Dennis Tan retains WP stronghold Hougang SMC comfortably

Results for Hougang SMC in GE2025

The Workers' Party (WP) has won Hougang SMC against the People's Action Party (PAP).

WP's Dennis Tan received 16,900 votes while PAP's Marshall Lim received 10,285 votes.

"Thank you for continuing to accept me and the Workers’ Party to represent you. We belong to you, not the other way around," Tan said in his victory speech.

Lim arrived late at his party's assembly centre due to an incident at their Hougang branch. Police told media that an intoxicated man had torn PAP's posters and flags, and pushed two volunteers.

Hougang SMC has 29,464 electors.

In the 2020 general election, WP won Hougang SMC with a vote share of 61.19 per cent against PAP. 

The constituency is a WP stronghold, having been under the opposition party's hold since its former chief Low Thia Khiang won in the 1991 general election.

During his only rally on April 30, Lim argued that residents should not be beholden to this history and reputation, and that they have a chance to change this every five years.

WP chief Pritam Singh also suggested that Lim had appropriated Hougang's "fighting spirit" in his campaign, a notion the latter rejected.

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