On Singapore Democratic Party’s withdrawal from the Punggol East by-election, [SMU Assistant Professor of Law and] NMP Eugene Tan said: "SDP's pull-out does marginally improve WP's prospect of taking the seat away from the PAP." He also warned that Singapore Democratic Alliance's Desmond Lim and Reform Party's Kenneth Jeyaretnam would be "sleepwalking into a major loss - not just in terms of vote count but in terms of the standing of the party and the candidate". "The likelihood of them losing their electoral deposits in the process is very real too," he added.
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