Singapore Election Vote Counting

Vote counting in singapore s pandemic era general election for 93 new members of parliament is under way with the first official sample counts expected to be released in the next few hours.

Singapore election vote counting. Polling stations open from 8am to 8pm on july 10. For counting of votes cast overseas each candidate or group of candidates may appoint only one counting agent to observe the counting at the counting centre for overseas votes. Counting agents should acquaint themselves with the counting procedures so as not to cause unnecessary delay or disruption to the counting process.

After the counting of votes is completed the results are then announced live by the returning officer and published in the singapore government gazette. In yio chu kang smc pap s yip hon weng is leading with 61 per cent of the vote while the progress singapore party s kayla low is estimated to have 39 per cent. The returning officer will make public the final election results which will be published in the singapore government gazette.

Announcements note to overseas voters please apply for a local contact address lca from ica before restoring your name to the registers of electors. When the voting period ends at 8pm ballot boxes are sealed and transported to counting centres for the returning officer to count the votes in the presence of the candidates. After the counting of votes is completed the election results are then announced live on television by the returning officer and published in the singapore government gazette.

President halimah yacob dissolved parliament on 23 june 2020 on the advice of prime minister lee hsien loong it elected members of parliament to the 14th parliament of singapore since singapore s independence in 1965 using the first past the post electoral system. The 2020 singaporean general election was a general election held in singapore on 10 july 2020. Punggol west smc radin mas smc.

For counting of votes cast in singapore each candidate or group of candidates may appoint only one counting agent to observe the counting at each counting place. Counting of votes may continue into the early hours of the next day.