Singapore’s ruling party faces its latest test in winning back support in a by-election, nearly two years after its weakest performance at nationwide polls.
About 31,649 people, or 1.4 percent of the electorate, are expected to vote today in Punggol East district. The seat in the northeastern district fell vacant after Speaker of Parliament Michael Palmer, a candidate from the ruling party who won with 54.5 percent of the vote in 2011, stepped down in December over an extramarital affair. Polls close at 8 p.m. Singapore time. Full story
