For the PAP turds, you can lose the GE and still be a winner. Your cushy, privileged life continues, albeit you are no longer playing the role of a town council logistics manager and a comforter of low SES HDB residents. If Loong likes you enough and you are keen on remaining a career politician, you can be backdoored into a safe GRC anytime.
Refer to Anus Koh, Ng Chee Meng and Ong the Hell Minister.