General Elections Singapore

General Elections Singapore live updates on Channel 5 started from 9.30pm and will last till 3.30am.
And there goes my sleep... *laugh*

For the very first time, I am so into the Singapore General Elections because I get to vote FINALLY after a long wait!!! I remembered being able to vote only once and if I did not remember wrongly, the previous two General Elections, I could not be part of it because it was a straight walk over.

So this year, hearing rallies are such an excitement for me. *smile*

Since I am going to stay awake throughout this whole thing, I decided to blog about it.

9.30pm to 10.30pm
Its great to recap all the highs and lows throughout the past few weeks. I think during this first hour, the most alarming news is the fire at Potong Pasir which broke out this morning and how the two candidates for this smallest constituency in Singapore, rushed to the house to check on the residents.

10.30pm to 11.30pm
When I switched over to Channel News Asia during the commercial breaks on Channel 5, I was lucky to see the overseas polling centres. So even if Singapore are staying far from home, they can still vote at a place near them. Nice!

The crowd at Hougang Stadium is way too daunting! I could hardly hear the reporter's voice over there! All I could hear was "Worker's Party! Worker's Party!". *laugh*

And SDP supporters totally silenced the reporter in the Quality Hotel conference room too! If only I knew how to lip-read! *huge laugh*

If you want to get all the REAL LIVE EXCITEMENT, you should be on Twitter!!!

11.30pm to
On Twitter, it seems that PAP are in the lead for many constituencies except the one at Hougang and Aljunied.

CONFIRMED : Mountbatten goes to PAP ~ 1 seat.

PAP wins Mountbatten SMC over NSP with a 58.65% margin.
So now PAP has 6 seats confirmed out of 87 seats.

CONFIRMED : Bukit Panjang goes to PAP ~ 1 seat.

Bt Panjang SMC. Alec Tok SDP 10,362. Teo Ho Pin PAP 20,349. Spoilt 744
So now PAP has 7 seats confirmed

CONFIRMED : Radin Mas goes to PAP ~ 1 seat.
Radin Mas SMC Sam Tan PAP 18,591. Yip Yew Weng NSP 9,110. Spoilt 669

CONFIRMED : Whampoa goes to PAP ~ 1 seat.
Whampoa SMC Heng Chee How PAP 13,015. Ken Sun NSP 6,672. Spoilt 48
 PAP has 9 seats confirmed out of 87 seats.

a recount going on at Potong Pasir


8th May 2011
12.30am to  3am

CONFIRMED : Moulmein-Kallang goes to PAP ~ 4 seat.
PAP wins Moulmein-Kallang GRC. WP: 31,721votes. PAP: 44,828 votes
 PAP has 13 seats confirmed out of 87 seats.

CONFIRMED : Joo Chiat goes to PAP ~ 1 seat.
PAP wins Joo Chiat. Charles Chong PAP 9,630. WP Yee Jenn Jong 9,248. Spoilt 314
 PAP has 14 seats confirmed out of 87 seats.


CONFIRMED : Hong Kah North goes to PAP ~ 1 seat.
PAP win Hong Kah North SMC. PAP's Amy Khor 18,149. SPP's Sin Kek Tong 7,553. Spoilt 573
PAP has 15 seats confirmed


CONFIRMED : Marine Parade goes to PAP ~ 5 seat.
PAP win Marine Parade GRC. PAP 78,182. NSP 59,833. Spoilt 3,080
PAP has 20 seats confirmed

CONFIRMED : Hougang goes to WP ~ 1 seat.

WP's Yaw Shin Leong wins Hougang SMC with 64.81% of the votes, vs. PAP's Desmond Choo, higher than LTK's score in 2006
PAP has 20 seats and Workers Party has 1 seat.

CONFIRMED : Pasir Ris-Punggol goes to PAP ~ 6 seats.
PAP win Pasir Ris-Punggol GRC. PAP 100,382. SDA 54,546. Spoilt 4,544
PAP has 26 seats and Workers Party has 1 seat.

CONFIRMED : Tampines goes to PAP ~ 5 seats.
PAP wins Tampines GRC. PAP 72,664. NSP 54,337. Spoilt 3,074.
PAP has 31 seats and Workers Party has 1 seat

CONFIRMED : West Coast goes to PAP ~ 5 seats.
PAP win West Coast GRC. PAP 72,465. RP 36,395. Spoilt 2,820
PAP has 36 seats and Workers Party has 1 seat

CONFIRMED : Yuhua goes to PAP ~ 1 seat.
PAP win Yuhua SMC. PAP 14,081 votes, out of a total of 21,588 votes. It obtained 66.9 per cent of the votes. 530 votes were spoilt.
PAP has 37 seats and Workers Party has 1 seat

CONFIRMED : SengKang West goes to PAP ~ 1 seat.
PAP win Sengkang West SMC. PAP 14,667. WP 10,585. Spoilt 437
PAP has 38 seats and Workers Party has 1 seat

CONFIRMED : Ang Mo Kio goes to PAP ~ 6 seats.
PAP win AMK GRC. PAP 112,544. RP 49,779. Spoilt 5,030
PAP has 44 seats and Workers Party has 1 seat


CONFIRMED : Punggol East goes to PAP ~ 1 seat.
PAP wins Punggol East SMC 3-way fight. PAP 16,969. WP 12,765. SDA 1,386. Spoilt 551.
PAP has 45 seats and Workers Party has 1 seat

CONFIRMED : Bishan - Toa Payoh goes to PAP ~ 5 seats.
PAP win Bishan-Toa Payoh GRC. PAP 62,282. SPP 47,092. Spoilt 2,085
PAP has 50 seats and Workers Party has 1 seat

CONFIRMED : East Coast goes to PAP ~ 5 seats.
PAP win East Coast GRC. PAP 59,895. WP49,342. Spoilt 1,847
PAP has 55 seats and Workers Party has 1 seat

CONFIRMED : Pioneer goes to PAP ~ 1 seat.
PAP win Pioneer SMC. PAP Cedric Foo 14,581. NSP Steve Chia 9,430. Spoilt 446
PAP has 56 seats and Workers Party has 1 seat

CONFIRMED : Sembawang goes to PAP ~ 5 seats.
PAP win Sembawang GRC. PAP 84,185. SDP 47,578. Spoilt 3,290
PAP has 61 seats and Workers Party has 1 seat

CONFIRMED : Nee Soon goes to PAP ~ 5 seats.
PAP win Nee Soon GRC. PAP 80,659. WP 57,482. Spoilt 2,341.
PAP has 66 seats and Workers Party has 1 seat

CONFIRMED : Holland-Bukit Timah goes to PAP ~ 4 seats.
PAP win Holland-Bukit Timah. PAP 48,682. SDP 32,322. Spoilt 1,719
PAP has 70 seats and Workers Party has 1 seat

CONFIRMED : Chua Chu Kang goes to PAP ~ 5 seats.
PAP win Chua Chu Kang GRC. PAP 89,605. NSP 56,817. Spoilt 3,061
PAP has 75 seats and Workers Party has 1 seat

CONFIRMED : Aljunied goes to WP ~ 5 seats.

WP wins Aljunied GRC. PAP 59,732. WP 72,165. Spoilt 1,788
PAP has 75 seats and Workers Party has 6 seats

CONFIRMED : Jurong goes to PAP ~ 5 seats.
PAP win Jurong GRC. PAP 76,489. NSP 37,734. Spoilt 2,703
PAP has 80 seats and Workers Party has 6 seats

CONFIRMED : Potong Pasir goes to PAP ~ 1 seat.
PAP wins Potong Pasir SMC. PAP Sitoh Yoh Pin 7,973. SPP Lina Chiam 7,859. Spoilt 242
PAP has 81 seats and Workers Party has 6 seats

3am to 4am
3 'extra' Opposition parties candidates would be added into the Parliament seats!
WP's Yee Jenn Jong, SPP's Lina Chiam, and 1 from WP's East Coast party team qualify as NCMPs.

I am amazed at Mr Lee Hsien Loong's ability to remember every single reporter's name and which publisher they are representing! *Kudos*

PM Lee Hsien Loong says Singaporeans have given him a clear mandate.

and there you have it!
The most exciting General Elections Singapore yet!