Singapore ruling party rebuffed in by-election - Yahoo! News Singapore

Singapore ruling party rebuffed in by-election - Yahoo! News Singapore ;.. In last year's elections, the PAP was jolted when it received an all-time low of 60 percent and the opposition grabbed an unprecedented six seats in the 87-member parliament. The PAP holds the rest.

Issues such as a liberal immigration policy, a growing income gap, high salaries for cabinet ministers and overcrowding in public transport hit the PAP vote, analysts said.

The PAP-led government swung into action after the general election rebuke, stepping up construction of public housing, budgeting hundreds of millions of dollars to upgrade public transport, and reducing the foreign worker intake.