Singaporeans vote in general election
Updated: 2015-09-11 08:59
(Xinhua)
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Voters queue to cast their ballots during the general election at a polling center in Singapore September 11, 2015. [Photo/Agencies] |
SINGAPORE - Singaporeans across the city state went to their designated polling stations on Friday to vote in a general election.
A total of 832 polling stations in Singapore opened from 8 am (0000 GMT) and will close at 8 pm (1200 GMT). The ruling People' s Action Party are challenged on all 89 parliamentary seats, the first time since Singapore's independence from Malaysia in 1965.
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