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Collection: Presidential Election Results

Dataset: Presidential Election Dates

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Presidential Election Dates

Data from Jan 1993 to Dec 2011

Last updated: 06 Jun 2024, 14:32 SGT

ELD (Elections Department)

Data explorer

PresidentialElectionDates.csv (6 rows, 160 B)

Year Text	Nomination Day Text	Polling Day Text
(Null)0.0%	(Null)0.0%	(Null)50.0%
1993	18/8/1993	28/8/1993
1999	18/8/1999	na
2005	17/8/2005	na
2011	17/8/2011	27/8/2011
2017	13/9/2017	na
2023	22/8/2023	1/9/2023

Column legend

Title	Column name	Data type	Unit of measure	Description
Year	year	Text	-	-
Nomination Day	nomination_day	Text	-	-
Polling Day	polling_day	Text	-	-

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Sample OpenAPI query

This code can be used to test a sample API query. It retrieves the data catalogue of this dataset. For a complete guide on query parameters and syntax, please refer to the API documentation. Try it out on your browser to see the response schema.

import requests
          
dataset_id = "d_417c05185b5b72b82f69373a088da1ce"
url = "https://data.gov.sg/api/action/datastore_search?resource_id="  + dataset_id 
        
response = requests.get(url)
print(response.json())

Citation

This dataset can be reused and cited in research publications.

Elections Department. (2016). Presidential Election Dates (2024) [Dataset]. data.gov.sg. Retrieved May 23, 2026 from https://data.gov.sg/datasets/d_417c05185b5b72b82f69373a088da1ce/view

About this dataset

Contact

feedback@data.gov.sg

Created on

02 Nov 2016

Licence

Free forever for personal or commercial use, under the Open Data Licence.

Agency

ELD (Elections Department)