With the walk over thanks to the wankers n the oppie infighting and sabotage by the pap strawmen parties....pap going to win big....
GE2025: Who's contesting where, at a glance
A total of 206 candidates will be vying for 92 seats across 32 constituencies with one walkover in a five-member GRC.
(From top) PAP Marsiling-Yew Tee GRC candidates led by PM Lawrence Wong, WP Aljunied GRC candidates led by Leader of the Opposition Pritam Singh and PSP West Coast-Jurong West GRC candidates led by Dr Tan Cheng Bock, speaking at the respective…see more
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SINGAPORE: The final list of candidates running in the 2025 General Election has been officially announced after they filed their nomination papers on Wednesday (Apr 23).
Nomination Day kick-starts a nine-day campaigning period until May 1, with May 2 being Cooling-off Day and
Polling Day on May 3.
A total of 206 candidates will be vying for 92 seats across 32 constituencies, with the five-member Marine Parade-Braddell Heights Group Representation Constituency (GRC) seeing a walkover by the People's Action Party (PAP) team.
There will also be multi-cornered fights in three GRCs and two Single Member Constituencies (SMCs).
Here are the candidates who will be contesting in each of the 18 GRCs and 15 SMCs.
Bishan-Toa Payoh GRC, among five left intact in the latest changes to Singapore's electoral boundaries, will see a straight fight between PAP and the Singapore People’s Party (SPP) for the fourth consecutive General Election.
PAP's team is led by Transport Minister Chee Hong Tat, who is the incumbent MP along with Mr Saktiandi Supaat.
In the 2011 General Election, PAP won 56.93 per cent of the vote against an SPP team led by veteran opposition politician Chiam See Tong before he stood down. In 2015, PAP won 73.59 per cent of the vote against SPP and in 2020, PAP’s vote share fell to 67.23 per cent against SPP’s 32.77 per cent.
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PAP and the Progress Singapore Party (PSP) previously faced off in Chua Chu Kang GRC in the 2020 General Election, with PAP winning 58.64 per cent of votes over PSP's 41.36 per cent.
The PAP team is helmed by Manpower Minister Tan See Leng and includes incumbent Member of Parliament (MP) Zhulkarnain Abdul Rahim.
Following the latest redrawing of electoral boundaries, the GRC will include the Tengah ward – previously part of Hong Kah North SMC – while the Bukit Gombak and Hillview estates have been carved out to form a new Bukit Gombak SMC.
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The same incumbent PAP team for Holland-Bukit Timah GRC, led by Foreign Affairs Minister Vivian Balakrishnan, will contest Holland-Bukit Timah GRC against opposition party Red Dot United (RDU), which has candidates including former Workers' Party (WP) member Fazli Talip.
Among the latest electoral boundary changes, the GRC absorbed a portion of Upper Bukit Timah Road, which was previously under Jurong GRC.
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Jalan Besar GRC is one of five wards left intact in the latest changes to Singapore's electoral boundaries.
The PAP team is led by Digital Development and Information Minister Josephine Teo, who is the incumbent MP along with Denise Phua and Dr Wan Rizal.
Contesting the GRC is the People's Alliance for Reform (PAR), a three-party alliance comprising the Democratic Progressive Party, Peoples Voice and the Reform Party, led by its secretary-general Lim Tean.
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Marsiling-Yew Tee GRC, among five left intact in the latest changes to Singapore's electoral boundaries, will see a straight fight between PAP and the Singapore Democratic Party (SDP) for the third consecutive General Election.
In 2015, PAP won 68.73 per cent of the vote against SDP and in 2020, PAP’s vote share fell to 63.18 per cent against SPP’s 36.82 per cent.
The PAP’s team for this General Election remains the same from in 2020, helmed by Prime Minister Lawrence Wong.
PAP candidates:
- Mr Lawrence Wong
- Mr Alex Yam Ziming
- Ms Hany Soh Hui Bin
- Mr Zaqy Mohamad
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Pasir Ris-Changi is one of five new GRCs from the latest electoral boundary changes. It is formed by merging the remaining Pasir Ris wards from the dissolved Pasir Ris–Punggol GRC with the Loyang and Flora estates from East Coast GRC.
The PAP team is helmed by Ms Indranee Rajah, Minister in the Prime Minister’s Office, who was previously in Tanjong Pagar GRC.
Contesting this GRC is the Singapore Democratic Alliance (SDA), with a team led by its chairman Desmond Lim.
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Punggol is one of five new GRCs from the latest electoral boundary changes, drawn from Pasir Ris–Punggol GRC and Punggol West SMC.
The PAP team led by Deputy Prime Minister Gan Kim Yong will go up against WP, which has put a team made of all new faces for this GRC.
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Sengkang is one of two GRCs under WP. The party garnered 52.12 per cent of votes in the 2020 General Election after it was newly formed, winning against a PAP slate that included Mr Ng Chee Meng, then Minister in the Prime Minister's Office.
It is one of five GRCs left intact in the latest electoral boundary changes.
Leading the PAP team this round is Dr Lam Pin Min, a former senior minister of state. He is the only member left from the PAP’s Sengkang GRC team that contested during the 2020 General Election.
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Aljunied is one of two GRCs under WP, which made history in the 2011 General Election by winning it with 54.72 per cent of votes against PAP, marking the first time an opposition party secured a GRC.
In 2020, WP widened the margin to win 59.95 per cent of votes against PAP.
This election, the boundaries for Aljunied GRC were redrawn for the first time since the 2011 hustings. Some polling districts in Aljunied GRC, which hold almost 4,000 voters, will be moved to Tampines GRC.
Leader of the Opposition Pritam Singh will lead the WP team, including fellow incumbent MPs Sylvia Lim and Gerald Giam, against a PAP team.
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Senior Minister Lee Hsien Loong will lead a team including fellow incumbent MP Darryl David, in a three-cornered fight with the People's Power Party (PPP) and Singapore United Party (SUP) in Ang Mo Kio GRC.
Being the largest constituency by number of electors, the GRC was reduced in size in the latest electoral boundaries review by carving out some polling districts to form a new Jalan Kayu SMC.
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East Coast GRC saw one of the most intense battles in 2020, when PAP won 53.39 per cent of votes against WP – one of its slimmest victories then.
The GRC underwent major boundary changes ahead of this election, taking in the Chai Chee public housing estates and Siglap private estates from Marine Parade GRC. Its Loyang and Flora estates were also carved out to form the new Pasir Ris-Changi GRC.
Mr Edwin Tong, Minister for Culture, Community and Youth, will lead the PAP team against a WP team including former Non-Constituency MP Yen Jenn Jong.
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Jurong East-Bukit Batok GRC was newly formed ahead of this election by combining parts of Jurong GRC and Hong Kah North SMC with the Bukit Batok and Yuhua SMCs.
Sustainability and Environment Minister Grace Fu will lead the PAP team against a team from RDU.
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Marine Parade-Braddell Heights is one of five new GRCs created ahead of this election, drawn from the previous Marine Parade GRC and taking in MacPherson SMC, some polling districts from Potong Pasir SMC and an adjacent district from Mountbatten SMC.
It is the only constituency to see a walkover since PAP was the only party that had put their members' names up for it.
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Nee Soon is one of five GRCs left untouched in the latest changes to Singapore's electoral boundaries.
Law Minister K Shanmugam will lead an overhauled team of four new faces against a team from RDU.
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Sembawang GRC is set for a three-cornered fight among PAP, SDP and the National Solidarity Party (NSP).
Health Minister Ong Ye Kung will lead a team, including fellow incumbent MPs Vikram Nair and Mariam Jaafar, against teams from SDP and NSP.
In 2020, the PAP team led by Mr Ong won 67.29 per cent of the votes against the NSP team similarly helmed by its secretary-general Spencer Ng.
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One of the most hotly contested GRCs this election, Tampines GRC is set for a four-cornered fight among PAP, WP, NSP and PPP.
In the latest electoral boundary changes, the GRC takes in polling districts in Tampines West and the east of Bedok Reservoir that is now under Aljunied GRC.
Mr Masagos Zulkifli, Minister for Social and Family Development, will lead the PAP team, which includes fellow incumbent MPs Baey Yam Keng and Koh Poh Koon.
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Tanjong Pagar GRC has taken in Dover and Telok Blangah estates in the latest electoral boundary review.
Education Minister Chan Chun Sing will lead a PAP slate including fellow incumbent MPs Joan Pereira and Alvin Tan, against a team from PAR.
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If the results of the previous General Election in 2020 are anything to go by, West Coast-Jurong West GRC will be a key battleground between PAP and PSP.
National Development Minister Desmond Lee helms the PAP team, while former PAP MP Tan Cheng Bock leads the PSP team.
The GRC is one of five new ones, comprising polling districts drawn from Jurong and West Coast GRCs, among other changes in the latest electoral boundary review.
West Coast GRC saw the closest contest between the parties in 2020, with PAP winning 51.68 per cent of votes over PSP’s 48.32 per cent. This enabled PSP’s Leong Mun Wai and Hazel Poa to enter parliament as Non-Constituency MPs, under a system that allows the “best losers” among opposition candidates to enter parliament.
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Bukit Gombak SMC is one of six new SMCs, having been carved out of Chua Chu Kang GRC in the latest electoral boundaries review. One of the GRC's incumbent MPs, Ms Low Yen Ling, will contest here.
PAP candidate: Ms Low Yen Ling
PSP candidate: Mr Harish Pillay
Bukit Panjang SMC is one of four SMCs with its electoral boundary intact from the previous election.
It will see a rematch between PAP's Liang Eng Hwa and SDP chairman Paul Tambyah. In 2020, Mr Liang won with 53.73 per cent of the votes.
PAP candidate: Mr Liang Eng Hwa
SDP candidate: Professor Paul Tambyah
Hougang SMC is one of three wards held by WP and is also its only SMC. It is one of four SMCs not affected by the latest electoral boundary changes.
Incumbent MP Dennis Tan will be defending his seat.
WP candidate: Mr Dennis Tan
PAP candidate: Mr Marshall Lim
Jalan Kayu SMC was carved out of Ang Mo Kio GRC in the latest electoral boundaries review.
PAP candidate: Mr Ng Chee Meng
WP candidate: Mr Andre Low
Jurong Central SMC was carved out of Jurong GRC and Yuhua SMC in the latest electoral boundaries review. PAP candidate and incumbent MP Xie Yao Quan, formerly from Jurong GRC, will contest the SMC.
PAP candidate: Mr Xie Yao Quan
RDU candidate: Madam Kala Manickam
Kebun Baru SMC absorbed one polling district from Yio Chu Kang SMC in the latest electoral boundary review. Its incumbent MP Henry Kwek will be defending his seat.
PAP candidate: Mr Henry Kwek
PSP candidate: Mr Tony Tan
Marymount SMC is one of four SMCs not affected by the latest electoral boundary changes. Its incumbent MP Gan Siow Huang will be defending her seat.
PAP candidate: Ms Gan Siow Huang
PSP candidate: Mr Jeffrey Khoo
Mountbatten SMC has one polling district absorbed by the newly created Marine Parade-Braddell Heights GRC. PAP's new face, Ms Gho Sze Kee, will replace four-term MP Lim Biow Chuan to run in the election.
PAP candidate: Ms Gho Sze Kee
Independent candidate: Mr Jeremy Tan
Pioneer SMC is one of four SMCs unaffected by the changes made to Singapore’s electoral boundaries for this election. Its incumbent MP Patrick Tay will be defending his seat.
PAP candidate: Mr Patrick Tay
PSP candidate: Ms Stephanie Tan
Potong Pasir SMC is set to see one of the hotly contested fights among the SMCs, with a multi-cornered fight among PAP, SPP and PAR.
Some of its polling districts were moved to the newly created Marine Parade-Braddell Heights GRC in the latest electoral boundary review.
PAP candidate: Mr Alex Yeo
SPP candidate: Mr Williiamson Lee
PAR candidate: Mr Lim Tean
Queenstown SMC was carved out from Tanjong Pagar GRC. An incumbent MP from Tanjong Pagar GRC, Mr Eric Chua, will be contesting here.
PAP candidate: Mr Eric Chua
PAR candidate: Mr Mahaboob Batcha
Radin Mas SMC absorbed the eastern-most polling district of the current West Coast GRC, comprising estates in Harbourfront and Sentosa, in the latest electoral boundaries review. Its incumbent MP Melvin Yong will be defending his seat in a three-cornered fight.
PAP candidate: Mr Melvin Yong
PAR candidate: Mr Kumar Appavoo
Independent candidate: Mr Darryl Lo
Sembawang West SMC was carved out from Sembawang GRC in the latest electoral boundaries review.
PAP candidate: Ms Poh Li San
SDP candidate: Dr Chee Soon Juan
Tampines Changkat SMC was carved out from Tampines GRC and East Coast GRC in the latest electoral boundaries review.
PAP candidate: Mr Desmond Choo
WP candidate: Mr Kenneth Foo
Yio Chu Kang SMC has one of its polling districts moved to Kebun Baru SMC in the latest electoral boundary changes. Its incumbent MP Yip Hon Weng will be defending his seat.
PAP candidate: Mr Yip Hon Weng
PAR candidate: Dr Michael Fang