GE2020 sample count: Results for all 31 constituencies in; PAP leading in West Coast, WP leading in Sengkang

SINGAPORE - All sample count results have been released by the Elections Department on Friday (July 10), with the PAP leading in 15 GRCs and 13 SMCs and the WP leading in two GRCs and one SMC.

The PAP's lead in the sample count results include hot seats West Coast GRC, Bukit Batok SMC and Bukit Panjang SMC, while the Workers' Party is leading in the Aljunied and Sengkang GRCs, as well as in Hougang SMC.

In Ang Mo Kio GRC, the PAP team helmed by Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong is leading with 72 per cent of the vote. Its opponents from the Reform Party, led by party secretary-general Kenneth Jeyaretnam, is estimated to have 28 per cent of the vote.

Of the RP slate, Mr Jeyaretnam, Mr Andy Zhu, Mr Darren Soh, Mr Noraini Yunus previously contested West Coast GRC in 2015, while Mr Charles Yeo is a first-time candidate.

In Jalan Besar GRC, the PAP team led by Manpower Minister Josephine Teo is leading with 67 per cent of the vote against their opponents from Peoples Voice, led by party chief Lim Tean.

Mrs Teo, who had been part of Bishan-Toa Payoh GRC since 2006, is helming the PAP team in Jalan Besar GRC this election after two MPs have stepped down. They are former communications and information minister Yaacob Ibrahim and five-term MP Lily Neo.

The PV team is led by party chief Mr Lim, who contested Tampines GRC in the 2015 election as the secretary-general of NSP. His team lost the GRC in 2015 with 27.9 per cent of the vote against the PAP.

In Holland-Bukit Timah GRC, the PAP team led by Foreign Affairs Minister Vivian Balakrishnan is leading with 68 per cent of the vote against the Singapore Democratic Party slate.

The PAP won the Holland-Bukit Timah contest with 66.6 per cent of the vote in 2015, increasing its share from the 60.1 per cent it had in 2011.

This year, the PAP slate features one new candidate, Mr Edward Chia, who is the managing director of Timbre Group.

Meanwhile, the SDP team this year sees the return of Mr Tan Jee Say to SDP, after he dissolved his Singaporeans First party. This is the third time that Mr Tan is joining SDP.

Mr Tan previously contested the GRC under the SDP banner in 2011.

In Tanjong Pagar GRC, the PAP team led by Minister for Trade and Industry Chan Chun Sing is leading with 63 per cent of the vote against the Progress Singapore Party slate led by Mr Michael Chua.

In Bishan-Toa Payoh GRC, the PAP team led by Defence Minister Ng Eng Hen is leading with 67 per cent of votes against the Singapore People's Party team.

In Yuhua SMC, Ms Grace Fu, who has been in charge of the single seat since 2011, is leading with 69 per cent of the vote against the Singapore Democratic Party's candidate Mr Robin Low.

In West Coast GRC, the PAP team led by Minister for Communications and Information S. Iswaran and Minister for Social and Family Development Desmond Lee is leading with 52 per cent of the vote. They are up against the PSP's team led by Dr Tan Cheng Bock, which is estimated to have 48 per cent of the vote.

In Hougang SMC, Workers' Party's Mr Dennis Tan is estimated to have 58 per cent of the vote. The PAP's Lee Hong Chuang is estimated to have 42 per cent of the vote.

In Aljunied GRC, the WP team comprising Mr Gerald Giam, Ms Sylvia Lim, Mr Muhamad Faisal Abdul Manap, Mr Leon Perera and Mr Pritam Singh is leading with 60 per cent of the vote. Their PAP challengers are estimated to have 40 per cent of the vote.

In Sengkang GRC, the WP team comprising Ms He Ting Ru, Mr Jamus Lim, Ms Raeesah Begum Farid Khan and Mr Louis Chua are leading with 53 per cent of the vote. Their opponents from the PAP, led by Minister and labour chief Ng Chee Meng, are estimated to have 47 per cent of the vote.

In Tampines GRC, the PAP team led by Mr Masagos Zulkifli, who is Minister for the Environment and Water Resources, is leading with 67 per cent of the vote against the NSP team.

In Chua Chu Kang GRC, the PAP team led by Health Minister Gan Kim Yong is leading with 59 per cent of the vote, while the Progress Singapore Party is estimated to have 41 per cent of the vote.

In Mountbatten SMC, the PAP's Lim Biow Chuan is leading with 75 per cent of the vote, while Peoples Voice's Sivakumaran Chellappa is estimated to have 25 per cent of the vote.

In MacPherson SMC, Ms Tin Pei Ling of the PAP is leading against People's Power Party leader Goh Meng Seng with 73 per cent of the vote.

In Marsiling-Yew Tee GRC, the PAP team led by National Development Minister Lawrence Wong is leading with 64 per cent of the vote, against the Singapore Democratic Party's 36 per cent.

In East Coast GRC, the PAP team helmed by Deputy Prime Minister Heng Swee Keat is leading with 54 per cent of the vote, while the WP is estimated to have 46 per cent of the vote.

In Bukit Panjang SMC, the PAP's Liang Eng Hwa is leading with 56 per cent of the vote, while Singapore Democratic Party chairman Paul Tambyah has 44 per cent of the vote.

In Sembawang GRC, the PAP team led by Education Minister Ong Ye Kung is leading with 69 per cent of the vote. The National Solidarity Party's team is estimated to have 31 per cent of the vote.

In Jurong GRC, the PAP team led by Senior Minister Tharman Shanmugaratnam is leading with 75 per cent of the vote, while the Red Dot United slate is estimated to have 25 per cent of the vote.

The PAP is also leading in Nee Soon GRC, with 61 per cent of the vote, up against the Progress Singapore Party's team which is estimated to have 39 per cent of the vote.

In Yio Chu Kang SMC, PAP's Yip Hon Weng is leading with 61 per cent of the vote, while the Progress Singapore Party's Kayla Low is estimated to have 39 per cent.

Meanwhile, Ms Sun Xueling - PAP candidate for Punggol West - is leading in the single-seat constituency with 65 per cent of the vote. Her opponent, Ms Tan Chen Chen of the Workers' Party, is estimated to have 35 per cent of the vote.

In Radin Mas SMC, the PAP's candidate Mr Melvin Yong is also leading, with 76 per cent of the vote, while Mr Kumar Appavoo of the Reform Party is estimated to have 24 per cent of the vote.

PAP's Patrick Tay is leading in Pioneer SMC with 66 per cent of the vote, while Progress Singapore Party's Lim Cher Hong is estimated to have 32 per cent of the vote. Independent candidate Cheang Peng Wah has 2 per cent of the vote.

Mr Tay, who was the PAP MP for the Boon Lay ward in West Coast GRC since 2015, moved over to Pioneer SMC this election to take over from Mr Cedric Foo.

Mr Foo had helmed the SMC for four terms, even after the single-seat constituency was carved out of West Coast GRC in 2011. Mr Lim and Mr Cheang are standing for election for the first time.

Over in Bukit Batok SMC, Mr Murali Pillai from the PAP is leading with 57 per cent of the vote, against Singapore Democratic Party secretary-general Dr Chee Soon Juan, who is estimated to have 43 per cent of the vote.

Bukit Batok, which has 29,950 voters, is the second largest SMC after Bukit Panjang, which the SDP is also contesting.

Dr Chee previously contested Bukit Batok SMC against Mr Murali in the 2016 by-election, after the departure of PAP MP David Ong over allegations of an extramarital affair.

Mr Murali won 61.2 per cent of the vote, while Dr Chee garnered 38.8 per cent.

In Marymount SMC, a new constituency that was carved out of Bishan-Toa Payoh GRC, PAP's Gan Siow Huang is leading with 54 per cent, while the PSP's Ang Yong Guan is estimated to have 46 per cent of the vote.

Ms Gan, a first-time PAP candidate, is the first woman to attain the rank of brigadier-general in the SAF.

Meanwhile, Dr Ang previously stood in the 2011 election as an SDP candidate in Holland-Bukit Timah GRC, and in 2015 under the banner of the Singaporeans First party in Tanjong Pagar GRC.

In Marine Parade GRC, the PAP team led by Speaker of Parliament Tan Chuan-Jin is leading with 57 per cent of the vote, while the Workers' Party team helmed by second-time candidate Ron Tan is estimated to have 43 per cent of the vote.

Other members on the PAP team are Mr Seah Kian Peng, Mr Edwin Tong, Mr Tan See Leng and Mr Mohd Fahmi Aliman.

The WP slate also includes Mr Yee Jenn Jong, Mr Muhammad Azhar, Mr Nathaniel Koh and Mr Muhammad Fadli.

This is the first year that Emeritus Senior Minister Goh Chok Tong is not around to defend the constituency, after he announced his retirement last month.

In Potong Pasir SMC, PAP's Sitoh Yih Pin is leading in 61 per cent of the vote, while the Singapore People's Party's Jose Raymond is estimated to have 39 per cent of the vote.

In Kebun Baru SMC, PAP's Mr Henry Kwek is leading with 68 per cent of the vote, while PSP's Mr Kumaran Pillai is estimated to have 32 per cent of the vote.

Kebun Baru SMC was formerly part of Nee Soon GRC in 2015, and was carved out as a single seat this year with 22,653 voters.

Mr Kwek has been in charge of the Kebun Baru ward since 2015. Mr Pillai, a first-time candidate, was the former publisher of the website The Independent Singapore.

Meanwhile, in Hong Kah North SMC, PAP's Dr Amy Khor is leading with 63 per cent of the vote, while PSP's Ms Gigene Wong is estimated to have 37 per cent of the vote.

Dr Khor, who is Senior Minister of State in the Ministry of Health and Ministry of the Environment and Water Resources, has been in charge of Hong Kah North since it was carved out as a single seat in the 2011 election.

At that time, she won 70.6 of the vote against SPP's Sin Kek Tong, and later cemented her position as a heavyweight in 2015 with 74.8 of the vote against SPP's Ravi Philemon.

Ms Wong is a political newcomer who returned to Singapore early this year after 20 years in China. She was the chief executive of Gulf Oil China and the chief financial officer of Foshan Electrical and Lighting, which is listed on the Shenzhen Stock Exchange.

Earlier, all 1,100 polling stations across the island closed at 10pm, after a two-hour extension.

The Elections Department announced around 7pm that voting hours would be extended to 10pm. The polls were initially scheduled to close at 8pm.

Sample count results give an early indication of the possible results for the electoral divisions, but are not final. They are derived from a count of 100 ballot papers from each polling station within a constituency, soon after voting ends.

There are 31 constituencies, comprising 17 GRCs and 14 SMCs.

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