"THIS GENERAL election will be like no other that we have experienced," Singapore's prime minister, Lee Hsien Loong, declared this week, announcing that the city-state would go to the polls on July 10th. Procedures may be a little different from usual, given the continuing outbreak of co-vid-19. But the outcome will be just like the previous 12 national elections: the ruling People's Action Party (PAP) will romp home with a huge majority of seats. The PAP is a slick political machine which has held power since before independence in 1965. Its share of the popular vote has never dipped below 60%. Even at its lowest ebb, in 2011, the party retained 93% of the elected seats in Parliament. Last time around, in 2015, it won almost 70% of the popular vote, perhaps boosted by the death earlier thatyear of Lee Kuan Yew, Singapore's first prime minister and the incumbent's father.
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机译：“这场大选将在本周宣布的总理Lee Hsien Loong宣布，我们曾经经历过我们所经历的众所周知，宣布市州将于7月10日参加民意调查。鉴于CO-VID-19的持续爆发，程序可能与通常不同的程序。但结果就像之前的12项全国选举一样：执政人员的行动党（PAP）将以大多数席位嬉戏。 PAP是一个闪光的政治机器，自1965年独立以来已经持有权力。其流行投票的份额从未达到60％以下。 Even at its lowest ebb, in 2011, the party retained 93% of the elected seats in Parliament.最后一次，在2015年，它赢得了近70％的流行投票，也许是由于李波玉，新加坡第一首总理和现任者的父亲的死亡。
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