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An Unusually Interesting Election in Singapore

A broadcast of the swearing-in ceremony of Singapore Prime Minister Lawrence Wong in May 2024. 

Photographer: Nicky Loh/Bloomberg

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Singapore’s ruling People’s Action Party has never lost a general election in the six decades since the country won independence. And it hasn’t been close.