Singapore's ruling party wins another landslide in general elections extending its 66-year rule
The result is expected to bolster the leadership of Prime Minister Lawrence Wong, who took office over a year ago.
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The result is expected to bolster the leadership of Prime Minister Lawrence Wong, who took office over a year ago.
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00:00Singapore's long ruling People's Action Party on Saturday extended its 66th year unbroken
00:06rule with yet another landslide victory in the country's general elections.
00:11According to the election department, the PAP won the key polls with 82 parliamentary
00:17seats.
00:18The party had earlier secured five seats without opposition, bringing its total number of MPs
00:23to 87.
00:24The result is expected to bolster the leadership of Prime Minister Lawrence Wong, who took
00:29office a year ago.
00:31We are grateful once again for your strong mandate and we will honour it.
00:37We will honour the trust that you have given to us by working even harder for all of you.
00:43Before the announcement, supporters of the PAP, which had ruled Singapore since 1959, gathered
00:49at the stadium, waving flags and cheering in an early celebration.
00:54Mr Wong, a US-trained economist who is also Singapore's finance minister, has a resounding mandate to
01:01guide a trade-reliant country through the economic uncertainty brought about by US President Donald
01:07Trump's tariffs.