Tharman Shanmugaratnam’s landslide victory may seem like an endorsement of the ruling People’s Action Party (PAP), but is better seen as a reflection of his personal popularity.
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.
Singapore, Sep 1 (PTI) Tharman Shanmugaratnam, an Indian-origin Singapore-born economist, won Singapore's presidential election on Friday, defeating two other Chinese-origin contenders in the country's first contested presidential polls since 2011.
A former member of Singapore's ruling party on Saturday won the race to become the city-state's president, in a election seen as a barometer of public sentiment on the government's performance amid economic challenges and a streak of high-profile scandals.
Tharman Shanmugaratnam, an Indian-origin politician, has been elected as Singapore's next president. The former minister won the presidential race with a majority of 70.4 percent, the country's election department announced on Friday, 1 September.
In the age of social media, focusing efforts online is certainly a good way to go about things. True enough, Ng, who has 100k followers on Instagram, regularly sees between 20k to 11 million views on his Reels. Ng also regularly goes on walkabouts at hawker centers and neighborhoods to greet