Full list of GE 2020 candidates

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Full list of GE 2020 candidates

Nicole Seah, Heng Swee Keat, Jessica Tan, Terence TAN posing for a photo: GE 2020: A Complete List Of Parties And Candidates That Are Contesting In 17 GRCs And 14 SMCs © Provided by Vulcan Post GE 2020: A Complete List Of Parties And Candidates That Are Contesting In 17 GRCs And 14 SMCs

A total of 192 candidates from 11 parties filed papers on Nomination Day (today) and all 93 seats will be contested at the July 10 election.

This is the second time in history where all seats in a general election will be contested.

With no walkovers, it means all 2.65 million eligible voters will soon receive polling cards to let them vote on July 10.

The ruling People’s Action Party (PAP) is the only party with candidates contesting every seat.

Here are the contesting parties and its candidates in all 17 GRCs and 14 SMCs:

GRCs

Aljunied GRC:

Ang Mo Kio GRC:

Bishan-Toa Payoh GRC:

Choa Chu Kang GRC:

East Coast GRC:

Holland-Bukit Timah GRC:

Jalan Besar GRC:

Jurong GRC:

Marine Parade GRC:

Marsiling-Yew Tee GRC:

Nee Soon GRC:

Pasir Ris–Punggol GRC:

Sengkang GRC:

Sembawang GRC:

Tampines GRC:

Tanjong Pagar GRC:

West Coast GRC:

SMCs

Bukit Batok SMC:

Bukit Panjang SMC:

Hong Kah North SMC:

Hougang SMC:

Kebun Baru SMC:

MacPherson SMC:

Marymount SMC:

Mountbatten SMC:

Pioneer SMC:

Potong Pasir SMC:

Punggol West SMC:

Radin Mas SMC:

Yio Chu Kang SMC:

Yuhua SMC:

Hotly Contested Battlegrounds

Deputy Prime Minister Heng Swee Keat has moved from Tampines GRC to head the PAP team in East Coast GRC, replacing Lee Swee Say who is retiring from politics.

The team will see a keen battle from Workers’ Party which won 45.2 per cent of the vote in the 2011 General Election.

One GRC — Pasir Ris-Punggol — will see a three-cornered fight between the PAP, Peoples Voice (PV) and Singapore Democratic Alliance.

There will be a three-way battle in Pioneer SMC as well, between the PAP’s Patrick Tay, the PSP’s Lim Cher Hong and independent candidate Cheang.

This upcoming election is PM Lee Hsien Loong’s fourth time leading the PAP into battle and looks set to be his, final one.

Check out our General Election 2020 microsite for more election-related content.

Featured Image Credit: PAP / WP

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