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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-election.
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 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 ...
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 ...
Prediction markets can be more accurate than polling when it comes to elections, a professor told Business Insider. There's over $606 million wagered on the 2024 election on Polymarket, favoring a ...
On 15 July 2023, Ng indicated he was "deliberating" running for the 2023 presidential election. [16] On 19 July 2023, Ng turned up at the offices of Elections Department while accompanied by his family to collect the eligibility forms required to be nominated as a presidential candidate. Ng intends to submit himself for considerations under the ...