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May 8, 2011
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Workers' Party takes Aljunied, makes breakthrough
The Workers' Party made a historic breakthrough by winning Aljunied GRC, with a narrower margin of 9.42 per cent in the defining battle for the 143,148 votes. -- ST PHOTO: YEN MENG JIIN
THE Workers' Party made a historic breakthrough by winning Aljunied GRC, with a comfortable margin of 9.42 per cent in the defining battle for the 143,148 votes.
The keenly-watched results, announced at 2.10am, was greeted with cheers and jubilation from WP supporters.
The opposition team, led by WP veteran Low Thia Khiang, grabbed 72,165 or 54.7 per cent of the 143,148 votes, while the People's Action Party (PAP) team garnered 59,732 votes or 45.4 per cent.
In the 2006 election, the PAP defeated the WP with 56.1 per cent of the votes.
The big gamble paid off for Mr Low, who left his Hougang stronghold to make a bid for a GRC by putting together an 'A' slate which included party chairman Sylvia Lim, corporate lawyer Chen Show Mao, postgraduate law student Pritam Singh and freelance counsellor Muhamad Faisal Abdul Manap.
The PAP lost two ministers - Mr Yeo and Ms Lim Hwee Hua - as well as Senior Minister Zainul Abidin Rasheed, who was slated to be Speaker of Parliament, Ms Cynthia Phua and newcomer Ong Ye Kung, a trade union leader who was tipped to be an office holder.
Mr Yeo and his teammates looked grim when the Returning Officer announced the eagerly-awaited results.
Earlier, as counting was underway at the Monfort Junior School, the Workers' Party supporters and crowd at Hougang Stadium, erupted in cheers as word spread that the WP was leading in the count.
At about 11.10pm, Ms Phua, a two-term MP in Mr Yeo's team, told reporters at the counter centre that the PAP had lost.
May 8, 2011
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Workers' Party takes Aljunied, makes breakthrough
The Workers' Party made a historic breakthrough by winning Aljunied GRC, with a narrower margin of 9.42 per cent in the defining battle for the 143,148 votes. -- ST PHOTO: YEN MENG JIIN
THE Workers' Party made a historic breakthrough by winning Aljunied GRC, with a comfortable margin of 9.42 per cent in the defining battle for the 143,148 votes.
The keenly-watched results, announced at 2.10am, was greeted with cheers and jubilation from WP supporters.
The opposition team, led by WP veteran Low Thia Khiang, grabbed 72,165 or 54.7 per cent of the 143,148 votes, while the People's Action Party (PAP) team garnered 59,732 votes or 45.4 per cent.
In the 2006 election, the PAP defeated the WP with 56.1 per cent of the votes.
The big gamble paid off for Mr Low, who left his Hougang stronghold to make a bid for a GRC by putting together an 'A' slate which included party chairman Sylvia Lim, corporate lawyer Chen Show Mao, postgraduate law student Pritam Singh and freelance counsellor Muhamad Faisal Abdul Manap.
The PAP lost two ministers - Mr Yeo and Ms Lim Hwee Hua - as well as Senior Minister Zainul Abidin Rasheed, who was slated to be Speaker of Parliament, Ms Cynthia Phua and newcomer Ong Ye Kung, a trade union leader who was tipped to be an office holder.
Mr Yeo and his teammates looked grim when the Returning Officer announced the eagerly-awaited results.
Earlier, as counting was underway at the Monfort Junior School, the Workers' Party supporters and crowd at Hougang Stadium, erupted in cheers as word spread that the WP was leading in the count.
At about 11.10pm, Ms Phua, a two-term MP in Mr Yeo's team, told reporters at the counter centre that the PAP had lost.
