General Elections

More Than Words With every constituency contested, the stage was set for a heated war of words between politicians of opposing parties. Many of them had very interesting and memorable things to say -- we've picked out some of the best ones to remember. 1 . "Ownself Check Ownself!" Who: Pritam Singh...

Triple H as first Lady Prime Minister? Han Hui Hui may have lost Radin Mas SMC – along with her deposit – garnering only (or an impressive) 10.04% of 2,629 votes. But bigger plans may be in store for her, according to this uncle who thinks she can be Singapore’s first...

Everyone's a winner, just not in the way they might actually want to win We've seen the best and worst of Singaporeans at GE2015. We've already covered the fails of this elections, and it's about time we turned to look at the winners. Some personalities have really managed to stand out...

Who won? Find out here Bukit Batok SMC People’s Action Party: David Ong -- 72.99% (18,204 votes) Singapore Democratic Party: Sadasivam Veriyah -- 26.40% (6,585 votes) Independent: Samir Salim Neji -- 0.60% (150 votes) Bukit Panjang SMC People’s Action Party: Teo Ho Pin -- 68.38% (21,935 votes) Singapore Democratic Party: Khung Wai Yeen -- 31.62% (10,143 votes) Fengshan SMC People’s Action Party:...

  According to Channel NewsAsia, Dr Vivian has said that the post was accidental, and is the result of a "bug". The Facebook post was originally uploaded on 4 Sept, and had been auto-posting since then. The tweet was sent out along with the Facebook post, since both social media...

What you need to know for Polling Day On 11 Sept, a record number of 2.5 million Singaporeans will cast their votes. For the first time ever, voters born post-independence will outnumber those born pre-independence. GE2015 is also the first election since independence where every parliamentary seat will be contested by opposition parties. Here...

Will 2015 be the year of change? Update: Looks like rally numbers are not everything! The silent majority spoke up when it mattered. If crowd attendance is any indication of votes, then 2015 could very well be the year history is made. We'll let the pictures speak for themselves. Day 1 - 2nd Sep...

Chee Soon Juan is the epitome of the SDP Today (9 Sept) is the last day for election rallies for all the political parties around Singapore to make a last ditch attempt to persuade voters. I headed down to the Singapore Democratic Party (SDP) rally for the first time to find...

The complete guide to ensure a fair cooling-off period before the polling day Cooling-off day was introduced to Singapore in 2009 and officially implemented for the General Elections that took place in 2011. With that, Cooling-Off day is still rather new for Singaporeans and our political parties. Cooling-off day is the...

Battleground: Potong Pasir For today's coverage, I decided to head down to the little town of Potong Pasir, a town which saw the closest contest in the last General Elections -- a difference of just 114 votes. Today (8 Sept), the Singapore People's Party will be holding a rally here. Of course,...