(Reuters) — Singapore’s ruling party romped to a strong election victory on Friday (September 11) and increased its share of the vote and seat tally as it brushed off an opposition challenge in the city state’s most hotly contested polls. The People’s Action Party (PAP), which has ruled since independence in 1965, was always expected to win but opposition parties, contesting in all seats for the first time, had hoped to gain enough votes to […]
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Singapore’s Prime Minister casts his vote for the election
(Reuters) — Singapore’s Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong on Friday (September 11) cast his vote in its most hotly-contested general election to date, even though the ruling party is bound to win. Lee, who voted in a constituency in the south of the city with his wife, Ho Ching, said he was confident. “I feel good thank you, I’ve cast my vote, I’ve visited my polling stations in Ang Moh Kio and this evening I’ll […]
