PAP's Poh Li San thanks Sembawang West SDP opponent Chee Soon Juan, vows to serve every resident

PAP's Poh Li San, who was elected Member of Parliament (MP) for Sembawang SMC, expressed her gratitude to her opponent, Singapore Democratic Party (SDP) secretary-general Chee Soon Juan and his team.

In the early hours of May 4, Poh was declared the winner after scoring 53.19 per cent of the votes, while Chee scored 46.81 per cent of the votes.

Calling the contest for the seat "fierce", Poh thanked Chee for the contest and promised that she would do her best to serve every resident in the constituency, reported 8world News.

Poh delivered her remarks at the Yio Chu Kang stadium on May 4.

Election results 'very disappointing': Chee Soon Juan

Following the release of election results, Chee also addressed SDP supporters at the Ministry of Education (Evans) Stadium.

On SDP's overall performance, Chee said: "It's been a very disappointing set of results across the board".

In particular, he was surprised by the result in the Bukit Panjang SMC, where SDP chairman Paul Tambyah contested. 

In a re-match with PAP incumbent Liang Eng Hwa, Tambyah lost after scoring 38.59 per cent of votes, a decrease in vote share from his 2020 performance.

Chee said the SDP team would study the relevant data in the coming months and thanked the party's supporters.

He added that he would hold a press conference to answer further questions.

Chee narrowly missed out on a non-constituency member of parliament (NCMP) seat, which will go to Workers' Party (WP) candidate Andre Low, who contested in Jalan Kayu SMC, and another WP candidate for Tampines GRC.

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