By Nur Ashikin Abdul Aziz
SINGAPORE, April 23 (Bernama) -- Singapore’s ruling People’s Action Party (PAP) kicked off its General Election (GE2025) campaign with five seats secured on nomination day, following an uncontested win at the newly formed Marine Parade–Braddell Heights Group Representation Constituency (GRC).
This marks the first walkover in a Singapore general election since 2011.
The PAP team, comprising Speaker of Parliament Seah Kian Peng, Minister of State for National Development and Home Affairs Faishal Ibrahim, Tin Pei Ling, and newcomers Diana Pang and Goh Pei Ming, was declared elected at the close of nominations at noon.
“Walkover or not, our mission and goals remain unchanged, which is to do our best and make lives better for residents,” Seah told the media after the close of nomination proceedings.
Workers’ Party (WP) secretary-general Pritam Singh said the decision not to contest the Marine Parade–Braddell Heights GRC was a difficult one for the party.
“This was a very difficult decision for us, and as a small opposition party, we are constantly faced with difficult choices about where and how best to deploy our limited resources, particularly after electoral boundaries are redrawn,” he said in a statement on Facebook.
Singh added that the party intends to restart its outreach in the GRC after the 2025 General Election.
The Marine Parade–Braddell Heights GRC was created ahead of GE2025 following recommendations from the Electoral Boundaries Review Committee.
The constituency was formed by merging areas from Potong Pasir and Mountbatten Single Member Constituencies (SMCs), as well as the entire MacPherson SMC and part of the former Marine Parade GRC.
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