Singapore General Elections 2020: Results

The ruling People's Action Party (PAP) won 83 out of 93 seats in parliament^[1] and garnered 61.24 per cent of Singaporeans’ votes in the 2020 Singapore General Elections.^[2] This entry provides a summary of the election results.

The PAP retains its majority in parliament with the Workers' Party winning 10 seats.

Disclaimer: The following vote percentages are retrieved from the Elections Department of Singapore (ELD) website.

*Refer to the linked page for an exhaustive list of results for all the constituencies.

Top 5 PAP constituencies

The Jurong GRC PAP team had the highest vote percentage in the 2020 General Elections. Photo from Jurong GRC.

The People's Action Party (PAP) had the highest percentages in the following constituencies.

Constituency	PAP		Opposition
Constituency	Candidates	Vote Share (%)		Candidates	Party
Jurong	Tharman Shanmugaratnam	74.62	25.38	Ravi Philemon	Red Dot United
	Rahayu Mahzam			Michelle Lee
	Tan Wu Meng			Alec Tok Kim Yam
	Shawn Huang			Liyana Dhamirah
	Xie Yao Quan			Nicholas Tang
Radin Mas	Melvin Yong	74.03	25.97	Kumar Appavoo	Reform Party
Mountbatten	Lim Biow Chuan	73.84	26.16	Sivakumaran Chellappa	Peoples Voice
Ang Mo Kio	Lee Hsien Loong	71.91	28.09	Kenneth Jeyaretnam	Reform Party
	Darryl David			Andy Zhu Lai Cheng
	Ng Ling Ling			Charles Yeo Yao Hui
	Gan Thiam Poh			Soh Guan Soon
	Nadia Samdin			Noraini Yunus
MacPherson	Tin Pei Ling	71.74	28.26	Goh Meng Seng	People's Progress Party

Bottom 5 PAP constituencies

Not considering the constituencies that were lost to the opposition, the People's Action Party (PAP) had the lowest percentages in the following constituencies.

S Iswaran's PAP team won Tan Cheng Bock's PSP team (pictured) in West Coast GRC by a narrow 3.38%. Photo from The Straits Times.

Constituency	PAP		Opposition
Constituency	Candidates	Vote Share (%)		Candidates	Party
Marymount	Gan Siow Huang	55.04	44.96	Ang Yong Guan	Progress Singapore Party
Bukit Batok	Murali Pillai	54.80	45.20	Chee Soon Juan	Singapore Democratic Party
Bukit Panjang	Liang Eng Hua	53.74	46.26	Paul Tambyah	Singapore Democratic Party
East Coast	Heng Swee Keat	53.41	46.59	Nicole Seah	Workers’ Party
	Maliki Osman			Dylan Ng
	Cheryl Chan			Kenneth Foo Seck Guan
	Tan Kiat How			Terence Tan
	Jessica Tan			Abdul Shariff Aboo Kassim
West Coast	S Iswaran	51.69	48.31	Tan Cheng Bock	Progress Singapore Party
	Desmond Lee			Leong Mun Wai
	Foo Mee Har			Hazel Poa
	Ang Wei Neng			Nadarajah Loganathan
	Rachel Ong			Jeffrey Khoo

With 48.31% per cent of the vote share in West Coast GRC, two PSP candidates are eligible to take on the Non-Constituency Member of Parliament (NCMP) position. PSP’s Hazel Poa and Leong Mun Wai have taken up the NCMP seats.^[3]

WP constituencies

10 Workers’ Party candidates from the following constituencies were elected as members of the 14th Parliament of Singapore. Pritam Singh became the appointed Leader of the Opposition following Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong's announcement of the newly-created position on 11 July 2020.^[4]

Pritam Singh took over Low Thia Kiang as the elected WP chief in 2018. Photo from The Straits Times.

The following constituencies are held by the Workers' Party as of July 2020.

Constituency	WP		PAP
Constituency	Candidates	Vote Share (%)		Candidates
Hougang	Dennis Tan Lip Fong	61.19	38.81	Lee Hong Chuang
Aljunied	Pritam Singh	59.93	40.07	Victor Lye
	Sylvia Lim			Shamsul Kamar
	Faisal Manap			Chua Eng Leong
	Gerald Giam			Alex Yeo
	Leon Perera			Chan Hui Yuh
Sengkang	He Ting Ru	52.13	47.87	Ng Chee Meng
	Jamus Lim			Lam Pin Min
	Raeesah Khan			Amrin Amin
	Louis Chua			Raymond Lye

References/ Citations

↑ Lim, Janice. "Leader of Opposition Pritam Singh could be given access to govt data, resources but Shadow Cabinet can wait: Analysts". Today. July 14, 2020. Accessed on 15 July 2020.
↑ Matthew Mohan and Rachel Phua. "GE2020: PAP wins with 61.24% of vote; WP claims two GRCs including new Sengkang GRC". Channel News Asia. July 11, 2020. Accessed on 15 July 2020.
↑ Yeap, Amanda. "PSP Will Take Up NCMP Seats, Hazel Poa & Leong Mun Wai To Join WP In Parliament". MustShare News. July 14, 2020. Accessed on 15 July 2020.
↑ Tham, Yuen C. "Singapore GE2020: Workers' Party's Pritam Singh vows to do his best as Leader of the Opposition". The Straits Times. July 11, 2020. Accessed on 15 July 2020.

[1] Lim, Janice. "Leader of Opposition Pritam Singh could be given access to govt data, resources but Shadow Cabinet can wait: Analysts". Today. July 14, 2020. Accessed on 15 July 2020.

[2] Matthew Mohan and Rachel Phua. "GE2020: PAP wins with 61.24% of vote; WP claims two GRCs including new Sengkang GRC". Channel News Asia. July 11, 2020. Accessed on 15 July 2020.

[3] Yeap, Amanda. "PSP Will Take Up NCMP Seats, Hazel Poa & Leong Mun Wai To Join WP In Parliament". MustShare News. July 14, 2020. Accessed on 15 July 2020.

[4] Tham, Yuen C. "Singapore GE2020: Workers' Party's Pritam Singh vows to do his best as Leader of the Opposition". The Straits Times. July 11, 2020. Accessed on 15 July 2020.

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