GE2025: SDP will contest Marsiling-Yew Tee GRC

The Singapore Democratic Party (SDP) has said it will contest in Marsiling-Yew Tee GRC at the upcoming general election.

Doing so will give Singaporeans a chance to vote for the best and most credible alternative candidates, SDP chairman Paul Tambyah said on the sidelines of a food distribution event at 888 Plaza at Woodlands Drive on March 30.

Marsiling-Yew Tee GRC is anchored by Prime Minister Lawrence Wong, whose team prevailed against the SDP at GE2020 with 63.18 per cent of the votes.

On potentially contesting against the Prime Minister, Professor Tambyah said: "We don't know whether he's going to stay in Marsiling-Yew Tee… In any case, our priority is to send in the best team to the constituency."

SDP party leaders did not say whom they would field in the four-member GRC.

The opposition party has contested in Marsiling-Yew Tee since the GRC was formed in 2015. It garnered 31.27 per cent of the votes in 2015 and 36.82 per cent of the votes in 2020.

A week earlier, SDP had said that party chief Chee Soon Juan will be contesting in the newly carved out Sembawang West SMC, Dr Tambyah will run again in Bukit Panjang SMC.

Before the redrawn boundaries were announced on March 11, SDP had said that it was also interested to run in Holland-Bukit Timah GRC.

It was also interested in a rematch in Bukit Batok SMC and Yuhua SMC, but the two single seats have been redrawn into the new Jurong East-Bukit Batok GRC, with part of Yuhua forming the new Jurong Central SMC.

On March 30, SDP leaders did not confirm if the party would be contesting in Holland-Bukit Timah GRC or Jurong East-Bukit Batok GRC, but said they are talking to other parties before making a decision.