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Elected President. Tharman Shanmugaratnam Independent. 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.
Presidential elections in Singapore, in which the President of Singapore is directly elected by a popular vote, were introduced after a constitutional amendment made in 1991. Potential candidates for office must meet stringent qualifications set out in the Constitution. Certificates of Eligibility are issued by the Presidential Elections ...
The Elections Department of Singapore ( ELD ), known exonymously as the Elections Department, is a department under the Prime Minister's Office (PMO) of the Government of Singapore which are responsible for overseeing the procedure for elections in Singapore, including parliamentary elections, presidential elections and referendums.
August 8, 2024 at 8:20 AM. Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin is ordering all votes for the 2024 presidential election to be cast by paper ballot. Youngkin issued Executive Order 35 on Wednesday, which ...
Tan was also one of four candidates who ran for president in the 2011 election. Singapore's president sits for a 6-year term. ($1 = 1.3568 Singapore dollars) (Reporting by Xinghui Kok, Additional ...
In 2023, Ng announced a run for the Singaporean presidential election that year. He received a Certificate of Eligibility by the Presidential Elections Committee and was successfully nominated as one of three candidates. He was unsuccessful in his bid, losing with 15.72% of the votes to Tharman Shanmugaratnam.
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 ...
Presidential elections have been held since 1993. Under the "Presidential Elections Act", [14] to run for president, one must obtain a "Certificate of Eligibility" from the Presidential Elections Committee. These conditions are: Be a citizen of Singapore. [15] Be at least 45 years of age. [16]