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Singapore (Reuters)-Action Party (PAP popular long sentence of Singapore) suffered its first loss of a multi member constituency, supply the opposition party workers was elected five out of the 87 seats in the Parliament of the City-State.

Singapore voted on Saturday of the Southeast Asian country most contentious elections since independence. Although the long-ruling PAP has won the elections with more than two thirds of the seats, dropped their participation in the popular vote to about 60 percent.

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For the first time that the PAP a group representation constituency lost because that were created in 1988 for the Indians, Malays and other ethnic minorities represented in Parliament.

The opposition won six of the 87 seats for members of Parliament-a new record of the members of the opposition four were chosen: in 1991 and lost a seat, Potong Pasir, with more than one hundred votes.

The opposition party won five seats in the Aljunied, George Yeo and his team to defeat the PAP, and Hougang, it had spread to a seat in Parliament.

Aljunied was known as a hot seat. The PAP won by the smallest of margins-with 56% of the vote: among all the GRCs in 2006.

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By Election Singapore

For the first time that the PAP a group representation constituency lost because that were created in 1988 for the Indians, Malays and other ethnic minorities represented in Parliament.

The opposition won six of the 87 seats for members of Parliament-a new record of the members of the opposition four were chosen: in 1991 and lost a seat, Potong Pasir, with more than one hundred votes.

The opposition party won five seats in the Aljunied, George Yeo and his team to defeat the PAP, and Hougang, it had spread to a seat in Parliament.

Aljunied was known as a hot seat. The PAP won by the smallest of margins-with 56% of the vote: among all the GRCs in 2006.

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By Election

Singapore (Reuters)-Action Party (PAP popular long sentence of Singapore) suffered its first loss of a multi member constituency, supply the opposition party workers was elected five out of the 87 seats in the Parliament of the City-State.

Singapore voted on Saturday of the Southeast Asian country most contentious elections since independence. Although the long-ruling PAP has won the elections with more than two thirds of the seats, dropped their participation in the popular vote to about 60 percent.

Filed under: Latest News | Tagged: by election, by election singapore, potong pasir by election, potong pasir election, potong pasir petition