Hung Parliament? Not likely in Singapore. But it is getting more common now.

Do not expect a hung parliament in Singapore in the coming GE. The PAP is expected to get less votes, perhaps also less seats. But it will still hold a comfortable majority.

This year, at least four parliamentary or legislative elections in the world ended in a hung situation. The latest was Japan where the LDP and partner combined lost their simple majority.

In India, Modi’s BJP as a single party lost her simple majority. Luckily, with the help of junior partners, Modi claimed victory as he obtained a simple majority.

White in France and Taiwan, one single party had a simple majority. These two places have presidents but their parliaments are still important institutions for checks and balances.

In the 2023 Thai general election, no single party achieved a simple majority. In the 2022 Malaysia general election, a hung parliament was declared. Both countries needed to find time and form alliances to form their governments. But they are doing much better than Germany.

In the German federal election 2021, under their proportional representation system, there was no single party having a single majority. The government was formed by a traffic light arrangement of three parties. And we now see how a powerful German economy becomes a sick man in Europe.

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Sub-standard PAP and the Singapore education system

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EBRC objectives: Stop “Out of Aljunied”, Stop SDP Breakthrough and “Negative-Asset” Ministers.

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