S’pore Presidential Election Polling Day to be held on Sept 1

The Polling Day for Singapore’s Presidential Elections this yr will likely be held on September 1, based on the Writ of Election issued by Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong in the present day (August 11).

Singaporeans will know if they’ll get to forged their vote or if the election will likely be a walkover on Nomination Day, which is about to be held on August 22 on the auditorium of the Individuals’s Affiliation at 9 King George’s Avenue.

If there is just one eligible candidate, she or he will likely be declared the President on Nomination Day. Nevertheless, if multiple candidate is efficiently nominated that day, the Returning Officer, Housing & Growth Board CEO Tan Meng Dui, will declare September 1 as Polling Day.

To this point, 4 individuals have introduced their intention to contest the election to develop into the subsequent head of state. They embrace former senior minister Tharman Shanmugaratnam, Harvey Norman Ossia founder and businessman George Goh, former GIC chief funding officer Ng Kok Music, and former CEO of NTUC Earnings Tan Kin Lian.

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