SPP, WP offered NCMP seats
The Elections Department has announced that the three best losing constituencies at the General Election will be offered the Non-Constituency Member of Parliament (NCMP) seats.
The three seats are offered to -- Singapore People's Party Lina Chiam who contested in Potong Pasir Single-Member Constituency (SMC), Workers' Party (WP) Yee Jenn Jong who contested in the Joo Chiat SMC and a member of the WP's East Coast Group Representation Constituency (GRC) team.
Chiam and Yee were the top two with the highest percentage of votes while the WP East Coast GRC team received the third highest percentage of votes amongst the unelected Opposition candidates.
The Returning Officer has sent a letter to the WP East Coast team, asking them to select the member that will receive the seat and they will have to respond by 17 May.
In last Saturday's polls, the WP East Coast team comprising Gerald Giam, Glenda Han, Mohamed Fazli Bin Talip, Eng Png Huat and Eric Tan garnered 45.2 per cent of the votes.
They were up against the People's Action Party team represented by Lee Yi Shyan, Raymond Lim, Lim Swee Say, Mohd Maliki Bin Osman and Jessica Tan.
