Official results of GE 2011

The PAP has taken 81 out of 87 seats in Parliament in this year's General Election, while the Workers' Party has picked up the balance of six seats, their best showing ever.

Here are the latest official results of Singapore's 2011 General Election so far:

Bukit Panjang SMC
PAP's Teo Ho Pin - 20,349 votes (winner)
SDP's Alec Tok - 10,362 votes


Hong Kah North SMC
PAP's Amy Khor Lean Suan - 18,149 (winner)
SPP's Sin Kek Tong - 7,553


Hougang SMC
WP's Yaw Shin Leong - 14,833 (winner)
PAP's Desmond Choo Pey Ching - 8,053


Joo Chiat SMC
PAP's Charles Chong You Fook - 9,630 (winner)
WP's Yee Jenn Jong - 9,248


Mountbatten SMC
PAP's Lim Biow Chuan - 11,965 (winner)
NSP's Jeannette Chong-Aruldoss - 8,436


Pioneer SMC
PAP's Cedric Foo Chee Keng - 14,581 (winner)
NSP's Steve Chia - 9,430


Potong Pasir SMC
PAP's Sitoh Yih Pin - 7,973 (winner)
SPP's Lina Loh Woon Lee - 7,859


Punggol East SMC
PAP's Michael Palmer - 16,969 (winner)
WP's Lee Li Lian - 12,765
SDA's Desmond Lim Bak Chuan - 1,386


Radin Mas SMC
PAP's Sam Tan Chin Siong - 18,591 (winner)
NSP's Yip Yew Weng - 9,110


Sengkang West SMC
PAP's Lam Pin Min - 14,667 (winner)
WP's Koh Choong Yong - 10,585


Whampoa SMC
PAP's Heng Chee How - 13,015 (winner)
NSP's Ken Sun - 6,672


Yuhua SMC
PAP's Grace Fu Hai Yien - 14,081 (winner)
SDP's Teo Soh Lung - 6,977


Aljunied GRC (5 seats)
WP's Chen Show Mao, Sylvia Lim, Low Thia Khiang, Muhamad Faisal Bin Abdul Manap, Pritam Singh - 72,165 (winners)

PAP's Lim Hwee Hua, Ong Ye Kung, Cynthia Phua, George Yong-Boon Yeo, Zainul Abidin Rasheed - 59,732


Ang Mo Kio GRC (6 seats)
PAP's Ang Hin Kee, Inderjit Singh, Intan Azura Binte Mokhtar, Lee Hsien Loong, Seng Han Thong, Yeo Guat Kwang - 112,544 (winners)

RP's Lim Tung Hee Arthero, Lim Zirui, Mohamed Mansor Bin Abdul Rahman, Osman Bin Sulaiman, Tan Zhi Xiang - 49,779


Bishan-Toa Payoh GRC (5 seats)
PAP's Hri Kumar Nair, Ng Eng Hen, Josephine Teo, Wong Kan Seng, Zainudin Nordin - 62,282 (winners)

SPP's Chiam See Tong, Lee Yeong Wee, Wilfred Leung, Mohamad Hamim Aliyas, Benjamin Pwee - 47,092


Chua Chu Kang GRC (5 seats)
PAP's Gan Kim Yong, Low Yen Ling, Alex Yam Ziming, Yeo Khirn Hai Alvin, Zaqy Bin Mohamad - 89,605 (winners)

NSP's Jeisilan Sivalingam, Nor Lella Mardiiah Bte Mohamed, Hazel Poa Koon Koon, Tony Tan Lay Thiam, Sebastian Teo Kway Huang - 56,817


East Coast GRC (5 seats)
PAP's Lee Yi Shyan, Lim Siang Keat Raymond, Lim Swee Say, Mohd Maliki Bin Osman, Tan Soon Neo Jessica - 59,895 (winners)

WP's Gerald Giam Yean Song, Glenda Han Su May, Mohamed Fazli Bin Talip, Png Eng Huat, Eric Tan Heng Chong - 49342


Holland-Bukit Timah GRC (4 seats)
PAP's Christopher James de Souza, Liang Eng Hwa, Sim Ann, Vivian Balakrishnan - 48,682 (winners)

SDP's Ang Yong Guan, Michelle Lee Juen, Tan Jee Say, Vincent Rene Wijeysingha - 32,322


Jurong GRC(5 seats)
PAP's Ang Wei Neng, Halimah Binte Yacob, Desmond Lee Ti-Seng, ong Kim Huat, Tharman Shanmugaratnam - 76,489 (winners)

NSP's Abdul Rasheed, Christopher Neo Ting Wei, Noraini Yunus, Ong Beng Soon Elvin, ong Hock Siong - 37,734


Marine Parade GRC (5 seats)
PAP's Fatimah Binte Abdul Lateef, Goh Chok Tong, Seah Kian Peng, Tan Chuan-Jin, Tin Pei Ling - 78,182 (winners)

NSP's Abdul Salim Bin Harun, Cheo Chai Chen, Ng Chung Hon, Nicole Rebecca Seah Xue Ling, yeo Tiong Boon - 59,833

Interview of Nicole Seah


Moulmein-Kallang GRC (4 seats)
PAP's Yaacob Bin Ibrahim, Lui Tuck Yew, Denise Phua Lay Peng, Edwin Tong Chun Fai - 44,828 (winners)

WP's Mohd Rahizan Bin Ya'acob, Toh Hong Boon, L Somasundaram, Frieda Chan Sio Phing - 31,721


Nee Soon GRC (5 seats)
PAP's K Shanmugam, Lee Bee Wah, Lim Wee Kiak, Muhammad Faishal Ibrahim, Patrick Tay Teck Guan - 80,659 (winners)

WP's Chong Cham Weng, Angela Oon Kheng Faye, Poh Lee Guan, Sajeev S/O Kunju Raman Kamalasanan, Yam Poh Nam - 57,482


Pasir Ris-Punggol GRC (6 seats)
PAP's Gan Thiam Poh, Janil Arusha puthucheary, Penny Low, Teo Chee Hean, Teo Ser Luck, Zainal Bin Sapari - 100,382 (winnesr)

SDA's Harminder Pal Singh, lee Song Juan, Jeffrey Lim, Mohd Shafni, Sidney Soon, Tan Keng Hong - 54,546


Sembawang GRC (5 seats)
PAP's Hawazi Daipi, Khaw Boon Wan, Ellen Lee Geck Hoon, Ong Teng Koon, Vikram Nair - 84,185 (winners)

SDP's James Gomez, Luo Jie Jarrod, Mohd Isa, Sadasivam V, John Tan Liang Joo - 47,578


Tampines GRC (5 seats)
PAP's Baey Yam Keng, Heng Swee Keat, Mah Bow Tan, Masagos Zulkifli BMM, Irene Ng Phek Hoong - 72,664 (winner)

NSP's Fong Chin Leong, Goh Keow Wah, Goh Meng Seng, Raymond Lim Peng Ann, Syafarin Bin Sarif - 54,337


Tanjong Pagar GRC (5 seats)
PAP's Chan Chun sing, Chia Shi-lu, Indranee Thurai Rajah, Lee Kuan Yew, Lily Tirtasana Neo - uncontested (winners)


West Coast GRC(5 seats)
PAP's Arthur Fong, Foo Mee Har, Lim Hng Kiang, S Iswaran, Lawrence Wong - 72,465 (winners)

RP's Ho Soak Harn, Kenneth Andrew Jeyaretnam, Kumar S/O Appavoo, Low Chiak Huan, Zhu Laicheng - 36,395

WP wins Aljunied GRC, makes key breakthrough

~ The Workers' Party 'A' team win Aljunied GRC

Aljunied has fallen.

The Workers' Party won the key GRC battleground, beating the PAP team led by Foreign Minister George Yeo. It is the first time an Opposition party has won a GRC in Singapore's political history.

The WP team led by secretary general Low Thia Kiang won by a majority of 54 percent to 45 percent of votes -- by a surprisingly big margin of over 9 per cent.

In his victory speech to supporters in Hougang stadium, Low said "history has been made tonight", calling it "a political landmark in modern Singapore."

For Foreign Minister Yeo, questions will arise over his future now that he is not an elected Member of Parliament.

Gracious in defeat, he congratulated Low and his team and hoped the WP "would look after the people of Aljunied well."

He said, "It was a great campaign and we fought hard, we had no regrets and we respect the decision of the people of Aljunied... A new chapter has opened in Singapore's history and this is a tide we were not able to overcome."


~ Workers' Party's Yaw Shin Leong wins Hougang SMC.

Besides Aljunied GRC, the only other seat that went to the Opposition was won by WP's Yaw Shin Leong, who retained the Hougang SMC. He beat PAP new face Desmond Choo by a healthy margin of 64 percent to 35 per cent.
"This is a very humbling moment for me," said Yaw, who thanked his "mentor" Low Thia Kiang in his victory speech.

"Because the people of Hougang have voted not just with their hearts but with their minds because they they know that in Hougang, we have a role to play. And this role is a role that has nationalistic importance," he said.

The losing Choo congratulated Yaw on his victory and said, "There is little joy in defeat but we have seen the needs of residents in Hougang. I will continue my work in Hougang and we will be back to fight a better fight!"

Overall, the PAP was returned to power by winning 81 of 87 seats in Parliament but its overall winning margin of votes -- 60.1 per cent -- was the lowest since the country's independence


~ PM Lee's PAP party is returned to power by 60.1 per cent of votes -- the lowest winning margin since independence. …


CHIAM SEE TONG LOSES

In one of the more hotly contested wards of Bishan-Toa Payoh GRC, the PAP team led by DPM Wong Kan Seng beat the SPP party led by opposition veteran MP Chiam See Tong.

DPM Wong later said, "My team and I are grateful for your support and humbled. For those who did not vote for us, we will continue to serve you well and earn your trust...after the results, we should put aside our differences... the government has heard you and what you are telling us."

But it was a big blow to Singapore's longest-serving opposition member Chiam, whose wife Lina also lost in Potong Pasir SMC.

It was third time lucky for PAP candidate of Seetoh Yi Pin, who secured victory by the slimmest margin of less than 100 votes.

In his victory speech, Seetoh thanked Chiam for his "27 years of dedicated service" to Potong Pasir residents and wished the couple good health and a good life.

However, Lina Chiam could take up one of the Nominated Member of Parliament (NCMP) seats reserved for the closest losers.

In Ang Mo Kio GRC, the six-member PAP team helmed by PM Lee Hsien Loong defeated the RP team led by Mansor Rahman.

PM Lee said in victory speech, "Thank you very much for your support and confidence in my team...and with a bigger majority than last time. All of us pledge our efforts to make Ang Mo Kio a better community to work and to play."

TIN PEI LING BECOMES YOUNGEST MP


~ Tin Pei Ling became the youngest elected MP at the age of 27

Elsewhere, in Marine Parade GRC, Tin Pei Ling became the youngest elected MP at the age of 27 after her PAP team led by SM Goh Chok Tong beat the NSP team by 56 per cent of votes to 43 percent.

The GRC was seen as the battle between the PAP's Tin Pei Ling and the party's Nicole Seah.

PAP's SM Goh Chok Tong thanked his supporters and later said, "My team and I have listened to you and will work with you to address the issues raised. We will work harder after the election... and we will deliver on all our promises in the next five years."

In Tampines GRC, the PAP team led by Mah Bow Tan beat the NSP team led by Goh Meng Seng by 57 percent to 42 percent of votes.

In Pasir-Ris Punggol GRC, the PAP team led by DPM Teo Chee Hean beat the WP by a healthy 64 per cent to 35 per cent of votes.

In West Coast GRC, the PAP team led by Minister Lim Hng Kiang defeated the Reform Party led by Kenneth Jeyaretnam by a big margin of 66 per cent to 33 per cent.

"We will continue to serve you, West Coast" said Minister Lim in his victory speech, thanking his party aides and supporters."

Despite losing, RP party leader Jeyaretnam said he was encouraged by the results.

"We have learned a lot. We are the first new party to be set up in over 20 years. We are very happy with our 33 percent. The second time round we will do better," he said.

In Holland-Bukit Timah GRC, the PAP team led by Dr Vivian Balakrishnan beat the SDP party led by Dr Vincent Wijeysingha.

In East Coast GRC, the PAP team led by Minister Lim Swee Say beat the WP team led by Eric Tan by 54 per cent of votes to 45 per cent of votes.

Minister Lim thanked voters for "standing by" his team and to those that did not vote for his team, he said, "We are sorry that our best is not good enough for you but we will work harder in the next five years. There is a a lot we want to achieve for East Coast and for Singapore."

In Sembawang GRC, the PAP team led by Health Minister Khaw Boon Wan beat the SDP team led by the SDP's James Gomez by a strong mandate of 63 percent of votes


PAP wins SMCs

In the only three-cornered fight in Punggol SMC, PAP's Michael Palmer beat WP's Lee Li Lian and Singapore Democratic Alliance's Desmond Lim.

Palmer is the first minority race candidate to win an SMC.

SDA's Lim blamed the three-cornered fight that diluted the number of votes for the opposition.

In Mountbatten SMC, the PAP's Lim Biow Chuan beat National Solidarity Party's J Chong Aruldoss. Lim took 11,965 votes compared to Aruldoss' 8,436, just over 41 per cent of the votes.

In Bukit Panjang SMC, PAP's Teo Ho Pin beat the SDP's Alec Tok by 66 percent to 33 per cent of votes.

In Radin Mas SMC , PAP's Tan Chin Siong beat NSP's Yip Yew Weng by 67 per cent to 32 per cent of votes.

In Whampoa SMC, PAP's Heng Chee How beat the NSP's Ken Sun by 66 per cent to 33 per cent of votes.

In Joo Chiat SMC, PAP's Charles Chong narrowly beat the WP candidate of Yee Jenn Jong by less than 400 votes.
He later thanked his voters and said the result was encouraging because he was new to the ward, having moved from Pasir Ris to contest in Joo Chiat. He told his voters to rest and "work will start on Monday."

In Yuhua SMC, PAP's Grace Fu beat the SDP's Teo Soh Lung by 66 per cent to 33 percent of votes.

In Seng Kang West, PAP's Lam Pin Min beat the WP's Koh Choong Yong 58 per cent to 41 of votes.

source:Yahoo! Newsroom – Sat, May 7, 2011

Chiam’s loss marks end of an era

~ Chiam See Tong's 27-year-long parliamentary career comes to an end


It was a risky gamble that was expected by some to pay off, but didn't.
Singapore People's Party secretary-general Chiam See Tong, who chose to leave his stronghold ward Potong Pasir single member constituency (SMC) to lead a five-member team to contest in Bishan-Toa Payoh GRC, lost to the People's Action Party team led by Deputy Prime Minister Wong Kan Seng in the General Election on Saturday.

The defeat marked not only the failure of the SPP to capture a GRC, but also the end to Chiam's 27-year-era as a member of parliament (MP).

He was first elected into parliament in 1984 through his first win at Potong Pasir, and he subsequently stood for and won five consecutive General Elections, demonstrating time and time again that he had the strong support and loyalty of residents in the single ward.

His supporters' faith in him, however, could not be extended effectively towards his wife, Lina Chiam, who stood in Potong Pasir in his place after his decision to try "to spread love and compassion" to the Bishan-Toa Payoh community.

When Chiam took his first steps out of Deyi Secondary School, the principal counting centre for Bishan-Toa Payoh GRC where he and his team were awaiting the result of the election, he was particularly hesitant in his answers.

After not saying anything for more than a minute, Chiam addressed Bishan-Toa Payoh residents, thanking the 43 percent of the voters there who picked him and his party.

Sources close to him said, however, that he felt "shattered" and "miserable" from the loss, and SPP supporters present teared and cried upon witnessing his long pauses between answers.

He told Yahoo! Singapore, "Thank you, residents of Bishan-Toa Payoh, for voting for us... Getting 43 percent is very good."

His wife sat through a very tight vote count.

Potong Pasir was the last constituency to have its result announced early on Sunday morning, and Mrs Chiam eventually lost to Sitoh Yih Pin by just 114 votes, pending another 62 overseas votes that have not arrived.

"I take it in my stride," she told reporters after she and the rest of the SPP candidates returned together to a coffee shop in Potong Pasir, where her supporters and residents were waiting.

"It was a tough fight, and I think I did very well, considering it is my first time entering politics," she added.

"The supporters waited all the way til 4 am just to greet, support and console me, and to ask me to come and fight again... I still feel like a winner."

Bishan-Toa Payoh GRC candidate Benjamin Pwee said winning 43 per cent of votes "is a good showing, considering what we've achieved in one short month... it's amazing, really."

"I congratulate Mr Wong and his team for having won, and I respect the decision of voters, but I am thankful for the 43 percent of residents who did vote for us, and five years later, we will come again," he added.

Pwee also saw the loss as an opportunity to develop deeper relationships with Bishan-Toa Payoh residents, and said that in spite of losing, he and his team will continue to work the ground towards this.


~ Potong Pasir residents and Chiam supporter didn't get the result they wished for.

SADNESS, ANGER

Ardent supporters of SPP candidates in both Bishan-Toa Payoh and Potong Pasir were left reeling in a mixture of shock, anger and disappointment after the official result was announced.

A woman from Bishan-Toa Payoh who had turned up at Deyi Secondary School to hear the result announced first-hand broke down at the news.

Her husband, Joseph De Bruin, 38, said, "I was really shocked. My wife and I had a good feeling that the SPP would win... but it didn't turn out that way."

"He will always be in our hearts," he added.

Another resident, Ivy Qieu, 26, said that her whole family had voted for the SPP in Bishan-Toa Payoh and she expressed her disappointment at the result.

"I really was hoping they would win... so many young people came up to me telling me they wanted to vote for him but couldn't because they were not of age -- I find it so unfair," she said.

Back at Potong Pasir, residents and supporters who had assembled at a previously-agreed-upon coffee shop exploded into loud, angry calls for recounts, re-votes, and shouts of "Kelong!" as well as cheers of Mr and Mrs Chiam's names, upon the announcement of the official final count of the vote that revealed Sitoh Yih Pin as the winner.

Many residents shared with Yahoo! Singapore that they felt very angry for him and very sad for Mrs Chiam, and that their enthusiastic mood had all but fizzled out.

Said Potong Pasir resident Jed Senthil, 25, a tutor, "She (Mrs Chiam) has put on a good fight, and she's just started -- I hope she'll come back again."

Another resident, Daniel Tay, 31, said he was bit upset about the outcome of the election, but felt that Sitoh Yih Pin did well.

"He had the courage to try again, and was rewarded," he said.

"I hope that our voices will still be heard in parliament, and that upgrading will actually happen," administrative officer Stella Tay, 24, added.

On the victorious Sitoh, Senthil said, "I hope he will fulfill his promises to us. Our main purpose was to vote in a town councillor, so I hope he will take care of us."

By : Jeanette Tan