A Maths Tutorial on Democracy
Remembering Singapore’s GE2020 General Elections
Singapore has a Westminster-model parliamentary democracy system with more than 20 registered political parties. In the General Elections (GE2020) held on 10 July 2020, the ruling People’s Action Party (PAP) won 61.24% of the popular vote. This translated to 83 (89.2%) of the 93 Parliamentary seats, with the remaining 10 (10.8%) going to the Workers’ Party (WP). In the vibrant Singapore democracy, 191 candidates from 11 political parties and 1 Independent contested every seat in this Singapore’s “Crisis” General Elections.
Prime Minister (PM) Lee Hsien Loong correctly pointed out that the results reflected “broad-based support for the PAP” (because) “Singaporeans understand what is at stake and why we must come together to uphold our national interests.” PM Lee vowed “to use this mandate responsibly to deal with COVID-19 and the economic downturn to take us through the crisis safely and beyond”.
In anticipation of the looming GE2024/2025, this article looks at the actual popular votes of GE2020 to obtain a better understanding of the Singapore democracy model and its system of democratic…
