2017 Singaporean presidential election

2017 Singaporean presidential election

← 2011 13 September 2017 2023 →
Registered2,516,608 (Increase 10.63%)
 
Nominee Halimah Yacob
Party Independent
Popular vote Uncontested Walkover

President before election

Tony Tan
Independent

Elected President

Halimah Yacob
Independent

Presidential elections were scheduled to be held in Singapore on 13 September 2017. Following amendments to the Constitution of Singapore, which resulted in the elections being reserved for candidates from the Malay community, incumbent president Tony Tan, who had been elected in 2011, was ineligible to seek re-election.

Halimah Yacob who served as Speaker of Parliament from 2013 to 2017 was elected in an uncontested election after she was the only candidate granted an eligibility certificate.[1] She was sworn in as the eighth President of Singapore on 14 September 2017.

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