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Presidential elections were held in Singapore on 1 September 2023, the sixth public presidential elections but only the third to be contested by more than one candidate. . Incumbent president Halimah Yacob, who had been elected unopposed in 2017, did not seek re-elect
Because of the stringent requirements needed to run for presidential elections, only three out of the seven elections had contests (1993, 2011 and 2023), while the rest were walkovers. An amendment to the Constitution in 2016 saw the 2017 election become reserved for a certain community ( Malay community in the case), resulting in that year's ...
The Singapore Democratic Party (SDP) began its walkabouts in August 2023, mainly in constituencies where it had contested in the previous election. [138] SDP had also previously announced its intention to contest Sembawang GRC for the first time since the 2011 election .
The Presidential Elections Act [84] lays out the election procedure in Singapore. ... The deposit for the 2023 presidential election is S$40,500. [150]
Singapore's ruling People's Action Party (PAP) extended its unbroken rule in Friday's election, but its vote share slipped near a record low as opposition parties made historic inroads in a ballot ...
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%).
The election process begins when the President, acting on Cabinet's advice, issues a writ of election addressed to the returning officer.On nomination day, the returning officer and their representatives will be present at designated nomination centres between 11:00 am and 12:00 noon to receive prospective candidates' nomination papers, and political donation certificates certifying that they ...
The earliest political parties were established in the lead-up to Singapore first Legislative Council elections in 1948. Singapore is a republic. While the country has a multi-party system, the dominant political party have often been the People's Action Party since 1965, along with the main opposition party, the Workers' Party. Minority ...