Sunday, 8 May 2011

GE 2016?

Here are some of the areas that were hotly contested in GE 2011.
Sadly, all the areas belong to the eastern side of Singapore. Nowhere near my place.
Do expect these areas to be even hotter in 2016.

I believe in 2016, WP will target the areas surrounding it's newly created SUPER GRC (Aljunied-Hougang GRC) to expand it's influence and enjoy the economy of scale in running town council and activities.
It is also quite sad that people holding Aljunied addresses do not belong to Aljunied GRC but Marine Parade. Sometimes I do wonder how these boundaries were drawn.

At my place, people holding jurong west addresses spread themselves across 5 constituencies: Jurong GRC, West Coast GRC, Pioneer SMC, Hong Kah North SMC and even Choa Chu Kang GRC (connected by KJE)!

Defend: PAP will definitely seek to regain Hougang SMC and Aljunied GRC



Attack: Proximity to Aljunied-Hougang and low percentage votes for PAP.

Bishan-Toa Payoh GRC:
Helmed by Wong Kan Seng and Ng Eng Hen, but this GRC only garnered 57% against SPP (Chiam See Tong), making it a very vulnerable and possible target in the radar of WP.


East Coast GRC:
Lim Swee Say, brought over from Holland-Bukit Timah can't seem to help his MRT-BUS friend, Raymond Lim. Only managing 54.8% votes. WP will definitely swing it's hammer at it again!


Joo Chiat SMC:
Sudden departure of Chan Soo Sen made this place vulnerable and WP nearly got hold of this place!
Yee Jenn Jong made an impressive campaign here and got 49% votes! Way to go for the ex-TJCian!
Yee's parting shot :"If Joo Chiat is still around in the next GE, I will be back!"


Tampines GRC:
Interesting place. Interesting Minister MBT. On one hand, people want their HDB value to rise. On the other hand, people do not want their children to suffer due to high HDB prices.
Anyway, with only 57% votes for MBT and his gang, and if he is still in MND in 2016, I'm sure there will be Thor II.


Marine Parade GRC:
Well, I guess what SM Goh said during the campaigning did not go down too well with the people. But people do enjoy watching the "own goals" he scored and the fielding of an "underaged" player in the team.
With only 56.6% of votes, I'm not sure if he is going to say that it is a mandate at all. 
If TPL is still a candidate in 2016, SM Goh should consider fielding her in Pulau Ubin SMC or he should retire altogether.


Sengkang West SMC:
Reasonably a close contest. If this SMC is still around, WP should try to hammer it again.


Punggol East SMC:
What a waste that this contest became a 3-way fight and SDA was left badly bruised (deposit forfeited). With it's close proximity to WP's stronghold, this should be another SMC target battle ground for WP.



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