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GE2025: Are independent candidates a new force to be reckoned with?

2025/5/15
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Jeremy Tan：这次竞选活动中，我获得的民众支持让我感到非常惊喜。提名日当天就有许多志愿者报名加入我的团队，现在大约有500人表示愿意为我提供志愿服务，并支持独立运动的发展。在与选民互动方面，我遇到了一些挑战，例如有些居民只关心市镇理事会的问题，不关心议会事务。尽管如此，我仍然坚持倡导我关心的议题，例如住房危机和比特币。我甚至公开表示，比特币是解决这些问题的答案，无论你是否喜欢。我承认，我的观点可能比较激进，有些人可能因此不认同我，但我认为传递出我们正面临通货膨胀的定时炸弹的信息更为重要。未来，我将继续关注选区划分，并考虑是否参加下一次选举。 Darryl Loh：大选结束后，我感到有些失落，好像生活中缺少了些什么。竞选期间每天都在进行走访和敲门拜访，现在感觉精力水平下降了。用华语或方言与年长者交流对我来说是竞选过程中最困难的部分。这次竞选经历迫使我走出舒适区，更加开放地与人交流。我关注的是政府没有明确解决方案的小问题，例如增加对酒后驾车的惩罚。我的父母非常支持我，尽管我的父亲在政府部门工作，但他仍然默默支持我，我的母亲则会剪下关于我的报纸报道并整理成文件夹。我拒绝了所有捐款，因为我认为生活成本正在上升，我不想用别人的钱来资助我自己的竞选活动。未来，我可能会从事与科技政策相关的工作，也许在一家大型科技公司。这次经历改变了我对生活和新加坡运作方式的看法。作为独立候选人参加选举，我认为现在我们激励了更多的年轻人去阅读相关资料。

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This chapter introduces the concept of independent candidates in Singapore's General Elections, highlighting the increasing prominence of independent voices. It profiles Jeremy Tan and Darryl Lo, two independent candidates from GE2025 who exceeded expectations.
  • For the first time in 53 years, an independent candidate received more than 35% of the vote share.
  • The election deposit for independent candidates has increased significantly over time, from $500 to $13,500.

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For the first time in 53 years, an independent candidate received more than 35 per cent of vote share, performing better than some smaller opposition parties. Jeremy Tan, who ran in Mountbatten SMC, and Darryl Lo who contested in Radin Mas SMC, join Steven Chia and Otelli Edwards to talk about lessons learnt from their campaigning and their future after GE2025.

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