Singapore's ruling party wins another landslide in general elections extending its 66-year rule

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Singapore's ruling party wins another landslide in general elections extending its 66-year rule  The result is expected to bolster the leadership of Prime Minister Lawrence Wong, who took office over a year ago.  READ MORE : http://www.euronews.com/2025/05/03/singapores-long-ruling-party-set-to-win-in-another-landslide  Subscribe to our channel. Euronews is available on Dailymotion in 12 languages

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00:00Singapore's long ruling People's Action Party on Saturday extended its 66th year unbroken

00:06rule with yet another landslide victory in the country's general elections.

00:11According to the election department, the PAP won the key polls with 82 parliamentary

00:17seats.

00:18The party had earlier secured five seats without opposition, bringing its total number of MPs

00:23to 87.

00:24The result is expected to bolster the leadership of Prime Minister Lawrence Wong, who took

00:29office a year ago.

00:31We are grateful once again for your strong mandate and we will honour it.

00:37We will honour the trust that you have given to us by working even harder for all of you.

00:43Before the announcement, supporters of the PAP, which had ruled Singapore since 1959, gathered

00:49at the stadium, waving flags and cheering in an early celebration.

00:54Mr Wong, a US-trained economist who is also Singapore's finance minister, has a resounding mandate to

01:01guide a trade-reliant country through the economic uncertainty brought about by US President Donald

01:07Trump's tariffs.

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