By Nur Ashikin Abdul Aziz
SINGAPORE, May 4 (Bernama) -- Singapore’s People’s Action Party (PAP) has successfully retained its supermajority in the 2025 General Election (GE2025), winning 87 out of 97 parliamentary seats.
The results for each electoral division were announced live on television by Returning Officer Han Kok Juan and simultaneously published on the Elections Department (ELD) website.
The PAP secured a commanding win with 65.57 per cent of the national vote - marking an improvement of more than four percentage points compared to its 2020 performance.
It secured five seats uncontested in the Marine Parade–Braddell Heights Group Representation Constituency (GRC) on nomination day.
The resounding victory signals a strong mandate for caretaker Prime Minister and PAP secretary-general Lawrence Wong, who led the party into a general election for the first time.
Speaking at a press conference following the victory, Wong said he was humbled and grateful for the results, pledging to serve all Singaporeans — regardless of how they voted — with humility and a strong sense of responsibility.
Expressing satisfaction with the outcome, he noted that the results would place Singapore in a stronger position to navigate an increasingly uncertain world, especially with all key members of his team successfully elected.
“It is a clear signal of trust, stability, and confidence in your government. My immediate task is to form my cabinet. I will announce the cabinet lineup when ready,” he added.
The party fielded candidates in all 33 electoral divisions – 15 Single Member Constituencies (SMCs) and 18 GRCs.
In the 2020 General Election, the PAP won 83 of the 93 seats, securing 61.2 per cent of the vote share.
This is Singapore’s 19th General Election and the 14th since its independence in 1965.
Wong’s team at Marsiling-Yew Tee GRC successfully defended their seats with 73.46 per cent of the vote, an improvement over the 63.18 per cent they received in the previous election.
“It’s been a very humbling experience, working with all of you, interacting and engaging with all of you. We are grateful once again for your strong mandate, and we will honour it,” Wong said, addressing supporters at Yio Chu Kang Stadium after the official result for his GRC was announced.
The main opposition Workers’ Party (WP) failed to make further gains this year but successfully retained its 10 seats in the constituencies it won in GE2020 – Hougang SMC, Sengkang GRC, and Aljunied GRC.
Wong said WP would also have two Non-Constituency Member of Parliament (NCMP) seats if they chose to accept it.
“I look forward to the contributions of the opposition members in Parliament,” he said at the press conference.
Other opposition parties, namely Red Dot United, Progress Singapore Party, People's Alliance for Reform, Singapore Democratic Party (SDP), People's Power Party, National Solidarity Party, Singapore United Party, Singapore People's Party, and Singapore Democratic Alliance, ended their campaigns without winning any seats.
It was also another disappointing result for veteran opposition figure and SDP secretary-general Dr Chee Soon Juan, who has been part of the country’s political landscape since 1992.
He lost to the PAP’s Poh Li San in the newly created Sembawang West SMC.
Meanwhile, the two independent candidates contesting Radin Mas SMC and Mountbatten SMC saved their S$13,500 deposits after securing at least 12.5 per cent of the vote.
The final result announced by the Returning Officer was for Tampines GRC on Sunday (4 May) at 1.50 am.
According to the ELD, a total of 2,429,281 votes were cast in Singapore at the close of polls for GE2025, including 42,829 rejected votes.
This made up 92.47 per cent of the 2,627,026 registered electors in all contested electoral divisions.
-- BERNAMA
