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[[File:Nicole Seah 3.jpg|left|thumb|Seah [[Fist bump|fist-bumping]] an elderly lady]]On 23 June 2020, the [[Workers' Party (Singapore)|Workers' Party]] featured Seah in a teaser video titled "GE2020: Coming Soon".<ref>{{Cite web|title=Workers' Party releases GE video featuring 12 faces, including former NSP member Nicole Seah|url=https://www.todayonline.com/singapore/workers-party-releases-ge-video-featuring-12-faces-including-former-nsp-member-nicole-seah|access-date=2020-06-23|website=TODAYonline|archive-date=13 July 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200713141212/https://www.todayonline.com/singapore/workers-party-releases-ge-video-featuring-12-faces-including-former-nsp-member-nicole-seah|url-status=live}}</ref> She was later unveiled as a candidate by the party on 25 June 2020,<ref>{{cite web |last1=Chew |first1=Hui Min |last2=Tang |first2=See Kit |title=Nicole Seah among Workers' Party's prospective candidates for GE2020 |url=https://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/singapore/nicole-seah-workers-party-candidates-ge2020-12869098 |website=CNA |access-date=25 June 2020 |archive-date=26 June 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200626143752/https://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/singapore/nicole-seah-workers-party-candidates-ge2020-12869098 |url-status=live }}</ref> and was announced to be contesting in a five-member [[Worker's Party (Singapore)|Worker's Party]] team for the [[East Coast Group Representation Constituency]] in the [[2020 Singaporean general election]], where they faced off against [[Deputy Prime Minister of Singapore|Deputy Prime Minister]] and former [[Tampines Group Representation Constituency]] MP [[Heng Swee Keat]].<ref>{{Cite news |last=Nadarajan |first=Raj |date=30 June 2020 |title=GE2020: WP fields Nicole Seah in East Coast GRC |work=TODAY |url=https://www.todayonline.com/singapore/ge2020-wp-set-field-nicole-seah-east-coast-grc |access-date=1 July 2020 |archive-date=3 July 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200703150021/https://www.todayonline.com/singapore/ge2020-wp-set-field-nicole-seah-east-coast-grc |url-status=live }}</ref> The battle was reportedly close, but they were defeated in a 53.41% to 46.59% vote, the highest result attained for the losing candidates for their party,<ref>{{cite web|title=GE2020 official results: Heng Swee Keat's PAP team wins East Coast GRC against WP, with 53% of votes|url=https://www.straitstimes.com/politics/ge2020-results-heng-swee-keats-pap-team-wins-east-coast-grc-against-wp-with-53-of-votes|website=Straits Times|access-date=13 June 2020|archive-date=11 July 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200711015323/http://www.straitstimes.com/politics/ge2020-results-heng-swee-keats-pap-team-wins-east-coast-grc-against-wp-with-53-of-votes|url-status=live}}</ref> and the second best-performing score among losing candidates, only behind [[Progress Singapore Party]]'s [[West Coast GRC]]'s score of 48.31%.<ref>{{cite news|title=GE2020: PAP wins West Coast GRC with 51.69% of votes against Tan Cheng Bock's team|url=https://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/singapore/ge2020-west-coast-grc-pap-psp-12921984|website=CNA|date=11 July 2020|access-date=11 July 2020|archive-date=11 July 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200711043553/https://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/singapore/ge2020-west-coast-grc-pap-psp-12921984|url-status=live}}</ref>
On 6 January 2021, Seah was appointed as
On 19 July 2023, the Workers' Party announced Seah had resigned from WP,<ref name=":03">{{Cite news |last=Iau |first=Jean |date=2023-07-19 |title=WP's Leon Perera, Nicole Seah resign over affair which started after GE2020 |language=en |work=The Straits Times |url=https://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/wp-s-leon-perera-and-nicole-seah-resign-over-affair |access-date=2023-07-19 |issn=0585-3923}}</ref> after a video was published on [[Facebook]] showing her and [[Leon Perera]] behaving intimately with one another. Party leader [[Pritam Singh (Singaporean politician)|Pritam Singh]] told the press that he would have sacked both of them had they not offered their resignations, as they had initially been untruthful when they were first asked about rumours of an affair between them following the 2020 general election.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Lim |first1=Kimberly |date=19 July 2023 |title=Singapore opposition figures resign over affair as political intrigue deepens |language=en |work=South China Morning Post |url=https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/politics/article/3228192/prominent-singapore-opposition-figures-leon-perera-and-nicole-seah-resign-over-affair-political |access-date=19 July 2023}}</ref>
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