SINGAPORE – Fiery speeches and calls for change galvanised crowds at election rallies during the hustings, with opposition parties and their supporters eager for a breakthrough in the 2025 General Election.

But as rain fell in the pre-dawn hours after Polling Day on May 3, those flames were dampened by a swing in votes to the PAP.

The ruling party won 87 out of 97 parliamentary seats, and increased its popular vote share to 65.57 per cent.

On the opposition front, the WP retained its 10 seats and gained two Non-Constituency MP (NCMP) seats. The party’s vote share also held steady at 50.04 per cent, just shy of the 50.49 per cent it garnered in 2020.

Other opposition parties struggled to gain traction – their popular vote share ranged from 1.19 per cent to 36.25 per cent.

The PSP lost in all six constituencies it contested, including West Coast-Jurong West GRC, where it narrowly lost in the 2020 election and in so doing, secured two NCMP seats.

This means the PSP will no longer have a parliamentary presence – an outcome that appeared to have stunned the party, which cancelled its post-results press conference.

Over at MOE (Evans) Stadium where Singapore Democratic Party ...