TODAY: NCMP seat to go to WP?

THE Elections Department said yesterday it has offered the role of Non-Constituency Member of Parliament (NCMP) to the best performing loser in this General Election but did not reveal to whom it was offered.

The offer will most likely go to the Workers' Party (WP), whose team in Aljunied GRC obtained 43.92 per cent of votes. The party can choose one from among its five-member team to take up the NCMP seat.

If the WP rejects the seat, the Elections Department will then offer it to the second top loser, the Singapore Democratic Alliance's Steve Chia. - CHANNEL NEWSASIA