Pioneer SMC: PSP counting on track record in Parliament

The opposition Progress Singapore Party's (PSP) track record in Parliament over the past five years could help boost the party's chances of winning Pioneer SMC, said Ms Stephanie Tan, the party's candidate for the single-seat constituency, on April 26.

- Syarafana Shafeeq

Speaking to The Sunday Times on the sidelines of a walkabout in Pioneer, she said: "I hope that is the case, but the thing with an election is that you never know."

Ms Tan is a political newcomer who is contesting Pioneer SMC for the first time. In GE2020, the PSP had fielded a different candidate, Mr Lim Cher Hong, in the constituency.

After the last general election in 2020, PSP's Leong Mun Wai and Hazel Poa - who had contested West Coast GRC - entered Parliament as NCMPs. The party could send two representatives into Parliament by virtue of them being the "best losers" that year.

Ms Tan said "the sensing on the ground has been pretty good", adding: "I have been here quite often, so the residents recognise me."

She said she has visited all 131 blocks in the constituency over the past few months.