratic Alliance, Reform Party, People’s Power Party, People’s Voice, progress Singapore Party and Red Dot United; most of which I have heard of.

The new reality: 83 out of 93 seats, the People’s Action party (PAP) also the incumbent government since 1965 won the general election with a 61.24 per cent of the popular vote – the lowest percentage since independence. Besides, the Workers’ Party managed to win over the second GRC namely Sengkang GRC – the area show in the illustration above indicates the GRCs that belong to Workers’ Party after the election.

The statements that Workers’ Party used during the campaign and that struck a chord with many Singaporeans were: “Make your vote count” and “denying the PAP a blank cheque”. Besides a strong mandate, you also needed a strong personality to win over the hearts of Singaporeans. Jamus Lim is the main reason why WP fought a good fight. “The WP candidate stood out in this year’s election. He emerged as a rising star during a televised political debate, which saw him capturing the hearts and minds of Singaporeans.” (Vulcan Post: https://vulcanpost.com/704797/post-ge-2020-rise-of-personality-politics-singapore/)

One disappointment was, Nicole Seah did not win the election this year yet again. But she is part of WP so if she continues as a member, WP might have the ability to win more seats in the next election.

https://www.onlinecitizenasia.com/2020/07/10/live-ge2020-sample-count-results/

“One of the ironies of elections is that for all their significance, life tends to return to its usual rhythms fairly quickly. (GE2020, for that matter, was pitched as something to ‘get over with’ so we could get on with life.) ” – RICE MEDIA (https://www.ricemedia.co/current-affairs-ge-2020-things-to-keep-doing-after-ge-2020/)

This election was watershed and was unprecedented for certain. The voters have matured, more informed (social media coverage) and educated about the prospect of having an opposition to ensure the wellbeing of a country, able to separate threats and lies and took responsibility for their own lives, no longer wished to be handheld and wanted more accountability from the ruling party and government.

I am proud to have voted, making a sound decision and choice for my constituency and my government.