[GE2025] The Workers' Party (WP) Discussion Thread

[iceblendedchoc]

Retain : Aljunied, hougang, sengkang

Sengkang % increased by 4%
tampines first time field 46%
punggol 45++%
jalan kayu smc first time field 48%

east coast drop by 5%
overall not bad?

opposition supporters should buy properties at these areas so Northeast and East side would all fall to opposition . Can give up on west side

 

[Atrina_Boy]

They supposed to win new grc and smc.
No improvement.

PAP too

Many confident they will win back SK. Very disappointed in them.

 

[yperic]

WP chief Pritam Singh congratulates PM Wong on election victory, acknowledges it was a tough fight

WP chief Pritam Singh congratulated Prime Minister Lawrence Wong and the PAP on securing a strong mandate to lead Singapore in the next five years but also acknowledged that it was a difficult fight for the WP.

In a doorstop interview at Eunos Market at about 12.45pm today, he said the “challenges are real” for any opposition party in Singapore to make inroads into the political system.

He also paid tribute to his team members for their hard work, adding that the WP looks forward to serving all the residents in constituencies they have won – Aljunied, Sengkang, as well as Hougang.

ST PHOTO: GAVIN FOO

 

[soichiro]

Actually. They also didn’t explicitly bring this up, did they ?

They did. Some members of PAP were calling Pritam a liar, cannot be trusted blah blah...

 

[soichiro]

They supposed to win new grc and smc.
No improvement.

With all that gerrymandering? WP had some miracles already.

 

[Atrina_Boy]

Why can't all opp have the calibre like WP

 

[fortunecat]

Passed the minimum expectations, but won't say is good

 

[Not.banned.yet]

PAP branded Pritam a liar...
They did. Some members of PAP was calling Pritam a liar, cannot be trusted blah blah...

Who actually, if I may ask.

hopefully it’s the kahkia low rank ppl. If it’s the cabinet ones, then it’s disappointing

 

[pwongkk]

Pritam really has the last laugh. PAP dragged on the stupid Raesah scandal for YEARS. In the end, voters didn't care about it and WP has not only retained all seats but also gained significant ground in 2 more constituencies.

Pappies tried to play up, it backfired.
Character assassination no longer works.

 

[qhong61]

PAP too

Many confident they will win back SK. Very disappointed in them.

But at least pap managed to retain west coast and east coast.

 

[yperic]

#GE2025: "The Business Times put out a note saying that there were quite alot of absentee voters in Tampines and Jalan Kayu right? And if some of them had been present and hypothetically voted for the WP, the result could have been different," said WP's Pritam Singh on Jalan Kayu SMC loss.

 

[the_dog]

its obvious ntuc did a toll on mr ntuc.........

Yeah. To scrape by with that slim a margin against a complete unknown new bird is pretty shameful.

 

[Big Chicken]

Voters also don’t care about TCJ liking mangoes

Everyone loves mangoes.

 

[coolhead]

Mixed results.

Gained 2 ncmp but lost a heavyweight in Faisal manap.

 

[SCHNOTTZ]

Pritam Singh already said in his rally speech that it is incredibly difficult for an opposition to flip a SMC/GRC held by a PAP incumbent, so no surprises they didn't flip any seats, even though they gave a good fight in Tampines and Jalan Kayu, but still a poor 38% win rate for WP if you consider the number of seats they contested and how many of those seats they won.

Hard for WP to flip PAP GRC/SMC, and it's equally hard (if not, harder) for PAP to flip WP held GRC/SMC.

 

[Atrina_Boy]

But at least pap managed to retain west coast and east coast.

Quite obvious for West side lei
Wp too retain all their seat.
Many 'expect ' in EDMW confidence PAP to win back SK.

 

[Big Chicken]

MIW 65% nia but they spin it until massive victory.

 

[pwongkk]

iswaran also not mentioned throughout

It shows that opposition focus on real issues. Iswaran already dealt with by the law.

 

[xdivider]

Yeah. To scrape by with that slim a margin against a complete unknown new bird is pretty shameful.

basically that 2% margin is after u factor in
1) unknown, ridiculed here as a job hopper by some folks
2) fkingham palace incident.

if all IBs can do is to barely scrape a win for ntuc, its obvious put sylvia or someone more known its going to be 60%....probably. i made the status quo longshot + 1 smc bet predicting base on thinking sylvia, gerald or someone more established was going there. was kinda disappointed when i found it was a unknown. but he did give a good fight.......

 

[boredom2012]

Voters also don't care isawaran and tcj scandal. Very disappointed