GE2020 results: PAP's Sitoh Yih Pin wins Potong Pasir SMC with 60.69% of votes over SPP's Jose Raymond
PUBLISHED ONJuly 10, 2020 5:36 PM
[UPDATED: July 11, 1.35am]
Results for Potong Pasir SMC for GE2020
| Sitoh Yih Pin (PAP) | 60.69% |
| Jose Raymond (SPP) | 39.31% |
PAP'S Sitoh Yih Pin has won Potong Pasir SMC against SPP's Jose Raymond.
Sitoh received 11,232 of the votes while Raymond received 7,275.
The People’s Action Party is leading the Singapore People's Party in Potong Pasir SMC for GE2020, according to the sample count.
PAP's Sitoh Yih Pin currently has 61 per cent of the votes, compared to SPP’s Jose Raymond's 39 per cent.
The sample count has been a strong indication of the final result in past elections.
It is derived from 100 random ballot papers from every polling station in the constituency, taking into account the weightage of each polling station.
Sample counts have a 95 per cent chance of being within four percentage points of the final count.
Sitoh, 56, has served as MP for Potong Pasir SMC since 2011.
Raymond, 48, is the chairman of SPP and chief strategic officer of a communications firm. This is the former journalist's first time standing for election.
Before Sitoh's victory, Potong Pasir SMC had traditionally been an opposition stronghold, helmed by veteran politician Chiam See Tong from 1984 to 2011.
In the 2015 general election, PAP won Potong Pasir SMC with a vote share of 66.4 per cent against Chiam's wife Lina.
The constituency has 19,740 voters.
This article will be updated with the final result when it is announced.
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