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On 2 September 2023, shortly after the announcement of the election results, Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong congratulated Tharman Shanmugaratnam on his election, citing confidence in Tharman's ability to carry out his new duties as president "with distinction" and intention to work closely with the government. Lee also thanked the two losing ...
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]
A person claiming to have been a candidate at a presidential election or to have had a right to be elected, or a person who voted or had a right to vote at a presidential election, [215] may apply to an election judge for a candidate's election as President to be declared void on any of the following grounds: [216]
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. Nathan was the longest serving president, serving as president for 12 years ...
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 ...
1 September – 2023 Singaporean presidential election: Singaporeans vote for their 9th president. Former senior minister Tharman Shanmugaratnam is elected with 1,746,427 votes (70.40%). Ng Kok Song came second with 390,041 votes (15.72%), with Tan Kin Lian getting 344,292 votes (13.88%). Ng had earlier conceded after the sample counts showed a ...
The 2023 presidential election was the first election with a ballot since the 2011 election. The election was won by Tharman Shanmugaratnam with 1,746,427 (70.40%) of valid votes. Sample counts were announced at about 22:42 and showed that Tharman Shanmugaratnam was leading with 70% of the votes, followed by Ng Kok Song with 16%, and Tan Kin ...