The People’s Action Party continued its six-decade reign, as was widely expected. But many had anticipated it to lose more ground to the opposition.

Singapore's People's Action Party was on course on Saturday for a decisive victory for a 14th successive election, samples of official vote counts showed, as the party looked set to extend its unbroken six-decade rule of the city-state.

In a third victory for incumbent political parties in a week, Singapore’s People’s Action Party won a supermajority in Saturday’s election, delivering a strong mandate for Lawrence Wong in his first election as prime minister.