mosquito party

English

Noun

mosquito party (plural mosquito parties)

  1. (Singaporean politics, slang) A small opposition party that lacks meaningful public support, with its candidates and members frequently attracting ridicule rather than serious consideration from voters.
    • 2025 May 6, “What can we learn from the Singaporean election, where nobody lost?”, in Lowy Institute‎[1], archived from the original on 8 August 2025:
      It would seem their strategies of flying in every five years to criticise the ruling PAP and its policies without providing concrete, doable alternatives or focusing on localised issues no longer work. (Singaporeans even have a term for such parties: “Mosquito Parties”.)
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