GE2025: 8 parties to deliver TV and radio messages on April 25 and May 1
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SINGAPORE – Eight political parties contesting in the 2025 General Election will get to deliver their campaign messages on free-to-air television and radio on April 25 and May 1.
The two party political broadcasts (PPBs) for each party – once on television and once on radio – will be carried by six Mediacorp television channels, and 13 Mediacorp, SPH Media and So Drama! Entertainment radio stations, the Infocomm Media Development Authority (IMDA) said on April 24.
Parties may deliver their campaign messages in all or any of the four official languages: English, Mandarin, Malay and Tamil.
The English broadcasts will be at 8pm on both days on Channel 5, as well as on seven radio stations: Kiss92FM, Money FM 89.3, One FM 91.3, Class 95, CNA938, Gold 905 and Power 98. They will also be aired at 9pm on CNA.
Only eight political parties are eligible for the PPBs, it added.
Under guidelines set by the Elections Department, only political parties that field at least six candidates under a recognised party symbol are eligible for the PPBs.
Independents and political parties fielding fewer than six candidates are not eligible.
There are 11 political parties and two independent candidates in the race for 92 out of 97 parliamentary seats on May 3. A five-member People’s Action Party (PAP) team in Marine Parade-Braddell Heights GRC was elected unopposed when nomination proceedings ended on April 23.
IMDA said the duration of airtime earmarked for each political party will be based on the number of candidates it fields.
The allocated airtime will be the same for the two broadcasts for each political party, it said.
The order of the PPBs on television and radio will be determined by the number of candidates fielded by the parties, starting with the party with the least number of candidates, and ending with the one that has the most candidates.
The National Solidarity Party, People’s Power Party and Singapore Democratic Party have each been allocated four minutes of airtime per language during each PPB, the IMDA said.
The People’s Alliance for Reform, PSP and Red Dot United will each have five minutes, while the Workers’ Party has been allocated six minutes per language per broadcast. The PAP has been allocated 14 minutes per language per PPB.
Details of the PPBs are as follows:
The duration of airtime earmarked for each political party will be based on the number of candidates it fielded.
PHOTO: IMDA
The party political broadcasts will be carried by six Mediacorp television channels, and 13 Mediacorp, SPH Media and So Drama! Entertainment radio stations
PHOTO: IMDA
