Ahead of Singapore's polling day on May 3, The Straits Times hit the streets to find out how well voters know their election facts before they head to the ballot box.
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00:00Oh, Common Prime Minister
00:02The Lawrence Wong
00:03Oh yeah, the Lawrence Wong, you're right, the Lawrence Wong
00:07Are you a GE Whiz?
00:09GE 2025 is just around the corner
00:11and we are out and about to see how well Singaporeans know their GE facts
00:15Let's go!
00:16What does GRC stand for?
00:18Grassroot Community
00:20Grassroots Council?
00:22Grassroots Company
00:23Government Recreational Centre
00:25Good Representative
00:27Community?
00:29So it's Group Representation Constituency
00:32What does SMC stand for?
00:34Small Medium Constituents
00:36Super Micro Computers
00:38Small Medium Companies
00:39Single Member Constituency
00:41Ah, you guys are really good ah
00:44Do you recognise these party logos?
00:46I need PAP and WP
00:47Okay, nice
00:48This is a N or a C or something
00:50PAP
00:52Okay
00:53Uh
00:54Label
00:55PAP
00:56Okay, awesome
00:57The Workers Party
00:58Awesome
00:59Everything has to know
01:00Everything has to know
01:01This is NSP
01:02And this is PSP
01:03Which is a newly announced SMC slash GRC for G2025?
01:07What's the name of Pongka?
01:08C, is it?
01:09Pongka, I've never heard of that
01:10Pongka, okay, how about you?
01:12Pongka
01:13Huh?
01:14Okay, if you don't know anything, you choose P
01:16So what's your answer?
01:17P
01:18That's actually correct
01:19Kawang West SMC is correct
01:20These hairstyles belong to previous or current prime ministers of Singapore
01:24Can y'all name them?
01:25Ah, this I know
01:26But not that I see their hairline every time, okay?
01:28No
01:29Lee Kuan Yew
01:30Okay
01:31Is it ah? I don't know LB is there
01:32Yeah, yeah, yeah, Lee Kuan Yew
01:33Isn't that LB is Presley?
01:34LB is Presley
01:35Oh, current prime minister
01:37The, the Lawrence Wong
01:38Oh yeah, the Lawrence Wong
01:39You're right, the Lawrence Wong
01:40Oh, Sachuk
01:41Lawrence Wong
01:42Go Chok Tong, Lee Sien Long, Lee Kuan Yew
01:45Well done, you are Sachuk
01:46When did Singapore hold its first GE as an independent nation?
01:50Okay, I go B
01:51B, yes
01:52Answer is like B
01:531968
01:54Correct, 1968
01:55Oh, not bad lah
01:56Do you recognise these party uniforms?
01:59What's that like?
02:00Traffinite
02:01I don't know what to say lah
02:02Something like food bandwap
02:05Food bandwap
02:08BAP?
02:09I think
02:10BAP is all white
02:11Oh
02:12No
02:13Not at all
02:14Okay
02:15So this is NSP
02:16This is SDP
02:17This is SDA
02:18Can you please match the GRC's to the map?
02:20UT
02:21Right, right, awesome
02:22That's right
02:23This is Aljunit, is it?
02:24Yes, correct
02:25G is the last one
02:26Aljunit
02:27Muscling
02:28Jalan Besar
02:29Wow
02:30Muscling UT
02:31Aljunit
02:32And Jalan Besar
02:33Wow, well done, man
02:34I take Deja Mati everyday, bro
02:36How many elected seats are up for grabs
02:38This GE 2025?
02:39I think I'm feeling 83 eh
02:4183, you?
02:42I'm feeling a
02:43I'm feeling a 93
02:4487
02:46Trust your gut feeling B
02:47B
02:48B
02:49Answer is B
02:5097
02:51So how many questions did you get right?
02:53Keep following ST's coverage of GE 2025
02:56To be a true GE Whiz by Pauling Day
02:58We'll see you in the end
02:59We'll see you in the end
03:00We'll see you in the end