GE2025: Indranee Rajah leads PAP team against SDA’s Desmond Lim in new Pasir Ris-Changi GRC

Asked what she brought to her new GRC, Ms Indranee said: “Tanjong Pagar is an older constituency. The profile here is slightly different, slightly younger and more spread. What is most important is listening to what the residents have to say.”

Mr Chia of the SDA meanwhile said in his speech that the party was here to provide voters with “clear, direct and practical solutions that put Singaporeans first”.

“We are not there just to contest, but to contribute; not to critique, but to create.”

He later told media it was a “no-brainer” to join the SDA given its values were aligned with his.

“I stepped forward for Singaporeans. It’s a perfect complement for a young candidate to come in.”

SDA had been contesting Pasir Ris-Punggol in every election since 2006 without success. 

At the last election in 2020, Pasir Ris-Punggol GRC hosted a three-way contest between the PAP, SDA and People’s Voice (PV). The PAP won with 64.16 per cent of the vote, while PV lost its deposit.