Singapore PAP wins landslide with 65.6% vote share, strengthens majority
Singapore held its 14th general election on May 3rd, 2025. The People's Action Party, led by Prime Minister Lawrence Wong in his first election as party leader, secured 87 of 97 parliamentary seats and increased its popular vote share to 65.57 percent, up from 61.24 percent in 2020. The opposition Workers Party retained its 10 seats and gained two additional non-constituency member positions. Voter turnout was 92.83 percent. The result was described as unexpected by some analysts, occurring amid public concerns about rising cost of living and job security. Eleven political parties and two independent candidates contested, but only the PAP and Workers Party won seats. This outcome extends the PAP's unbroken rule to 66 years and gives Wong a strong mandate for his administration to continue policy continuity and implement the Forward Singapore reform initiative.
Key facts
- PAP won 87 of 97 seats with 65.57% popular vote share, up from 61.24% in 2020
- Workers Party retained 10 seats and gained 2 non-constituency MP seats
- Voter turnout was 92.83%, described as record-low turnout of 92.47% in some reports
- Prime Minister Lawrence Wong secured his first electoral victory as PAP leader
- Record 211 candidates contested, including 53 women—the highest number of female candidates in Singapore's history
- Only 2 of 11 competing parties won parliamentary representation
Limits of this briefing
Search results are primarily from international, centrist, and analyst sources. Direct left-leaning Singapore media perspectives and right-leaning critiques were not prominently represented in available sources. Pre-election analyses mentioned cost-of-living concerns as a potential turning point, but post-election sources focused more on continuity narratives than on substantive policy debates about these concerns.
Sources
- USASEAN: Singapore General Election 2025 (GE2025): Political Landscape and Policy Continuity Centre
- PBS NewsHour: Singapore's long-ruling party wins another election landslide in boost for new prime minister Centre
- Asia Society Policy Institute: Singapore's Ruling Party Wins, but the Opposition Is Here to Stay Centre
- China Briefing: Singapore's 2025 Election: Signals for Foreign Investors Centre
- East Asia Forum: People's Action Party prevails in Singapore Centre