Deborah Lau

1 month ago | channelnewsasia.com | Fabian Koh |Koh Wan Ting |Deborah Lau

SINGAPORE: With the release of revised electoral boundaries on Mar 11, political parties in Singapore are ramping up their outreach efforts for polls that have to be held by Nov 23. While the ruling People's Action Party and main opposition parties have yet to publicly confirm their plans, smaller blocs have been quick to lay claim to constituencies they intend to contest.

2 months ago | channelnewsasia.com | Amanda Yeap |Deborah Lau

It was the fiercest fight of the 2020 General Election: As votes were counted late into the night and the early hours of the next day, West Coast GRC was finally called for the People’s Action Party (PAP) with the slimmest of winning margins. The team led by then-Transport Minister S Iswaran pipped their opponents from the Progress Singapore Party (PSP) with 51.69 per cent of the vote, making it the tightest contest of the election.