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Singapore Finalizes GE2025 Line-Ups as Campaign Period Begins

Nomination Day confirms 92 contested seats, PAP introduces record 32 new candidates, and multi-cornered fights emerge in key constituencies.

Singapore’s Prime Minister Lawrence Wong arrives at a nomination center ahead of the general election in Singapore April 23, 2025. REUTERS/Edgar Su
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Overview

  • The People's Action Party (PAP) will contest all 97 seats in the May 3 General Election, with 92 seats seeing competition from opposition parties.
  • Marine Parade-Braddell Heights GRC saw a walkover for the PAP, marking the first uncontested constituency since 2011.
  • Deputy Prime Minister Gan Kim Yong was redeployed to lead the PAP team in Punggol GRC, where he faces a Workers’ Party team led by senior counsel Harpreet Singh Nehal.
  • Multi-cornered battles will occur in Tampines GRC (four-way contest) and Ang Mo Kio GRC (three-way fight), with the latter led by Senior Minister Lee Hsien Loong.
  • Two veteran leaders, Senior Minister Teo Chee Hean and Deputy Prime Minister Heng Swee Keat, retired from politics, underscoring the PAP’s leadership renewal with 32 new candidates.