GE2015: PAP takes 71.84% of votes for Mountbatten SMC
[SINGAPORE] The People's Action Party's Lim Biow Chuan garnered 15,290 votes, or 71.84 per cent of the votes compared to Singapore People Party's (SPP) Jeanette Chong-Aruldoss. Ms Chong-Aruldoss took 5,992 votes or 28.16 per cent of the votes.
The two also faced off during the 2011 GE, with Mr Lim walking away with 58.6 per cent of the votes. Ms Chong-Aruldoss, then under the National Solidarity Party's banner, took 41.4 per cent of the votes. She moved to SPP in March this year.
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