IMHO, the percentage of the votes is irrelevant. it the seats that count. Even if pap win above 66% of the votes overall will not be a surprise to me as some opposition parties election campagin were badly managed too. i qoute an example, SDA and desmond lim, both were non existent to the residents of the area it were contesting in. In fact, the farking desmond lim must have blown SDA election budget on his own campagin in punggol east smc. While there are posters of him in punggol east smc, there were none for the SDA team contesting for the pasir ris-punggol grc, at least in the area where i stay. because of desmond lim selfishness, the msian, no ns saving lives quack, will sail into parliment. even now i pondering whether to cross on SDA box or not. The team really pitiful, they deserved a better leader than this selfish tw*t.
With such weak oppositions, all of the pap team facing such oppenents will win with big margin. The more strongly supported opposition parties such as the WP/SPP/SDP will give the pap oppenents a run for their money. The vote these grcs and smcs these opposition contesting will be close with winning margin less than 5%. As for NSP, i not sure of the nicole effect will have what impact on the vote. Are the big crowds that follow her rallies from MP or just boliao ppl who lust for her? GMS, nothing much from him after he challenge mbt to a debate then faded away.
Aljunied GRC will be interesting. i notice something different about the audience that the New WP attract to their rallies from the past WP rallies during JBJ period. My first WP rally was in 1988, hougang ave 7 muddy field, the crowd much smaller, consist mainly of blue collar voters, almost exclusive of the males spieces. Fast forward to 2006GE, there a changed in the WP doctrine, started to attract more to the middle class without forgeting to the underprevilage class and also received help by the internet brigade to promote the party. If i remember correctly, WP change it flag color from red to white. (i still prefer the red) With the respectable result achieved in GE2006, the New WP now manage to appeal to the minorities voters and also the apathy women folks of singapore. In Bedok rally, there are malays in the crowds, at the very least, the malays make the effort to listen to what WP can offer instead of watching EPL on a saturday night. Women consist of half the population and traditionally pap vote bank, so New WP the fact attract the OLs and aunties to their fold speak volume of the New WP. In fact, rallies goers can see that it the aunties that outcheer the manfolks in the crowd. What caused the normally reserved aunties of singapore to behave in siao manners such as climbing on the chair, waving the flag decorated WP brolly screaming WP WP on top of their voices? The vote count will be interesting, it may prove to the dawn of a two-three parties politics arena in the republic of singapore.