Workers' Party takes Punggol
- 1/19
A reported 5,000 supporters turned up at Blk 322 coffeeshop at Hougang Avenue to celebrate the win.
AFP PHOTO/ROSLAN RAHMAN - 2/19
Workers' Party supporters celebrate after the results for the Punggol east by-election was announced
AFP PHOTO/ROSLAN RAHMAN - 3/19
Koh Poh Koon and DPM Teo face the media pack after the defeat.
Yahoo! photo (Christine Choo) - 4/19
Dr Koh upon receiving news of the defeat.
Yahoo! photo (Christine Choo) - 5/19
Dr Koh says he will serve if called upon by the party again.
Yahoo! photo (Christine Choo) - 6/19
DPM Teo said "circumstances" prior to the by-election helped contribute to the defeat.
Yahoo! photo (Christine Choo) - 7/19
News trickles in as PAP supporters check their phones.
Yahoo! photo (Christine Choo) - 8/19
The moment of defeat.
Yahoo! photo (Christine Choo) - 9/19
PAP's Dr Koh Poh Koon arrives at the party's Punggol East branch to watch the results.
Yahoo! photo (Christine Choo) - 10/19
PAP's Dr Koh with Teo Ser Luck, MP for Pasir-Ris Punggol, at the PAP branch in Punggol East.
Yahoo! photo (Christine Choo) - 11/19
Workers' Party candidate Lee Li Lian arrives in a car (L) at the counting centre in Singapore.
AFP PHOTO/ROSLAN RAHMAN - 12/19
PAP candidate Koh Poh Koon arrives at the counting centre.
AFP PHOTO/ROSLAN RAHMAN - 13/19
A Workers' Party supporter celebrates after the results for the Punggol east by-election was announced.
AFP PHOTO/ROSLAN RAHMAN - 14/19
Punggol East residents were already in queue before polling stations opened at 8am.
AFP PHOTO / ROSLAN RAHAN - 15/19
Residents in Punggol East queue at a polling station to cast their vote.
AFP PHOTO / ROSLAN RAHAN - 16/19
Voters in a Singapore suburb began casting ballots on January 26 in a by-election that tests the public mood two years after the ruling party suffered its worst ever poll performance.
AFP PHOTO / ROSLAN RAHAN - 17/19
31,600 voters in Punggol East cast their ballots at one several polling stations in the estate.
AFP PHOTO / ROSLAN RAHAN - 18/19
31,600 voters in Punggol East cast their ballots at one several polling stations in the estate.
AFP PHOTO / ROSLAN RAHAN - 19/19
an casting ballots on January 26 in a by-election that tests the public mood two years after the ruling party suffered its worst ever poll performance.
AFP PHOTO / ROSLAN RAHAN