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Singapore Ruling PAP Party Wins Polls in Landslide

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May 04, 2025

Singapore's ruling party has notched a resounding win in general elections, official results showed on Sunday, giving Prime Minister Lawrence Wong the clear mandate he sought from voters.

- Agence France-Presse

SINGAPORE:

Wong's long-ruling People's Action Party crossed the threshold of 49 seats to form a majority government in the wealthy city-state's 97-seat unicameral legislature, with sample counts earlier showing the PAP winning all but 10 seats.

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