Next Singaporean presidential election

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Next Singaporean presidential election
��� 2017 Between 14 June and 13 September 2023 [1]
President before election

Halimah Yacob
Independent

Elected President

TBD

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The next Singaporean presidential election will be the fifth presidential election in the Republic of Singapore, scheduled to be held by 2023.

Background[]

Main article: President of Singapore

The President is the head of state of Singapore. Following the Westminster system, the position is largely ceremonial, but enjoys several reserve powers including withholding presidential assent on supply bills and changing or revoking civil service appointments.[2][3] The current system of holding elections for the Presidency began with the 1993 election, with the election of Ong Teng Cheong. Before then, the President was selected by Parliament.[4]

There are strict requirements for prospective presidential election candidates, and whether a candidate meets the qualifications or not is decided by the Presidential Elections Committee (PEC), who are given the task of issuing a certificate of eligibility (COE) to prospective candidates.[5]

The Presidency is, by the rules of the Constitution, required to be nonpartisan.[6] Following amendments to the Constitution of Singapore, the next presidential election will be open to candidates of any racial group. The 2017 Singaporean presidential election was the first to be reserved for a particular racial group under a hiatus-triggered model,[7] and was restricted to candidates from the minority Malay community, who had not held the presidential office since 1970.[8][9]

Electoral system[]

The President is elected by first-past-the-post voting, with the candidate receiving the most votes winning the election.[10]

References[]

  1. ^ "Presidential Elections Act 1991 - Singapore Statutes Online".
  2. ^ Constitution, Arts. 148A and 148D.
  3. ^ Constitution, Art. 22(1).
  4. ^ Constitution of the Republic of Singapore (Amendment) Act 1991 (No. 5 of 1991), in force on 30 November 1991 except for sections 7 and 16 which came into force on 1 February 1991 and s. 3 which was not brought into force and was subsequently repealed by the Constitution of the Republic of Singapore (Amendment) Act 1996 (No. 41 of 1996).
  5. ^ Zhu, Melissa; Baker, Jalelah Abu (31 May 2017). "Applications for Presidential Election to open Jun 1". Channel NewsAsia. Retrieved 27 August 2017.
  6. ^ "Constitution, Art. 19(2)(f)". Art. 19(2)(f). A person shall be qualified to be elected as President if he is not a member of any political party on the date of his nomination for election;
  7. ^ "Elected Presidency: Amendments to Constitution passed in Parliament". Channel NewsAsia. 9 November 2016. Retrieved 13 September 2017.
  8. ^ Yong, Charissa (8 November 2016). "Parliament: 2017 presidential election will be reserved for Malay candidates, says PM Lee". The Straits Times. Archived from the original on 6 August 2017. Retrieved 6 August 2017.
  9. ^ "Only one Singaporean is fit to be president". The Economist. 13 September 2017. Retrieved 14 September 2017.
  10. ^ Republic of Singapore: Election for President IFES
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