SINGAPORE: The three candidates for Singapore’s 2023 Presidential Election – former GIC chief investment officer Ng Kok Song, former senior minister Tharman Shanmugaratnam and former NTUC Income chief executive Tan Kin Lian – have cast their ballots on Friday (Sep 1).
Voting is currently underway as Singaporeans cast their ballot for the country’s ninth President.
As of 5pm, 2,302,996 Singaporeans have cast their votes at the 1,264 polling stations islandwide, said the Elections Department Singapore (ELD). This is about 85 per cent of the total number of eligible voters.
More than 2.7 million Singaporeans are expected to vote and the polling stations will be open until 8pm, after which counting of the votes will begin.
Mr Ng was seen at Katong Community Centre to cast his vote, around 10am. He had earlier accompanied his fiancee Sybil Lau, who voted at Cairnhill Community Centre.
Mr Ng and Ms Lau were then seen at Geylang Community Centre, with the couple later visiting a polling station at Blk 832 Hougang Central and greeting voters streaming into the polling station.