Singapore PM Lee returns to power with clear mandate

Saturday, 11 July 2020Newsdesk

Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong has secured a clear mandate with his ruling People's Action Party (PAP) winning 83 of the 93 contested parliamentary seats in the general election held amidst the COVID-19 pandemic, with the Opposition gaining ground by winning a record 10 seats. The ruling party, in power since independence in 1965, secured 61.24 per cent of the total votes cast in the election, down from 69.9 per cent in 2015. About 2.6 million Singaporeans voted on Friday.

New Delhi, 11 July 2020

We have a clear mandate, but the percentage of the popular vote is not as high as I had hoped for, 68-year old Lee told a PAP's post-results press conference on Saturday morning. As per news report of PTI, the opposition Workers' Party secured 10 seats and defeated a team in the Group Representation Constituency of Sengkang led by former Minister in the Prime Minister's Office Ng Chee Meng who is also the Secretary-General of the power National Trades Union Congress (NTUC).

Source -ptinews.com