This post is part of CAPE’s GE2025 Voter Education Portal
Unlike other democracies where voters tend to vote along a left-right policy split, Singaporean voter behaviour can be different due to the unique nature of our country’s politics:
- We have a dominant party system: The PAP is one of the longest-ruling political parties in the world, and Singapore has had the same ruling party since even before Independence. The PAP also retains a 90% supermajority in Parliament.
- The PAP wants opposition candidates who lost elections to get represented in Parliament.
- Meanwhile, the main opposition party, the Workers’ Party, has reassured voters that it does not want to win an Election.