Heavy rains marked the opening of polls at 8 a.m. (0000 GMT), but they stopped by mid-morning. By noon almost half of eligible voters had cast their ballot at one of 1,240 polling stations set up in community centres, schools and other neighbourhood spaces across the city-state.
Wong voted in the middle of the day at a polling station near the Botanic Gardens. The Prime Minister did not comment before or after casting his ballot.
LOPSIDED CONTEST
“It is to be expected that (its) overall electoral support will gradually, gradually dip from general election to general election,“ said National University of Singapore political scientist Lam Peng Er.
“Would Singaporeans be that surprised if the PAP’s electoral support were to dip to 57% or 58%? It will surprise nobody. I don’t think it will even surprise the PAP at all.” The PAP is keen to avoid upsets and warned voters of the consequences of seat losses for key cabinet members, whom Wong said were critical to balancing ties between the United States and China and navigating Singapore through potentially choppy economic waters.
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