75 potential new faces from PAP, WP, PSP, SDP, & more that might be running in GE2025

Every election will see quite a number of new faces turning up for different political parties.

We've rounded up every candidate that has had their name bandied around these past few months, and some new faces that have surfaced as the election draws closer.

So how does this list work? If this is a prospective candidate's first time potentially participating in an election, they go on the list.

And if you have participated in a GE before, if you are rumoured to be representing a party you have never ran for before, you make the list too.

For example, both Lam Pin Min and Kala Manickam took part in GE 2020, both did not get elected, both are expected (one more certain than the other of course) to run in the upcoming GE.

Lam would not make the list as he would most likely run for PAP (the same party he ran for in 2020), but Kala would make the list, as this is the first time she would run with Red Dot United (her previous GE run was with the Progress Singapore Party).

With that out of the way, here are all the folks that have been rumoured to be running and where they could potentially run.

PAP

In GE 2020, PAP fielded a whopping 27 new candidates.

So the following list might seem like a lot, but it's probably not too outside the realm of possibility.

One way to see if someone is going to be a potential PAP candidate is to see if they are a branch chairperson for a constituency they are challenging for.

Which is a great segue to kick off our list.

Adrian Ang, 42

PAP has seen quite a bit of a shakeup in their Aljunied branch, one of them being former vice-chairperson Adrian Ang replacing Victor Lye as chair of the Bedok Reservoir-Punggol branch.

Ang is a director at Chye Thiam Maintenance, which provides integrated facility and environmental management services.

Constituency: Aljunied GRC

Bernadette Giam, 38

Another chairperson situation. Giam replaced Marcus Loh, who himself had only come in as chair in 2023, as chair of Sengkang East.

Giam and her sister, Bonnie Wong, run Creative Eateries, which has brands like Bangkok Jam and Suki-Ya.

Constituency: Sengkang GRC

Cassandra Lee, 30s

Lee started volunteering in Yuhua 16 years ago and has led a Barrier-Free-Accessibility project for the division, working closely with residents and the town council. She was seen in an event at Jurong East-Bukit Batok GRC.

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She's a lawyer specialising in technology, artificial intelligence and cybersecurity at management consultancy EY. She was also one of the first eight new potential candidates featured in PM Wong's first new faces video.

Potential constituency: Jurong East-Bukit Batok GRC

Charlene Chen, 43

The NTU marketing professor has been seen around Tampines for quite a while.

Chen was originally a member of the Tampines Town Council, before becoming a second adviser to the grassroots organisations in Tampines GRC.

She was recently at the Tampines Five-Year Masterplan unveiling at Sports Fiesta.

She is seen as a likely replacement for Cheng Li Hui.

Potential constituency: Tampines GRC

Choo Pei Ling, 38

Choo is a neuroscientist, and a professor at SIT.

She's been a volunteer at Marine Parade for a while now, and was seen at a recent Ramadan event at MacPherson, along with namesake Tin Pei Ling and other Marine Parade GRC members, Tan See Leng, Seah Kian Peng, and Fahmi Aliman.

She has recently been spotted at Chua Chu Kang GRC events. She was introduced as one of the candidates for Chua Chu Kang GRC.

Constituency: Marine Parade-Braddell Heights GRC or Chua Chu Kang GRC

Chua Wei-Shan, 36

Chua is the organising secretary of the Young PAP, and the executive director of BX Creatives, a product design, manufacturing and sourcing company.

She was initially tipped to be a potential part of the West Coast GRC team, along with two other names we'll touch on later in the article.

However, The Straits Times reported that she had recently been seen at events in Chua Chu Kang.

Potential constituency: Chua Chu Kang GRC

Daniel Liu, 40

Another of the Aljunied Branch Chairs. Liu took over as branch chair of Paya Lebar from Kenny Sim, who reportedly stepped down due to health reasons.

Liu is the managing director of the urban planning consultancy, Morrow Architects and Planners and the executive director of Morrow Intelligence, an urban data analytics planning firm.

He is also the son of Singapore's first master planner, Liu Thai Ker.

Here's his profile picture on his Politician Page on Facebook.

Constituency: Aljunied GRC

David Hoe, 37

Hoe is the director of philanthropy over at registered charity, The Majurity Trust.

He had earlier been seen at Jalan Besar GRC with Denise Phua, but ST recently reported seeing him around Tampines GRC.

He was most recently seen in an event at Jurong East-Bukit Batok GRC.

Potential constituency: Jurong East-Bukit Batok GRC.

David Neo

The former chief of army stepped down on Mar. 21, 2025.

Which has led to rumours that Neo might run in the upcoming election.

In 2015, then-chief of defence force, Ng Chee Meng resigned less than a month before the election. Neo has since been spotted at Tampines GRC events.

Potential constituency: Tampines GRC

Deryne Sim, 40

Deryne Sim, a media and entertainment lawyer with more than 10 years' experience, was seen giving out oranges to Nee Soon residents alongside Minister K Shanmugam in Nee Soon GRC on Jan. 26.

Sim is a former committee member of the LGBTQ+ activist group Pink Dot.

She also gives pro-bono legal advice at Meet-the-People sessions.

Constituency: Nee Soon GRC

Diana Pang, 51

Pang is a business development director, and the chairperson of the Fengshan Women's Executive Committee and the People's Association Women's Integration Network Council.

Pang has been seen in Marine Parade-Braddell Heights GRC.

Potential constituency: Marine Parade-Braddell Heights GRC

Dinesh Vasu Dash, 49

The CEO of Agency for Integrated Care (AIC), Dinesh Vasu Dash, is reportedly resigning in the coming days, according to Zaobao.

Dinesh served in the Singapore Armed Forces for over twenty years.

He left as a brigadier-general and joined MOH, where he was appointed the group director of MOH's crisis strategy and operations group during the Covid-19 pandemic.

Dinesh then left MOH to join the Agency of Integrated Care, a subsidiary of MOH Holdings, to serve as its chief executive. He was recently seen at walkabouts with the East Coast GRC team.

Potential constituency: East Coast GRC

Elmie Nekmat, 43

Elmie is the branch chair of Sengkang Central, taking over from Amrin Amin back in 2022.

The Associate Professor at the Department of Communications and New Media in NUS has been a party activist since 2016, including with the Young PAP and Malay Affairs Bureau.

Constituency: Sengkang GRC

Elysa Chen

Chen, is the executive director of social service agency CampusImpact.

Chen previously served as a PAP volunteer in Punggol, and was recently seen on a walkabout with Bishan-Toa Payoh GRC MP Chee Hong Tat.

Potential constituency: Bishan-Toa Payoh GRC

Faisal Abdul Aziz, 37

Another new Aljunied branch chairs. Faisal took over Shamsul Kumar for the Kaki Bukit branch.

Faisal is the clinical director of dental group Nuffield Dental, and according to Shamsul, has served the Kaki Bukit branch for almost 10 years.

Constituency: Aljunied GRC

Foo Cexiang, 40

ST broke the news of the director for private and future mobility division at the Ministry of Transport resigning.

ST also reported that Foo was "set to run" for the upcoming GE. In recent days, he has been seen with the Pasir Ris-Punggol team.

Potential constituency: Punggol GRC

Gabriel Lam, 42

The COO of Shalom Movers has been touted as a potential candidate since 2024.

In the run up to GE 2025, Lam has been spotted with Tampines GRC MP Koh Poh Koon.

Potential constituency: Tampines GRC

Gho Sze Khee, 45

According to CNA, Gho has been spotted at community events with Mountbatten SMC's Lim Biow Chuan.

The maritime lawyer and Branch Secretary of PAP Bukit Timah has also been featured heavily in Lim's recent walkabouts.

Potential constituency: Mountbatten SMC

Goh Hanyan, 39

Goh Hanyan is a director at MDDI, and was previously the director of economy and sustainability at the Prime Minister's Office.

CNA reported that the senior civil servant was seen at a Meet-The-People session at Zhenghua, which is in the Holland-Bukit Timah GRC. Goh was more recently seen at Nee Soon events.

Potential constituency: Nee Soon GRC

Goh Pei Ming, 42

The former army chief of staff has been spotted at Punggol and East Coast, sparking speculation that these two areas might be potentially where he will be running.

Potential constituency: East Coast GRC or Punggol GRC

Hamid Razak, 38

West Coast GRC MP Desmond Lee, who made his election debut in Jurong GRC, visited Jurong Spring with Hamid recently.

The orthopaedic surgeon and assistant branch secretary of Jurong Spring has also posted photos of recent community events in Jurong Spring.

With the latest one being a Buka Puasa event with West Coast GRC MP Foo Mee Har and Jurong GRC MP Rahayu Mahzam.

Potential constituency: West Coast-Jurong West GRC

Hazlina Abdul Halim, 40

Touted as one of the potential new faces for PAP in late-2024 by ST, Hazlina has been one of the more prominent volunteers for MacPherson MP Tin Pei Ling.

While MacPherson has been subsumed into the future Marine Parade-Braddell Heights, the director of Mendaki and CEO of Make a Wish has still been seen with many members of the current Marine Parade GRC as recently as Mar. 22.

Potential constituency: Marine Parade-Braddell Heights GRC

Jagathishwaran Rajo, 38

The final entry on this list for the presumptive PAP Aljunied team.

Jagathishwaran is an assistant director at NTUC.

He also served as branch secretary of Zhenghua, in the Holland-Bukit Timah GRC, for eight years, and is currently the branch chair of Eunos.

Constituency: Aljunied GRC

Jasmin Lau, 42

One of the relatively newer speculative candidates that has emerged in the lead-up to the elections, Lau was the Deputy Secretary (Policy) at the Ministry of Health.

According to an email seen by ST, Lau will be leaving the administrative service, which is the highest tier of civil service in Singapore.

She was seen with SM Lee at Hougang Village with other Ang Mo Kio GRC members, and Victor Lye.

Potential constituency: Ang Mo Kio GRC

Jeffrey Siow, 46

Another senior civil servant, Siow, holds the role of Second Permanent Secretary at both the Ministry of Manpower (MOM) and the Ministry of Trade and Industry (MTI).

He is the most senior civil servant to resign from the civil service ahead of GE2025 thus far.

He was the principal private secretary (PPS) to Senior Minister Lee Hsien Loong when he was PM.

Its alumni include PM Lawrence Wong and Health Minister Ong Ye Kung, who were both PPS to Lee.

His last day will be on Apr. 1, 2025. According to ST, he is "set to enter politics". He was recently seen at an event at Chua Chu Kang GRC. He was confirmed to be standing in Chua Chu Kang GRC.

Constituency: Chua Chu Kang GRC

Kawal Pal Singh, 41

Singh, a lawyer at Tito Isaac & Co, previously volunteered at Sengkang with Lam Pin Min.

He was recently seen on a walkabout with Bishan-Toa Payoh GRC MP Chee Hong Tat.

Potential constituency: Bishan-Toa Payoh GRC

Marshall Lim, 38

Lim, a lawyer specialising in criminal law, recently took over Jackson Lam as Hougang branch chair.

He was also previously head of criminal practice at Invictus Law, which was started by PAP activist Josephus Tan

Constituency: Hougang SMC

Melissa Tan, 46

Tan is the Chief Executive Officer of waste management firm Wah and Hua, and was spotted at Bedok 58 market with East Coast GRC MPs.

She was more recently seen at a Chingay event at East Coast with some of the GRC MPs.

Most recently however, she was seen with Hong Kah SMC MP Amy Khor and another potential candidate Chua Wei Shan at Bukit Batok West hawker center.

Potential constituency: East Coast GRC

Natasha Choy, 30s

Choy is the director of youth development at NTUC. She has been seen on walkabouts in the West Coast area with MP Foo Mee Har.

She is one of three new faces that was spotted by ST with Foo in Feb (the other two being Valerie Lee and Chua Wei-Shan).

Lee and Chua, however, have been spotted at other battlegrounds since then.

Foo's constituency will be under the West Coast-Jurong West GRC.

Potential constituency: West Coast-Jurong West GRC

Ng Shi Xuan, 35

Ng Shi Xuan is the director of battery company Powermark Battery and Hardware Trading.

He was introduced by Sembawang GRC MP Ong Ye Kung at an OCBC SeniorCare programme at the Bukit Canberra ActiveSG Sport Hall on Mar. 29.

Potential constituency: Sembawang GRC

Raj Joshua Thomas, 45

The former NMP and managing partner of law firm Tang Thomas LLC resigned from his NMP duties on Feb. 14.

He announced his intention to apply for a membership in PAP, and said he would "answer the call" if he was chosen to run for the election.

Potential constituency:???

Shahrin Abdol Salam, 51

Shahrin, who resigned as the chief executive officer of Singapore Post’s local operations on Feb. 2025, was spotted at the Woodlands Ramadan Bazaar with the Sembawang GRC MPs on Feb. 23, 2025.

He was more recently spotted at the launch of the Bukit Canberra Forest Gym and Canberra Cove on Mar. 23, 2025.

Potential constituency: Sembawang GRC

Shawn Loh, 38

Loh, director of security and resilience programmes at the Ministry of Finance, was the budget director for both 2024, and 2025.

According to ST, Loh has resigned from his civil service position, leading to speculation he might run in the coming GE. He was recently spotted at Jalan Besar GRC with Josephine Teo and other Jalan Besar GRC MPs.

Potential constituency: Jalan Besar GRC

Syed Harun Alhabsyi, 39

The second former NMP on this list, Syed Harun resigned on the same day as Raj, and is speculated to be running in the upcoming election.

Syed Harun published his resignation letter on his Facebook page on Feb. 14. In the post, he shared he was exploring opportunities to serve "in a different capacity". He has since been seen at various events at Nee Soon GRC.

Potential constituency: Nee Soon GRC

Theodora Lai, 39

The final member of PAP's presumptive Sengkang team on this list, and the branch chair of Sengkang North.

She is also the co-founder of venture capital firm, Morinaga Ventures. Lai has also been a community volunteer since 2009.

Constituency: Sengkang GRC

Valerie Lee Nai Yi, 38

Lee, Sembcorp's head of corporate affairs for Singapore and Southeast Asia, was spotted at functions at West Coast GRC in late-2024.

However more recently, she has been seen with ministers from the Pasir Ris-Punggol GRC.

ST has also reported earlier that Lee had been seen at East Coast GRC.

She was also recently on an Ubin walkabout with Pasir Ris-Punggol GRC MPs.

Potential constituencies: Pasir Ris-Changi GRC

Now that about covers it for the ruling party, what about their primary challenger?

Workers' Party

WP fielded 12 new candidates (we will count Nicole Seah as a new candidate, because this was the first time she competed with WP) out of a total of 21 candidates in the 2020 election.

This time around experts predict the party will contest around 31 seats.

WP has always been tight-lipped about where their candidates will stand in an upcoming election. In 2015, Low Thia Khiang continued the party's tradition of announcing the slate of candidates before nomination day, but not where they were running in.

Current WP leader Pritam Singh appears to be abiding by that same rule. An ST article cited Singh at a WP forum saying there was little purpose to reveal who their candidates would be and where they would stand before nomination day, without a "strategic or tactical" reason.

This is a very rough, and potentially super-inaccurate, gauge of who will run, but potential candidates that have a public Facebook page like this:

Or a variant of that descriptor, like public service, or even politician, will be a good bet for an election run in the upcoming election. Keep that in mind.

Anyway let's run through the potential new faces for WP.

Abdul Muhaimin Abdul Malik, 35

Sengkang GRC will need one more candidate to replace Raeesah Khan for the upcoming election.

And considering how tightly WP holds their cards to their chest, it involves quite a bit of guesswork to their potential candidates prior to nomination day.

This pick though might actually be one of the less speculative candidates.

The Senior Property Manager with Aljunied-Hougang Town Council has been spotted on many walkabouts with Sengkang GRC MPs.

Perhaps more pointedly, Pritam posted a photo of the three current Sengkang MPs with Muhaimin, referring to them as "Team Sengkang".

Potential constituency: Sengkang GRC

Andre Low, 33

A strategy consultant with the Boston Consulting Group and a member of the WP media team.

Low has been tipped by ST to compete in Tampines GRC (along with three others whom we will get to), where WP is preparing for a potential four-corner fight.

Potential constituency: Tampines GRC

Ang Boon Yaw, 42

The senior associate at Yeo Marini is seen as a potential candidate for this GE.

He is often seen with Kenneth Foo Seck Guan, who ran in East Coast for the 2020 GE, on walkabouts.

Ang is also the deputy organising secretary of the WP, currently serving his second term in the CEC.

Potential constituency: East Coast GRC

Afifah Khalid, 42

The second of the four potential new candidates the media has picked out that might run in Tampines.

According to ST, Afifah is an associate director in the financial services industry.

Potential constituency: Tampines GRC

Harpreet Singh Nehal, 59

FACEBOOK ALERT, FACEBOOK ALERT. One of the only potential new candidates from WP with a public Facebook page that looked like the one mentioned earlier.

Singh, who's a senior counsel, has been spotted walking the grounds with other WP members since 2023.

He has been seen with GE 2020 Marine Parade candidates, Nathaniel Koh and Fadli Fawzi, at Marine Parade.

However a Mar. 20 ST article cited political observers saying Singh could easily be redeployed to other battlegrounds like East Coast GRC.

An extensive profile feature of Singh can be found on online magazine Jom.

Potential constituency: Marine Parade-Braddell Heights GRC

Jackson Au, 35

Au is a senior manager for corporate affairs and marketing at the London Stock Exchange Group.

He is also part of the WP media team and an executive committee member for the youth wing.

He has been seen at various WP battlegrounds, including at Marine Parade, with CNA pointing out that he has been "most active" in the Serangoon division of the Aljunied GRC.

That division was previously overseen by Leon Perera, who resigned from the party.

Potential constituency: Aljunied GRC or Marine Parade-Braddell Heights GRC

Jasper Kuan, 46

The third of the potential Tampines WP team. Kuan is a strategist in the financial and digital payment sectors.

The WP party member has been seen on walkabouts and events in Tampines.

Potential constituency: Tampines GRC

Jeraldine Phneah, 32

Phneah is a long-time volunteer for WP, and has been seen on walkabouts in the Marine Parade-Braddell Heights GRC.

An account director at Alphasense, WP's 2020 Marine Parade team member Fadli Fawzi praised Phneah in the caption of a Facebook reel on Mar. 18.

Potential constituency: Marine Parade-Braddell Heights GRC

Jimmy Tan, 53

The last of the media's speculative Tampines WP candidate. According to media reports, Tan is self-employed.

He is also Pritam Singh's legislative assistant.

Potential constituency: Tampines GRC

Kenneth Tiong, 36

According to ST, Tiong has been seen at walkabouts and events at Aljunied GRC in 2024.

The tech executive is also one of the folks with a recently set up public Facebook profile.

Potential constituency: Aljunied GRC

Michael Thng, 37

Thng was one of the two candidates featured in ST's Apr. 3 article highlighting the 17 new WP faces possibly contesting the upcoming election.

The Harvard Kennedy School Master's graduate is the editor-in-chief of Singapore Policy Journal. ST reports that he is likely to stand in Tampines.

Potential constituency: Tampines GRC

Ong Lue Ping, 47

The second of the new candidates in ST's Apr. 3 article.

According to ST, the senior principal clinical psychologist at IMH was seen on the ground at the new Punggol GRC, and worked as a case writer for Hougang SMC MP Dennis Tan for some months.

Potential constituency: Punggol GRC

And that completes the non-exhaustive list for WP, now on to the party with the third-most members in the parliament.

Progress Singapore Party

PSP made quite the splash in the previous general election, securing the best-performing loss of the GE in West Coast GRC, which in turn propelled Hazel Poa and Leong Mun Wai into parliament as NCMPs.

During a walkabout in Taman Jurong, now part of the West Coast-Jurong West constituency, Tan Cheng Bock said this area was "not new to him", he also said the party was keeping their "options open".

So can they build on their impressive debut in the last election?

Under our established criteria, technically everyone who ran for PSP in 2020 was a new candidate back then since that was their maiden election, but who might join the still relatively new party this time round?

Angela Oon, 46

A former WP candidate for Nee Soon in 2011, Oon has been in PSP since 2020.

Oon has been seen on walkabouts in the Chua Chu Kang area.

Potential constituencies: Chua Chu Kang GRC

Lawrence Pek, 55

The former Secretary-General of the Singapore Manufacturing Federation was pictured with PSP's Leong Mun Wai at the National Day reception at the Istana.

According to a PSP video highlighting some of their volunteers, Pek said he met Leong around Aug. 2023, and that was how he got involved with PSP.

Potential constituencies: Chua Chu Kang GRC

Sani Ismail

The managing director of management consultancy firm Deesolo International has been touted as a potential candidate for the upcoming election, he also has one of those Facebook pages we talked about.

According to Zaobao, Sani has been involved with PSP since mid-2024. While he has been spotted in the Chua Chu Kang area, he was also part of the three new faces that was in the Taman Jurong walkabout.

Potential constituencies: Chua Chu Kang GRC

Stella Stan Lee

Lee, a former TV journalist, has been seen on walkabouts at the Chua Chu Kang area, and has been with the PSP since early 2024.

She was also one of the three new faces (Sani Ismail and Sumarleki) that joined Tan Cheng Bock on his walkabout at Taman Jurong.

Potential constituency: Chua Chu Kang GRC

Stephanie Tan, 36

Tan is a full-time housewife and a former legal counsel. She was spotted with Tan Cheng Bock at the walkabout on Feb. 23 where he confirmed he was running.

Tan has been with the PSP since Aug. 2023. When asked if Tan would be running in the upcoming election, CNA reported Tan Cheng Bock as saying: "Are you asking me my secret? I’m not telling you, you will see it on nomination day".

She was also at their recent walkabout at Jurong West, along with Angela Oon and Lawrence Pek.

Potential constituency: West Coast-Jurong West GRC

Sumarleki Amjah

Sumarleki has been with the PSP since mid-2024, and was one of the new faces (along with Sani and Lee) at PSP's first walkabout in Taman Jurong.

He is also the head of the Packaged Food and Business Development at Delmonte, and was featured in their volunteer series.

Potential constituency: ???

Tony Tan Lay Thiam, 54

Formerly with Reform Party and the NSP, the co-founder, along with his wife Hazel Poa, of Smartlab Education Centre, is now a PSP member.

He was spotted on walkabouts with the party and was introduced as a potential candidate by Poa during a walkabout at Kebun Baru SMC.

Potential constituency: Kebun Baru SMC

Jispal Singh

Along with Stephanie Tan, Sumarleki Amjah, Lawrence Pek, and Angela Foo, Singh was also highlighted in PSP's video series on their volunteers.

Singh, who's a lawyer, joined PSP in 2019, and is part of their CEC. He is co-head of their free legal clinic.

Potential constituency: ???

And that about does it for PSP, now we'll focus on the other parties, the ones that do not currently have any member in parliament, but who knows, maybe one of their newcomers will change that.

SDP

Ariffin Sha, 27

The founder of alternative news site Wake Up, Singapore was seen at an SDP event at Marsiling-Yew Tee GRC on Apr. 13.

He was later announced as one of the four members that will be competing in the Marsiling-Yew Tee GRC for GE 2025.

Constituency: Marsiling-Yew Tee GRC

Gigene Wong, 58

The former CEO of Gulf Oil China is the second new candidate announced for the Marsiling-Yew Tee ticket for 2025. She is no stranger to politics, having run for PSP back in 2020, but this will be her first time representing SDP in an election.

She will round up the Marsiling-Yew Tee SDP ticket that also consists of Jufri Salim, Alec Tok, and Ariffin Sha.

Constituency: Marsiling-Yew Tee GRC

Surayah Akbar, 41

According to CNA, SDP's party chairman Paul Tambyah had said in 2024 during a campaign launch that Akbar would "pretty certainly" be a candidate in the next general election.

SDP's treasurer has been with the party for nearly 20 years, and is a marketing executive at Kraton Music Publishing, she has mostly featured in the party's drives in Marsiling-Yew Tee, which was one of the areas SDP contested back in 2020. She has also walked the ground at Sembawang GRC for the last three years.

She was recently introduced as part of team Sembawang for SDP.

Constituency: Sembawang GRC

Red Dot United

Benjamin Puah, 48

Puah is a contemporary artist and community art organiser whose works have been exhibited across Asia, Europe, Australia, and the United States.

He was presented as a team lead for Jurong East-Bukit Batok GRC.

Potential constituency: Jurong East-Bukit Batok GRC

Emily Woo, 58

RDU introduced Emily Woo, a piano teacher who has a music degree, over the weekend, ST reported.

Woo is listed as one of RDU's CEC members, and will be doing most of the groundwork in Jalan Kayu SMC ahead of the election, and will be taking the lead in the area.

Potential constituency: Jalan Kayu SMC

Harish Mohanadas, 39

Harish is a principal software engineer who previously worked in infrastructure.

He was introduced as a team lead for Jurong East-Bukit Batok GRC.

Potential constituency: Jurong East-Bukit Batok

Kala Manickam, 57

One of the candidates for PSP during the previous election, she was part of the Nee Soon team that lost to PAP.

While she has not been confirmed as a candidate, the specialist educator and business owner has been introduced as RDU's "groundwork leader" at Jalan Kayu SMC.

Potential constituency: Jalan Kayu SMC

Mohd Fazli Talip, 43

The financial consultant is another case of new face for a specific party but not in general politics.

The former WP GE2011 candidate was introduced as a team lead for Holland-Bukit Timah GRC.

Potential constituency: Holland-Bukit Timah GRC

Patrick Tan Seow Hoe, 70

Tan started a SMC 15 years ago and now co-manages it with his granddaughter.

He was introduced as a team lead for Holland-Bukit Timah GRC.

Potential constituency: Holland-Bukit Timah GRC.

Pang Heng Chuan, 55

While it is unclear how many constituencies RDU will contest, the party has said they have 20 potential candidates in the pipeline. One of them being Pang Heng Chuan.

Pang is the director of a smart street lighting company in China, and is on the central executive committee of RDU.

He was seen during a porridge distribution event at Bukit Batok East Point, which will fall under the new Jurong East-Bukit Batok GRC. However he was announced as a team lead for Nee Soon GRC.

Potential constituency: Nee Soon GRC

Sharad Kumar Thirupathi Ayya, 25

The Assistant Engineer (Hardware) was introduced along with the team at Holland-Bukit Timah.

Potential constituency: Holland-Bukit Timah

Sharon Lin, 40

The senior consultant inn the IT Services sector is no stranger to politics, having recently served on the CEC of PPP.

According to CNA, Lin was introduced as team lead for Nee Soon GRC.

Potential constituency: Nee Soon GRC

Syed Alwi Ahmad, 56

Rounding up the three potential candidates announced for Nee Soon is Syed Alwi Ahmad.

According to ST, he is a private school teacher and RDU’s head of policy and its Malay bureau.

Potential constituency: Nee Soon GRC

People's Power Party

Arbaah Haroun, 50

The entrepreneur was part of a Tampines walkabout where potential new candidates were introduced by Goh Meng Seng.

She has been a volunteer at PPP for some time before potentially running in this election.

Potential constituency: Tampines GRC

Heng Zheng Dao, 24

The horticulturalist was introduced, along with two other new faces, during the party's walkabout at Chong Boon Market & Food Centre in Ang Mo Kio on Apr. 5, 2025 as a potential candidate.

PPP also announced that they were planning to compete in Ang Mo Kio GRC.

Potential constituency: Ang Mo Kio GRC

Martinn Ho, 64

A former engineer dealing with environmental protection and developmental control, he was one of the new candidates introduced during the Tampines walkabout.

Potential constituency: Tampines GRC

Peter Soh, 65

Peter Soh is the founder of green technology company Hydroball. He was present at the Tampines walkabout, although secretary general Goh Meng Seng has not committed to the finalised slate or if they will be contesting in Tampines.

Potential constituency: Tampines GRC

Samuel Lee, 33

The second of the Ang Mo Kio trio. Lee is an IT executive between jobs.

Potential constituency: Ang Mo Kio GRC

Thaddeus Thomas, 43

Thomas works in the construction industry, and is the final member of the three potential candidates introduced at Ang Mo Kio.

Potential constituency: Ang Mo Kio GRC

Vere Nathan, 26

According to CNA, Vere is an operations executive of a landscaping company and joined PPP in recent months.

While he was part of the walkabout at Yishun, Goh Meng Seng recently announced that PPP would not be competing in Nee Soon GRC.

Potential constituency: ???