GE2025 Explainers

GE2025: What time will the election results be out?

After polling stations close at 8pm, the ballots are transported to counting centres and the counting begins almost immediately.

Do vote in the afternoon, don’t live-stream – advice for Cooling-off and Polling days

Voters may check their polling station’s queue status by scanning the QR code on their poll card before heading down to their voting centres.

What you need to know about the cooling-off period

This period of campaign silence starts on May 2, and ends when polls close on May 3.

GE2025: Dos and don’ts on Polling Day

Polling officers setting up the polling centre at block 535 Bukit Panjang Ring Road on 9 July 2020.

GE2025: Is my vote really secret?

The Straits Times looks at how ballot papers are accounted for on Polling Day and in the days after.

GE2025: What is the Fullerton rally?

Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong speaking at a People's Action Party lunchtime rally at the Promenade area beside UOB Plaza on September 8, 2015.

GE2025: What should I know before voting?

Voting is compulsory in Singapore, and those who fail to vote without a valid reason will be removed from the registers.

Law banning deepfakes of candidates in place for first time in GE2025, among other guidelines: ELD

The campaigning period will start after nomination proceedings end on Nomination Day, April 23, and run all the way until Cooling-off Day on May 2.

Key days and announcements to look out for in the lead-up to the election

The Writ of Election is a formal written order that will state the details of Nomination Day. Details of Polling day will be announced shortly after.

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