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President Halimah Yacob's term of office was scheduled to end on 13 September 2023. The presidential election had to be held within three months of that date. [14] [15] Any Singaporean citizen who wished to be a candidate in the election had to apply and receive a Certificate of Eligibility (COE), as well as a community certificate. [16]
Singapore's strict qualifying criteria has meant that all elections bar the vote held in 2011 and 1993 were uncontested. Tan was also one of four candidates who ran for president in the 2011 election.
[12] [13] On 2 September 2023, Tharman was announced as the winner after receiving 70.41% [14] of the vote in a landslide victory and was elected as the ninth president of Singapore. [15] He is the first presidential candidate not of Chinese descent to win in a contested presidential election in Singapore. [16]
There are currently two types of elections in Singapore.Parliamentary and presidential elections. According to the Constitution of Singapore, general elections for Parliament must be conducted within three months of the dissolution of Parliament, which has a maximum term of five years from the first sitting of Parliament, and presidential elections are conducted every six years.
There have been nine presidents since Singapore gained independence in 1965. The term of president was previously 4 years, with it being extended to 6 years following the 1991 constitutional amendment. [12] Two presidents, Yusof and Benjamin Sheares, have died in office. [13] [14] Devan Nair was the first president to resign mid-term. [15] S. R.
The President of Singapore is the head of state of the Republic of Singapore. [1] The President was originally indirectly elected by Parliament [2] and had a largely ceremonial role. The Elected President scheme was instituted in 1991 through a constitutional amendment, [3] which transformed the office of President into one directly elected by
A former member of Singapore's ruling party on Saturday scored a landslide victory to become the city-state's president, in an election seen as a barometer of public sentiment amid economic ...
Tan announced his official bid for the presidency on 11 August 2023. [30] Tan Jee Say, a presidential candidate in the 2011 presidential elections, mentioned in the press conference of Tan Kin Lian on 11 August 2023 that Mr Tan (would) "make a good president, a courageous, genuine, and humble one." [31]