SINGAPORE: The Singapore Democratic Party (SDP) on Sunday (Apr 6) unveiled the five candidates who will contest in Sembawang Group Representation Constituency (GRC) in the upcoming General Election.
They are party vice-chairman Bryan Lim, treasurer Surayah Akbar, deputy head of policy James Gomez and members Damanhuri Abas and Alfred Tan.
The candidates were presented by party chairman Professor Paul Tambyah before a walkabout at Kampung Admiralty in Woodlands Drive.
Last month, Dr Chee said the SDP would embark on a "northern strategy" for the 2025 General Election and send a team to contest in Sembawang GRC.
He also announced that he would run in the new Sembawang West Single Member Constituency (SMC), which is among the six new single-seat constituencies that have been carved out.
Sembawang GRC is currently helmed by a five-member team from the ruling People's Action Party (PAP) led by Health Minister Ong Ye Kung. The other members are Mr Vikram Nair, Dr Lim Wee Kiak, Ms Mariam Jaafar and Ms Poh Li San.
Sembawang GRC is a familiar battleground for the SDP, having contested in the constituency in the 2006 and 2011 elections. But it lost to the PAP both times, getting 23.3 per cent of the votes in 2006 and 36.1 per cent in 2011.
The National Solidarity Party (NSP) contested the GRC in 2015 and 2020 and also lost to PAP.
Sembawang GRC will have 133,919 voters in the upcoming election.
Besides Sembawang GRC and SMC, the SDP has said it would also contest in Marsiling-Yew Tee GRC and Bukit Panjang SMC.
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They are party vice-chairman Bryan Lim, treasurer Surayah Akbar, deputy head of policy James Gomez and members Damanhuri Abas and Alfred Tan.
The candidates were presented by party chairman Professor Paul Tambyah before a walkabout at Kampung Admiralty in Woodlands Drive.
Last month, Dr Chee said the SDP would embark on a "northern strategy" for the 2025 General Election and send a team to contest in Sembawang GRC.
He also announced that he would run in the new Sembawang West Single Member Constituency (SMC), which is among the six new single-seat constituencies that have been carved out.
Sembawang GRC is currently helmed by a five-member team from the ruling People's Action Party (PAP) led by Health Minister Ong Ye Kung. The other members are Mr Vikram Nair, Dr Lim Wee Kiak, Ms Mariam Jaafar and Ms Poh Li San.
Sembawang GRC is a familiar battleground for the SDP, having contested in the constituency in the 2006 and 2011 elections. But it lost to the PAP both times, getting 23.3 per cent of the votes in 2006 and 36.1 per cent in 2011.
The National Solidarity Party (NSP) contested the GRC in 2015 and 2020 and also lost to PAP.
Sembawang GRC will have 133,919 voters in the upcoming election.
Besides Sembawang GRC and SMC, the SDP has said it would also contest in Marsiling-Yew Tee GRC and Bukit Panjang SMC.
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