GE 2011 post-mortem: What did the opposition do wrong?
GE 2011 is a watershed election in the history of Singapore. Though the PAP was returned to power with its two-third majority intact, its percentage of votes dropped to 60.1 percent, the lowest since Singapore's independence. It also lost a GRC for the first time since the system was introduced in 1988. Despite increasing their...
Why GRC system should be scrapped
The results of this general election have shown 3 facts: 1) With Mr. Michael Palmer winning Punggol East SMC, a minority candidate can still win. Singaporeans vote for the capabilities and passion of the candidate, not for which race they belong to. 2) Truly capable candidates are voted out in droves in a GRC system. We lost...
Bittersweet victory for SM Goh
Mr Goh's PAP team won in Marine Parade, but its majority was surprisingly the third-worst amongst all PAP GRC teams Mr Goh Chok Tong and his PAP team were returned to Parliament by the voters of Marine Parade, but it will not have gone unnoticed that the Senior Minister’s margin of victory was remarkably and surprisingly...
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