Update: WP's Lee Li Lian, Dennis Tan and Leon Perera declared as Non-Constituency MPs

Published Wed, Sep 16, 2015 · 10:13 AM

[SINGAPORE] The Elections Department has declared three Workers' Party (WP) candidates - Lee Li Lian, Dennis Tan, and Leon Perera - elected as Non-Constituency MPs (NCMPs).

Ms Lee, 37, who contested in Punggol East single-member constituency at the Sept 11 General Election and lost to the People's Action Party's Charles Chong, and Mr Tan, 45, who contested in Fengshan SMC and lost to the PAP's Cheryl Chan, received the top two highest percentages of votes among unelected Opposition candidates, a statement from the department said on Wednesday.

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