GE2025: PAP wins Bishan-Toa Payoh GRC with 75.21% of votes and Marymount SMC with 70.7% of votes

Straits Times

03-05-2025

The PAP's Bishan-Toa Payoh GRC candidates (from left) Cai Yinzhou, Elysa Chen, Saktiandi Supaat and Chee Hong Tat speaking at Yio Chu Kang Stadium on May 3. ST PHOTO: LIM YAOHUI
GE2025: PAP wins Bishan-Toa Payoh GRC with 75.21% of votes and Marymount SMC with 70.7% of votes
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SINGAPORE - The PAP has scored a resounding victory in both Bishan-Toa Payoh GRC and Marymount SMC, capturing more than 70 per cent of the votes cast in the 2025 General Election.
The four-man PAP team in Bishan-Toa Payoh GRC, led by Transport Minister Chee Hong Tat, garnered 75.21 per cent of the votes against Singapore People's Party (SPP), which drew 24.79 per cent.
PAP's vote share translated to 66,137 votes cast, while 21,799 votes were cast for opposition party SPP. A total of 98,708 votes were cast and the number of spoilt votes totalled 2,084.
The PAP also won Marymount SMC, with Ms Gan Siow Huang drawing 14,868 votes or 70.7 per cent of the vote share, against 6,163 votes cast for Progress Singapore Party (PSP), which translated to 29.3 per cent of the vote share.
A total of 21,282 votes were cast and 251 votes were rejected.
In Bishan-Toa Payoh GRC, it was the PAP's fourth win against SPP.
In 2020, when the PAP team was led by Defence Minister Ng Eng Hen, it garnered 67.23 per cent of the votes, which was higher than PAP's overall vote share of 61.23 per cent. SPP attracted 32.77 per cent of the votes then.
In 2015, PAP secured 73.59 per cent of the vote share against SPP, which drew 26.41 per cent. In 2011, PAP triumphed with 56.93 per cent, compared with SPP's 43.07 per cent.
Dr Ng, 66, confirmed that he would not be running in the 2025 General Election, when he announced his retirement on April 18. He entered politics in 2001.
The 2025 PAP team comprises Mr Chee, 51, Mr Saktiandi Supaat, 51, who is head of FX research at Maybank, and political fresh faces Elysa Chen, 41, a charity director, and social entrepreneur Cai Yinzhou, 35.
The 2025 SPP team comprises secretary-general Steve Chia, 54, party chairman Melvyn Chiu, 45, and two new faces, operations executive Muhammad Norhakim, 31, and operations manager Lim Rui Xian, 37.
Over in Marymount SMC, Ms Gan, 50, successfully defended her seat against PSP candidate Jeffrey Khoo, 56, the chief executive of a regional risk consulting firm.
She is the Minister of State for Education and Manpower. In 2020, when she made her election debut in Marymount, she won 55.04 per cent of the vote against former PSP candidate Ang Yong Guan, who drew 44.96 per cent of the vote share.
Speaking to her supporters after the results were announced, Ms Gan said she is 'deeply humbled' by her win and will work hard to improve Marymount estate and build a stronger, more caring community.
'My team and I hope to be able to, together with you, build a brighter future for you and your family and make every day a good day to be in Marymount,' she said.
'We have done well, and we will do better for Marymount.'
Mr Khoo was part of PSP's A-team - led by party chairman Tan Cheng Bock - that was fielded in West Coast GRC during the 2020 polls.
PSP had lost with 48.32 per cent of the vote against PAPs 51.68 per cent – making it the narrowest win for the ruling party that year.
Bishan-Toa Payoh GRC and Marymount SMC are among the nine constituencies that saw no boundary changes in the March 11 Electoral Boundaries Review Committee report.
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