mosquito party

plural mosquito parties

1. slangSingaporean politicsA small opposition party that lacks meaningful public support, with its candidates and members frequently attracting ridicule rather than serious consideration from voters.

   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”.)

   2025 May 6, “What can we learn from the Singaporean election, where nobody lost?”, in Lowy Institute, archived from the original on 08 Aug 2025