PAP's Tampines team plans 'to go back to the ground', understand issues after narrow win

Masagos says team humbled to be voted in and will work to bring people together

- Shermaine Ang, David Sun and Ng Keng Gene Correspondents

The PAP team that retained Tampines GRC intends to go back to the ground to better understand issues that residents face, including those that run "really deep", said its leader, Social and Family Development Minister Masagos Zulkifli.

"We just finished the general election, so give us time. We want to go back to the ground, understand what these are, where there are really deep (issues), and where we need to bring people together," he said on May 4, the day after the polls.

"Let's heal, let's work together as one united Tampines, and also as one united Singapore."

He was speaking to reporters during a walkabout in Tampines to thank residents after his team won 52.02 per cent of the vote in one of the most hotly contested group representation constituencies in this election.

This was the PAP's narrowest winning margin in a GRC for the 2025 General Election.

In the four-cornered contest for Tampines GRC, WP came in second with 47.37 per cent of the vote. The other two opposition parties polled less than 1 per cent each - the People's Power Party received 0.43 per cent of the vote, and the National Solidarity Party, 0.18 per cent.

Asked for his thoughts on the close winning margin, Mr Masagos said his team was humbled to have been voted in. "Over the horizon, we are all worried about what may affect every one of us in every aspect of our lives, and we will bring everyone together to make sure that we come out of this always better than before."

Mr Masagos, who is also Minister-in-charge of Muslim Affairs, did not respond to questions about whether the team had expected such a close margin, or what could have led to it.