Most of us voted in GE2025 (sorry, Marine Parade-Braddell Heights folks), but how much did our votes count?
We think that GE2025 is defined by just one number: 65.57 percent. An all-too-familiar result, an all-too-familiar parliament, and an all-too-familiar political landscape?Â
Not quite.Â
GE2025 ushered in a new era of Singaporean politics. From welcoming the Gen Z electorate to the rise of podcast politics, and a surge of citizen-led, data-driven commentary, the political scene boasted fresh new faces—even if the final result pointed toward preserving the status quo.Â
I am Jo Teo. Some of you might have read about my time in Okinawa here on RICE. Others might know me as the botak quantum physicist who broke down the electoral boundaries in the weeks leading up to the general election.
In this piece, we’re diving deep into the data behind GE2025. But this time, we are taking the focus off the political parties and bringing the spotlight back onto us, the rakyat.Â
