Overseas votes for GE2025 counted at Elections Department Headquarters

The counting of overseas ballots for the 2025 General Election took place on May 15, Thursday at the Elections Department headquarters.

Of the 17,237 registered overseas voters in all contested electoral divisions:

5,966 out of 8,091 overseas voters who had registered to vote in-person in all contested electoral divisions cast their votes at the ten overseas polling stations.

7,808 out of 9,146 postal voters in all contested electoral divisions downloaded the postal ballots, of which 6,097 were received in Singapore by the deadline stipulated and 3,363 were accepted for counting.

Here are the overseas results:

Votes are counted in the presence of candidates from various political parties and their counting agents. 

Among the candidates were Workers’ Party members Sylvia Lim, He Ting Ru, Muhamad Faisal Abdul Manap, Michael Thng, and Yee Jenn Jong. Progress Singapore Party’s Leong Mun Wai, and Singapore Democratic Alliance’s Desmond Lim were also present.

Counting of votes cast by overseas voters must be conducted no earlier than 10 days after Polling Day to allow sufficient time for the overseas votes to reach Singapore.

A pre-count examination of postal voting papers is first conducted to sieve out votes that cannot be counted, such as torn envelopes or votes that are posted on or after Polling Day.

Rules relating to the rejection of overseas votes are generally the same as those for votes cast locally.

A recount of overseas votes may take place under these conditions.

Photos by Tiana/Mothership