Singapore narrowly elects Tony Tan as president

35% winner oh that make 65% who voted against him.. How sad is that... i used to get whacked for border line passing.. Maybe next time round he will score better with the people. :)

Respect democracy the people have spoken. If you think the election unfair then fight for it. If you think more people should have voted then promote it. Democracy is yours if you can keep it as benjamin franklin said.

The president salary of $4,000,000.00 a year was an issue. But no politician, except TJS, was willing to talk about reducing it. I appreciate him for this.

I don't think TT is happy with the result. Just imagine, he has the machinery behind him, the unions, PA, etc., and still garnered 35% of the total votes??? Which 1st country has an elected President winning an election with 35% of the votes? Strange, eh!

I'm a Senior Citizen (62-year old) who had initially wanted to vote for Dr Tony Tan (for obvious reasons) before the various institutions publicly endorsed him as a Presidental Election Candidate to be supported. I and several of my relatives switched our votes to Dr Tan Cheng Bok after these institutions made this "unfair" publicised support to TT ; they should be neutral, especially Mr Lim Swee Say (a Minister from PMO). I'm sure many other voters did the same like me, otherwise TT would have won by a bigger margin!

TCB should have won. Only if Kin Lian back out earlier...

MANY OF TONY TAN VOTES ARE FORCED VOTES, THOSE WORKING IN GOVT SECTOR ARE TOLD TO VOTE HIM. THEY VOTED OUT OF FEAR, NOT WILLINGLY. SHAMELESS

I'd love to see a US president named Tony Tan. But not a Chinese guy but like a Brooklyn gu|do who is really tanned and whose nickname is Tony Tan. You know?

Now the time to suffer, prices will increase, reserve are at stick, more fake talent, mass import of foreign resident and paid them to integrate into SG socielty to ensure they win in GE 2016 and presidency.

Help us Obiwan, you are our only hope

TT, do you think you have won??....I don't think so. 64.81% of the Singaporean didn't give you the mandate. I think our election system should be re-look into. How can someone with only 35.19% votes became a President when remaining 64.81% who has voted against him. To be appointed at the highest office, I think at least must have 50% of votes or otherwise is not a mandate from all Singaporean. TT must now work extra miles to convince the remaining 64.18% of the voters that you are worth the 4 million tax payer money.

With a position as important as the President of SIngapore, it may be a good idea to review future election process such that in a cases where we have 3 or 4 or more candidates, it may be better and more reflective of electors wishes if there can be a way to voters to have a 2nd round vote between the final 2 candidates to ensure for a proper majority representation.

Contrary to perception of a severe split in the Singaporean Voters, I am of the opinion that the Presidential Voting augurs well for Singapore Politics. Tony Tan represents Consultative Politics, Dr Tan CB, representative politics, between them we see almost 70% of Singaporeans who are either realists or idealists. The "dreamers" represented by Tan Kin Lian and the "self-interest" group represented by Tan Jee Say, collectively 30%...the traditional anti-PAP voters. A country with 60-70% of voters who are thinking voters, we are okay.

Rgds

Patrick is married to an Ang Mo and so is his daughter. With 2 ang mos in the family, I wonder what their though process would be and that of their parents for having a President with 35% of the votes.

The US avoids it by having the primaries and the electoral college albeit they did have minority Presidents in the past but a few points off 50%. Many countries have similar mechanisms such as runs-offs to ensure that a mandate is indeed a mandate of the people. The Westminster system avoids it by having party caucus or the like to elect the leader.

For such a super smart country, how did a man with only 35% of the popular vote end up as the President.

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This is a measure of things to come. It is plainly evident that if we continue to be separated in our views and our support, we will not change Singapore. Remember the saying 'united we stand, divided we fall'. What is done is done, no point crying over spilt milk. What the opposition parties must now do is look at ways and means to consolidate your mandates, your people and your parties. Only if this can be accomplished with a solid leader at the helm with one common belief and goal, that can garner the backing of all the opposition members, will we stand a chance to make a change in the government. WP, SDP, SPP and everyone else, you have 4 years and counting to come together and combine your best talents and leaders. If things remain as they are now, we will continue to dilute the votes come 2016 and the PAP will remain in power. We need 1 maybe 2 strong and qualified opposition parties that can bring the fight to the incumbent govt. C'mon guys, the time is right for the picking. They are continually putting their foots in their mouths and pushing forward policies that are turning the middle ground and fence sitters to the opposition. It just wont make a difference if we stand and face them divided.

I think if TT is not in anyway connected to the "WHITES" he might have won this battle beautifully....lets hope he'll be able to do something instead of just waving his aged hands to the public

TT with 35+ % vote is not the peoples' President and 65+% of the citizen have to contribute his 4 million annually is madness.

The result speaks for itself.

Most sporean really dont want TJS and TKL as President. They have less 30% of votes from pple of spore. Worst, TKL only gotten less than 5%.

Regardless past linkages with PAP, pple stil want a strong and competent individual as President. Through the campaign, 4 candiates represented themselves well, but the obvious 2 failed to deliver and manifest their knowledge and intellect with regards to issue on regional and gobal standings, which is critical for a President. Theses may have cost some of their votes.

PE is not only just for pple in spore. It has also the representation of spore to world there. Many sense that TJS or TKL should not be the chosen face to rep the nation.

Let's see for the coming 6 yrs, how TT can breach the gap between pple and govt.

Still dun understand why have singaporean voted for TT, ever since they have increase so many thing. Still dun understand, singaporea fate is seal, hope before 2016 come, we are still in one piece

TT is not singaporean elected president but PAP elected president. We need to have a revote between TT and TCB to be fair. From the revote we will then see a much better view of who is the real winner that real Singaporean select.