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On 3 November 2017, then-Secretary-General and [[Aljunied Group Representation Constituency|Aljunied GRC]] incumbent MP [[Low Thia Khiang]] announced during a speech on the party's 60th anniversary that he would not contest the next party elections.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/singapore/workers-party-chief-low-thia-khiang-to-step-down-as-secretary-9374216|title=Workers' Party chief Low Thia Khiang to step down as secretary-general by next party election|last=Kotwani|first=Monica|date=3 November 2017|website=CNA|language=en|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171117031538/http://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/singapore/workers-party-chief-low-thia-khiang-to-step-down-as-secretary-9374216|archive-date=17 November 2017|access-date=8 January 2020}}</ref> During the party's 2016 Central Executive Committee election, [[Chen Show Mao]] had mounted a surprise challenge for the leadership post but lost the election to Low in a 41–65 vote. In the leadership election on 8 April 2018, [[ | On 3 November 2017, then-Secretary-General and [[Aljunied Group Representation Constituency|Aljunied GRC]] incumbent MP [[Low Thia Khiang]] announced during a speech on the party's 60th anniversary that he would not contest the next party elections.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/singapore/workers-party-chief-low-thia-khiang-to-step-down-as-secretary-9374216|title=Workers' Party chief Low Thia Khiang to step down as secretary-general by next party election|last=Kotwani|first=Monica|date=3 November 2017|website=CNA|language=en|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171117031538/http://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/singapore/workers-party-chief-low-thia-khiang-to-step-down-as-secretary-9374216|archive-date=17 November 2017|access-date=8 January 2020}}</ref> During the party's 2016 Central Executive Committee election, [[Chen Show Mao]] had mounted a surprise challenge for the leadership post but lost the election to Low in a 41–65 vote. In the leadership election on 8 April 2018, [[Pritam Singh]] was elected unopposed as successor to Low as the party's new Secretary-General.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/singapore/wp-new-chief-pritam-singh-low-thia-khiang-10116736|title=Pritam Singh elected new WP chief, succeeding Low Thia Khiang|last=Chia|first=Lianne|date=8 April 2018|website=CNA|language=en|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180614094229/https://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/singapore/wp-new-chief-pritam-singh-low-thia-khiang-10116736|archive-date=14 June 2018|access-date=8 January 2020}}</ref> | ||
Observers say that the lack of a contest was a good sign of internal unity, and that the party is keen to demonstrate its multiracial credentials now that it has a non-Chinese secretary-general, for the first time since 2001 with [[J. B. Jeyaretnam]].<ref>{{cite news |last1=Goh |first1=Cheryl |last2=Chia |first2=Lianne |title=Pritam Singh faces 'significant challenges' as secretary-general: Analyst |url=https://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/singapore/pritam-singh-faces-significant-challenges-as-secretary-general-10117420 |accessdate=28 May 2020 |agency=Channel News Asia |date=8 April 2018}}</ref> | Observers say that the lack of a contest was a good sign of internal unity, and that the party is keen to demonstrate its multiracial credentials now that it has a non-Chinese secretary-general, for the first time since 2001 with [[J. B. Jeyaretnam]].<ref>{{cite news |last1=Goh |first1=Cheryl |last2=Chia |first2=Lianne |title=Pritam Singh faces 'significant challenges' as secretary-general: Analyst |url=https://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/singapore/pritam-singh-faces-significant-challenges-as-secretary-general-10117420 |accessdate=28 May 2020 |agency=Channel News Asia |date=8 April 2018}}</ref> | ||
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| WP released a video featuring 12 faces of the party, including leader '''[[ | | WP released a video featuring 12 faces of the party, including leader '''[[Pritam Singh]]''', chairperson '''[[Sylvia Lim]]''', [[Non-constituency Member of Parliament|NCMP]] '''Dennis Tan''', former [[Punggol East SMC]] MP '''[[Lee Li Lian]]''' and former [[National Solidarity Party (Singapore)|NSP]] member '''[[Nicole Seah]]'''.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Workers’ Party releases GE video featuring 12 faces, including former NSP member Nicole Seah|url=https://www.todayonline.com/singapore/workers-party-releases-ge-video-featuring-12-faces-including-former-nsp-member-nicole-seah|access-date=2020-06-23|website=TODAYonline}}</ref> Incumbent MPs '''[[Chen Show Mao]]''', '''[[Muhamad Faisal Abdul Manap]]''' and former leader '''[[Low Thia Khiang]]''' were absent from the video. | ||
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