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Presidential Election Results

Data from Jan 1993 to Dec 2011

Last updated: 06 Jun 2024, 15:29 SGT

ELD (Elections Department)

The first presidential election was held on 28 August 1993. The President is Singapore's Head of State and holds office for a term of 6 years.

Definitions:

  • A Rejected Vote means a ballot paper which has been handed by the election official to an elector to cast his vote but which, at the close of the poll, has been found in the ballot box unmarked or so improperly marked it cannot be counted.
  • A Spoilt Ballot Paper means a ballot paper which, on polling day, has not been deposited in the ballot box, but has been found by the election official to be spoilt or improperly printed or which has been handed by the election official to an elector to cast his vote, and (a) has been spoilt in marking by the elector, and (b) has been handed back to the election official and exchanged for another.

More information on the presidential elections can be found here: http://www.eld.gov.sg/elections_presidential.html