Wealthy island of Singapore ruling party election sees them lose more ground to resurgent democratic opposition

Ruling party has held power for decades

Singapore ruling party stung by fresh poll loss

Singapore’s ruling party suffered a rebuke on Saturday when it lost a parliamentary by-election despite promising more reforms and massive public spending to appease a restive electorate. The opposition Workers’ Party defeated the People’s Action Party (PAP), which has been in power for more than 50 years.

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