Singapore’s Covid-19 general election: Political breakthrough amid a generational crisis?

• Main Author: TAN, Eugene K. B.
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University 2020
• Subjects: COVID-19; politics; Singapore; crisis; elections; Asian Studies; Leadership Studies; Political Science; Public Health
• Online Access: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/sol_research/3263; https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/context/sol_research/article/5221/viewcontent/Singapore_Covid_19_general_election_pvoa.pdf
• Institution: Singapore Management University

In the 13th general election since independence, the ruling People’s Action Party (PAP) – which has governed Singapore since 1959 – won 83 out of 93 seats, with a popular vote share of 61.24%, its third lowest on record. The Workers’ Party (WP) won 10 seats, including an unprecedented two multi-memb...