Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong's ruling party, the People's Action Party, won 83 seats out of 93 in parliament. Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong acknowledged that despite winning the mandate, the percentage of the popular vote was not as high as he had hoped for. In the 2015 General Election, the PAP secured 83 seats out of 89 seats in 29 constituencies. In 2015, the PAP team there won 78.57 per cent of the votes against the Reform Party (RP). A total of 2,535,565 votes, including rejected votes, were cast in what was the country’s 13th election since independence.

Source: The Standard July 11, 2020 03:22 UTC