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Workers’ Party Re-elects Pritam Singh after No-Confidence Motion Fails
Singapore’s Workers’ Party leader survived a challenge from 25 cadre members on 28 June 2026 and was re-elected unopposed later that day. The vote followed concerns over his handling of a 2021 parliamentary matter.
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Pritam Singh defeated a vote of no confidence on 28 June 2026 after 25 Workers’ Party cadre members called a special conference to demand his resignation for breaching the party constitution. Inside sources confirmed the outcome at the morning session.
Singh, 49, was then re-elected secretary general at the party’s biennial ordinary cadres’ meeting held the same afternoon to select the central executive committee.
He ran unopposed, as he had in the 2020, 2022 and 2024 leadership elections. The results are expected later on Sunday. Those unable to attend the conference were required to notify the party.
Party insiders said the 25 members who raised the issue were predominantly from the old guard, who had grown sceptical of Singh’s leadership in recent years. The secret vote followed concerns among some cadre members about Singh’s handling of false statements made in parliament in 2021 by former Workers’ Party MP Raeesah Khan.
Singh was convicted on two charges and fined S$14,000 (US$10,802) last year for lying to a parliamentary committee investigating the matter.
@SCMPNews reported the details of the conference and election outcomes based on inside sources.
