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[[File:Polling station signs, Holland-Bukit Timah GRC, Singapore - 20150911.jpg|thumb|upright|Signs pointing to polling stations in [[Clementi, Singapore|Clementi]], in [[Holland-Bukit Timah Group Representation Constituency|Holland-Bukit Timah GRC]]]] | [[File:Polling station signs, Holland-Bukit Timah GRC, Singapore - 20150911.jpg|thumb|upright|Signs pointing to polling stations in [[Clementi, Singapore|Clementi]], in [[Holland-Bukit Timah Group Representation Constituency|Holland-Bukit Timah GRC]]]] | ||
After polls closed at 8pm, vote counting began. Results were announced by Ng Wai Choong, chief executive director of the [[Energy Market Authority]], who acted as the Returning Officer for the election.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.straitstimes.com/GeneralElection/News/Story/STIStory_666918.html|title=Yam Ah Mee: GE's new Internet star|last=Wong|first=Tessa|date=10 May 2011|work=Straits Times|accessdate=10 May 2011}}</ref> The first result was declared at 11.31pm on 11 September where PAP candidate [[Lam Pin Min]] won the [[Sengkang West Single Member Constituency]] with a majority of 17,564. The last result was declared at 3.10am on 12 September where [[ | After polls closed at 8pm, vote counting began. Results were announced by Ng Wai Choong, chief executive director of the [[Energy Market Authority]], who acted as the Returning Officer for the election.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.straitstimes.com/GeneralElection/News/Story/STIStory_666918.html|title=Yam Ah Mee: GE's new Internet star|last=Wong|first=Tessa|date=10 May 2011|work=Straits Times|accessdate=10 May 2011}}</ref> The first result was declared at 11.31pm on 11 September where PAP candidate [[Lam Pin Min]] won the [[Sengkang West Single Member Constituency]] with a majority of 17,564. The last result was declared at 3.10am on 12 September where [[Workers' Party]] team contesting [[Aljunied Group Representation Constituency]], led by party's secretary-general [[Low Thia Khiang]], won the constituency by a narrow margin of 1.9%, or a majority of 2,612. | ||
Contrary to expectations of a tougher contest with all constituencies being contested by the opposition parties, PAP won its best ever results since the 2001 general election, achieving a swing of 9.7% to achieve 69.9% of the vote as compared to the previous election in 2011 when it received 60.1%. The PAP unexpectedly reclaimed the constituency of [[Punggol East Single Member Constituency|Punggol East]] after it was lost to WP in a 2013 by-election, and achieved a swing in Aljunied GRC large enough to force a vote recount although the WP retained the constituency. With six elected seats for WP, three seats for the [[Non-Constituency Member of Parliament]] were eligible to complete a minimum of nine opposition members; WP was qualified for all three seats by-virtue of being the top three losing performers for the election (the single member constituencies of Punggol East (later declined) and [[Fengshan Single Member Constituency|Fengshan]], and one seat (later two) for the [[East Coast Group Representation Constituency]]), and thus WP had nine represented seats for the upcoming Parliament. | Contrary to expectations of a tougher contest with all constituencies being contested by the opposition parties, PAP won its best ever results since the 2001 general election, achieving a swing of 9.7% to achieve 69.9% of the vote as compared to the previous election in 2011 when it received 60.1%. The PAP unexpectedly reclaimed the constituency of [[Punggol East Single Member Constituency|Punggol East]] after it was lost to WP in a 2013 by-election, and achieved a swing in Aljunied GRC large enough to force a vote recount although the WP retained the constituency. With six elected seats for WP, three seats for the [[Non-Constituency Member of Parliament]] were eligible to complete a minimum of nine opposition members; WP was qualified for all three seats by-virtue of being the top three losing performers for the election (the single member constituencies of Punggol East (later declined) and [[Fengshan Single Member Constituency|Fengshan]], and one seat (later two) for the [[East Coast Group Representation Constituency]]), and thus WP had nine represented seats for the upcoming Parliament. | ||