• Education
    • Higher Education
    • Scholarships & Grants
    • Online Learning
    • School Reforms
    • Research & Innovation
  • Lifestyle
    • Travel
    • Food & Drink
    • Fashion & Beauty
    • Home & Living
    • Relationships & Family
  • Technology & Startups
    • Software & Apps
    • Startup Success Stories
    • Startups & Innovations
    • Tech Regulations
    • Venture Capital
    • Artificial Intelligence
    • Cybersecurity
    • Emerging Technologies
    • Gadgets & Devices
    • Industry Analysis
  • About us
  • Contact
  • Advertise with Us
  • Privacy & Policy
Today Headline
  • Home
  • World News
    • Us & Canada
    • Europe
    • Asia
    • Africa
    • Middle East
  • Politics
    • Elections
    • Political Parties
    • Government Policies
    • International Relations
    • Legislative News
  • Business & Finance
    • Market Trends
    • Stock Market
    • Entrepreneurship
    • Corporate News
    • Economic Policies
  • Science & Environment
    • Space Exploration
    • Climate Change
    • Wildlife & Conservation
    • Environmental Policies
    • Medical Research
  • Health
    • Public Health
    • Mental Health
    • Medical Breakthroughs
    • Fitness & Nutrition
    • Pandemic Updates
  • Sports
    • Football
    • Basketball
    • Tennis
    • Olympics
    • Motorsport
  • Entertainment
    • Movies
    • Music
    • TV & Streaming
    • Celebrity News
    • Awards & Festivals
  • Crime & Justice
    • Court Cases
    • Cybercrime
    • Policing
    • Criminal Investigations
    • Legal Reforms
No Result
View All Result
  • Home
  • World News
    • Us & Canada
    • Europe
    • Asia
    • Africa
    • Middle East
  • Politics
    • Elections
    • Political Parties
    • Government Policies
    • International Relations
    • Legislative News
  • Business & Finance
    • Market Trends
    • Stock Market
    • Entrepreneurship
    • Corporate News
    • Economic Policies
  • Science & Environment
    • Space Exploration
    • Climate Change
    • Wildlife & Conservation
    • Environmental Policies
    • Medical Research
  • Health
    • Public Health
    • Mental Health
    • Medical Breakthroughs
    • Fitness & Nutrition
    • Pandemic Updates
  • Sports
    • Football
    • Basketball
    • Tennis
    • Olympics
    • Motorsport
  • Entertainment
    • Movies
    • Music
    • TV & Streaming
    • Celebrity News
    • Awards & Festivals
  • Crime & Justice
    • Court Cases
    • Cybercrime
    • Policing
    • Criminal Investigations
    • Legal Reforms
No Result
View All Result
Today Headline
No Result
View All Result
Home World News Asia

Singapore Announces General Election to Take Place on May 3 – The Diplomat

April 16, 2025
in Asia
Reading Time: 3 mins read
A A
0
Singapore Announces General Election to Take Place on May 3
4
SHARES
8
VIEWS
Share on FacebookShare on Twitter


Singaporeans will head to the polls for their next general election on May 3, after President Tharman Shanmugaratnam dissolved parliament and issued a writ of election yesterday.

In a statement, Wong’s office announced that April 23 has been set for Nomination Day, when prospective candidates will head to nine nomination centers to file their election registration papers.

In this year’s general election, candidates will contest 97 parliamentary seats, up from 93 at the last general election in 2020, after routine minor adjustments to the city-state’s electoral boundaries. These will be selected from 33 constituencies, including 15 Single Member Constituencies (SMCs) and 18 Group Representation Constituencies (GRCs), in which teams of candidates, usually four or five, compete to be elected rather than individual candidates (as in SMCs). The upcoming election could feature candidates from 11 parties, including two opposition alliances, Channel News Asia reported.

The election is the first to take place under the leadership of Prime Minister Lawrence Wong, who took over from Lee Hsien Loong, the son of founding Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew, in May of last year. In December, Wong was also named secretary-general of the ruling People’s Action Party (PAP), succeeding Lee.

While the PAP is almost certain to win a hefty majority in Singapore’s tightly managed democratic system, its unbroken control since independence has set a high bar for success. At the last election, which was held amid the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020, the PAP won 61.24 per cent of the votes and 83 of the 93 seats in parliament. However, the party’s support fell 9 percent from the general election of 2015, while the dogged opposition Workers’ Party (WP) won the remaining 10 seats, including the Senkang GRC, its second Group Representation Constituency.

One of the major trends in 2020 was the decline in support for the PAP among younger voters. Surveys conducted after the 2020 poll found that support for the Workers’ Party was highest among those aged 21-25, who were forced to deal with the dire economic outlook and job uncertainty caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. The PAP treated its loss of support almost as a defeat, with senior PAP figures promising to engage in “soul-searching.”

In January, a survey conducted by Blackbox Research’s sentiment tracker SensingSG found that the rising cost of living was the top concern of Singaporean voters, followed by concerns about jobs and unemployment and the quality of government services. “As we edge closer to GE2025, it’s clear that voters are more focused on their own balance sheets than they are on any wider themes,” Blackbox Research founder and CEO David Black said at the time.

This year’s election also takes place in uncertain times, as the world economy reels from U.S. President Donald Trump’s imposition of punitive “reciprocal” tariffs on April 2. In a Facebook post shortly after the writ of election was issued, Wong said that Singaporeans needed to decide who should lead the nation into a world that “is becoming more uncertain, unsettled and even unstable.” He added: “The global conditions that enabled Singapore’s success over the past decades may no longer hold.”

Singapore escaped the worst of Trump’s tariffs, slapped with just the 10 percent baseline tariff that has been imposed on every U.S. trade partner, but Wong nonetheless has described Trump’s move as a turning point – both for Singapore and the international economic order. “The recent ‘Liberation Day’ tariff announcements by the U.S. confirms this stark reality: the era of rules-based globalization and free trade is over,” Wong told Parliament on April 8. “This marks a profound turning point. We are entering a new phase in global affairs – one that is more arbitrary, protectionist, and dangerous.”

All of this suggests that Wong will present voters with a choice between the PAP’s steady economic management, and the uncertainties of change in an increasingly perilous world.

Previous Post

Belgium scrambles to reach Nato defence spending goal

Next Post

Texas GOP could stall Trump’s bold AI vision with red tape

Related Posts

Ombudsman issues show cause order for ex-Cebu gov Garcia, Local Govt exec

Ombudsman issues show cause order for ex-Cebu gov Garcia, Local Govt exec

May 22, 2025
4
Trump administration bars Harvard from enrolling foreign students

Trump administration bars Harvard from enrolling foreign students

May 22, 2025
4
Next Post
Texas GOP could stall Trump’s bold AI vision with red tape

Texas GOP could stall Trump’s bold AI vision with red tape

  • Trending
  • Comments
  • Latest
Family calls for change after B.C. nurse dies by suicide after attacks on the job

Family calls for change after B.C. nurse dies by suicide after attacks on the job

April 2, 2025
Pioneering 3D printing project shares successes

Product reduces TPH levels to non-hazardous status

November 27, 2024

Hospital Mergers Fail to Deliver Better Care or Lower Costs, Study Finds todayheadline

December 31, 2024

Police ID man who died after Corso Italia fight

December 23, 2024
Harris tells supporters 'never give up' and urges peaceful transfer of power

Harris tells supporters ‘never give up’ and urges peaceful transfer of power

0
Des Moines Man Accused Of Shooting Ex-Girlfriend's Mother

Des Moines Man Accused Of Shooting Ex-Girlfriend’s Mother

0

Trump ‘looks forward’ to White House meeting with Biden

0
Catholic voters were critical to Donald Trump’s blowout victory: ‘Harris snubbed us’

Catholic voters were critical to Donald Trump’s blowout victory: ‘Harris snubbed us’

0
Copy Link

Fore-warned: Poch tells USMNT to forget golf clubs

May 22, 2025

KSU hires North Florida’s Matthew Driscoll as associate head coach todayheadline

May 22, 2025
Stocks swing to a flat close as bond yields spike on U.S. debt worries

Stocks swing to a flat close as bond yields spike on U.S. debt worries todayheadline

May 22, 2025

Ameriprise Financial's SWOT analysis: strong A&WM fundamentals boost stock outlook todayheadline

May 22, 2025

Recent News

Copy Link

Fore-warned: Poch tells USMNT to forget golf clubs

May 22, 2025
2

KSU hires North Florida’s Matthew Driscoll as associate head coach todayheadline

May 22, 2025
3
Stocks swing to a flat close as bond yields spike on U.S. debt worries

Stocks swing to a flat close as bond yields spike on U.S. debt worries todayheadline

May 22, 2025
2

Ameriprise Financial's SWOT analysis: strong A&WM fundamentals boost stock outlook todayheadline

May 22, 2025
2

TodayHeadline is a dynamic news website dedicated to delivering up-to-date and comprehensive news coverage from around the globe.

Follow Us

Browse by Category

  • Africa
  • Asia
  • Basketball
  • Business & Finance
  • Climate Change
  • Crime & Justice
  • Economic Policies
  • Elections
  • Entertainment
  • Entrepreneurship
  • Environmental Policies
  • Europe
  • Football
  • Gadgets & Devices
  • Health
  • Medical Research
  • Mental Health
  • Middle East
  • Motorsport
  • Olympics
  • Politics
  • Public Health
  • Relationships & Family
  • Science & Environment
  • Software & Apps
  • Space Exploration
  • Sports
  • Stock Market
  • Technology & Startups
  • Tennis
  • Travel
  • Uncategorized
  • Us & Canada
  • Wildlife & Conservation
  • World News

Recent News

Copy Link

Fore-warned: Poch tells USMNT to forget golf clubs

May 22, 2025

KSU hires North Florida’s Matthew Driscoll as associate head coach todayheadline

May 22, 2025
  • Education
  • Lifestyle
  • Technology & Startups
  • About us
  • Contact
  • Advertise with Us
  • Privacy & Policy

© 2024 Todayheadline.co

Welcome Back!

OR

Login to your account below

Forgotten Password?

Retrieve your password

Please enter your username or email address to reset your password.

Log In
No Result
View All Result
  • Business & Finance
  • Corporate News
  • Economic Policies
  • Entrepreneurship
  • Market Trends
  • Crime & Justice
  • Court Cases
  • Criminal Investigations
  • Cybercrime
  • Legal Reforms
  • Policing
  • Education
  • Higher Education
  • Online Learning
  • Entertainment
  • Awards & Festivals
  • Celebrity News
  • Movies
  • Music
  • Health
  • Fitness & Nutrition
  • Medical Breakthroughs
  • Mental Health
  • Pandemic Updates
  • Lifestyle
  • Fashion & Beauty
  • Food & Drink
  • Home & Living
  • Politics
  • Elections
  • Government Policies
  • International Relations
  • Legislative News
  • Political Parties
  • Africa
  • Asia
  • Europe
  • Middle East
  • Artificial Intelligence
  • Cybersecurity
  • Emerging Technologies
  • Gadgets & Devices
  • Industry Analysis
  • Basketball
  • Football
  • Motorsport
  • Olympics
  • Climate Change
  • Environmental Policies
  • Medical Research
  • Science & Environment
  • Space Exploration
  • Wildlife & Conservation
  • Sports
  • Tennis
  • Technology & Startups
  • Software & Apps
  • Startup Success Stories
  • Startups & Innovations
  • Tech Regulations
  • Venture Capital
  • Uncategorized
  • World News
  • Us & Canada
  • Public Health
  • Relationships & Family
  • Travel
  • Research & Innovation
  • Scholarships & Grants
  • School Reforms
  • Stock Market
  • TV & Streaming
  • Advertise with Us
  • Privacy & Policy
  • About us
  • Contact

© 2024 Todayheadline.co