Communications and Multimedia Minister Salleh Said Keruak today said the landslide victory by the ruling party in Singapore yesterday signified that the "noisy minority" does not necessarily reflect public sentiment.

He said this is also true for Malaysia, which last month saw a mass protest organised by electoral reform coalition Bersih 2.0, which called for Prime Minister Najib Abdul Razak's resignation.

"There may be thousands marching and screaming and demonstrating its displeasure.

"But there may be an even larger group that has no issues and do not share the views of this minority group of noisy protesters.

"Undeniably, in Malaysia as well, the noisy minority dominates and monopolises the internet and the social media.

"However, just like what happened in Singapore, the silent majority got turned off with what the noisy minority was saying on the internet and in the social media," he said in a blog posting today.

He added the "overkill" by the "noisy minority" had worked in favour of the government.

Salleh said politicians do not fear the "noisy minority" as it is the "silent majority" that they are worried about when they make their decision at the polls.

"The Singapore general election has proven this point. The noisy minority dominated the internet and the social media.

"They made it appear like they represent the majority rather than the minority and the election result proved that the silent majority were not with the noisy minority," he said.

The PAP, which has ruled uninterruptedly in Singapore since 1959, won a landslide victory in the general election which concluded yesterday.

The Singapore ruling party, which suffered its worst performance in the last general election, made a comeback by winning 69.9 percent of the popular vote compared to 60.1 percent.