WP wins Aljunied GRC: reports

Early reports say the Workers' Party has won the key battleground of Aljunied GRC , beating the PAP team led by Foreign Minister George Yeo. The WP win in Aljunied was reportedly more than 2 percentage points, which means it did not require a recount. According to a Yahoo! source, the winning margin was more than 10 percent. An aide to Minister Yeo also told the Today newspaper that "we have lost." Aljunied GRC, comprising of over 143,000 voters, was the most hotly contested ward in this General Elections. It is the first time that a GRC has fallen into Opposition hands. A comment by Sad Day on Yahoo!'s live blogging coverage of the results said losing Minister George Yeo was a big blow. He said, "Losing George Yeo... Singaporean ought to see the system overseas, I was in UK for more than ten years and could see the big difference. Very sad." Aljunied voter Nuraini Malik, ...

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Jason Ling

07 May '11, 5pm
5 years to repent!!! :>
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