Singapore Election 2011

This year there will be 82 out of 87 seats to be contested in this Singapore Election 2011. The ruling party, People’s Action Party (PAP) is not given the mandate to form the government as the opposition parties are out in full force this year and with higher caliber candidates. The election fever is rising. It will be an exciting time to follow the election campaigns. This year, many Generation Y Singapore citizens are eligible to vote. This group of citizens who are born in the prosperous years of Singapore and have not experienced much hardship as their parents may create a wild swing in the election results. Many Singaporeans will be glued to the television on Sat, 7 May 2011 to view the results.

How will the results be? Will the ruling party, PAP be edged out like the Japan’s ruling party, Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) which lost to the opposition party in 2009 after governing Japan for about 54 years. PAP has been the dominating party in Singapore since 1959. There are many possible scenarios. Any freak result will greatly affect foreign investments and financial markets. One of the factors affecting foreign investments is the political stability of the country. Our assets, jobs and families depend on the wisdom of the government to make decisions to protect our interests. A good and wise government will help us prosper.

There are already many interesting jokes, forums’ comments, poems, photos and videos circulating around the internet regarding this coming election. Never know that many Singaporeans are so creative to come out with such interesting articles.

I hope Singaporean will vote wisely and make their votes count. As for me, I will vote for the candidates that I think can best serve my constituency and for the country. The party’s brand is secondary.