Ruling PAP party wins Singapore’s general election, PM did well

Singapore: The ruling People’s Action Party (PAP) won 83 of the 93 parliamentary seats in Singapore’s general election, Returning Officer Tan Meng Dui said yesterday.

The PAP won the election with 61.24 per cent of votes, compared to 69.86 per cent in the last election in 2015. The Workers’ Party (WP), which got six seats in the 2015 election, won 10 seats this year. Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong and his team won Ang Mo Kio GRC with 71.91 per cent of the votes.