Indian-born Shanmugaratnam became the new President of Singapore, winning the election with 70% of the vote

Singapore. Indian-origin former minister Shanmuga Ratnam has been elected as the new President of Singapore. He received over 70.4% of the votes in the presidential election.

More than 27 lakh people voted in the presidential election. This was Singapore’s first presidential election in 12 years, as the last election in 2017 – which was reserved for Malay candidates – went uncontested. This is Singapore’s first presidential election since 2011.

Outgoing President Halima Yaqoob’s six-year term ends on September 13. She is the eighth President of the country and the first woman to hold this position. The 2017 presidential election in Singapore was a reserved election, in which only members of the Malay community were allowed to contest. During that time, Halimah was nominated as the President, as there were no other candidates.

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