Png Eng Huat wins Hougang by-election - Channel NewsAsia
SINGAPORE: Workers' Party's Png Eng Huat has won the Hougang by-election with 13,447 votes against PAP's Desmond Choo's 8,210 votes.
Mr Png won the single-seat constituency with 62.09% of the vote, against Mr Choo's 37.91%.
The result was announced by Returning Officer, Yam Ah Mee, some two-and-a-half hours after polling closed at 8pm.
Separately, the Elections Department said that at the close of the poll, the total number of votes cast locally is 21,951 (inclusive of 294 rejected votes). This is 93.94% of the 23,368 registered electors in Hougang constituency.
The by-election was held to fill the seat vacated by former Member of Parliament Yaw Shin Leong, who was expelled from the Workers' Party following reports of his personal indiscretions.
Mr Yaw had won the seat in the May 2011 General Election with 64.8 per cent of the vote, against Mr Choo's 35.20 per cent.
Deputy Prime Minister Teo Chee Hean congratulated Mr Png for winning the by-election.
Mr Teo, who is the 1st Assistant Secretary-General of the People's Action Party (PAP), said he looks forward to Mr Png's contributions in Parliament.
- CNA/ir
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