GE2025 liveSample count results expected after polls close in Singapore election
Opposition candidates arrive at counting centres
Some opposition candidates were seen making their way into counting centres after polling closed at 8pm.
WP candidate for Punggol GRC, Mr Harpreet Singh, was spotted arriving at Yusof Ishak Secondary School. When asked how he was feeling, he said: “We’ve run a good race.”
SDP chairman Paul Tambyah arrived at Zhenghua Primary School - one of the three counting centres for Bukit Panjang SMC where he is contesting - at around 8.18pm.
PPP secretary-general Goh Meng Seng and fellow Tampines GRC team member Arbaah Haroun were earlier spotted arriving at St. Hilda's Secondary School, while SPP secretary-general Steve Chia arrived at Raffles Girls’ School.
ST PHOTO: KELVIN CHNG
Ballot boxes arrive at counting centres
Election officials were seen handing ballot boxes to police officers at the carpark beside Block 608 Clementi West Street 1 at 8.30pm. The boxes were loaded onto a bus headed to a designated counting centre.
At Jurong Pioneer Junior College in Teck Whye, one of the principal counting centres, election officials were seen carrying ballot boxes into the building while accompanied by uniformed police officers.
At Nan Chiau High School, ballot papers for Sengkang GRC were emptied out from the ballot boxes at 8.25pm.
Boxes of voting slips from several polling stations in Eunos ward arrived at Telok Kurau Primary School at 8.35pm.
ST PHOTO: BRIAN TEO, KUA CHEE SIONG
Support ‘may not be enough to push through’: PPP’s Goh Meng Seng
Flanked by fellow Tampines GRC teammate Arbaah Haroun, People’s Power Party (PPP) secretary-general Goh Meng Seng gave a brief interview shortly after arriving at St Hilda’s Secondary School at 8pm.
He said people have been supportive of the PPP’s campaign, but “that may not be enough to push through for this time round”.
His team is in a four-cornered fight in Tampines GRC against the PAP, the WP and the National Solidarity Party. Regardless of the results, he said he will continue to build the party and contest again in the next election.
ST PHOTO: EDDINO ABDUL HADI
‘We hope for a positive surprise’: SPP’s Steve Chia
Singapore People’s Party secretary-general Steve Chia arrived at the counting centre at Raffles Girls’ School just before polls closed at 8pm.
Speaking to the media, the Bishan-Toa Payoh GRC candidate said: “We hope it will be a short night for everybody. We hope that it will be a positive surprise for us.”
From now till results are out, candidates will typically drop in on the different counting centres to check on the progress of vote counting.
ST PHOTO: SAMUEL DEVARAJ
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Supporters start streaming into assembly centres
The gates to Bukit Gombak Stadium have opened to PAP supporters. Some of them gathered there even before the polls closed.
First-time voter Ms Sha, 26, entered the stadium at 8pm sharp as she was excited to experience the buzz before the announcement of results.
“I made my vote based on long-term policies proposed by the party, not just five-year plans,” said the civil servant.
Over at Serangoon Stadium, WP supporters have also arrived to wait for results.
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ST PHOTOS: AZMI ATHNI, ZACHARY LIM
Ballot boxes sealed after polls closed
At polling stations across the island, election officials were seen sealing ballot boxes after voting hours ended.
At Serangoon Community Club, presiding officers were seen placing ballot boxes into plastic bags.
Election officials were also seen packing the ballot boxes at the Housing Board pavilion at Block 208 Woodleigh Link and the void deck of Block 608 Clementi West Street 1 at 8.10pm.
ST PHOTOS: KEVIN LIM, SHINTARO TAY, LIM YAOHUI, BRIAN TEO
GE2025 polls closed
Polls have closed, and sample counts are expected shortly.
A family affair
Mr Tirmidzi Zainul Abidin, 35, carried his four-month-old daughter to cast his vote at Block 208 Woodleigh Link today. His wife Nur Hazirah Mohamad Noh, 34, was also seen voting in the background, with a toddler by her side.
He said: “The process was easy, smooth and very convenient. We are quite grateful because it is near our home at the multi-purpose hall under our block and not the CC (community club), so it’s quite convenient.”
ST PHOTO: SHINTARO TAY
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