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Voting in Singapore’s first contested presidential election since 2011 closed on Friday, a closely-watched three-way race in which former minister Tharman Shanmugaratnam is seeking to become the next Singapore-born Indian-origin head of the state. The polls closed at 8 PM (local time).
SINGAPORE - From nuns and nursing home residents, to a hospital patient who came with his leg in a cast, voters have been turning up at 1,264 polling centres on Polling Day. As at noon, 1,406,182 Singaporeans - or about 52 per cent of the total number of eligible electors - have cast their votes in the first four hours.
From nuns and nursing home residents, to a hospital patient who came with his leg in a cast, voters have been turning up at 1,264 polling stations on Friday.
The polls ended with over 2.7 million voters casting their ballots. This was Singapore’s first presidential election in 12 years as the last one in 2017 – which was reserved for Malay candidates – was uncontested.