Singapore's ruling People's Action Party (PAP) has won a sweeping
victory in a snap parliamentary election, extending its 56 years in
power as official results early on Saturday Sep 12,2015 showed it had taken 83 of 89
seats
The results from Friday's vote strengthened the mandate of the party and of Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong amid an economic slowdown.
The win came six months after the death of his father, independence leader Lee Kuan Yew, plunged Singapore into mourning and generated a wave of patriotism.
Lee Hsien Loong, who won the Ang Mo Kio constituency, thanked his supporters for giving "us this very good result."
"We are very grateful, we are very happy, but at the same time, we are very humbled by the result. ... Tomorrow will be better than today. SG100 will be better than SG50," he said, referring to the 50 years that the PAP has ruled Singapore since independence in 1965.
The results from Friday's vote strengthened the mandate of the party and of Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong amid an economic slowdown.
The win came six months after the death of his father, independence leader Lee Kuan Yew, plunged Singapore into mourning and generated a wave of patriotism.
Lee Hsien Loong, who won the Ang Mo Kio constituency, thanked his supporters for giving "us this very good result."
"We are very grateful, we are very happy, but at the same time, we are very humbled by the result. ... Tomorrow will be better than today. SG100 will be better than SG50," he said, referring to the 50 years that the PAP has ruled Singapore since independence in 1965.
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