SMU Assistant Professor of Law and NMP Eugene Tan analysed the reasons behind the Workers’ Party’s (WP) victory in the Punggol by-election. He noted that with this victory, the WP will be able to catalyse its plans to be an even bigger player in the next General Election (GE). It will boost the WP’s recruitment and fund-raising efforts. They are well-positioned to make further inroads in the next GE, although they will have to manage the other opposition parties which are naturally concerned about being overwhelmed by the WP juggernaut. The People’s Action Party can also be expected to respond robustly. However it will have lots of soul searching to do in the meantime.