PSP looks set to lose parliamentary presence
Audrey Tan Assistant News Editor
The opposition PSP, which fielded 13 candidates in six constituencies, has lost all of them, going by the sample count. None of their losses are considered narrow, with the opposition party obtaining between 25 to 39 per cent of the vote share in all six constituencies. This means it is likely that the party will no longer be the "best losers" of this election, and may lose their NCMP seats.
In GE2020, the PSP lost by a narrow margin in the then-West Coast GRC, obtaining 48.32 per cent of the vote share against the PAP's 51.68 per cent. The party's performance there allowed it to send two of its candidates into Parliament as NCMPs - party chief Leong Mun Wai and first vice-chair Hazel Poa.
Based on the sample count in GE2025 in the new West Coast-Jurong West GRC, the PSP's vote share has declined, with the party obtaining 39 per cent of the vote share as compared to the PAP's 61 per cent.
The preliminary results could point to three things: 1) the role of the changed electoral boundaries, 2) the less-striking slate of candidates fielded by the PSP compared with the WP, and 3) the possibility that the PSP's NCMP presence in Parliament did not resonate with voters.