Singapore dissolves parliament ahead of imminent election ...Middle East

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The vote will be the first electoral test for Prime Minister Lawrence Wong, who took over from long-time premier Lee Hsien Loong as leader of the People’s Action Party in May 2024.

The election will take place amid a gloomy economic outlook as U.S. President Donald Trump’s tariffs threaten to hit activity in the trade-reliant nation, which on Monday downgraded its growth forecast for 2025 to 0% to 2%, from 1% to 3%.

The upcoming election will have four more seats compared to the last vote in 2020, with 97 lawmakers elected from 15 single-member electoral divisions and 18 divisions with 4 or 5 members each.

In February, Wong delivered what analysts called “a full-blown election budget” with goodies for all Singaporeans ahead of the polls.

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